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Erkki Forster / The Daily Beast:
Karoline Leavitt Melts Down Over Deported ‘Father of the Year’  —  LEAVITT ALONE  —  Trump's press secretary mocked the Maryland father who the administration mistakenly deported to a Salvadoran mega-prison.  —  White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt lashed out at reporters Tuesday …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump's Case Against Man Deported in “Error” Just Took Another Big Hit  —  As Trump administration officials seek to defend their refusal to return Kilmar Abrego Garcia to the United States after deporting him in “error,” one of the government's chief justifications has been that he was a member of the MS-13 gang.
Politico:
Judge launches inquiry into Trump administration's refusal to seek return of wrongly deported man  —  “To date, what the record shows is that nothing has been done.  Nothing,” U.S. District Judge Paula Xinis said.  —  GREENBELT, Maryland — A federal judge ordered an “intense” …
Washington Post:
Judge says Justice Department must provide details of attempts to return wrongly deported man
Phil Stewart / Reuters:
Exclusive: Top Hegseth adviser Dan Caldwell put on leave in Pentagon leak probe  —  One of U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's leading advisers, Dan Caldwell, was escorted from the Pentagon on Tuesday after being identified during an investigation into leaks at the Department of Defense, a U.S. official told Reuters.
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Politico:
Two top Pentagon officials placed on leave in leak probe  —  The disclosures under investigation include Elon Musk's visit to the Pentagon.  —  The Pentagon placed two top political appointees under administrative leave on Tuesday after a probe into potential leaks of sensitive information, according to three defense officials.
Marc Caputo / Axios:   Trump dashed Musk's secret Pentagon briefing on China
Mike Damiano / The Boston Globe:
Leading Harvard scientist ordered to halt research in funding freeze  —  A top scientist at Harvard who has spent years unraveling the mysteries of tuberculosis woke up Tuesday morning and discovered an order from the federal government telling her to halt her research.
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New York Times:
Why Harvard Decided to Fight Trump  —  The Trump administration will freeze over $2 billion in federal funds because Harvard refused to comply with a list of demands.  Harvard leaders believed saying no was worth the risk.  —  Late last week, officials at Harvard University were trying …
Patrick Reis / Vox:
The demands Harvard refused  —  The Trump administration is attempting to gain partial control over one of the nation's top universities. … The Trump administration last night froze $2.2 billion in federal funding for Harvard, punishment after the university said Monday it would not comply with the administration's demands.
Dana Mattioli / Wall Street Journal:
The Tactics Elon Musk Uses to Manage His ‘Legion’ of Babies—and Their Mothers  —  The world's richest man juggles more than a dozen children and ‘harem drama’ along with running his companies and advising Trump.  He recently took a paternity test in a battle with one woman over money and privacy.
Discussion: TechCrunch
Julia Mueller / The Hill:
Biden to deliver first public address since leaving White House  —  Former President Biden is set to deliver his first public address since leaving the White House, speaking at the national conference of Advocates, Counselors and Representatives for the Disabled (ACRD) in Chicago on Tuesday, according to a release from the organization.
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Washington Post:
Biden, breaking his silence, slams Trump on Social Security cuts
CNN:
The Trump White House is axing the wire service spot from the coverage pool, the latest salvo in its battle with the AP  —  Instead of restoring access to The Associated Press newswire, as required by a federal judge, the Trump administration is removing the wire position in the daily press corps rotation altogether.
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Justin Sink / Bloomberg:
White House Moves to Limit Newswire Access After AP Lawsuit Win
David Bauder / Associated Press:
The White House is starting a new media policy that restricts wire services' access to the president
Discussion: Deadline
Mohar Chatterjee / Politico:
Pentagon's ‘SWAT team of nerds’ resigns en masse  —  Employees of a defense tech unit say they were sidelined by DOGE.  “Either we die quickly or we die slowly,” says the director.  —  Under pressure from the Elon Musk-led Department of Government Efficiency, nearly all the staff …
Jessica Lyons / The Register:
Uncle Sam abruptly turns off funding for CVE program.  Yes, that CVE program  —  Because vulnerability management has nothing to do with national security, right?  —  US government funding for the world's CVE program - the centralized Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures database of product security flaws - ends Wednesday.
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David DiMolfetta / Nextgov/FCW:
MITRE-backed cyber vulnerability program to lose funding Wednesday
Gerardo Beltran Salinas / The New Bedford Light:
Lawyer: Federal agents detain Guatemalan man, 29, with no criminal record  —  A Guatemalan immigrant with no Massachusetts criminal record was arrested Monday on Tallman Street after federal agents shattered the glass on his vehicle as he and his wife waited inside the car for their lawyer to arrive.
Discussion: KTSM 9 News and WPRI.com
Jericho Tran / NBC Boston:
‘Treated like a criminal’: US citizen says he was detained returning from Canada  —  Bachir Atallah, a real estate attorney from New Hampshire, says he and his wife, Jessica Fakhri, were stopped crossing from Canada into Vermont  —  A New Hampshire real estate attorney and American citizen returning home …
Discussion: The Independent
Perry Stein / Washington Post:
DOGE sought to assign a team to an independent nonprofit group  —  A representative of DOGE met with leaders of the Vera Institute of Justice, a nonprofit organization that advocates for lower incarceration rates.  —  U.S. DOGE Service representatives told leaders of a nonprofit group Tuesday …
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Gedeon / The Guardian:
Senator Chuck Grassley grilled at Iowa town hall over ‘shameful’ Trump policies  —  The Republican, 91, was confronted by attendees angered over mass deportations and executive overreach  —  The Republican senator Chuck Grassley struggled to control a town hall meeting on Tuesday …
New York Post:
Trump administration refers NY AG Letitia James for potential prosecution over alleged mortgage fraud  —  WASHINGTON — New York Attorney General Letitia James — who infamously declared that “no one is above the law” when she was targeting Donald Trump — was hit with a federal criminal referral …
Punchbowl News:
4/16/25 ☀️ AM:  —  The red lines begin: A dozen House Republicans say no to big Medicaid cuts  —  The rise of the million-dollar House fundraising quarter  —  Sheehy finds his footing after bruising campaign  —  Jordan to headline Feenstra's Iowa event
President Donald J. Trump / The White House:
The NPR, PBS Grift Has Ripped Us Off for Too Long  —  For years, American taxpayers have been on the hook for subsidizing National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS), which spread radical, woke propaganda disguised as “news.”  —  As President Trump has stated …
Jon Keegan / Sherwood News:
Shop this look: Buy cheap, faux gold dupes of Oval Office decor  —  BARGAIN BAROQUE  —  Shop this look: Buy cheap, faux gold dupes of Oval Office decor … By Luke Kawa  —  2H  —  US stocks slip on poor progress in trade talks with the EU  —  Major indexes gave up early gains …
caut.ca:
CAUT advises academics against non-essential travel to the U.S.  —  Given the rapidly evolving political landscape in the United States and reports of individuals encountering difficulties crossing the border, CAUT strongly recommends that academic staff travel to the U.S. only if essential and necessary.
Discussion: Global News
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
David Hogg, Parkland Survivor and D.N.C. Vice Chair, Hopes to Unseat Democratic Incumbents  —  David Hogg, a young liberal activist and now a vice chair of the Democratic National Committee, is leading an effort to unseat the party's older lawmakers in primaries.
Discussion: Politico, Washington Post and Twitchy
Christopher Bonanos / Curbed:
How Well Is Congestion Pricing Doing?  Very.  —  “By the way, I have a favorite statistic,” Juliette Michaelson tells me midway through our conversation.  She's a deputy chief of the MTA, working on policy and especially on the rollout of the congestion-pricing toll program.
Axios:
Scoop: Top House Dems trying to send delegation to El Salvador  —  Two members of House Democratic leadership are trying to send an official congressional delegation to the El Salvadorian prison where the Trump administration is sending deportees, Axios has learned.
Bloomberg Tax:
IRS to Lose 20% of Workforce to New Trump Resignation Offer  —  About 20,000 IRS workers—roughly one-fifth of the agency—are taking the Trump administration's second deferred resignation offer, according to a person familiar with the matter.  —  That uptake effectively reverses the staff hikes …
Jeremy B. White / Politico:
California voters have Trump-resistance fatigue, poll finds  —  From taking on Trump to hot-button issues, voters writ large embraced a different approach — although Democrats are more ready to fight.  —  California voters are less keen on fighting Trump than their state's political elite.
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Grassley Draws Jeers From Constituents at Raucous Town Hall  —  The Iowa Republican was pressed on President Trump's policies, including the case of a Salvadoran immigrant who his administration has admitted it mistakenly sent to a prison in El Salvador.  —  Angry constituents …
Discussion: Associated Press, TalkLeft and Mediaite
 
 
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ABC News:
Protesters tased, arrested at Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene's Georgia town hall
Bryan Anderson / Anderson Alerts:
Wrongly labeled ‘never residents’ must have votes counted, state elections officials conclude
Associated Press:
Justice Department can cut funding for legal guidance for people facing deportation, US judge says
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
DOJ ends a key racial discrimination case, signaling an end to the Civil Rights Division as it existed
Matthew Daly / Associated Press:
Trump exempts nearly 70 coal plants from Biden-era rule on mercury and other toxic air pollution
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Jonathan Stempel / Reuters:
Judge scraps US rule capping credit card late fees at $8
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Plans to Use Tariff Negotiations to Isolate China
Garrett M. Graff / Doomsday Scenario:
Has America Reached the End of the Road?
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Ahmed Aboulenein / Reuters:
Trump signs healthcare executive order that includes a win for pharma companies
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