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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.
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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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”
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
Another law firm targeted by Trump, Jenner and Block, suing to block executive order
Discussion: New York Times
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” …
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Alex Thompson / Axios:
Want good relations with Trump? Bring a gift
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.
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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Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Trump administration moves to end union rights for many federal workers
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Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Moves to Prevent Hegseth, Waltz and Others From Deleting Houthi Texts
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
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Trump's Secret Police Are Now Disappearing Students For Their Op-Eds
Discussion: Los Angeles Times
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Politico:
Stefanik's withdrawal suggests Republicans are sweating their thin margins
Reuters:
Greenland parties announce broad coalition government amid Trump pressure
Discussion: Mother Jones, Politico and Bloomberg
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’
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Inflation Remained Sticky Ahead of Trump's Escalating Trade War
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story and Bloomberg
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.
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
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump asks Supreme Court to allow ‘Alien Enemies Act’ deportations  —  The Justice Department argues that a lower-court judge unconstitutionally intruded on the president's national security powers by barring him from swiftly deporting Venezuelans the administration says are gang members.
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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.
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 …
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
Peggy Noonan / Wall Street Journal:
A New Administration's Signal Failure  —  The national-security communications snafu shows a government in the hands of immature bros.  —  The Signal mess is a real mess, not something that will fade away quickly, because it's one of those scandals that give the world a picture of a new administration.
Stacy Cowley / New York Times:
Senate Overturns Rule Limiting Bank Overdraft Fees to $5  —  Lawmakers voted to invalidate a rule adopted last year by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau.  It now moves to the House.  —  The Senate voted Thursday to strike down a rule capping most bank overdraft fees at $5 …
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 …
 
 
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