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11:15 AM ET, March 28, 2025

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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 …
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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.
Discussion: New York Times and The Nation
New York Times:
Skadden, a Top Law Firm, Is in Talks to Avert an Executive Order  —  The discussions come as other major firms are said to be trying to cut deals with the White House.  —  The elite law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom has had discussions with President Trump's advisers about a deal …
America's Unions:
AFL-CIO President on Federal Collective Bargaining Executive Order: “Very Definition of Union-Busting”
Discussion: Federal News Network
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Exclusions from Federal Labor-Management Relations Programs
Discussion: The Guardian, Raw Story and Fox News
Wall Street Journal:   Inside the Law Firm That Decided to Fight Back Against Trump's Attack
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
Nnamdi Egwuonwu / NBC News:
Trump targets ‘improper ideology’ at Smithsonian museums in new executive order
Discussion: Daily Mail and Fox News
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
All the laws flouted during SignalGate  —  📱 With corporate outlets obeying in advance, supporting independent political media is more important right now than ever.  Public Notice is possible thanks to paid subscribers.  If you aren't one already, please click the button below and become one to support our work.
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
Zack Stanton / Politico:   Playbook: MAGA vs. the world
Julian E. Barnes / New York Times:
A Disregard for the Rules Trickles Down From Trump to His Aides
Discussion: Washington Post and Comic Sands
The Atlantic:
The Double Standard at the Heart of the Signal Debacle
Discussion: NPR, The Independent and HuffPost
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.
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Want good relations with Trump?  Bring a gift  —  If you're a foreign leader or a CEO about to meet with President Trump — or if you want to avoid his vengeance — come bearing gifts.  —  Why it matters: Government officials and business leaders around the world have gotten the message …
Discussion: Raw Story
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.
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
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
Megan O'Matz / ProPublica:
Wisconsin Tried Campaign Finance Reform. It Ended Up With the Most Expensive Court Race in U.S. History.
Discussion: Washington Examiner and UPI
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 …
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Politico:
Stefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin margins
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
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.
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
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.
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 …
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
Melinda Wenner Moyer / New York Times:
Utah Becomes First State to Ban Fluoride in Public Water  —  Medical experts warn the move could have consequences for oral health, especially among children.  —  Utah has become the first U.S. state to outlaw the addition of fluoride to public drinking water.
Sam Sutton / Politico:
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Discussion: The Hill
 
 
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Mike Gonzalez / Washington Examiner:
NPR and PBS are begging for mercy. They don't deserve it
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President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
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