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Spiegel Online:
Private Data and Passwords of Senior U.S. Security Officials Found Online  —  Donald Trump's most important security advisers used Signal to discuss an imminent military strike.  Now, reporting by DER SPIEGEL has found that the contact data of some of those officials, including mobile phone numbers …
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Wired:
Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Friends List Public  —  A WIRED review shows national security adviser Mike Waltz, White House chief of staff Susie Wiles, and other top officials left sensitive information exposed via Venmo—until WIRED asked about it.  —  A Venmo account under the name …
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:   The Trump Administration, Not College Students, Is The Greatest Threat to Our Foreign Policy and National Security
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
SignalGate: Did CIA Boss Ratcliffe Use a Cell Phone in Headquarters?
Quil Lawrence / NPR:
Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard
Discussion: The Guardian
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:   Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Contacts Public - ‘Friends’ Include CNN's Brianna Keilar and an MSNBC Producer
Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth Comes Under Scrutiny for Texting Strike Details as Fallout Grows
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
What's next for Waltz and Hegseth  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, already excited for my first cup of tea with Marjorie Taylor Greene.  —  More importantly ... This is my first Opening Day and the forecast looks great.
Discussion: Raw Story
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NBC News:
‘Somebody has to go down’: Trump allies take aim at Michael Waltz  —  In a particularly rough week for the Trump administration, a number of the president's allies are calling for accountability after military plans were inadvertently shared with a journalist.
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate  —  The Trump administration's group chat tells a lot about itself  —  Welcome to Doomsday Scenario, my regular column on national security, geopolitics, history, and—unfortunately—the fight for democracy in the Trump era.
Jake Traylor / Politico:
Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: ‘I always thought it was Mike’
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers turn up the pressure on Hegseth
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Adviser Lied About Not Knowing Atlantic Editor in Group Chat
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's “pro-Hamas” purge could block foreign students from colleges  —  The Trump administration is discussing plans to try to block certain colleges from having any foreign students if it decides too many are “pro-Hamas,” senior Justice and State Department officials tell Axios.
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US immigration officials detain doctoral student at University of Alabama  —  Justification for arrest not clear as Trump administration increasingly targets students for arrest and deportation  —  US immigration authorities have detained a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, campus officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her  —  A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr. Plans 10,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department  —  Changes would reshape the nation's health agencies and close regional offices  —  WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to significantly cut the size of the department he leads …
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Public Notice:
Trump's hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian  —  “The president seems to believe he can impose prohibitively high tariffs *and* collect revenue, which you can't do.”  —  ∙ Paid … 📸  —  At the White House yesterday, Donald Trump announced he's imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imported cars.
Discussion: MPR News and Semafor
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
US cities located in states won by Trump would be most hurt by Canadian tariffs, an analysis finds
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues
Richard L. Hasen / MSNBC:
Trump's executive order on elections is a blatant power grab  —  It seems especially dangerous to take power away from the states when there are many threats to our democracy.  —  By design, presidents have no power over the conduct of federal elections.  President Donald Trump's recent executive order …
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Washington Post:
For many, proving U.S. citizenship to vote could be costly and difficult
Discussion: The Maine Wire and Bloomberg
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Kari Lake withdraws cancellation of Radio Free Europe funding  —  U.S. Agency for Global Media senior adviser Kari Lake withdrew the Trump administration's cancellation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's funding on Wednesday after a court granted the news organization a temporary restraining order.
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Wisconsin provides a critical test for Democrats' anti-Elon Musk playbook  —  Democrats, who've struggled to find their footing in the second Trump administration, have made Musk a major focal point in the final stretch of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.  —  Next week's Wisconsin Supreme Court race …
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Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
Some Weird Alliances Are Breaking Out Among Democrats
Discussion: Fox News
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:   A populist uprising stirs among Democrats furious at their leaders
Rachel Bluth / Politico:
Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state's own NIH  —  The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.  —  SACRAMENTO, California — An ambitious California Democrat wants …
Discussion: The Hill
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   Trump's war on science
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump “Frustrated” at Text Fiasco as Hegseth Spin Implodes  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Discussion: Politico
Ben Schlappig / One Mile at a Time:
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+  —  Recently, I wrote about how we're seeing a general softening of demand for travel to the United States, for a variety of reasons.  There's no denying that the most contentious situation is between Canada and the United States …
Jami Ganz / New York Daily News:
Andrew Tate accused of violently attacking girlfriend during sex  —  Andrew Tate, the right-wing influencer who's accused of rape and sex trafficking in Romania, allegedly attacked one of his girlfriends while they were having sex in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
No War but Culture War  —  The response to Signalgate reveals a disjuncture between the seriousness with which MAGA treats foreign enemies and perceived domestic ones.  —  One might think the Trump administration and its supporters would be dismayed to learn that top personnel discussed military strikes …
Reuters:
Exclusive: White House installs Trump loyalists at federal HR agency after ‘five things’ email  —  The White House has installed two Trump loyalists at the federal HR agency after allies of billionaire Elon Musk blindsided top Trump officials with a surprise government-wide email …
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid  —  As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country's racist apartheid government decades ago, some on the American right felt they took it too far.  One of those people who stepped up and spoke …
Washington Post:
Trump officials working to strip FEMA's role in disaster recovery by Oct. 1  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem and others are weighing whether to strip FEMA of some of its key functions  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem …
 
 
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
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Molly Parker / ProPublica:
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump's War on Higher Education
Discussion: New Republic and HEPI
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender
New York Times:
Houthis in Yemen Won't Be Defeated by Airstrikes Alone, Experts Say
Discussion: The Guardian and Axios
Joel Simon / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism
Discussion: Verfassungsblog
Washington Post:
These 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump's agenda
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Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
New York Times:
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
Discussion: Reuters
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says
 

 
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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”

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

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
 
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