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NEW: In agency after agency, the U.S. government is losing its capacity to measure how American society is functioning, making it much harder to gauge the nature and scale of the problems we are facing and the effectiveness of policies. By @alecmac.bsky.social

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A presidential effort to revoke Harvard University's tax-exempt status could run up against a number of challenges, including violating federal law.

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Exclusive: Immigrants falsely labeled dead by the Social Security Administration are showing up at field offices with documents proving they are alive, leading staff to reinstate nearly three dozen people over the past week, according to records obtained by The Post.

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Breaking News: The IRS agreed to share information with ICE to help locate people for deportation, court records show. This is a fundamental change in the IRS, which had gained the trust of migrants and encouraged them to file their taxes.

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The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.

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The top vaccine official with the Food and Drug Administration has resigned and criticized the nation’s top health official for allowing “misinformation and lies” to guide his thinking behind the safety of vaccinations. apnews.com/article/fda-...

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A top vaccine advisor at the FDA was forced to resign on Friday. In his resignation letter, Dr. Peter Marks, wrote "truth and transparency are not desired," by HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.

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This week, as the number of confirmed measles cases rose to 483, the CDC buried a report that would’ve stressed the importance of getting vaccinated. The move was “not normal at all,” one agency staff member said. By @sheinvestigates.bsky.social

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WIRED has found four new Venmo accounts that appear to be associated with Trump officials who were in an infamous Signal chat. One made a payment with a note consisting solely of an eggplant emoji.

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"It is outrageous and it is a leadership failure and that’s why Secretary Hegseth, who undoubtedly transmitted classified sensitive operational information via this chain, must resign immediately."

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⚡️Witkoff comments 'very disturbing' to Ukraine, Zelensky says. Zelensky noted that U.S. Envoy Steve Witkoff is not a military expert. "As far as I know, he is very good at selling and buying real estate."

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The news of the leak of life-and-death operational details to a reporter lands differently with veterans and active-duty troops, who can be prosecuted for much less significant "spillage" incidents.

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School officials in Maine say they will not comply with a proposed agreement from President Trump’s administration that would bar transgender athletes from participating in girls’ sports.

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The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.

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Stop sharing the Ghibli AI slop, what is wrong with you: aftermath.site/studio-ghibli-...

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Current and former U.S. military pilots expressed bewilderment after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth refused to acknowledge that he should not have disclosed sensitive information in an unsecured group chat. “If you can’t admit when you’re wrong, you’re going to kill somebody,” one pilot said.

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This is not rocket science, Dems. Identify the victims of Trumpism, give them a voice, and get their stories told.

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A Georgia jury found pharmaceutical and agricultural products giant Bayer liable for more than $2 billion in damages to a plaintiff who argued Roundup weed killer caused his cancer, the latest hit in a series of legal fights over the herbicide glyphosate.

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Elon Musk’s role in slashing federal government staffing and budgets as the head of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency continues to draw backlash, as nearly 90 Tesla showrooms across the United States face demonstrations Saturday in the fifth week of the “Tesla Takedown” movement.

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“You sad, shitty human,” said Lincoln Project founder Rick Wilson. “You know the damage to America this will do in the world, but can’t resist the lure of power and Trump’s approval.”

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The domestic terrorism designation could give law enforcement sweeping authority to surveil people protesting against Elon Musk's role in the US federal government, civil liberties experts warn.

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Elon Musk's social media platform X has suspended several accounts belonging to opposition figures in Turkey amid widespread civil unrest in the country.

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Six Voice of America journalists and a director at its parent agency have sued the Trump administration, alleging its moves to shut down the U.S.-funded network are unconstitutional. By @davidfolkenflik.bsky.social

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Journalists are trying to understand Trump’s irrational behavior, and are generally unwilling to consider the possibility that it's not some grand strategy, but a madman with increasingly diminished mental faculties.

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The advisories come after some citizens from European countries and Canada have been detained and deported by immigration officials while traveling to the United States.

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In the hours before IRS leadership fired some 7,000 employees for allegedly poor performance, a top IRS lawyer flagged officials that “no one” at the agency had done such an assessment. The termination notice went out unchanged anyway. By @andykroll.bsky.social

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Early voting has started in Wisconsin, where Elon Musk is trying to buy another election. Winning on April 1 would secure the liberal majority on the Wisconsin Supreme Court through 2028. Help us get out the vote for workers’ rights champion Susan Crawford: www.mobilize.us/indivisible/...

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Swalwell: As we start this season of democracy, that will take us to November 4, 2026. Today is about you thinking about what do you want that day to look like. To me, it’s a day of celebration, it’s a day of accountability.. It’s a day we cut our time in hell in half by winning the midterms.

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NEW: Over 20 GOP & conservative former officials joined together to send a clear message: Trump’s use of the 1798 Alien Enemies Act is UNPRECEDENTED & UNLAWFUL His move to deport individuals without due process cannot and should not be tolerated

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“Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.” 8th Amendment, US Constitution

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Trump’s ban on #transgender American troops, a DC Federal Judge has declared that the ban is “fueled by animus” and “dripping on pretext” and observes the “cruel irony” that those who valiantly serve to protect our freedoms are having theirs ripped away from them by #Trump. youtu.be/Z80XngeC-gQ?...

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“Italy’s Starlink talks at ‘standstill’ *** Italian opposition parties have fiercely criticized a…deal between Starlink & PM Giorgia Meloni’s hard-right government,” especially after “the tech titan threatened to turn off its communication system in Ukraine…” 3/22/25 www.politico.eu/article/ital...

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Dear MAGA Christian Patriots -- this from a founding father of the United States Of America “Rebellion to tyrants is obedience to God” -- Benjamin Franklin

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Here we come

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The head of the U.S. Social Security Administration has backed down from "shutting down the agency" after a federal judge rebuked him for misinterpreting a court ruling that limited billionaire Elon Musk's access to agency information. www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-...

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A 2024 GAO report found the IRS netted a savings of $13,000 for every additional hour spent auditing wealthy individuals’ tax returns. Watch reporter @andykroll.bsky.social break down how DOGE cuts to the IRS could cost more than DOGE will ever save ⤵️ 📽️: @josesepulveda.bsky.social

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The decision by U.S. District Judge Ana C. Reyes blocks the Department of Defense from carrying through with a policy directive designed to remove transgender servicemembers from the military.

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BREAKING: A federal judge blocks the Trump administration from ending $14 billion in climate grants.

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They're called public records for a reason. Starting today, WIRED will stop paywalling articles that are primarily based on public records obtained through the Freedom of Information Act, becoming the first publication to partner with @freedom.press to offer this for our new coverage.

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So the Trump regime made the minor defiant act of refusing to turn one airplane around, and is now in court meekly arguing that it was because of a technicality. This is scary stuff. Harmful. Hard to predict. But it’s also the most limpdick attempt at a power grab of all time.

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With teens, it doesn't help to just say no to screen time. Instead, experts suggest teaching them to be smarter viewers of content, and learn to recognize how influencers and algorithms can manipulate them.

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A federal judge ordered DOGE must open its records to the public under federal law.

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At issue was whether plane-loads of alleged members of the Tren de Aragua gang were deported despite the judge's order to turn the planes around.

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This is not rocket science, Dems. Identify the victims of Trumpism, give them a voice, and get their stories told.

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

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