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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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Trump Administration Live Updates: Full Exchange of Signal Texts on U.S. Strikes Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak — Where Things Stand — Security leak: The full exchange of messages about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials on the Signal app …


'We've all done this': Trump admin group chat scandal is its most relatable fail — Last year Morgan Matthews woke up to discover that she had sent a text message while she was asleep. — “I don't don't know what to do with my wwwa w www waawaww we awW,” the lengthy message began …
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The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated — Excerpts of a Signal chat published Monday by The Atlantic provide a rare and revealing look at the private conversations of top Trump administration officials as they weighed plans for U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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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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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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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
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Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes.
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NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
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American Oversight Sues Trump Administration for Using Signal to Plan Military Operations
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Jeffrey Goldberg says Hegseth lied in dismissing intelligence leak
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It's war and peace with Donald and Pete - and the worst group chat the world has ever seen
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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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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.
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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 …
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Trump signs executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
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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 …


Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker — Democrats pulled off an astonishing upset in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday night, as East Petersburg Mayor James Andrew Malone defeated Republican Josh Parsons by a 50-49 margin to flip …
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Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset — Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects.
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3/26/25 ☀️ AM: — Senate deficit hawks balk at debt limit amid reconciliation push — Cruz says Pentagon staff lobbied against spectrum auctions — Johnson's general counsel is retiring after decades on Hill — ICYMI: Malliotakis talks taxes, tariffs, DOGE and more
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DOGE efforts should be counted alongside megabill's cost-cutting, Thune says
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Corporate America's Euphoria Over Trump's ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress — CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession — Rapturous applause and a sea of phones in the air greeted President Trump …
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Trump Says He Doesn't Want ‘Too Many’ Exceptions in Tariff Push
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Denmark welcomes US decision to skip Greenland dog-sled race amid Trump spat — Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.
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How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China — Elon Musk's aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records.


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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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 …
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Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student — Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said. — The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, is student at the Tufts's doctoral program …


Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioters — “A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it,” the president said. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the possibility of financial compensation for people who were prosecuted for taking part in the riot at the Capitol in 2021.
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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.’


Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocks Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as ‘Gov. Hot Wheels’ — Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state's governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott — who uses a wheelchair — as “Gov. Hot Wheels” while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles.
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SCOOP: Jasmine Crockett hit with censure effort for mocking paraplegic Texas governor as ‘Hot Wheels’
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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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Ukraine Was Just Knifed In The Back — An update on the big story of last night—which reveals the real peril that Ukraine and Europe find themselves in when dealing with the Trump Administration. — Phillips's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.


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 …
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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 …


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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