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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.
Hamilton Nolan / How Things Work:
They Are Going to Take Everything If We Don't Stop Them  —  The worst thing that the federal government has done to labor unions in my lifetime happened last night.  Donald Trump signed an executive order saying that the government will no longer recognize and bargain with a huge portion of the unions that represent federal workers.
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Hassan Ali Kanu / Politico:
Trump moves to strip unionization rights from most federal workers  —  It's the latest effort in his drive to disempower the federal bureaucracy.  —  President Donald Trump is trying to revoke collective bargaining rights from most federal employees — the latest move in his aggressive campaign to weaken the federal workforce.
America's Unions:   AFL-CIO President on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: “Very Definition of Union-Busting”
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump administration moves to end union rights for many federal workers
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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Marco Rubio / United States Department of State:
Secretary of State Marco Rubio Remarks to the Press  —  SECRETARY RUBIO: Grant?  —  QUESTION: The Ukrainian children who —  SECRETARY RUBIO: Oh, the data.  The data is secured.  We secured the data.  We'll transfer it to the appropriate party.  We've ensured that.
Alex Shephard / New Republic:
The Biggest Scandal of the Second Trump Term Isn't “Signalgate”  —  On March 26, 2024, Rumeysa Ozturk, a Turkish Ph.D. student at Tufts University, co-authored an op-ed criticizing the university's response to student demands for divestment from Israel, which was published in its student newspaper.
Lorena O'Neil / Rolling Stone:
Here Are The Students Trump Wants to Deport Over Their Speech  —  The Trump administration revoked these pro-Palestine student activists' visas, claiming it's necessary to protect U.S. foreign policy  —  The Trump administration continues to amp up their targeted attacks …
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 …
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Josh Boak / Associated Press:
Noted economist honored by Trump warns his 25% tariffs could add $4,711 to the cost of a vehicle  —  Noted economist Arthur Laffer warns in a new analysis that President Donald Trump's 25% tariffs on auto imports could add $4,711 to the cost of a vehicle and says the proposed taxes could weaken …
Alex Thompson / Axios:
Want good relations with Trump? Bring a gift
Discussion: Raw Story
Holly Otterbein / Politico:
'If We Don't Get Our S—t Together, Then We Are Going to Be in a Permanent Minority'  —  It's been months since Democrats suffered a devastating defeat at the polls.  For all the talk about the party's need for change, few seem actually willing to make the leap.
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Politico:
Stefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin margins
Robert Yoon / Associated Press:
AP Decision Notes: What to expect in Florida's special elections
Discussion: Inside Elections
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.
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” …
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump pardons Nikola founder Trevor Milton in securities fraud case … President Donald Trump pardoned Nikola Corp. founder Trevor Milton for his October 2022 conviction of federal crimes related to defrauding investors with false claims about the success of the electric and hydrogen-powered truck maker.
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Wall Street Journal:   Trump Pardons Nikola Founder Trevor Milton
Financial Times:
Nikola's Trevor Milton pardoned by Donald Trump
Discussion: Carscoops
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New York Times:
Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order
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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Ashleigh Fields / The Hill:
Putin: Trump desire to take Greenland ‘has nothing to do with us’
Reuters:
Greenland parties announce broad coalition government amid Trump pressure
Gallup:
Republicans, Men Push Trump Approval Higher in Second Term  —  Black, Hispanic adults more approving of Trump in second term, but still disapprove of him overall  —  WASHINGTON, D.C. — Key members of President Donald Trump's political base — Republicans, conservatives and men …
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Sam Sutton / Politico:
Big trouble with ‘modest stagflation’
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Ailia Zehra / The Hill:
Bannon: Trump ‘going to prison’ if Democrat wins White House in 2028  —  President Trump's former adviser Steve Bannon predicted Thursday that President Trump will go to prison if a Democrat wins back the White House in 2028.  —  “God forbid we don't win in '28, President Trump is going to prison …
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
John Towfighi / CNN:
Dow sinks 600 points.  Stocks are on track for their worst quarter since 2023  —  New York CNN —  US stocks were lower Friday as investors digested souring consumer sentiment and inflation data that showed an uptick in one of the Federal Reserve's key gauges, underscoring the delicate state …
Discussion: CNBC and New York Times
Thomas Frank / Politico:
FEMA blocks $10B in disaster aid over immigration concerns  —  The move is part of a wholesale review of 56 FEMA programs to ensure they meet President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement efforts.  —  The Federal Emergency Management Agency has frozen nearly $10 billion in disaster aid …
Discussion: Scientific American
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.
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Fallout coming for House GOP over Trump's rug pull on Stefanik  —  President Trump's dramatic rug pull of Rep. Elise Stefanik's (R-N.Y.) UN ambassador nomination has given House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) a new series of headaches.  —  Why it matters: Johnson has to reassure GOP lawmakers …
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, TPR, The Barbed Wire, Techdirt, KFF and CNN
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 27, 2025  —  Today, Wired reported that it had found four more Venmo accounts associated with the Trump administration officials who participated in the now-infamous Signal chat about a planned military attack on the Houthis in Yemen.  A payment on one of them was identified …
US Department of Justice:
Attorney General Pamela Bondi Launches Compliance Review Investigation into Admissions Policies at Stanford University and Several University of California Schools, Advancing President Trump's Mandate to End Illegal DEI Policies  —  For Immediate Release  —  Today, Attorney General Pamela Bondi directed …
Discussion: The Daily Caller, Reuters, UPI and Fox News
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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North Carolina judge challenging outcome of race wore Confederate uniform in college photo
Alanna Vagianos / HuffPost:
Trump Pulls Research Funding To Protect Pregnant Women From Domestic Violence, Citing ‘DEI’
Dave Troy / America 2.0:
Why ‘Signalgate’ Marks Our (Official) Descent into End Times Ideology
Politico:
Elon Musk said he would give $1 million checks to Wisconsin voters. Then he deleted the post.
Max Saltman / CNN:
Old US-Canada relationship is ‘over,’ warns Canadian prime minister
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ‘Alien Enemies Act’ deportations
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A New Administration's Signal Failure
Ali Bianco / Politico:
University of Michigan closes its DEI office, ending multi-million dollar investment into diversity
Eric Levitz / Vox:
Does moderation actually hurt Democratic candidates?