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Jeffrey Goldberg / The Atlantic:
The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans  —  The world found out shortly before 2 p.m. eastern time on March 15 that the United States was bombing Houthi targets across Yemen.  —  I, however, knew two hours before the first bombs exploded that the attack might be coming.
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Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Six Short Thoughts on the Most Insane Trump Story of All Time  —  Trump's “Team of Amateurs” Screwed Up in the Most Hilarious (and Troublesome) Way  —  This afternoon, just before 1 pm ET, The Atlantic posted what is, hands down, the wildest and most insane story I have ever read about US national security …
Politico:
Waltz's future in doubt following accidental war plan leak  —  “You can't have recklessness as the national security adviser,” one official said.  —  The stunning revelation that top administration officials accidentally included a reporter in a group chat discussing war plans …
David French / New York Times:
If Pete Hegseth Had Any Honor, He Would Resign  —  I don't know how Pete Hegseth can look service members in the eye.  He's just blown his credibility as a military leader.  —  On Monday, The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg published one of the most extraordinary stories I've ever read.
David A. Graham / The Atlantic:
A Conversation With Jeffrey Goldberg About His Extraordinary Scoop  —  How The Atlantic's editor in chief found himself in a group chat with Trump-administration officials who were planning an attack on Yemen  —  The Trump administration has provided many jaw-dropping moments …
Discussion: Raw Story
Wired:
Trump Officials in Signal Fiasco Attended Secret Mar-a-Lago Dinner Shortly After Celebrating Bombing  —  Trump officials accidentally invited the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic to their Signal group chat.  Hours after bombs dropped on Yemen, they partied at a $1-million-per-seat Mar-a-Lago dinner.
Discussion: The Free Press and Politico
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Josh Hawley Shrugs off Major National Security Leak: Democrats Are 'Griping About Who's on a Text Message'  —  Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO) shrugged off a major national security leak that saw The Atlantic editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg accidentally get invited to a top-secret group chat about the Trump administration's war plans.
Discussion: The Independent
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
House Republican on war plans chat: 'There's no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff'  —  Rep. Don Bacon (R-Neb.) said there's “no doubt” that Russia and China were monitoring the U.S. officials' devices used for a war plan text chat.  —  “I will guarantee you, 99.99 percent with confidence …
Marc Caputo / Axios:
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic
Discussion: CNN and HuffPost
New York Times:
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Signalgate  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Tuesday morning.
Discussion: The Hill
Washington Post:
Trump officials shared war planning in unclassified chat with journalist
Washington Post:
How should officials discuss military plans? Not over Signal, experts say.
Discussion: BBC and Mediaite
Washington Post:
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down  —  A flood of cuts led by Elon Musk has sent the agency into chaos as a new commissioner prepares to take charge.  —  Just now  —  The Social Security Administration website crashed four times in 10 days this month …
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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New York Times:
Social Security, Buffeted by Turmoil, Awaits a New Leader … Frank Bisignano, a Wall Street veteran, will face Congress this week as President Trump's pick to lead the Social Security Administration.Joe Buglewicz/Bloomberg  —  When the Wall Street veteran Frank Bisignano goes before Congress …
Discussion: CBS News, CNBC and Associated Press
Emily Peck / Axios:
Social Security rushing service cuts at White House request, sources say  —  The Social Security Administration is rushing cuts to phone services at the White House's request, the agency's acting commissioner told Social Security advocates in a meeting on Monday, two sources who attended tell Axios.
Discussion: Saywhat Politics
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Law firms refuse to represent Trump opponents in the wake of his attacks  —  The result is an extraordinary threat to constitutional rights of due process and legal representation and a far weaker effort to challenge Trump's actions in court than during his first term.  —  Just now
Discussion: Lawyer Monthly and Raw Story
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Andrew Prokop / Vox:
A longtime target of the right is finally buckling under Trump pressure  —  The second Trump administration has shown remarkable aggression in abruptly canceling hundreds of millions of dollars in research grants at elite universities — in an effort to force them to make major policy changes in line with the president's politics.
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Catherine Porter / New York Times:   As Trump's Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat
Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump's cuts
Discussion: Washington Post
Csongor Körömi / Politico:
Danish PM condemns Trump team over imminent Greenland visit  —  Denmark's Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen lashed out at President Donald Trump's U.S. administration for putting “unacceptable pressure” on Greenland, as she slammed the upcoming visit to the Danish territory by U.S. Second Lady Usha Vance.
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Kelly Tyko / Axios:
DeJoy stepping down as USPS postmaster general immediately  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy is stepping down from his job effective immediately — days after asking DOGE for help cutting costs.  —  Why it matters: The Postal Service has been the focus of intense scrutiny with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency.
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New York Times:
Columbia Student Hunted by ICE Sues to Prevent Deportation  —  Yunseo Chung, a legal permanent resident who has lived in the U.S. since she was 7, participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.  Immigration agents visited residences looking for her.  —  A 21-year-old Columbia University student …
Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
Oscar-winning Palestinian director is attacked by Israeli settlers and detained by the army  —  Israeli settlers beat up one of the Palestinian co-directors of the Oscar-winning documentary film “ No Other Land ” on Monday in the occupied West Bank before he was detained by the Israeli military …
Zach Everson / Forbes:
Lobbyist And Government Contractor Bought JD Vance's Home For $170,000 Over Asking Price  —  A government contractor and lobbyist who served in President Donald Trump's first administration bought Vice President JD Vance's Virginia home in an above-market deal, a sale his spokesperson says was based on the market.
Jesse Bedayn / Associated Press:
Trump's portrait to be taken down at Colorado Capitol after president claimed it was ‘distorted’  —  A painting of Donald Trump hanging with other presidential portraits at the Colorado state Capitol will be taken down after Trump claimed that his was “purposefully distorted,” according to a letter obtained by The Associated Press.
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jordan briefs Trump on plans to rein in federal judges  —  House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan said he briefed President Donald Trump over the weekend about his panel's plans to examine how the federal judiciary is working to block key parts of the administration's agenda.
Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Formula, Fries and Froot Loops: Washington Bends to Kennedy's ‘MAHA’ Agenda  —  Public health leaders are horrified by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s approach to measles, but government and industry are responding to him.  —  Babies are not ordinarily a fixture of closed-door White House meetings.
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Wall Street Journal:
Columbia's President Faces Angry Faculty in Closed-Door Meetings  —  Katrina Armstrong warns of ‘devastating’ risk of funding cuts  —  Columbia University interim president Katrina Armstrong met with anxious faculty over the weekend in an effort to generate support, warn of the jeopardy …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thune plans April vote on new budget blueprint  —  Senate Republicans want to adopt a budget blueprint by April 11 to move forward on President Donald Trump's legislative agenda.  “I want to get it done this work period,” Majority Leader John Thune told reporters Monday.
Discussion: Washington Examiner, IJR and Axios
 
 
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
AP photographer Evan Vucci and AP Chief White House Correspondent Zeke Miller testified Thursday about damage done by the White House ban on the wire service

Michael Savage / The Guardian:
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