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President Trump has been in office for only 68 days.
IN PROGRESS.
Top story: massive (adjective used by the press) national security breach; reaches level of National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, VP JD Vance, SecDOD Mike Hespeth; reporters smell blood in the water.
- Two weeks after the breach, Trump says he was unaware of the story or the breach.
Background:
- Massive (adjective used by the press) security breach: story broke Monday, March 24, 2025
- breach apparently occurred March 11, 2025
- reported by top journalist at The Atlantic, March 24, 2025
- dates need to be fact-checked
- chat group was apparently led by the National Security Advisor Mike Waltz whose staff would have compiled the "guest" list;
- VP JD Vance; SecDef Hegseth were on the call and apparently unaware of the others on the call
- transcript suggests participants unaware of journalist on the group chat;
- transcript suggests juvenile discussion; certainly not professional nor diplomatic
- Trump, when asked about an event that occurred more than a week ago, says he was not aware
- two issues here:
- how did it happen; what's the damage; and,
- what will it take for this story to go away
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Top Stories
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The First 100 Days
January 20, 2025 - April 30, 2025
Tenth Week Of President Trump's Presidency
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The Top Stories
Most important story of the week:
- GDPNow estimates 1Q25 GDP to be down 2.8%.
- US equity market in the dumps; NASDAQ now down 10% off its highs.
Top stories of the week:
- Hespeth -- group chat debacle
- Boasberg -- the "shadow president"
- DAPL lawsuit dismissed
- Elon Musk announcement: will step down from DOGE in two months
- US Navy keeps pounding Yemen; non-stop
- military earning their medals
- incredible real-world experience for future ops over Iran, Taiwan, Greenland
- one gets the feeling that Trump is beginning to like the US military
Top international energy story:
- Federal judge dismisses case against ET and DAPL pipeline
- environmental impact study not complete; it's been years -- a decade?
Top national non-energy stories:
- Columbia University president finally gives up the fight against Trump; steps down;
- the top vaccine official at the FDA has tendered his resignation;
- the real president? Trump? Stay tuned; JD Vance? Nope. Elon Musk? Nope.
- more and more it looks like the real president of the US right now is a federal judge
- setting immigration policy
- setting deportation policy
- setting domestic spending policy
- setting international aid policy
- tariffs. Trump says there will be a "25% tariff" on autos and auto parts imported into the US
- staggering amount of money being pledged by companies to avoid Trump's tariffs
- measles epidemic that started in Texas is now a nationwide epidemic and may go international; Africa to be devastated
Top national energy story:
Focus on fracking: current link here. Generally updated late Sunday night.
Top North Dakota non-energy story:
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