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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 …
Discussion: Raw Story and New Republic
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 …
Daniel Boguslaw / American Prospect:
Michael Waltz's Venmo Is Public, and It's Full of Journalists  —  The figure who tagged a journalist into a Signal chat about the attack on Yemen also failed to set his Venmo to private, revealing his willingness to engage with reporters of all political stripes.
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
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
The Five Scandals (and One Fascinating Political Insight) of Signalgate
CNN:
Sources say the details shared by Hegseth in Signal chat were classified as Atlantic publishes additional messages
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Duckworth: 'Pete Hegseth is a ‘f‑‑‑ing liar’
Discussion: Raw Story
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Democrat Asks Intel Leaders If Pete Hegseth May Have Been Drinking Before Signal Chat
Jason Koebler / 404 Media:   When Your Threat Model Is Being a Moron
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Adviser Lied About Not Knowing Atlantic Editor in Group Chat
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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:
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 …
Associated Press:
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her
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.
Discussion: Washington Post, RedState, UPI and The Verge
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues
Aimee Picchi / CBS News:
Trump announces 25% tariffs on foreign-made cars
Joe Stanley-Smith / Politico:
Von der Leyen vows EU will protect its interests as Trump announces huge car tariffs
Discussion: Politico
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 …
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Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law
Discussion: Deseret News and The Dispatch
New York Times:
Rivals Pounce on Paul Weiss, a Top Law Firm, After Trump's Order
Discussion: Off Message and The Hill
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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Washington Post:
Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people
Discussion: NPR and New Jersey Online
Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Social Security Administration backtracks on some ID requirements after backlash
Discussion: CBS News
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 …
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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 …
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: Reason, UPI and Just Security
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 …
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.
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 …
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 …
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.
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Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:   Some Weird Alliances Are Breaking Out Among Democrats
New York Post:
Team Trump will pay a price for whistling past the Signal group-chat fiasco  —  It looks like Team Trump has decided to try to whistle right past the “Operation Overshare” fiasco, and may well pull it off — but not cost-free.  —  President Trump is standing up for national security adviser Mike Waltz …
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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?
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.
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Federal Court Slaps Down DOJ's Request to Allow Deportations Under Wartime Law  —  A three-judge panel Wednesday with a 2-1 vote declined the Department of Justice's (DOJ) request to lift a lower-court order preventing the Trump administration from using an 18th century wartime law to deport people …
Discussion: NPR
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Matt Shuham / HuffPost:
Trump To Courts: What I Do With Migrant ‘Terrorists’ Isn't Your Business
 
 
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Bessent opens door to Russian return to major international banking system
Ben Packer / UAW:
In a Victory for Autoworkers, Auto Tariffs Mark the Beginning of the End of NAFTA and the “Free Trade” Disaster
Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Discussion: Daily Nous
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight to End Apartheid
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
ADJUSTING IMPORTS OF AUTOMOBILES AND AUTOMOBILE PARTS INTO THE UNITED STATES
Discussion: USA Today and The Hill
Julie Pace / Wall Street Journal:
The AP's Freedom of Speech—and Yours
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 Earlier Items: 
New York Times:
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
Discussion: Reuters
Ceylan Yeğinsu / New York Times:
‘Trump Slump’ Looms as Foreign Visitors Rethink Travel to U.S.
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
LA Times owner defends remaking paper to Tucker Carlson
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Associated Press:
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Wired:
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Mark Gurman / Bloomberg:
Sources: Apple is working on a major Health app revamp and an AI doctor service, planned for H1 2026, and M5 updates for the iPad Pro and MacBook Pro this year

Ernie Smith / Tedium:
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Wall Street Journal:
Sources detail tensions between Apple and Elon Musk's SpaceX over efforts to expand satellite cellphone services
 
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