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Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order

1 hour ago - Politics Exclusive: Navajo Code Talkers disappear from military websites after Trump DEI order Erin Alberty https://images.axios.com/JWmY01W1R_VDxF6Uw9Om4eLBGiY/0x82:3400x1995/1920x1080/2025/03/17/1742182285380.jpg https://img-s-msn-com.akamaized.net/tenant/amp/entityid/AA1B6pw0.img A two-man team of Navajo code talkers attached to a Marine regiment in the Pacific relay orders over the field radio using their native language. Photo: Corbis via Getty Images Articles about the re ...

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Deported Brown University professor had 'sympathetic photos' of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says

Deported Brown University professor had 'sympathetic photos' of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says The government's explanation for Rasha Alawieh's deportation came before a judge postponed a hearing on whether it defied a judge's order that she not be deported without advance notice to the court. {snip picture of airport} By Josh Gerstein 03/17/2025 10:17 AM EDT Updated: 03/17/2025 12:35 PM EDT BOSTON -- Federal authorities say they deported a Lebanese doctor holding an American visa l ...

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ACLU asks judge to force the Trump administration to state under oath if it violated his court order

Updated 11:02 AM EDT, March 17, 2025 Plaintiffs in a lawsuit filed to halt deportations under a rarely-used 18th century wartime law invoked by President Donald Trump asked a federal judge Monday to force officials to explain under oath whether they violated his court order by removing more than 200 people from the country after it was issued and celebrating it on social media. The motion marks another escalation in the battle over Trump’s aggressive opening moves in his second term, several ...

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US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organization's CEO, George Moose, said, "DOGE has broken into our building." Police cars were outside the Washington building Monday evening. The DOGE workers gained access to the building after several unsuccessful attempts Monday and after hav ...

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Trump Says He's Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power

US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel. “I am authorizing my Administration to immediately begin producing Energy with BEAUTIFUL, CLEAN COAL,” Trump wrote in a social media post. It’s not clear what Trump was referring to, or how his social media decree would impact actual US policy. Trump already signed an executive order earlier in his ...

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Republicans split on spending cuts, Medicaid as they seek path forward on Trump tax cuts

(Reuters) Congressional Republicans, under pressure to move forward on President Donald Trump's tax cut and border security agenda, are at odds over how much spending they can cut from the federal budget without leaving constituents who rely on social safety net programs out in the cold. Senate Republicans have been locked in closed-door debates about whether to overhaul the Medicaid health insurance program for low-income Americans to help pay for extending Trump's $4.6 trillion in 2017 tax cuts and other tax proposals, the mass deportation of unauthorized immigrants and a boost in military spending.

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Memo details Trump plan to sabotage the Social Security Administration

(Popular Info) An internal Social Security Administration (SSA) memo, sent on March 13 and obtained by Popular Information, details proposed changes to the claims process that would debilitate the agency, cause significant processing delays, and prevent many Americans from applying for or receiving benefits. The memo, authored by Acting Deputy SSA Commissioner Doris Diaz, purports to be motivated by a desire to mitigate "fraud risks." Elon Musk has pushed several false claims about the nature and scope of Social Security fraud.

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Social Security Employees Warn of Damage From DOGE

(New York Times) When Eleanor H., 66, called the Social Security Administration last month seeking details about her retirement benefits, she didn’t expect to comfort the representative who answered. The woman started sobbing. “I asked her what was wrong, and she said she and her co-workers were informed by email to accept a taxable $20,000 payout or risk termination,” said Eleanor, who lives in New Jersey. The rep still answered all of Eleanor’s questions. “Through her tears she said, ‘What am I going to do?’”

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US to Pull Out of Task Force Probing Russian Aggression in Ukraine

(Newsweek) The U.S. is withdrawing from an international group investigating those responsible for Russia's invasion of Ukraine, including President Vladimir Putin, it has been reported. The Justice Department has informed European officials about plans to withdraw from the International Center for the Prosecution of the Crime of Aggression against Ukraine, according to The New York Times, which cited people familiar with the situation.

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Leaked memo: DOGE plots to cut Social Security phone support

7 min ago - 12 hours ago An internal memo from the Social Security Administration proposes changes to its phone service that could derail the benefits application process for many Americans. Why it matters: The Trump administration has repeatedly said it doesn' ... (Axios)

'Wrong!' Trump aide Stephen Miller gets testy after CNN host asks 'Is Venezuela invading?'

36 min ago - March 17, 2025 5:43PM ET White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller fiercely defended the Trump administration’s flagrant disregard for a federal judge’s court order directing the return of deportation flights to the United States in ... (Raw Story)

Trump Nominates Republic Airways CEO to Lead US FAA

1 hr ago - March 17, 2025, at 5:33 p.m. WASHINGTON (Reuters) -President Donald Trump is nominating Republic Airways CEO Bryan Bedford to head the Federal Aviation Administration in the face of growing scrutiny following a series of crashes. Bedford, a pilot ... (US News and World Report/Reuters)

NOAA's Storm Prediction Center facility among planned DOGE cuts

1 hr ago - March 17, 2025, 5:11 PM Despite the deadly storms over the weekend, one of the core government facilities tracking severe thunderstorms and tornadoes, is listed on the website of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency as one with a planned o ... (ABC News)

Trump's USAID Cuts Help China and Russia, Former Officials Argue in Court

1 hr ago - Published Mar 17, 2025 at 4:12 PM EDT | Updated Mar 17, 2025 at 5:02 PM EDT President Donald Trump's decision to put a halt to most foreign-aid funding has caused "irreparable" damage to America's standing abroad and strengthened adversaries includin ... (Newsweek)

SpaceX Dragon undocks from ISS in mission to get NASA astronauts back to Earth

2 hrs ago - NASA's SpaceX Crew-10 mission successfully undocked from the International Space Station and is headed back to Earth, carrying a crew that includes two astronauts whose return to Earth was delayed, SpaceX said early Tuesday. "Dragon separation confir ... (AP)

Teslas were a symbol of progressive values. Now some progressives are ditching the cars.

2 hrs ago - March 17, 2025, 3:36 PM EDT It was not enough for Sen. Mark Kelly, D-Ariz., to announce that he had gotten rid of his Tesla. He did it on X, the social media platform headed by Elon Musk, who took over as CEO of the electric vehicle company in 2008. ... (NBC News)

Project 2025 Honcho Raves About Trump's First Two Months Back in Office: 'Way Beyond My Wildest Dreams'

2 hrs ago - Mar 17th, 2025, 3:29 pm During the 2024 presidential campaign, President Donald Trump insisted, over and over again, that Project 2025 had nothing to do with him or his campaign and the project’s director, Paul Dans, was pushed out as a scapego ... (MEDIAite)

New York Post says Musk is 'way out of his lane' in calling for impeachment of Judge Boasberg

5 hrs ago - by Tara Suter - 03/17/25 10:44 PM ET The editorial board of The New York Post went after tech billionaire Elon Musk on Sunday, stating that he is “way out of his lane” in calling for the impeachment of a judge who temporarily blocked the Tr ... (ap)

Relatives of missing Venezuelan migrants desperate for answers after US deportations to El Salvador

5 hrs ago - The Trump administration has provided few details so far on the identities of those who were deported. But Solanyer Sarabia believes she saw her 19-year-old brother, Anyelo, among images shared online of the Venezuelans deported to El Salvador's meg ... (Reuters)

US civil rights agency targets 20 big law firms with demand for DEI data

7 hrs ago - The head of the U.S. agency that enforces laws banning workplace discrimination on Monday warned 20 major law firms that their employment policies meant to boost diversity, equity and inclusion may be illegal The letters, from the U.S. Equal Employme ... (Reuters)

Trump Administration Aims to Eliminate E.P.A.'s Scientific Research Arm

7 hrs ago - The Environmental Protection Agency plans to eliminate its scientific research arm, firing as many as 1,155 chemists, biologists, toxicologists and other scientists, according to documents reviewed by Democrats on the House Committee on Science, Spac ... (NYT)

HHS appears to delete Surgeon General gun violence advisory webpage

7 hrs ago - The HHS said it is complying with an executive order from President Trump. The Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) appears to have taken down a webpage from the Office of the Surgeon General (OSG) that included an advisory on gun violence ... (ABC News)

Elon Musk's Starlink Expands Across White House Complex

7 hrs ago - Starlink, the satellite internet service operated by Elon Musk’s SpaceX, is now accessible across the White House campus. It is the latest installation of the Wi-Fi network across the government since Mr. Musk joined the Trump administration as ... (NYT)

Trump says he's ending Secret Service protection for Biden's adult children

8 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump said Monday he was ending “immediately” the Secret Service protection details assigned to Democrat Joe Biden's adult children, which the former president had extended to July shortly before leav ... (AP)

Trump stacks military academy boards with MAGA loyalists, including Michael Flynn and Charlie Kirk

9 hrs ago - -snip- In a post on his social media platform Truth Social Monday, Trump said he had appointed former national security adviser Michael Flynn to the United States Military Academy’s board of visitors, along with Rep. Wesley Hunt (R-Texas); Maure ... (Politico)

Yale professors warn international students new Trump travel ban may be imminent

9 hrs ago - Mon 17 Mar 2025 12.26 EDT Last modified on Mon 17 Mar 2025 14.15 EDT Yale Law School professors have sent a warning to international students about an imminent US travel ban, as the Trump administration appears poised to implement sweeping new restri ... (The Guardian)

Trump Says He's Authorizing Administration to Produce Coal Power

9 hrs ago - US President Donald Trump said he would look to counter China’s economic advantage from coal-based electricity by authorizing his administration to ramp up production of energy from the fossil fuel. “I am authorizing my Administration to im ... (Bloomberg)

Judge declines to force FEMA to release funds to upgrade US emergency alert system

10 hrs ago - Updated 2:58 PM EDT, March 17, 2025 WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge on Monday declined to force the Trump administration to immediately reimburse dozens of public broadcasting stations for upgrades to the nation’s emergency alert system. ... (AP)

US Institute of Peace says DOGE has broken into its building

10 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) -- Employees of Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have entered the U.S. Institute of Peace despite protests from the nonprofit that it is not part of the executive branch and is instead an independent agency. The organiz ... (Politico)