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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
RFK Jr. forces out Peter Marks, FDA's top vaccine scientist  —  Marks, an architect of Operation Warp Speed, warned that a recent measles outbreak shows how confidence in science and public health is being “undermined.”  —  The Trump administration on Friday pushed out Peter Marks …
Discussion: Politico and Rolling Stone
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New York Times:
Top F.D.A. Vaccine Official Resigns, Citing Kennedy's ‘Misinformation and Lies’  —  Dr. Peter Marks, a veteran of the agency, wrote that undermining confidence in vaccines is irresponsible and a danger to public health.  —  The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official …
Discussion: CBS News, NPR, ABC17NEWS, Bloomberg, Axios and STAT
Liz Essley Whyte / Wall Street Journal:
Top Vaccine Official Out at FDA  —  In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks cited ‘misinformation and lies’ from Health and Human Services Secretary RFK Jr.  —  The Food and Drug Administration's top vaccine official has been pushed out, according to people familiar with the matter.
Patricia Callahan / ProPublica:
The CDC Buried a Measles Forecast That Stressed the Need for Vaccinations  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Leaders at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention ordered staff …
New York Times:
Columbia University's President, Katrina Armstrong, Resigns  —  Katrina Armstrong is leaving the post a week after the university agreed to a list of demands from the White House.  —  Columbia University changed its president on Friday evening, one week after the university bowed to a series …
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The Harvard Crimson:
Harvard Dismisses Leaders of Center for Middle Eastern Studies  —  Interim Harvard Dean of Social Science David M. Cutler '87 dismissed the faculty leaders of the Center for Middle Eastern Studies on Wednesday, according to a faculty member familiar with the situation …
Vimal Patel / New York Times:   Leaders of Harvard's Middle Eastern Studies Center Will Leave
CNN:
Judges block Trump executive orders targeting law firms tied to Mueller probe  —  Two federal judges in separate rulings late Friday froze parts of President Donald Trump's executive orders targeting the law firms Jenner & Block and WilmerHale, both firms linked to the Robert Mueller investigation Trump has sought to punish.
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Carrie Johnson / NPR:
Two major law firms fight back against Trump orders seen as retribution  —  Two major law firms are suing the Trump administration.  They're asking a judge to block executive orders that punish them because of their clients and the lawyers that they hired.  —  AILSA CHANG, HOST:
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Major Law Firm Makes Deal to Avoid Punishing Order, President Says
Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth Brought His Wife to Sensitive Meetings With Foreign Military Officials  —  Defense secretary's wife is a former Fox News executive.  His handling of sensitive information is under fire after he shared details about a strike on Houthi militants in a group chat on a commercial messaging platform.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Irie Sentner / Politico:
Vance, citing threats from Russia and China, urges Greenland to ‘cut a deal’ with the U.S.  —  “When the president says 'We've got to have Greenland,' he's saying this island is not safe,” the vice president said.  —  Vice President JD Vance on Friday did not rule out using military action …
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Seb Starcevic / Politico:
After Vance visit, Denmark tells US: Stop treating us like dirt
Miranda Bryant / The Guardian:
JD Vance says US needs control of Greenland to fend off China and Russia
New York Times:
Trump Commutes Ozy Media Founder's Sentence Just Before His Surrender  —  Carlos Watson, who started the now-defunct digital media company, had been sentenced to almost 10 years in prison for trying to defraud investors and lenders.  —  President Trump on Friday commuted the sentence of Carlos Watson …
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CNN:
Collision warning sounds in cockpit of Delta plane due to close call with Air Force jet near Reagan National Airport  —  A close call between a Delta Air Lines Airbus A319 taking off from Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport and a US Air Force T-38 jet, often used by the military for training …
Greg Bensinger / Reuters:
Musk's xAI buys Musk's X social media platform for $33 billion  —  Elon Musk's xAI artificial intelligence firm has acquired Musk's X, the social media outfit formerly known as Twitter for $33 billion.  —  The all-stock deal announced on Friday consolidates two of Musk's multiple portfolio companies …
Lolita C. Baldor / Defense News:
Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key role inside the Pentagon  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's younger brother is serving in a key position inside the Pentagon as a Department of Homeland Security liaison and senior adviser, Hegseth's office confirmed.
Discussion: The Independent
Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
What's More Powerful: Elon Musk's Millions, or Liberal Anger at Him?  —  Voters will soon provide an answer in Wisconsin, where the billionaire has made himself the main character in a consequential court race that is set to shatter spending records.  —  A few months ago …
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Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Musk changes reason for visiting Wisconsin to hand out $2 million ahead of Supreme Court election
Fatma Tanis / NPR:
USAID terminates nearly all its remaining employees  —  The Trump administration is terminating nearly all of the remaining 900 employees of the United States Agency for International Development, in a final reduction-in-force.  —  Virtually no one will be spared, not even political appointees …
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Alexander Tin / CBS News:
RFK Jr. to gut vaccine promotion and HIV prevention office, sources say  —  The entire staff of the federal government's Office of Infectious Disease and HIV/AIDS Policy is expected to be laid off, multiple federal health officials told CBS News Friday.  The moves are part of a broader …
Discussion: Advocate
Politico:
Appeals court clears way for Trump to fire leaders of ‘independent’ federal agencies  —  The ruling is a victory for Trump's effort to control regulatory bodies that Congress intended to operate with some independence.  —  A federal appeals court has cleared the way for President Donald Trump …
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Politico:
Appeals Court clears the way for Musk, DOGE to resume cuts to USAID
Associated Press:
What is the Smithsonian, and why is President Trump unhappy with it?  —  President Donald Trump's executive order titled “Restoring Truth and Sanity to American History” targets the Smithsonian Institution — which has, he contends, “come under the influence of a divisive, race-centered ideology.”
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Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Judge Blocks Trump Administration From Dismantling CFPB  —  The bureau has been in turmoil as the Trump administration moved to fire hundreds of employees, ordered the rest to stop working and closed offices.  —  A federal judge issued a preliminary injunction Friday blocking the Trump administration …
Discussion: Reuters and State of California
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Federal judge blocks Trump from dismantling Consumer Financial Protection Bureau
Yahoo News:
Elon Musk stepping down from DOGE in May. Here's what he said  —  Elon Musk may be getting out of DOGE.  —  On Thursday, Musk said he plans to step down from his role in Donald Trump's administration this spring.  —  The head of Tesla and X owner said he plans on stepping down in May during …
Washington Post:
Judge releases detained Venezuelan couple with temporary protected status  —  The judge said the detention of the couple was baseless and unlawful.
Discussion: Raw Story
Ken Klippenstein:
Trump Admin Spies on Social Media of Student Visa Holders  —  Ideological purge of foreign students revealed in new leaked directive  —  The Trump administration is requiring that foreign students studying in, or seeking to study in the United States, pass an ideological test in order to obtain a visa …
Discussion: The Guardian
NBC News:
Russian medical researcher at Harvard, who protested the Ukraine war, detained by ICE  —  Kseniia Petrova's attorney said her previous arrest in Russia and social media activity “will almost certainly ensure a nice, hefty jail sentence for her” if she is deported back.
Maria Sacchetti / Washington Post:
Trump blocked from deporting migrants to countries where they're not citizens  —  A federal judge said deportees must first have a “meaningful opportunity” to seek humanitarian protection in the United States.  —  A federal judge in Boston issued a temporary emergency order blocking …
Discussion: Reuters and Breitbart
New York Times:
Naval Academy Takes Steps to End Diversity Policies in Books and Admissions  —  The defense secretary's office has ordered that some books be removed from circulation in its library, and the academy has ended the use of affirmative action in admissions.  —  The Pentagon and U.S. Naval Academy …
Politico:
Vance and top Trump advisers suggested firing Waltz  —  The national security adviser almost got fired.  He still might.  —  On Wednesday evening — following a brutal day of headlines surrounding the now-infamous Signal chat — Vice President JD Vance, chief of staff Susie Wiles …
Discussion: Daily Mail and CBS News
Ward Clark / RedState:
Winning: Notorious Venezuelan Illegal Alien ‘Influencer’ Repatriated  —  In another win for the Trump administration and the American people, an extremely annoying Venezuelan illegal immigrant, Leonel Moreno, has been sent back to Venezuela.  —  And boy, is the schadenfreude strong with this one.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro / New York Times:
Megyn Kelly Is Embracing Her Bias and Rejecting the ‘Old Rules’  —  Philip Montgomery for The New York Times  —  Last year, on the night before the election, the former Fox News host Megyn Kelly did something she had never done before — something that is forbidden for most journalists …
Jeff Cox / CNBC:
Consumer sentiment worsens as inflation fears grow, University of Michigan survey shows … The deterioration in consumer sentiment was even worse than anticipated in March as worries over inflation intensified, according to a University of Michigan survey released Friday.
Kenneth P. Vogel / New York Times:
Journey From Biden Loyalist to ‘Full MAGA’ Ends in a Trump Pardon  —  Devon Archer used his knowledge about Hunter Biden's foreign business dealings to gain favor from Republicans and appeal for clemency.  —  In the weeks before the 2020 election, Devon Archer was on the precipice …
Jason DeParle / New York Times:
In Cities' Rush to Clear Homeless Camps, People Have Been Crushed to Death  —  Atlanta's mayor began a drive to clear homeless encampments.  But when heavy equipment came to raze one, nobody noticed that Cornelius Taylor was still inside his tent.  —  Atlanta's mayor began a drive to clear homeless encampments.
Discussion: KTVZ-TV and Global News
 
 
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Nate Raymond / Reuters:
Conservative US appeals court judge knocks calls to impeach jurists
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Reuters:
US judge halts deportation of Turkish student at Tufts
Julia Frankel / Associated Press:
Israeli settlers seen on camera assaulting a Palestinian village. Police arrest only Palestinians
Discussion: Los Angeles Times and Al Jazeera
Lev Facher / STAT:
Trump chooses Fox News contributor Sara Carter as next drug czar
Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
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Charlie Warzel / The Atlantic:
The Gleeful Cruelty of the White House X Account
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 Earlier Items: 
James Laporta / CBS News:
Israeli officials furious that Signal group chat exposed intelligence, sources say
Justin Baragona / The Independent:
Trump admin offers Voice of America employees buyouts as judge blocks it from being shut down
Filip Timotija / The Hill:
Majority of voters, plurality of GOP say Hegseth should resign: Poll
Politico:
Cuomo held up Citi Field mass vaccine site amid beef with de Blasio
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Reuters:
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