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7:00 AM ET, March 25, 2025

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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 …
Axios:
“Heads should roll”: Congress erupts over stunning Trump admin leak  —  Members of Congress in both parties exploded in anger Monday after the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic revealed he was inadvertently included in a highly-sensitive Trump administration Signal chat on airstrikes in Yemen.
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: Politico
Amy Mackinnon / Politico:
‘Amateur hour’: Washington aghast at Trump administration's war plan group chat  —  One Democratic lawmaker also called for immediate hearings on the incident.  —  Members of Congress and national security staffers were stunned Monday by a bombshell report that top Trump administration officials …
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
Signalgate  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Tuesday morning.
Discussion: The Hill
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:   Josh Hawley Shrugs off Major National Security Leak: Democrats Are 'Griping About Who's on a Text Message'
New York Times:
Hegseth Disclosed Secret War Plans in a Group Chat
Colby Hall / Mediaite:   ‘National Security Was Compromised’: Fox News Anchor John Roberts Calls Leaked War Plans to The Atlantic a ‘BFD’
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Officials Included Journalist in Group Chat on Yemen Attack Plans in Extraordinary Breach
Sarah Rumpf / Mediaite:
Trump's NSA Who Leaked War Plans to Reporter in a Group Chat Previously Shredded His Predecessor Over Leaked Intel
Discussion: The Hill
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
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Washington Post:
Long waits, waves of calls, web crashes: Social Security is breaking down
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and The Hill
New York Times:
Social Security, Buffeted by Turmoil, Awaits a New Leader
Discussion: CNBC and 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.
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Brendan Ruberry / Semafor:
DHS Sec. Noem says will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target  —  The News  —  US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told a Cabinet meeting Monday that the department would move to “eliminate” the government's disaster relief agency, days after President Donald Trump signed …
Ben Leonard / Politico:
GOP senator: Trump ‘interested in’ seeing Congress codify DOGE cuts
Discussion: Punchbowl News, Fox News and Daily Kos
Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Trump's Elon Musk Obsession Is About to Cost Him Big Time
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Raw Story
Jacob Bogage / Washington Post:
USPS chief Louis DeJoy resigns as Trump eyes overhauling mail agency  —  The postmaster general had said in February that he would stay on until a successor was chosen.  —  U.S. Postmaster General Louis DeJoy will resign at the end of the day Monday, concluding a five-year tenure that began …
Discussion: The Independent and ABC17NEWS
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Brett Samuels / The Hill:
US Postmaster General Louis DeJoy resigns
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 …
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.
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 …
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.
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Elizabeth Crisp / The Hill:
Trump portrait to be removed at Colorado Capitol after president's criticism
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump nominates Susan Monarez for CDC director, elevating from acting role  —  President Trump has decided to pick Susan Monarez to be the new nominee to head the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, making permanent the acting role she has served at the public health agency in recent months.
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New York Times:   Trump Nominates Susan Monarez to Lead C.D.C.
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  —  Last year The Guardian reported that Russian-American businessman Anton Postolnikov, the nephew of an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin …
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
Matt Cohen / Democracy Docket:
SCOTUS Hears Latest Conservative Assault on the Voting Rights Act  —  The U.S. Supreme Court heard oral argument Monday in two Louisiana redistricting cases consolidated into one — Louisiana v. Callais and Robinson v. Callais — centered on the state's newly minted second majority-Black congressional district.
Burgess Everett / Semafor:
Trump cuts $3B from congressional deal he hated  —  The Scoop  —  President Donald Trump is cutting nearly $3 billion in spending, much of it reserved for foreign aid, by unwinding part of a 2023 fiscal deal loathed by conservatives, three senior White House officials told Semafor.
 
 
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Sheryl Gay Stolberg / New York Times:
Formula, Fries and Froot Loops: Washington Bends to Kennedy's ‘MAHA’ Agenda
Discussion: The Daily Caller
Robert Kuttner / American Prospect:
Columbia's Capitulation, and Wesleyan's Pushback
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
New York Times:
In His Second Term, Trump Fuels a ‘Machinery’ of Misinformation
Politico:
Long Covid office ‘will be closing,’ Trump administration announces
Discussion: Inside Medicine
Alan Wong / Bloomberg:
China Frees Mintz Employees as It Woos Top Global Companies
Discussion: Al Jazeera and Reuters
Washington Post:
Appeals judge on Venezuelan deportations: ‘Nazis got better treatment’
Priscilla DeGregory / New York Post:
Mahmoud Khalil hid ties to UNRWA on green card application, feds say as they hit anti-Israel agitator with new accusations
 Earlier Items: 
Seb Starcevic / Politico:
Greenland to Trump: No, we didn't invite you
Economic Policy Institute:
Strong wage growth for low-wage workers bucks the historic trend
Discussion: Tax Foundation
Mark Niesse / Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Georgia is planning one of the largest cancellations of voter registrations in U.S. history
ProPublica:
NIH Ends Future Funding to Study the Health Effects of Climate Change
Discussion: ABC News and Roll Call
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
How to Think (and Act) Like a Dissident Movement
Discussion: emptywheel and Mock Paper Scissors
Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
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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:
BBC correspondent Mark Lowen was arrested in Turkey on Wednesday and deported from the country today after reporting on anti-government protests

Jeremy Barr / Washington Post:
The widow of Pierre Zakrzewski, the Fox News cameraman who was killed while working in Ukraine in 2022, filed a £9M suit against Fox in the UK earlier in March
 
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