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12:05 PM ET, March 26, 2025

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The Atlantic:
Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal  —  So, about that Signal chat.  —  On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive Trump-administration security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, why he had shared plans …
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Tara Copp / Associated Press:
The Atlantic releases the entire Signal chat showing Hegseth's detailed attack plans against Houthis  —  The Atlantic on Wednesday released the entire Signal chat among senior national security officials, showing that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth provided the exact timings of warplane launches …
Politico:
Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence.  It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes.  —  The fight over Waltz's survival shows the administration is obsessed with reporters more than NatSac protocols.  —  President Donald Trump was upset when he found out that National Security Adviser Mike Waltz …
Enjoli Liston / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Full Exchange of Signal Texts on U.S. Strikes Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak  —  Where Things Stand  — Security leak: The full exchange of messages about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials on the Signal app …
Discussion: YouGov
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Oops, DOGE Did It Again  —  The White House spent much of yesterday arguing that the Yemen attack information they accidentally shared with the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg was small-potatoes and unclassified.  As a result, Goldberg—as he suggested he might on the pod with Tim yesterday …
Discussion: Raw Story and New York Times
Andrew Childers / Axios:   Judge who ruled against Trump deportation flights will oversee Signal lawsuit
Politico:
‘It is highly classified’: Hegseth leaked sensitive attack details, former officials say
Discussion: The Independent and NOTUS
Avery Lotz / Axios:
The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge targeted by Trump is assigned to Signalgate lawsuit
Discussion: Fox News and The Guardian
Madeline Coggins / Fox News:
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:   The Atlantic releases screenshots of timing, weapons used in Yemen war plans Signal chat
New York Times:
Signal Leak Is Latest Mistake in Pete Hegseth's Rocky Time as Defense Secretary
Greg Norman / Fox News:
Atlantic reporter publishes more texts about attack on Houthi targets
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ - and calls Atlantic editor ‘scum’
Mark Swanson / Newsmax:
Trump to Newsmax: ‘Very Comfortable’ With Leak Resolution
Raphael Satter / Reuters:
Exclusive: DOGE staffer, ‘Big Balls’, provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show  —  WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 26 (Reuters) - (This story contains strong language in paragraph 15)  —  The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support …
Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court upholds federal regulations on ghost gun kits  —  The 7-2 decision came from Justice Neil Gorsuch.  —  A view of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington, July 19, 2024.  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday upheld government regulation of self-assemble firearm kits that produce untraceable weapons known as “ghost guns.”
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit and Raw Story
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Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court allows Biden-era regulations for hard-to-trace ghost guns  —  The Supreme Court ruling impacts ghost guns, the largely untraceable firearms used in a growing number of crimes over the past decade.  —  March 26, 2025  —  Live updates: Atlantic publishes messages among Trump officials about timing of strikes in Yemen
Discussion: Deseret News
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court upholds Biden regulations on ‘ghost gun’ kits
David Nir / The Downballot:
Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker  —  Democrats pulled off an astonishing upset in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday night, as East Petersburg Mayor James Andrew Malone defeated Republican Josh Parsons by a 50-49 margin to flip …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset  —  Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects.
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Signs Order Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote in Federal Elections  —  Administration officials cited cracking down on immigrants illegally on voter rolls as one of the executive order's main goals, amplifying Mr. Trump's grievances about electoral integrity.
Discussion: Politico and The Gateway Pundit
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections
Associated Press:
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
Politico:
What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about  —  The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era.  —  Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are striking a chord.
Stephanie Nolen / New York Times:
U.S. to End Vaccine Funds for Poor Countries  —  A 281-page spreadsheet obtained by The Times lists the Trump administration's plans for thousands of foreign aid programs.  —  The Trump administration intends to terminate the United States' financial support for Gavi, the organization …
ProPublica:
How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China  —  Elon Musk's aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records.
Paul Krugman:
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy  —  Trump's people can be and are both  —  The amount of damage the second Trump administration has already done on many fronts, from foreign policy to public health to America's economic prospects, both for the months ahead and in the long run, is astonishing.
Politico:
Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states  —  The cuts, if carried through, would politicize the federal funds that Congress and the Biden administration awarded to seven regional applicants as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law.
Punchbowl News:
3/26/25 ☀️ AM:  —  Senate deficit hawks balk at debt limit amid reconciliation push  —  Cruz says Pentagon staff lobbied against spectrum auctions  —  Johnson's general counsel is retiring after decades on Hill  —  ICYMI: Malliotakis talks taxes, tariffs, DOGE and more
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Wall Street Journal:
Corporate America's Euphoria Over Trump's ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress  —  CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession  —  Rapturous applause and a sea of phones in the air greeted President Trump …
Al Jazeera:
Palestinian Oscar winner feared for his life during Israeli settler attack  —  Hamdan Ballal says he was assaulted by settlers and soldiers outside his home in Susiya in the occupied West Bank.  —  The Palestinian co-director of the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land says he thought he was going to …
USA Today:
'We've all done this': Trump admin group chat scandal is its most relatable fail  —  Last year Morgan Matthews woke up to discover that she had sent a text message while she was asleep.  —  “I don't don't know what to do with my wwwa w www waawaww we awW,” the lengthy message began …
Neil Gross / New York Times:
This Is Why Young People Really Voted for Trump  —  Democrats were alarmed last spring and summer when polling suggested that voters ages 18 to 29 were softening in their longtime commitment to the Democratic Party.  After the November election, when exit polls indicated that Kamala Harris …
Reuters:
Denmark welcomes US decision to skip Greenland dog-sled race amid Trump spat  —  Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.
Phillips P. OBrien / Phillips's Newsletter:
Ukraine Was Just Knifed In The Back  —  An update on the big story of last night—which reveals the real peril that Ukraine and Europe find themselves in when dealing with the Trump Administration.  —  Phillips's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioters  —  “A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it,” the president said.  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the possibility of financial compensation for people who were prosecuted for taking part in the riot at the Capitol in 2021.
 
 
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Slate:
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