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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 …
The Left Hook with Wajahat Ali:   The Trump Administration, Not College Students, Is The Greatest Threat to Our Foreign Policy and National Security
Jeff Stein / SpyTalk:
SignalGate: Did CIA Boss Ratcliffe Use a Cell Phone in Headquarters?
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.
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
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
Trump Adviser Lied About Not Knowing Atlantic Editor in Group Chat
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.
Discussion: CNN, The Independent and Reuters
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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.
Maven Navarro / The Crimson White:
UA student reportedly detained by ICE  —  Senior send-off: Sarah Ashlee Barker's storied college career coming to an end  —  Alabama head coach Rob Vaughn ejected in 9-2 loss over Tennessee  —  City Council approves business alcohol license despite concerns
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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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
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.
David French / New York Times:
Trump Is Taking the Law Into His Own Hands  —  The MAGA movement is attacking the American judiciary.  The evidence is everywhere.  —  Let's begin with President Trump.  On his Truth Social account, in post after post he has ranted against the judges who've ruled against his policies.
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Richard L. Hasen / MSNBC:
Trump's executive order on elections is a blatant power grab
New York Times:
Federal Judiciary Seeks to Curb Threats as Trump and Allies Single Out Judges
Discussion: Reuters
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.
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.
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
Adam Edelman / NBC News:
Wisconsin provides a critical test for Democrats' anti-Elon Musk playbook  —  Democrats, who've struggled to find their footing in the second Trump administration, have made Musk a major focal point in the final stretch of the Wisconsin Supreme Court race.  —  Next week's Wisconsin Supreme Court race …
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Maeve Reston / Washington Post:   A populist uprising stirs among Democrats furious at their leaders
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
Some Weird Alliances Are Breaking Out Among Democrats
Discussion: Fox News
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
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 …
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 …
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 …
 
 
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Victor Davis Hanson / American Greatness:
From Profanity-Chic to Terrorist-Porn … The Democratic Party is polling about 27 percent approval—and sinking.
Neha Mukherjee / CNN:
Some measles patients in West Texas show signs of vitamin A toxicity, doctors say, raising concerns about misinformation
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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
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Washington Post:
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Joel Simon / Vanity Fair:
Trump's Attacks on Press Freedom Are Paving the Way for Authoritarianism
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Washington Post:
These 5 words have killed millions in grants and advanced Trump's agenda
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Rachel Leingang / The Guardian:
Yale professor who studies fascism fleeing US to work in Canada
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