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5:30 AM ET, March 28, 2025

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Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
A DHS staffer faces serious punishment for accidentally adding a reporter to a group email  —  The episode, which has not been previously reported, raises questions about unequal punishment for inadvertent leakers in the Trump administration.  —  A federal worker accidentally includes …
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Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Takes Government Secrecy Seriously. But Only When It Suits Him.
Discussion: Associated Press and KTVZ-TV
Politico:
Trump allies are starting to notice Hegseth's growing pile of mistakes
New York Times:
Signal Chat Leak Angers U.S. Military Pilots
Discussion: Raw Story
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Bondi Indicates Signal Chat Episode Will Not Be Criminally Investigated
CNN:
Concerns about Hegseth's judgment come roaring back after group chat scandal
New York Times:
Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order  —  The discussions come as other major firms are said to be trying to cut deals with the White House.  —  The elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with President Trump's advisers about a deal …
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Addressing Risks From WilmerHale  —  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 …
Discussion: Business Insider
The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Addresses Risks from WilmerHale  —  SUSPENDING SECURITY CLEARANCES TO PROTECT THE NATIONAL INTEREST: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to suspend security clearances held by individuals at Wilmer Cutler Pickering Hale and Dorr LLP …
Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Trump signs order targeting law firm with ties to Robert Mueller
Discussion: Washington Times and Raw Story
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Targets WilmerHale, Citing Law Firm's Connection to Robert Mueller
Discussion: Raw Story
Darlene Superville / Associated Press:
Trump executive order on Smithsonian targets funding for programs with ‘improper ideology’  —  President Donald Trump on Thursday revealed his intention to force changes at the Smithsonian Institution with an executive order that targets funding for programs that advance “divisive narratives” …
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The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Restores Truth and Sanity to American History  —  RESTORING TRUTH IN AMERICAN HISTORY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order restoring truth and sanity to American history by revitalizing key cultural institutions and reversing the spread of divisive ideology.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History  —  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.  Over the past decade, Americans have witnessed a concerted …
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian  —  The executive order also calls for the replacement of memorials and monuments removed since 2020.  —  President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday evening promising to eliminate “improper …
Discussion: USA Today
Billy House / Bloomberg:
Trump Pulls Stefanik's UN Nomination to Protect GOP Majority  —  President Donald Trump says he will withdraw Representative Elise Stefanik's nomination to serve as the US ambassador to the United Nations, citing Republicans' narrow hold on the House.  —  “With a very tight Majority …
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New York Times:
Trump Asks Stefanik to Withdraw Bid to Be U.N. Ambassador
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Fallout coming for House GOP over Trump's rug pull on Stefanik
Discussion: Mediaite and Washington Examiner
Josh Fiallo / The Daily Beast:
Top Republicans Break With Trump Over Leaked War Plans
Discussion: Townhall and ABC News
John T. Bennett / Roll Call:
Trump pulls Stefanik nomination to be UN ambassador
CNN:
Republicans grow concerned about Trump's handpicked candidate in Florida special election
Will Bunch / The Philadelphia Inquirer:
The disappearing of Rumeysa Ozturk is something I never thought I'd see in America  —  You've probably seen something like this before — but only in a movie, and only in a film that was seeking to capture the horrors of daily life under Joseph Stalin at the peak of his 1930s purges across the USSR …
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Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
ICE Makes Another Student Disappear—and No One Knows Why
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
A clarifying moment for democracy
Axios:
Ambush arrest of Tufts student sparks new concerns about immigration crackdown
María Luisa Paúl / Washington Post:
Can noncitizens protest? What to know about their rights — and risks
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Warned U.S. Automakers Not to Raise Prices in Response to Tariffs  —  Threat came in a call earlier this month, in which carmakers feared punishment if prices go up  —  When President Trump convened CEOs of some of the country's top automakers for a call earlier this month …
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Wire
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Exempts Agencies with National Security Missions from Federal Collective Bargaining Requirements  —  PROTECTING OUR NATIONAL SECURITY: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order using authority granted by the Civil Service Reform Act of 1978 …
Discussion: Fox News, Defense One and KTVZ-TV
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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump administration moves to end union rights for many federal workers
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Moves to End Union Protections Across Broad Swath of Government
Washington Post:
How Kristi Noem's $50,000 Rolex in a Salvadoran prison became a political flashpoint  —  The high-end Swiss watch lent a striking contrast to her tour of a notoriously overcrowded mega-prison in one of Latin America's poorest countries.  —  Just now  —  When Homeland Security Secretary …
Discussion: Semafor
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The Insider:
Russian scientist from Harvard Medical School detained in U.S., faces deportation and likely arrest upon return due to anti-war stance  —  A Russian scientist working at Harvard Medical School has been detained in the United States and placed in immigration detention.
Discussion: Fox News and The Independent
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Maya Yang / The Guardian:   Russian scientist working at Harvard detained by Ice at Boston airport
Washington Post:
Internal White House document details layoff plans across U.S. agencies  —  While officials stressed the estimates were subject to change, the snapshot suggests how agencies are working to meet Trump's mandate to shrink government.  —  Just now  —  Federal officials are preparing for agencies …
Discussion: Daily Mail and Bloomberg
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Politico:
RFK Jr.'s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling  —  The cuts sent shockwaves through the department's sprawling workforce, prompting a scramble among senior agency officials to figure out which employees and policy priorities were affected.
Alex Kane / Jewish Currents:
ADL Shutters Flagship Anti-Bias Program … IN DECEMBER 2023, during a monthly call with the Anti-Defamation League (ADL) education team, Clara Hess, the vice president of education for the nonprofit, announced a major change: The organization would be phasing out its flagship anti-bias education program, A World of Difference (AWOD).
Discussion: Fox News
David Brennan / ABC News:
Trump says US will ‘go as far as we have to’ to get control of Greenland  —  The president suggested that “the world needs us to have Greenland.”  —  President Donald Trump speaks to the press before signing an executive order in the Oval Office of the White House, Mar. 26, 2025 in Washington.
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Graig Graziosi / The Independent:
A local travel company in Greenland's capital also cancelled a planned visit by Usha Vance
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Top Senate Republican Protests Trump Bid to Withhold Spending  —  Senator Susan Collins of Maine, the chairwoman of the Appropriations Committee, joined top Democrats in insisting that the president does not have the power to “pick and choose” what to fund.  —  A top Senate Republican …
Wired:
Even More Venmo Accounts Tied to Trump Officials in Signal Group Chat Left Data Public  —  WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat.  One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.
Tom Huddleston Jr. / NBC Chicago:
Bill Gates: Within 10 years, AI will replace many doctors and teachers—humans won't be needed ‘for most things’  —  Over the next decade, advances in artificial intelligence will mean that humans will no longer be needed “for most things” in the world, says Bill Gates.
 
 
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Yale Daily News:
Three prominent Yale professors depart for Canadian university, citing Trump fears
Mabinty Quarshie / Washington Examiner:
Vance addresses Marines as White House deals with fallout of Signal group chat leak
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Trump urges support for Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate in unusual intervention
Discussion: Breitbart, The 19th and NewsNation
Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
The NIH's Most Reckless Cuts Yet
Discussion: Washington Post
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Kyle Swenson / Washington Post:
Their jobs vanished. These historians want to ensure their stories don't.
Wall Street Journal:
Israel Supplied Intelligence in Airstrike Discussed in Signal Chat, Officials say
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Benoit Berthelot / Bloomberg:
France's antitrust regulator fines Apple €150M after a lengthy investigation into how iOS asks to collect user data under ATT and the impact on advertisers

Kevin Beaumont / DoublePulsar:
Oracle is using very specific words to avoid responsibility for an Oracle Cloud breach, after a report on March 21 that a threat actor claimed responsibility

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