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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 …
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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” …
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.
Petula Dvorak / Washington Post:
Trump issues executive order to eliminate ‘anti-American ideology’ from Smithsonian
Discussion: USA Today
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at Smithsonian museums in new executive order
Discussion: Daily Mail and Fox News
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Politico:
Another law firm targeted by Trump sues to block punishing executive order  —  Jenner & Block is the second law firm to try to fight Trump in court over his executive orders.  —  A law firm targeted by President Donald Trump sued Friday to bar enforcement of his executive order that seeks …
Chris Cameron / New York Times:
Trump Targets WilmerHale, Citing Law Firm's Connection to Robert Mueller
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:   Inside the Law Firm That Decided to Fight Back Against Trump's Attack
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including sections 7103(b)(1) of title 5 and 4103(b) of title 22, United States Code, to enhance the national security of the United States, it is hereby ordered:
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and Fox News
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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 …
America's Unions:   AFL-CIO President on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: “Very Definition of Union-Busting”
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:   They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them  —  The worst thing that the federal government …
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: Cafe Hayek, Fortune, Eschaton and Raw Story
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Want good relations with Trump? Bring a gift
Discussion: Raw Story
Peter Baker / New York Times:
Trump Takes Government Secrecy Seriously.  But Only When It Suits Him.  —  In the Trump era, the definition of an official secret depends on whatever works best for the president.  —  As far as the Trump administration is concerned, there are government secrets and then there are government secrets.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
CNN:
Concerns about Hegseth's judgment come roaring back after group chat scandal
Wall Street Journal:
Detained Tufts Student Is Moved to Louisiana Despite Judge's Order  —  Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish national with a student visa, was detained by federal authorities this week  —  Federal agents moved a Turkish student arrested in Massachusetts to Louisiana despite a judge's order barring her transfer without notice.
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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 …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
ICE Makes Another Student Disappear—and No One Knows Why
Makena Kelly / Wired:
DOGE Plans to Rebuild SSA Codebase In Months, Risking Benefits and System Collapse  —  Social Security systems contain tens of millions of lines of code written in COBOL, an archaic programming language.  Safely rewriting that code would take years—DOGE wants it done in months.
Nicholas Florko / The Atlantic:
Texas Never Wanted RFK Jr.'s Unproven Measles Treatment  —  Kennedy made a show of shipping vitamin A to measles-stricken communities.  The state's public-health department didn't take up the offer.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., staring down his first major health crisis as the head of Health and Human Services, had a plan.
Discussion: Raw Story, Techdirt, KFF and CNN
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Politico:
RFK Jr.'s massive cuts stun staff, leave senior employees scrambling
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: Politico, Daily Mail and Bloomberg
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
Big trouble with ‘modest stagflation’
Discussion: The Hill
Zack Stanton / Politico:   Playbook: MAGA vs. the world
Hillary Clinton / New York Times:
This Is Just Dumb  —  It's not the hypocrisy that bothers me; it's the stupidity.  We're all shocked — shocked! — that President Trump and his team don't actually care about protecting classified information or federal record retention laws.  But we knew that already.
Politico:
Stefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin margins  —  Democrats insist Republicans are panicking.  —  President Donald Trump's decision to keep Rep. Elise Stefanik in Congress is the clearest sign yet that the political environment has become so challenging …
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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: The Dispatch and Business Insider
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Associated Press:
Vance and wife to tour US military base in Greenland after diplomatic spat over uninvited visit  —  NUUK, Greenland (AP) — U.S. Vice President JD Vance and his wife are due to visit an American military base in Greenland on Friday in a trip that was scaled back after an uproar among Greenlanders …
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Reuters:
Greenland parties announce broad coalition government amid Trump pressure
Discussion: Mother Jones, Politico and Bloomberg
NBC News:
Elon Musk to travel to Wisconsin ahead of critical state Supreme Court election  —  Musk's heavy political involvement in the battle for control of the Wisconsin Supreme Court has made him a central figure in the race.  —  Tech billionaire and White House adviser Elon Musk will head …
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Theodore Schleifer / New York Times:
Musk to Campaign in Wisconsin Ahead of Critical State Court Election
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Ali Bianco / Politico:
University of Michigan closes its DEI office, ending multi-million dollar investment into diversity  —  The university's diversity, equity and inclusion programs have long been a model for schools across the country  —  The University of Michigan — one of the leading academic bastions of diversity …
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Fact Sheet: President Donald J. Trump Works to Make Our Nation's Capital Safe and Beautiful  —  MAKING WASHINGTON THE GREATEST CAPITAL CITY IN THE WORLD: Today, President Donald J. Trump signed an Executive Order to make Washington, D.C. what it should be—the pride of every American to whom it belongs.
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
 
 
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Mike Gonzalez / Washington Examiner:
NPR and PBS are begging for mercy. They don't deserve it
Discussion: The Daily Wire, Fox News and The Hill
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Does moderation actually hurt Democratic candidates?
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
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Vance addresses Marines as White House deals with fallout of Signal group chat leak
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Katherine J. Wu / The Atlantic:
The NIH's Most Reckless Cuts Yet
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Max Goldbart / Deadline:
The BBC says its content spend will fall by £150M to £2.5B in the next 12 months as it faces an “unprecedented content funding challenge”

Charlotte Tobitt / Press Gazette:
Reach CEO Jim Mullen steps down with immediate effect after six years, replaced by Chief Revenue Officer Piers North; Mullen will join a horse racing company

Thomas Buckley / Bloomberg:
Sources: David Zaslav has started meeting with candidates who could replace film studio heads Mike De Luca and Pam Abdy, whose contracts expire in 2026

 
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