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7:40 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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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 …
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 …
Discussion: New Republic
Irie Sentner / Politico:
The country's most powerful institutions are bowing to Trump.  The Atlantic just backed him into a corner.  —  The president has used a strongman playbook to bring universities, news organizations and law firms to heel.  That didn't work on The Atlantic.  —  Over the past two months …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Jersey Online
The Guardian:
Republican senators break ranks to call for investigation of Signal leak scandal  —  Senior GOP figures warn of potential ‘significant political problem’ for Trump administration in rare sign of unrest  —  In rare signs of unrest, top Republican senators are calling for an investigation …
Politico:
Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes.
Dasha Burns / Politico:
‘Own it, fire Waltz, move on’: White House allies fume as group chat scandal grows
Daniel Boguslaw / American Prospect:
Michael Waltz's Venmo Is Public, and It's Full of Journalists
Discussion: Townhall
Wired:
SignalGate Isn't About Signal  —  The Trump cabinet's shocking leak of its plans …
Discussion: USA Today and Washington Examiner
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:   When Your Threat Model Is Being a Moron
FPWellman / On Democracy with FPWellman …:
EXCLUSIVE: DOD has deployed Signal on government devices overriding their own policy
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New York Times:
Rumeysa Ozturk, a Tufts Student, Is Detained by ICE  —  The university was told that the student's visa had been terminated, its president said in a late-night email to students and faculty members.  —  An international student in a graduate program at Tufts University was taken …
GBH:
Tufts international graduate student taken into ICE custody  —  A Tufts University international graduate student is in federal custody after being detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials.  —  Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national and PhD student in the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences …
New York Times:
Here is the latest.  —  The measure is intended to bring car factories to the United States but could increase prices for consumers significantly.  —  Here is the latest.  —  President Trump said on Wednesday that he would impose a 25 percent tariffs on all cars that are shipped into the United States.
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Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars
Politico:
Trump announces additional 25 percent tariff on auto imports
CNN:
Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages  —  The information Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth disclosed in the Signal chat of top Trump national security officials was highly classified at the time he wrote it …
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Duckworth: 'Pete Hegseth is a ‘f‑‑‑ing liar’
Discussion: PoliticusUSA and Raw Story
Emma Colton / Fox News:
Trump admin declares the Atlantic's Signal article a ‘hoax’ after it drops ‘war plans’ rhetoric
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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Mother Jones:
“You're Here Because of Your Tattoos”  —  On Friday, March 14, Arturo Suárez Trejo called his wife, Nathali Sánchez, from an immigration detention center in Texas.  Suárez, a 33-year-old native of Caracas, Venezuela, explained that his deportation flight had been delayed.
Discussion: Just Security and UPI
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Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Trump To Courts: What I Do With Migrant ‘Terrorists’ Isn't Your Business
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says  —  NATO Secretary-General Mark Rutte said Wednesday that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he did not yet know the details.  A U.S. official would say only that the four soldiers …
Associated Press:
Democrats take hope from upset win in a GOP-leaning Pennsylvania state Senate district  —  Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat in Republican-leaning suburbs and farming communities, scoring an upset in a district that a Democrat …
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Kimberly Leonard / Politico:
‘A lot closer than people expected’: GOP worries, Dem cash dominate tense Florida special election
Stephen Richer / The Contrarian:
Trump's executive order on voting seems to ignore a lot of law  —  The process of governance matters, but the president pretends we don't have a Congress and rides roughshod over the states.  —  President Trump has finally issued an executive order on election administration.  —  I'd expected it to come sooner.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Social Security postpones and partially rolls back ID changes  —  The Social Security Administration on Wednesday said it would postpone controversial changes to phone service and partially relax new rules on identity verification.  —  Why it matters: Advocates and current and former officials …
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash
Discussion: CBS News
Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal appeals court maintains temporary block on Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations  —  A divided federal appeals court has maintained a temporary block on President Donald Trump's ability to use the Alien Enemies Act to quickly deport alleged members of a Venezuelan gang.
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 …
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.
Walter Olson / The UnPopulist:
Trump Is Going After the Independence of the Entire Legal Profession, Not Just Big Law  —  A new presidential memo is meant to instill fear in any firm that dares to represent his political adversaries  —  The Trump administration's assault on lawyers who represent its perceived adversaries …
New York Times:
Trump Administration Abruptly Cuts Billions From State Health Services  —  States were told Monday that they could no longer use grants that were funding infectious disease management and addiction services.  —  The Department of Health and Human Services has abruptly canceled more than $12 billion …
CNN:
Marjorie Taylor Greene attacks NPR and PBS as ‘communist,’ calls for funding to ‘end’  —  Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene on Wednesday used a DOGE subcommittee hearing to call for the defunding and dismantling of the company that provides NPR and PBS with federal funds.
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New York Times:
Trump Allies Grill PBS and NPR During Congress Hearing
Reuters:
Canada freezes rebate payments to Tesla, bans it from future rebate programs due to tariffs  —  Canada has frozen all rebate payments for Tesla (TSLA.O) and banned the electric-vehicle maker from future EV rebate programs, Transport Minister Chrystia Freeland said on Tuesday.
Ceylan Yeğinsu / New York Times:
‘Trump Slump’ Looms as Foreign Visitors Rethink Travel to U.S.  —  A growing number of travelers say they are worried about feeling unwelcome or unsafe in America and are reluctant to support the economy of a country that may be destabilizing other nations.  —  International tourists detained at U.S. borders.
Julie Pace / Wall Street Journal:
The AP's Freedom of Speech—and Yours  —  A brazen attempt to punish us for using words Trump dislikes.  —  For anyone who thinks the Associated Press's lawsuit against President Trump's White House is about the name of a body of water, think bigger.  It's really about whether the government can control what you say.
Discussion: The Federalist
Noah Shachtman / New York Times:
Foreign Spies to Team Trump: 👊🇺🇸🔥  —  If you're running the security directorate of a hostile nation, savor this moment.  It's never been easier to steal secrets from the United States government.  Can you even call it stealing when it's this simple?
Discussion: Bloomberg
 
 
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New York Times:
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Democrat Asks Intel Leaders If Pete Hegseth May Have Been Drinking Before Signal Chat
Christa Marshall / Politico:
Trump ratchets up the appliance war
Discussion: Twitchy
New York Post:
Team Trump will pay a price for whistling past the Signal group-chat fiasco
Discussion: HuffPost
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LA Times owner defends remaking paper to Tucker Carlson
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Wired:
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NPR:
‘Felt like a kidnapping’: Wrong turn leads to 5-day detention ordeal
Paul Krugman:
Incompetent or Evil: A False Dichotomy
NPR:
DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why
Discussion: Popular Information
Politico:
Trump admin considers killing big energy projects in Dem states
Discussion: Washington Examiner
ProPublica:
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