NYTIMES (Katelyn Jetelina) - Another Trump Appointee Learns It’s Easier to Be a Critic Than a Leader
We have no F.D.A. director, no permanent C.D.C. director and no surgeon general.
NYTIMES (Katherine Mangu-Ward) - Thomas Massie Is One of a Vanishing Breed: A Republican Who Will Stand Up to Trump
An individual with principles and quirks and an aversion to being told what to do.
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NYTIMES (Ashley Ahn) - U.S. Border Patrol Chief Resigns in Latest Homeland Security Shake-Up
Michael Banks is the latest high-profile official to leave the Department of Homeland Security amid President Trump’s immigration crackdown.
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NYTIMES (Eduardo Medina) - South Carolina Governor Formally Calls for Redistricting Special Session
But he stopped short of ordering lawmakers to redo the map so that Republicans could sweep the state’s congressional delegation, which President Trump has pressured them to do.
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ABCNEWS - WATCH: Spirit Airlines faces lawsuit from former employees
Sam Sweeney and Brian Buckmire report on former workers suing Spirit Airlines over claims they were denied pay and benefits after the airline shut down operations.
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NPR (Andrea Hsu) - How AI is speeding new business creation, especially among Gen Z entrepreneurs
Entrepreneurs are turning to AI to speed the creation of new businesses, with Gen Z leading the way. That's according to a new report from the payroll software firm Gusto.
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NPR (Ari Daniel) - Some plants have unusual genetics, which can help them weather cataclysmic events
Unlike humans, many plants have more than two sets of chromosomes. This trait may help them adapt to environmental upheaval, such as climate change.
AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Congressional leaders plead with their absentee lawmakers: "You've got to come"
Congressional leaders are straining to get their absentee members to return to Capitol Hill as the House's vote margins on major legislation grow ever more precarious. Why it matters: Just on Thursday, an Iran war powers resolution failed to pass in a tie vote. Any lawmaker could have tipped the outcome — and half a dozen were absent. - "People cannot miss votes," a senior House Democrat told Axios. - The truants on that vote included Reps. Tom Kean Jr. (R-N.J.) and Frederica Wilson (D-Fla.). Both have missed weeks of votes. - The mystery of Wilson's absence was solved on Thursday — she is recovering from a major eye surgery — but questions surround Kean's mysterious disappearance. What we're hearing: House Minority Leader…
NYTIMES (Hiroko Tabuchi) - Is Musk Running an Illegal Power Plant? The D.O.J. Says It Might Weigh In.
In a court filing, the administration signaled support for Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company in a lawsuit challenging xAI’s generators at a huge Mississippi data center.
NYTIMES (David A. Fahrenthold, Nikolay Nikolov, Gilad Thaler, Rafaela Balster, Léo Hamelin, Stephanie Swart and Whitney Shefte) - Why Trump’s Reflecting Pool Repairs Are in Trouble
Federal records show that the no-bid contract to repair the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool and paint it blue now costs $13.1 million. That’s about seven times the amount President Trump initially said it would cost.