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The Washington Post reports: The top Republican and Democratic senators on the Senate Armed Services Committee are asking the White House to expedite a Defense Department review of the Trump administration officials’ group chat on Signal about an imminent U.S. attack on Houthi militants in Yemen. Chairman Roger Wicker [photo] (R-Mississippi) told reporters Wednesday that the top Democrat on the …

Politico reports: The Trump administration on Wednesday asked the Supreme Court to allow it to cut hundreds of millions of dollars for teacher training. A federal judge in Boston temporarily blocked the cuts, finding they were already affecting training programs aimed at addressing a nationwide teacher shortage. An appeals court turned away a plea from the administration to allow them …

The Hill reports: The White House has asked Elon Musk and his team at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) to help investigate how a journalist was included on a Signal chat with national security officials. “The National Security Council, the White House Counsel’s Office, and also yes, Elon Musk’s team,” press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters when asked who …

NEWSMAX HOST GREG KELLY: “The Tesla violence, have you heard anything about billionaires on the left, whether it’s Soros or somebody else, have you ever heard anything about planning, coordination, funding for these attacks?” TRUMP: “I believe that that is part of it, yeah. There are some of them that were involved with my trials that were, I think, probably …

The New York Times reports: An exchange between Representative Jimmy Gomez, Democrat of California, and John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, briefly devolved into a shouting match as Gomez asked witnesses whether or not “Pete Hegseth had been drinking before he leaked classified information.” “I think thats an offensive line of questioning — the answer’s no,” Ratcliffe shot back. During his …

“So, let’s me get this straight. The Atlantic released the so-called ‘war plans’ and those ‘plans’ include: No names. No targets. No locations. No units. No routes. No sources. No methods. And no classified information. “Those are some really shitty war plans. This only proves one thing: Jeff Goldberg has never seen a war plan or an ‘attack plan’ (as …

Politico reports: U.S. District Judge James Boasberg — the object of President Donald Trump’s fury for blocking his effort to summarily deport Venezuelan nationals using wartime powers — just got a second crack at the administration’s handling of national security: Signalgate. Boasberg on Wednesday morning was assigned to preside over a lawsuit alleging that Trump cabinet secretaries and national security …

Mediate reports: Moments after the bombshell publication of the leaked text messages in which top officials candidly discussed plans to attack Houthi rebels in Yemen, The White House employed some bizarre spin — in an apparent attempt to downplay or dismiss the messages. In a post to X, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt tried to claim victory by sharing …

Agence-France Presse reports: Denmark on Wednesday welcomed a White House decision to limit the scope of a planned visit to Greenland by the United States Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Second Lady Usha Vance. The vice president said that he and his wife would only visit the US’ Pituffik Space Base to meet with US service members based …

The Huffington Post reports: The Atlantic on Wednesday published the war plans shared in the Signal group chat that the magazine’s editor-in-chief was inadvertently invited to join earlier this month. Jeffrey Goldberg had previously withheld sharing some of those messages concerning planned military strikes on Houthi targets in Yemen over concerns that their content was too sensitive. “The statements by …

Politico reports: A list circulating inside the Energy Department suggests cutting funding for the development of four hydrogen production hubs in mostly Democratic-leaning states while maintaining funding for three hubs spread across mostly red states, three people familiar with the plan said Wednesday. The cuts, if carried through, would politicize the federal funds that Congress and the Biden administration awarded …

The Hill reports: A federal judge on Monday temporarily blocked Kari Lake and the Trump administration from moving to defund Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL). U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth found that the administration and Lake, who oversees U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which funds the radio station and Voice of America (VOA), likely violated the law by attempting …

Axios reports: A House Democrat is introducing long-shot legislation to make it a crime punishable by up to 5 years in prison to share classified information on messaging apps like Signal, Axios has learned. Rep. Ritchie Torres (D-N.Y.) told Axios in a phone interview that his bill will ensure that the Espionage Act’s prohibition against disclosing classified information extends to …

“Somehow, this guy ended up on the call. There was no classified information. There was no problem and the attack was a tremendous success. Somebody that was on the line with permission, somebody that worked with Mike Waltz at a lower level, had Goldberg’s number or call through the app, and somehow this guy ended up on the call.” – …

Mediaite reports: On Tuesday, Trump appeared on Newsmax, where Greg Kelly asked him about reparations for the rioters. The host first pointed to a lawsuit against the federal government filed by the family of Ashli Babbitt, who was shot and killed by a police officer as she attempted to break through a door. Kelly noted that the Department of Justice is …

“You know, Laura, I’m not a conspiracy theorist. But of all the people out there, somehow this guy who has lied about the president, who has lied to Gold Star families, lied to their attorneys, and gone to Russia hoax, gone to all kinds of lengths to lie and smear the president of the United States and he’s the one …

Via press release from Democracy Docket: President Donald Trump signed an executive order Tuesday commanding wide-ranging changes to how U.S. elections are administered, a move that will be swiftly challenged by voting rights organizations across the country. Since the beginning of his second term, Trump has repeatedly outlined his extreme vision for U.S. elections, and his administration has taken actions …

The Hill reports: Vice President Vance said he’s traveling to Greenland on Friday, a move that comes after the Trump administration provoked backlash from officials in Greenland and Denmark when it was announced that second lady Usha Vance would be heading there. “There was so much excitement around Usha’s visit to Greenland this Friday, that I decided that I didn’t …

CNN reports: President Donald Trump told reporters on Tuesday that there “was no classified information” shared on the Signal chain that The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg said he was added to, pushing back on Goldberg’s claim that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth sent “operational details of forthcoming strikes on Yemen” during the conversation. Trump claimed US national security “is stronger than it’s …

The Daily Beast reports: President Donald Trump and his team held a secret Mar-a-Lago dinner on the same day as the U.S. bombing of Yemen, which top administration officials reportedly planned in a group chat that mistakenly included a journalist. Just hours after the U.S. military strike on Houthi forces was carried out on Mar. 15—killing at least 53 people, …