2026.03.05

[lsanderson]

Trump fires homeland security secretary Kristi Noem
Markwayne Mullin, Republican senator and Maga ally, to replace Noem as Democrats cheer departure of ‘disaster’
Chris Stein in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/trump-kristi-noem-homeland-security

Trump administration is failing to address spread of measles, experts say
As number of cases climbs past 1,000, experts say CDC is not taking obvious steps amid funding cuts
Hannah Harris Green
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/trump-administration-measles

US judge orders refunds for more than $130bn in illegal Trump tariffs
Trade court directs customs to repay importers with interest after supreme court ruled tariffs unlawful
Associated Press
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/05/trump-tariff-refunds-supreme-court

‘A subversion of the justice system’: DoJ shifts into Trump’s ‘political wing’ as criminal investigations accelerate
President has ‘succeeded in completely politicizing’ justice department, experts say, using it to punish his enemies
Peter Stone in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/05/trump-justice-department-politicization

Vladimir review – Rachel Weisz is unswervingly brilliant in a TV show you’ll admire for years to come
This adaptation of the 2022 novel – starring Weisz, Leo Woodall and John Slattery – fits it perfectly to television. It’s a proper show for proper grownups
Lucy Mangan
https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2026/mar/05/vladimir-review-rachel-weisz-is-unswervingly-brilliant-in-a-tv-show-youll-admire-for-years-to-come

Marsupials previously thought extinct for millennia discovered in New Guinea
The chances of finding one mammal species thought to be lost was ‘almost zero’ and finding two is ‘unprecedented’, biologist Tim Flannery says
Adam Morton
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/mar/05/marsupials-discovered-new-guinea

How a clump of moss helped convict grave robbers in Illinois
Four cemetery workers dug up and moved more than 100 bodies to resell the burial plots nearly 20 years ago
Ian Sample Science editor
https://www.theguardian.com/science/2026/mar/05/how-moss-helped-convict-grave-robbers-illinois

Comments

[minnehaha]

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