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10:45 AM ET, March 27, 2025

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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 …
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
SignalGate: Did CIA Boss Ratcliffe Use a Cell Phone in Headquarters?  —  And why were these clowns texting secrets on Signal at all?  —  William D. Murray, a storied former senior CIA operations official, keeps in touch with his old outfit, which has called him in from time to time over the …
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:   The Trump Administration, Not College Students, Is The Greatest Threat to Our Foreign Policy and National Security
Quil Lawrence / NPR:
Trump officials downplay the Signal leak. Some military members see a double standard
Discussion: The Guardian
Charlie Nash / Mediaite:   Mike Waltz Left His Venmo Contacts Public - ‘Friends’ Include CNN's Brianna Keilar and an MSNBC Producer
Jack Blanchard / Politico:
What's next for Waltz and Hegseth  —  With help from Eli Okun, Garrett Ross and Bethany Irvine  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, already excited for my first cup of tea with Marjorie Taylor Greene.  —  More importantly ... This is my first Opening Day and the forecast looks great.
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NBC News:
‘Somebody has to go down’: Trump allies take aim at Michael Waltz  —  In a particularly rough week for the Trump administration, a number of the president's allies are calling for accountability after military plans were inadvertently shared with a journalist.
Jonathan Chait / The Atlantic:
No War but Culture War  —  The response to Signalgate reveals a disjuncture between the seriousness with which MAGA treats foreign enemies and perceived domestic ones.  —  One might think the Trump administration and its supporters would be dismayed to learn that top personnel discussed military strikes …
Jake Traylor / Politico:
Trump changes his tune on Signalgate: ‘I always thought it was Mike’  —  Some military and government officials have expressed concern about the contents of Hegseth's messages saying he leaked sensitive attack details that were “reckless and dangerous.”  —  President Donald Trump tentatively …
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP lawmakers turn up the pressure on Hegseth
Discussion: Jewish Insider
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Adviser Lied About Not Knowing Atlantic Editor in Group Chat
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's “pro-Hamas” purge could block foreign students from colleges  —  The Trump administration is discussing plans to try to block certain colleges from having any foreign students if it decides too many are “pro-Hamas,” senior Justice and State Department officials tell Axios.
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Sam Levin / The Guardian:
US immigration officials detain doctoral student at University of Alabama  —  Justification for arrest not clear as Trump administration increasingly targets students for arrest and deportation  —  US immigration authorities have detained a doctoral student at the University of Alabama, campus officials confirmed on Wednesday.
Associated Press:
Turkish student at Tufts University detained, video shows masked people handcuffing her  —  A Turkish national and doctoral student at Tufts University has been detained by U.S. Department of Homeland Security agents without explanation, her lawyer said Wednesday.
Wall Street Journal:
RFK Jr. Plans 10,000 Job Cuts in Major Restructuring of Health Department  —  Changes would reshape the nation's health agencies and close regional offices  —  WASHINGTON—Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is set to significantly cut the size of the department he leads …
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CNN:
HHS cuts 10,000 employees in major overhaul of health agencies
Discussion: The Hill, Forbes and The Daily Caller
Public Notice:
Trump's hopeless tariffs confusion, explained by a historian  —  “The president seems to believe he can impose prohibitively high tariffs *and* collect revenue, which you can't do.”  —  ∙ Paid … 📸  —  At the White House yesterday, Donald Trump announced he's imposing a 25 percent tariff on all imported cars.
Discussion: MPR News and Semafor
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
US cities located in states won by Trump would be most hurt by Canadian tariffs, an analysis finds
Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Trump places 25% tariff on imported autos, expecting to raise $100 billion in tax revenues
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 …
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Washington Post:
For many, proving U.S. citizenship to vote could be costly and difficult
Discussion: The Maine Wire and Bloomberg
Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Kari Lake withdraws cancellation of Radio Free Europe funding  —  U.S. Agency for Global Media senior adviser Kari Lake withdrew the Trump administration's cancellation of Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty's funding on Wednesday after a court granted the news organization a temporary restraining order.
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump “Frustrated” at Text Fiasco as Hegseth Spin Implodes  —  The following is a lightly edited transcript of the March 27 episode of the Daily Blast podcast.  Listen to it here.  —  Greg Sargent: This is The Daily Blast from The New Republic, produced and presented by the DSR network.
Discussion: Politico
Ben Schlappig / One Mile at a Time:
Airline Demand Between Canada & United States Collapses, Down 70%+  —  Recently, I wrote about how we're seeing a general softening of demand for travel to the United States, for a variety of reasons.  There's no denying that the most contentious situation is between Canada and the United States …
Rachel Bluth / Politico:
Fearing Trump cuts, California Democrat proposes creating state's own NIH  —  The ambitious state lawmaker argues moves by Elon Musk and Robert F. Kennedy Jr. show the Golden State must “step up” as a global leader.  —  SACRAMENTO, California — An ambitious California Democrat wants …
Discussion: The Hill
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Matthew Yglesias / Slow Boring:   Trump's war on science
Joel Simon / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism  —  A leading global democracy research institute says democratic “backsliding” must be turned around quickly—warning that after 10 years, recovery is “close to impossible.”  —  In 2024, the Democrats ran on the catchphrase “We are not going back.”
Discussion: Verfassungsblog
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Jim Friedlich / Chicago Sun Times:
Now that Trump has silenced Voice of America, could U.S. public media outlets be next?
Jami Ganz / New York Daily News:
Andrew Tate accused of violently attacking girlfriend during sex  —  Andrew Tate, the right-wing influencer who's accused of rape and sex trafficking in Romania, allegedly attacked one of his girlfriends while they were having sex in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Washington Post:
Social Security backs off plan to cut phone services for disabled people  —  But millions applying for retirement or survivor benefits will no longer be allowed to verify their identity by phone, and will need to do so online or in person.  —  The Social Security Administration …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: White House installs Trump loyalists at federal HR agency after ‘five things’ email  —  The White House has installed two Trump loyalists at the federal HR agency after allies of billionaire Elon Musk blindsided top Trump officials with a surprise government-wide email …
Discussion: ABC News and Raw Story
Hunter Walker / Talking Points Memo:
Trump's Pick For Ambassador To South Africa Actively Opposed Fight To End Apartheid  —  As Black activists in South Africa fought against their country's racist apartheid government decades ago, some on the American right felt they took it too far.  One of those people who stepped up and spoke …
Robert Spencer / Frontpage Mag:
Much Ado About a Signal Chat  —  The Left tries ferociously to gin up a new Trump scandal.  —  [Want even more content from FPM?  Sign up for FPM+ to unlock exclusive series, virtual town-halls with our authors, and more—now for just $3.99/month.  Click here to sign up.]
 
 
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Ultrarich Have Reshaped Presidential Elections. Here's Where They're Looking Next.
Molly Parker / ProPublica:
A University, a Rural Town and Their Fight to Survive Trump's War on Higher Education
Discussion: New Republic and HEPI
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Consumer Bureau Seeks to Undo Settlement and Repay Mortgage Lender
Washington Post:
These 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump's agenda
Discussion: The Independent
Maeve Reston / Washington Post:
A populist uprising stirs among Democrats furious at their leaders
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Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
Paul Rosenzweig / The Atlantic:
The Pathetic, Cowardly Collapse of Big Law
New York Times:
Here is the latest.  —  The measure is intended to bring car factories to the United States …
Devan Cole / CNN:
Federal appeals court maintains temporary block on Trump's use of Alien Enemies Act for deportations
Vanessa Gera / Associated Press:
4 American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says
 

 
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Stephen Battaglio / Los Angeles Times:
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