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8:35 PM ET, February 21, 2025

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Joe Rennison / New York Times:
Stock Market Sees Biggest Declines of Trump's Presidency So Far  —  Fueling a 1.7 percent decline on Friday was an unexpected drop in the University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index, as Americans worried about stubborn inflation.  —  Stocks slumped on Friday, with the S&P 500 wiping …
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Sophia Cai / Politico:
‘Precision is the priority’?  Trump administration pauses some mass firings  —  One White House official says there is now a reluctance to fire veterans.  —  After a chaotic first wave of mass firings, Trump administration officials say they are slowing the pace of gutting certain agencies …
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New York Times:
Trump Fires Joint Chiefs Chairman Amid Turmoil at Pentagon  —  The decision to fire Gen. Charles Q. Brown Jr. reflects the president's insistence that the military's leadership is too mired in diversity issues and has lost sight of its combat role.  —  President Trump fired …
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Associated Press:
Trump fires chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff  —  President Donald Trump abruptly fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr. as chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff on Friday, sidelining a history-making fighter pilot and respected officer as part of a campaign to rid the military of leaders who support diversity and equity in the ranks.
Erin Doherty / Axios:
French leader cancels CPAC speech after Bannon's apparent Nazi salute … - Bannon did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.  — A CPAC representative did not respond to a request for comment Friday. … - “As a result, I have taken the immediate decision to cancel …
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David Bauder / Associated Press:
AP sues 3 Trump administration officials, citing freedom of speech  —  The Associated Press sued three Trump administration officials Friday over access to presidential events, citing freedom of speech in asking a federal judge to stop the 10-day blocking of its journalists.
Charlie Mahtesian / Politico:
The political education of Elon Musk  —  THE WIDE STATE — Elon Musk's move-fast-and-break-things ethos has served him well so far in his efforts to demolish the federal bureaucracy.  —  But now comes the moment the billionaire leading President Donald Trump's DOGE initiative may not be prepared for …
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NBC News:
At town halls, Republicans feel the heat from Trump and Musk's firing and cutting spree
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Rolling Stone:
Trump and Elon's ‘Pointless Bloodbath’ at the FAA Is Even Worse Than You Think  —  The Trump administration fired several FAA lawyers tasked with helping keep reckless and drunk pilots out of the skies — and officials are baffled  —  Late last week, just as Presidents' Day weekend was starting …
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NBC News:
Ex-Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio arrested on assault charge outside U.S. Capitol  —  Tarrio was released from prison last month after President Donald Trump cut short his 22 year prison sentence for seditious conspiracy related to the Jan. 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol.
Frank Bowman / Slate:
Trump Issued Perhaps His Most Terrifying Executive Order on Tuesday  —  Over the past month, many have warned that President Donald Trump is trying to make himself king or dictator.  Trump's defenders wave off such warnings as hysterical hyperbole.  The past week has shown that they are very much not.
Nina Golgowski / HuffPost:
‘See You In Court’: Maine Gov. Goes Head-To-Head With Trump Over Trans Athlete Ban  —  Democrat Janet Mills had a heated exchange with Trump after he threatened to withhold federal funds to states that don't obey his executive order.  —  LOADING  —  Maine Gov. Janet Mills (D) …
Kiley Koscinski / 90.5 WESA:
The University of Pittsburgh pauses its Ph.D. admissions process amid research funding uncertainty  —  Amid uncertainty about frozen research aid from the National Institutes of Health, the University of Pittsburgh has put its Ph.D. admissions on ice.  The school confirmed Friday …
Ali Bianco / Politico:
Richard Grenell: There will be conditions on Los Angeles fire aid  —  The Trump administration special envoy said the White House is talking about what the conditions will be.  —  President Donald Trump's special envoy Richard Grenell said there will be strings attached to California wildfire aid.
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Back in their districts, GOP lawmakers get an earful on DOGE and Musk  —  Town halls from Wisconsin to Oregon grew testy this week as concerned voters showed up to vent  —  ROSWELL, Georgia — The crowd packed into City Hall and filled an overflow room with one question, above all …
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Inside DOGE's Dumbest Cut Yet  —  Andrew had meant to spend yesterday soaking in the sights and sounds at CPAC, but found himself tied up reporting our lead story below.  So he missed Vice President JD Vance's culture-war ruminations, Steve Bannon's calls for a third Trump term in 2028 …
David Gardner / The Daily Beast:
Melania Trump's Astonishing Verdict on Her Husband Revealed  —  A bombshell new book makes some startling new revelations about Donald Trump's bizarre marriage to Melania.  “She f—ing hates him,” a “Mar-a-Lago patio confidant” of Trump and his family told Michael Wolff.
Discussion: Raw Story
Benjamin Mueller / New York Times:
Trump Administration Stalls Scientific Research Despite Court Ruling  —  Using an arcane law, officials have effectively delayed funding from the National Institutes of Health, leaving medical studies in jeopardy.  —  The Trump administration has blocked key parts of the federal government's apparatus …
Discussion: Forbes
Amy Maxmen / KFF Health News:
Texas Measles Outbreak Nears 100 Cases, Raising Concerns About Undetected Spread  —  Some private schools have shut down because of a rapidly escalating measles outbreak in West Texas.  Local health departments are overstretched, pausing other important work as they race to limit the spread of this highly contagious virus.
Sarah Jeong / The Verge:
I cannot describe how strange Elon Musk's CPAC appearance was  —  So here's a literal transcript, instead. … Elon Musk spoke at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday, giving a strange and often inarticulate on-stage interview to Newsmax presenter Rob Schmitt.
Patrick Reis / Vox:
DOGE hits a roadblock at the IRS  —  Welcome to The Logoff.  Today I have an update on the fight over your tax data, where the Trump administration has backed off a plan to give a DOGE staffer access to ultra-sensitive tax information.  —  Wait, what did the White House want?
Michelle Lewis / Electrek:
Trump to shut down all 8,000 EV charging ports at federal govt buildings  —  The Trump administration is shutting down EV chargers at all federal government buildings and is also expected to sell off the General Services Administration's (GSA) newly bought EVs.
Hansi Lo Wang / NPR:
Census Bureau stopped work on data for protecting trans rights, former director says  —  After President Trump put out an executive order targeting gender identity, the U.S. Census Bureau stopped work on producing statistics that could help protect the rights of transgender people, the bureau's recently departed leader tells NPR.
Politico:
Europe targets homegrown nuclear deterrent as Trump sides with Putin  —  Germany's Merz says Britain and France may need to “share” their nuclear weapons as America can't be relied on to defend NATO.  —  Europe's politicians are openly discussing how they could tackle the threat …
Isabel van Brugen / The Daily Beast:
Former Intelligence Officer Claims KGB Recruited Trump  —  A former Soviet intelligence officer has alleged that Donald Trump was recruited by the KGB in 1987 and given the codename “Krasnov.”  Alnur Mussayev, 71, a former head of intelligence in Kazakhstan and before that a Soviet KGB officer …
Discussion: Byline Times
U.S. Department of Defense:
DoD Probationary Workforce Statement  —  As the Secretary announced yesterday, the Department of Defense is re-evaluating our probationary workforce, consistent with the President's initiative to reform the Federal workforce to maximize efficiency and productivity.
Elie Mystal / The Nation:
This Executive Order Reveals the Trump-Musk Endgame  —  A recent order aimed at destroying independent regulatory agencies isn't just about taking control of the state—it's a giant cash-grab in disguise.  —  Bluesky  —  Pocket  —  The orders and actions of Donald Trump and his co-president Elon Musk are all part of a piece.
Haley Chi-Sing / Fox News:
Bondi says Epstein client list ‘sitting on my desk right now,’ and is reviewing JFK, MLK files  —  Bondi herself advocated for the release of the Epstein list in 2024  —  U.S. Attorney General Pam Bondi on Friday said the Jeffrey Epstein client list is “sitting on my desk right now” …
Isabella Crowley / The Observer:
Rep. Cliff Bentz fields questions at emotional Union County town hall  —  LA GRANDE — Oregon's U.S. Rep. Cliff Bentz tried to make it through his usual routine Wednesday, Feb. 19, at his town hall in La Grande.  But the crowd was not having it.  —  Residents from Union County …
Zeynep Tufekci / New York Times:
Here Are the Digital Clues to What Musk Is Really Up To  —  Watching Elon Musk and his band of young acolytes slash their way through the federal government, many observers have struggled to understand how such a small group could do so much damage in so little time.
Discussion: The Atlantic
Daily Kos:
New York Times caught passing off GOP flack as average Black voter  —  The New York Times published a story pushing the idea that support for President Donald Trump from a young Black man was organic, but the paper hid a key fact from its readers.  On Thursday night, I read the story headlined “What 11 Black Voters Think...
 
 
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Katie Robertson / New York Times:
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Tom Durante / Mediaite:
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