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Here Are the Attack Plans That Trump's Advisers Shared on Signal — So, about that Signal chat. — On Monday, shortly after we published a story about a massive Trump-administration security breach, a reporter asked the secretary of defense, Pete Hegseth, why he had shared plans …
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Trump Administration Live Updates: Full Exchange of Signal Texts on U.S. Strikes Is Published as Criticism Mounts Over Leak — Where Things Stand — Security leak: The full exchange of messages about U.S. strikes in Yemen among top Trump administration officials on the Signal app …
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'We've all done this': Trump admin group chat scandal is its most relatable fail — Last year Morgan Matthews woke up to discover that she had sent a text message while she was asleep. — “I don't don't know what to do with my wwwa w www waawaww we awW,” the lengthy message began …
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The Leaked Signal Chat, Annotated — Excerpts of a Signal chat published Monday by The Atlantic provide a rare and revealing look at the private conversations of top Trump administration officials as they weighed plans for U.S. strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen.
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Pete Hegseth Sued Over Signal Text Debacle — A public watchdog group has launched the first lawsuit over the Trump administration's use of Signal to discuss war plans, HuffPost has learned. — A public watchdog group sued Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and a slew of other Trump administration …
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The Atlantic publishes more Signal messages after Trump admin denials — The Atlantic on Wednesday published additional messages Trump administration officials sent in a Signal group chat that inadvertently included the magazine's editor-in-chief Jeffrey Goldberg.
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Waltz takes ‘full responsibility’ - and calls Atlantic editor ‘scum’ — In an interview with Fox News, the national security advisor denied knowing how the Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg joined the thread. — National security adviser Mike Waltz said Tuesday that he is taking “full responsibility” …
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Signal Leak Is Latest Mistake in Pete Hegseth's Rocky Time as Defense Secretary
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National Security Advisor Mike Waltz takes responsibility for ‘embarrassing’ Signal chat leak
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Trump gave Waltz a vote of confidence. It wasn't as smooth behind the scenes.
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Atlantic reporter publishes more texts about attack on Houthi targets20 minutes ago
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Democrats Call for Hegseth and Waltz to Resign20 minutes ago
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NSA warned of vulnerabilities in Signal app a month before Houthi strike chat
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Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections — 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. Despite pioneering self-government …
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Trump Signs Order Requiring Citizenship Proof to Vote in Federal Elections — Administration officials cited cracking down on immigrants illegally on voter rolls as one of the executive order's main goals, amplifying Mr. Trump's grievances about electoral integrity.
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Democrat wins special state Senate election in Pennsylvania in major upset — Democrat James Malone has won an open Pennsylvania state Senate seat in a major upset in a district that comfortably voted for President Trump in November, Decision Desk HQ projects.
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Democrats flip deep-red Pennsylvania district in special election shocker — Democrats pulled off an astonishing upset in a special election for the Pennsylvania Senate on Tuesday night, as East Petersburg Mayor James Andrew Malone defeated Republican Josh Parsons by a 50-49 margin to flip …
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Trump signs order seeking to overhaul US elections, including requiring proof of citizenship
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Trump signs executive order requiring proof of citizenship in federal elections
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Trump seeks to mandate proof of citizenship in voter registration10 minutes ago
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Exclusive: DOGE staffer, ‘Big Balls’, provided tech support to cybercrime ring, records show — WILMINGTON, Delaware, March 26 (Reuters) - (This story contains strong language in paragraph 15) — The best-known member of Elon Musk's U.S. DOGE Service team of technologists once provided support …


How Elon Musk's SpaceX Secretly Allows Investment From China — Elon Musk's aerospace giant SpaceX allows investors from China to buy stakes in the company as long as the funds are routed through the Cayman Islands or other offshore secrecy hubs, according to previously unreported court records.


What the Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez mega-rallies are really about — The two progressives are bringing energy to a party that has been exhausted and furious in the second Trump era. — Bernie Sanders and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez are striking a chord.
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Corporate America's Euphoria Over Trump's ‘Golden Age’ Is Giving Way to Distress — CEOs and investors are fretting over what they see as whipsaw policy changes and complacency about the risks of recession — Rapturous applause and a sea of phones in the air greeted President Trump …


Denmark welcomes US decision to skip Greenland dog-sled race amid Trump spat — Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a U.S. decision to confine a planned visit to Greenland to a military base after the plans triggered a spat between Copenhagen and the White House amid President Donald Trump's interest in taking over the island.
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Trump floats possibility of compensation for Jan. 6 rioters — “A lot of the people that are in the government now talk about it,” the president said. — President Donald Trump on Tuesday floated the possibility of financial compensation for people who were prosecuted for taking part in the riot at the Capitol in 2021.
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Vaccine skeptic hired to head federal study of immunizations and autism — A long-discredited researcher and vaccine skeptic will conduct a government study on whether vaccines cause autism. — A vaccine skeptic who has long promoted false claims about the connection between immunizations …
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Social Security official ended program for Maine newborns because he was ‘ticked’ at Mills — U.S. Rep. Chellie Pingree said the rationale given by Lee Dudek, the acting commissioner of the Social Security Administration, is ‘infuriating and absurd.’


Federal immigration authorities detain Tufts graduate student — Federal immigration authorities late Tuesday detained a Tufts PhD student who is a Turkish national, her attorney and community activists said. — The student, Rumeysa Ozturk, is student at the Tufts's doctoral program …


Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocks Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, as ‘Gov. Hot Wheels’ — Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett mocked her state's governor during a weekend appearance, referring to Greg Abbott — who uses a wheelchair — as “Gov. Hot Wheels” while speaking at a banquet in Los Angeles.
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CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S. — “Now that the pandemic is over, the grants and cooperative agreements are no longer necessary,” federal health authorities wrote to funding recipients this week. — The Centers for Disease Control …
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3/26/25 ☀️ AM: — Senate deficit hawks balk at debt limit amid reconciliation push — Cruz says Pentagon staff lobbied against spectrum auctions — Johnson's general counsel is retiring after decades on Hill — ICYMI: Malliotakis talks taxes, tariffs, DOGE and more
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Ukraine Was Just Knifed In The Back — An update on the big story of last night—which reveals the real peril that Ukraine and Europe find themselves in when dealing with the Trump Administration. — Phillips's Newsletter is a reader-supported publication.


The Justice Department Just Debuted a New Defense of Trump. It's Terrifying. — Does the “mandate of the electorate” give the president absolute power to defy the courts? — On Monday, Donald Trump's Department of Justice made two arguments in two different courts that, taken together …
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Erdogan Wins Trump Praise as Turkish Assets Steady After Rout — US President Donald Trump praised Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, giving his endorsement to a government that's faced a week of protests at home and an exodus of foreign capital amid a crackdown on the opposition.
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DOGE says it needs to know the government's most sensitive data, but can't say why — Fewer than 50 people have access to Social Security Administration databases containing hundreds of millions of people's private financial and personal information. — But only one also has access …
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Marty Makary and Jay Bhattacharya confirmed by Senate as FDA commissioner and NIH director — Trump's health team is taking shape as key picks advance — WASHINGTON — The Senate voted largely along party lines to confirm Marty Makary as the commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration …
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