President Donald J. Trump purchases a Tesla on the South Lawn, Tuesday, March 11, 2025. (Official White House Photo by Molly Riley)

What Happened Today – March 24

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đź‘€ Authoritarian overreach is now casual.
Trump’s team plotted a military strike in an unsecured chat, while Musk’s DOGE scraped private data on millions—and Social Security rushed service cuts that could block benefits for the sick and poor. Judges are under attack. Troops are expelled. Chaos is a feature, not a bug.

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Tesla trade-ins hit record high as new sales crater and stock drops over 50%, with Musk’s role in Trump administration fueling protests, boycotts, and collapsing consumer confidence.

March 24, 2025
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Federal PersonnelSocial Security

Social Security fast-tracks service cuts from two years to two weeks at White House request, risking benefit access for hospitalized people, foster kids, and rural Americans

March 24, 2025
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Human RightsMilitary

Second federal judge halts Trump’s ban on transgender troops after Air Force sergeants were pulled from duty and faced involuntary separation.

March 24, 2025
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CourtsDataEducation

Judge indefinitely blocks Musk’s DOGE from accessing Education Department data on union members, student borrowers, and veterans, calling the mass data sharing likely illegal.

March 24, 2025
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CourtsFederal Personnel

Trump asks Supreme Court to block lower court order to reinstate 16,000 fired federal workers after judge ruled the mass terminations were illegal.

March 24, 2025
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CongressCourtsJustice Dept

Jordan briefs Trump on House Judiciary hearing to rein in federal judges after deportation rulings, eyes cuts and court restrictions.

March 24, 2025
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Criminal JusticeJustice Dept

Trump names his personal lawyer Alina Habba as interim U.S. attorney in New Jersey, despite no prosecutorial experience and little federal court work.

March 24, 2025
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Arts

Trump complains his Colorado Capitol portrait is distorted and demands it be taken down, saying Obama’s looked “wonderful” by comparison.

March 24, 2025
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Courts

Trump attacked Judge Boasberg online early Monday after calling for his impeachment this weekend, as threats and intimidation against federal judges intensify.

March 24, 2025
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CourtsImmigrationJustice Dept

Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege to block judge’s order on Venezuelan deportations under 1798 law, then appeals to lift it.

March 24, 2025
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Media

Trump renews media attacks, names New York Times reporters and their families, the paper says they won’t be intimidated.

March 24, 2025
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EconomyForeign Relations

Trump threatens 25 percent tariff on countries buying Venezuelan oil, calling them terrorist supporters, while the U.S. continues to do so.

March 24, 2025
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Immigration

Trump officials targeted a Columbia student and legal U.S. resident for deportation after Gaza protest. Now she’s in hiding after suing Trump, Rubio, and Noem.

March 24, 2025
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Foreign RelationsMediaMilitary

Vance, Hegseth, and Trump’s inner circle illegally used an unsecured messaging app to plot a military strike in Yemen. They accidentally added The Atlantic’s editor-in-chief to the chat, then cheered the attack that killed 53 people, including women and children.

March 24, 2025
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