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10:00 AM ET, March 25, 2025

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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 …
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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.
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.
NBC News:
Trump stands by national security adviser despite leaked military plans, saying mishap had ‘no impact’ on Yemen strikes  —  “Michael Waltz has learned a lesson, and he's a good man,” President Donald Trump said of his national security adviser in a Tuesday phone interview with NBC News.
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 …
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
CNN:
‘Nobody is above the law’: Trump officials who criticized Clinton's emails now under scrutiny for leaked war plans  —  Several top Trump administration officials are facing scrutiny for sending detailed operational plans and other likely highly classified information about US military strikes …
Discussion: Reuters and Politico
Marc Caputo / Axios:
White House defiant after messaging fiasco with The Atlantic  —  Trump administration true believers are closing ranks to try to protect top national security officials from being pushed out over Monday's Signal scandal, insiders tell Axios.  — Why it matters: Democrats and critics …
Rachel Treisman / NPR:
Intelligence leaders will testify before Congress, fresh off the group chat fiasco
Discussion: CBS News and The Hill
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:
Josh Hawley Shrugs off Major National Security Leak: Democrats Are 'Griping About Who's on a Text Message'
Discussion: The Independent
Daniel W. Drezner / Drezner's World:   American Foreign Policy Is Being Run by the Dumbest Motherfuckers Alive
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Hegseth lashes out at The Atlantic: “Nobody was texting war plans”
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 and The Hill
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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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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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Sanne Wass / Bloomberg:
Danish Leader Raps US for ‘Unacceptable Pressure’ on Greenland
Catherine Porter / New York Times:
As Trump's Policies Worry Scientists, France and Others Put Out a Welcome Mat  —  European universities have begun recruiting researchers who lost their jobs in the administration's cost-cutting efforts, or are anxious over perceived threats to academic freedom.
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Ashifa Kassam / The Guardian:
European universities offer ‘scientific asylum’ to US researchers fleeing Trump's cuts
Discussion: Washington Post
Punchbowl News:
Are Republicans blowing a Florida special election?  —  House Republicans shouldn't have to worry about Florida's 6th District special election on April 1.  It's a deep-red seat that former Rep. Michael Waltz (R-Fla.) won by 33 points five months ago before decamping for the Trump administration.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
A Rising Democratic Star Is Ready for New Leadership — Without Chuck Schumer
Discussion: Hachette Book Group
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 …
Washington Post:
Appeals judge on Venezuelan deportations: ‘Nazis got better treatment’  —  A government lawyer said migrants don't have to be told they've been designated as “alien enemies” or given time to seek a hearing before being deported.  —  Justice Department lawyers acknowledged to a federal appeals court panel …
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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.
Bryan McMahon / American Prospect:
Bubble Trouble  —  An AI bubble threatens Silicon Valley, and all of us. … The week of Donald Trump's inauguration, Sam Altman, the CEO of OpenAI, stood tall next to the president as he made a dramatic announcement: the launch of Project Stargate, a $500 billion supercluster in the rolling plains …
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.
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
 
 
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Reuters:
Trump cuts hit struggling food banks, risking hunger for low-income Americans
Discussion: KTVU-TV and WINK News
Vernal Coleman / ProPublica:
Under Pressure From Trump, ICE Is Pushing Legal Boundaries
Lauren Irwin / The Hill:
House Republican on war plans chat: 'There's no doubt that Russia and China saw this stuff'
Emily Peck / Axios:
More than 300 rich people ask Congress to reject tax breaks for rich people
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
A Supreme Court case about abortion could destroy Medicaid
Politico:
Anti-Trump former Republican David Jolly considers run for Florida governor
 Earlier Items: 
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Thune plans April vote on new budget blueprint
Discussion: Washington Examiner, IJR and Axios
Politico:
Long Covid office ‘will be closing,’ Trump administration announces
Discussion: Inside Medicine
Wendy Siegelman / NewsTRACS:
Russian-American businessman who loaned $8M to Trump Media in 2021-2022 sent $10.8M to firm that may link to Don Jr. and Eric Trump's new business partners
Hailey Fuchs / Politico:
Jordan briefs Trump on plans to rein in federal judges
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Trump cuts $3B from congressional deal he hated
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
SCOTUS Hears Latest Conservative Assault on the Voting Rights Act
 

 
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
After White House criticism, WHCA says comedian Amber Ruffin won't headline this year's annual dinner “to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division”

Matt Donnelly / Variety:
Sources describe rising tensions at Warner Bros. Pictures amid movie flops, with WBD CEO David Zaslav losing confidence in co-heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy

Financial Times:
Marketing executives say big brands are allocating small amounts of their ad budget to X, seeking to avoid being perceived as boycotting Elon Musk's platform
 
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