Judge blocks Trump's executive order to end federal funding for PBS and NPR

A federal judge agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for NPR and PBS.

PBS News
How Thomson Reuters Powers ICE and Palantir

Thomson Reuters’ data, which can include peoples’ addresses and details on their ethnicity, is linked to tools used by ICE.

404 Media
Pentagon to issue new press credentials but remove media offices

The U.S. Defense Department says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices from the Pentagon. The announcement comes after a judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit regarding limits on reporters’ access to the building. Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell says the agency disagrees with the ruling and will appeal. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., ruled last week that the Pentagon’s limits illegally restrict the press credentials of reporters who walked out of the building rather than agree to the new rules. Parnell says reporters will be able to work from an “annex” outside the building, which “will be available when ready.”

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FBI admits buying Americans' location data and says it won't stop

Patel defended the practice as lawful and useful for national security work, citing compliance with the Electronic Communications Privacy Act.

TechSpot
Turns Out The DOGE Bros Who Killed Humanities Grants Are Kinda Sensitive About It

Much of last week I had been working on a different article than the one this became. The American Historical Association, the Modern Language Association, and the American Council of Learned Socie…

Techdirt
CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples’ Movements

An internal DHS document obtained by 404 Media shows for the first time CBP used location data sourced from the online advertising industry to track phone locations. ICE has bought access to similar tools.

404 Media

The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream?

https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/01/incel-slang-mainstream-government-media

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The Pentagon says it’s ‘lethalitymaxxing’. Why has ‘incel’ slang crossed into the mainstream?

With the rise of influencer Clavicular and ‘looksmaxxers’, sexist language from niche memes has infiltrated official government accounts and NYT headlines

The Guardian

FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after Supreme Court ruling

The shipping company said it was owed refunds for any tariffs it paid under a rule the high court found exceeded the president's authority.

https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/fedex-sues-trump-over-tariff-refunds-rcna260350

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FedEx sues Trump administration for tariff refunds after ruling

FedEx sued the Trump administration seeking a "full refund" of tariffs it paid under the overturned International Emergency Economic Powers Act.

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