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Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
Pete Hegseth Sued Over Signal Text Debacle  —  A public watchdog group has launched the first lawsuit over the Trump administration's use of Signal to discuss war plans, HuffPost has learned.  —  A public watchdog group sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a slew of other Trump administration …
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Joanne Stocker / CBS News:
As top Trump aides sent texts on Signal, flight data show a member of the group chat was in Russia  —  President Trump's Ukraine and Middle East envoy Steve Witkoff was in Moscow, where he met with Russian President Vladimir Putin, when he was included in a group chat with more than a dozen …
James Laporta / CBS News:
NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat  —  The National Security Agency sent out an operational security special bulletin to its employees in February 2025 warning them of vulnerabilities in using the encrypted messaging application Signal, according to internal NSA documents obtained by CBS News.
NPR:
Days after the Signal leak, the Pentagon warned the app was the target of hackers  —  Several days after top national security officials accidentally included a reporter in a Signal chat about bombing the Houthi sites in Yemen, a Pentagon-wide advisory warned against using the messaging app, even for unclassified information.
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Key takeaways from worldwide threats hearing dominated by Signal breach
FPWellman / On Democracy with FPWellman …:
It's a thousand times worse than you think
Ryan Goodman / Just Security:
Signal Gate: The Criminal Law Precedents That Are Most Relevant
Discussion: The Atlantic
Anna Giaritelli / Washington Examiner:
Ratcliffe: Signal was approved for communication use by Biden administration
Zoë Richards / NBC News:
Mike Waltz says he takes ‘full responsibility’ for putting together text group that included a journalist
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Officials in Leaked Chat Had Criticized Clinton's Use of Private Email Server
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Despite pioneering self-government …
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump Signs Order Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote in Federal Elections  —  Administration officials cited cracking down on immigrants illegally on voter rolls as one of the executive order's main goals, amplifying Mr. Trump's grievances about electoral integrity.
Discussion: Politico
Associated Press:
Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship  —  President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed a sweeping executive action to overhaul elections in the U.S., including requiring documentary proof of citizenship to register to vote in federal elections …
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump signs executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections  —  Election experts said Trump was claiming power he does not have and said lawsuits over the measure were all but guaranteed.  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday requiring people …
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ - and calls Atlantic editor ‘scum’  —  In an interview with Fox News, the national security advisor denied knowing how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg joined the thread.  —  National security adviser Mike Waltz said Tuesday that he is taking “full responsibility” …
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Madeline Coggins / Fox News:
National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
The deep divide lurking in Trump officials' leaked group chat
Brandy Zadrozny / NBC News:
CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S.  —  “Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary,” federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week.  —  The Centers for Disease Control …
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Teddy Rosenbluth / New York Times:
Remedy Supported by Kennedy Leaves Some Measles Patients More Ill
Discussion: Forbes
Kevin Griffis / Washington Post:
Why I left my job leading public health messaging for the CDC
Discussion: STAT and The Atlanta Voice
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Addressing Risks from Jenner & Block  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Background.  My Administration is committed to addressing the significant risks associated with law firms …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Protecting America's Bank Account Against Fraud, Waste, and Abuse  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:  —  Section 1.  Purpose.  Promoting financial integrity and operational efficiency …
Discussion: RedState and FedScoop
NBC News:
Speaker Mike Johnson floats eliminating federal courts as GOP ramps up attacks on judges  —  Republican lawmakers are setting their sights on the judiciary following court rulings that have halted Trump's agenda.  —  WASHINGTON — Facing pressure from his right flank to take on judges …
Elizabeth Elkind / Fox News:
SCOOP: Jasmine Crockett hit with censure effort for mocking paraplegic Texas governor as ‘Hot Wheels’  —  Rep. Jasmine Crockett appeared to mock Gov. Greg Abbott's disability during an event over the weekend  —  FIRST ON FOX: A GOP lawmaker is moving to have Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas …
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Thomas Beaumont / Associated Press:
Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocks Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as ‘Gov. Hot Wheels’
Andrew Solender / Axios:
GOP moves to censure Crockett for “Governor Hot Wheels” remark
Washington Post:
Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism  —  A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism.  —  A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations …
The Downballot:
Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker  —  No Democrat had ever won this ancestrally Republican seat, but it's now the second Democratic pickup of the year.  —  Democrats pulled off an astonishing upset in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday night …
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Jared Gans / The Hill:
Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset
Discussion: Democrats
Reuters:
Trump targets Jenner & Block in latest executive order aimed at law firms  —  President Donald Trump expanded his attacks on major U.S. law firms on Tuesday as he signed an executive order targeting Jenner & Block, which represents clients challenging some of his major policies and formerly employed …
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Joe Lawlor / Press Herald:
Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills  —  U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is ‘infuriating and absurd.’
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Jeffrey Goldberg says Hegseth lied in dismissing intelligence leak  —  Journalist Jeffrey Goldberg suggested Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth lied about the severity of an intelligence leak that shocked much of Washington, D.C.  —  In a Monday night appearance on CNN, Goldberg …
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New York Times:
The Worst Part of Pete Hegseth's Group Chat Debacle
Discussion: NPR and The Root
Josh Marshall / Talking Points Memo:
SignalGate Is Bad; But OPSEC Isn't Even the Worst Part Of It … I haven't had time to comment on the Jeff Goldberg story about the war cabinet planning a military campaign on the Signal app.  So a few brief thoughts.  —  To state the obvious, in any normal administration Hegseth and Waltz …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
DOGE efforts should be counted alongside megabill's cost-cutting, Thune says  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said he plans to use the cuts undertaken by Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency initiative as he tries to get Republican fiscal hawks on board with a budget blueprint paving …
Discussion: Washington Times
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Politico:
Senate Republicans eye big changes to House budget
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Bloomberg
Ella Lee / The Hill:
Judge temporarily bars effort to defund Radio Free Europe  —  A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from moving to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).  —  U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found that the administration and Lake …
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Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Judge blocks funding freeze for Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty
more at Mediagazer »
New York Times:
Judge Orders U.S. to Stop Attempts to Deport Columbia Undergraduate  —  The administration has been seeking to arrest and deport Yunseo Chung, who immigrated from South Korea as a child, after she participated in pro-Palestinian demonstrations.  —  A federal judge on Tuesday ordered …
Slate:
The Justice Department Just Debuted a New Defense of Trump.  It's Terrifying.  —  Does the “mandate of the electorate” give the president absolute power to defy the courts?  —  On Monday, Donald Trump's Department of Justice made two arguments in two different courts that, taken together …
Discussion: Reason and The Law and Policy Blog
Taylor Orth / YouGov:
60% of Republicans think the Trump administration's military leak is a very or somewhat serious problem  —  The Trump administration is currently facing questions about a story published Monday by a journalist at The Atlantic, who wrote that he had inadvertently been added …
 
 
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USA Today:
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Discussion: New York Times and NorthJersey.com
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Musk's super PAC jumps into Florida's special elections
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David Folkenflik / NPR:
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