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New York Times:
Trump Says War Could Last Weeks and Offers Contradictory Visions of New Regime  —  In a brief interview, he said the country's hardened military should simply surrender their weapons to the Iranian public.  —  President Trump said on Sunday that the U.S. military intends to sustain its assault on Iran for …
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Reuters:
Pentagon tells Congress no sign that Iran was going to attack US first, sources say  —  Trump administration officials acknowledged in closed-door briefings with congressional staff on Sunday that there was no intelligence suggesting Iran planned to attack U.S. forces first, two people familiar with the matter said.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump's lethal presidency … - He's attacked seven nations, three of which — Iran, Nigeria and Venezuela — had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. … The White House argues he still is — that he always exhausts diplomacy before acting, and that projecting overwhelming force is itself a path to lasting peace.
Nikki Schwab / Daily Mail:
Trump breaks silence on US troops killed in Iran war as president gives bleak warning to the Daily Mail: ‘It could happen again’  —  President Donald Trump broke his silence Sunday on the first US casualties of the Iran war in an exclusive phone interview with the Daily Mail.
Politico:
Pentagon offers no evidence to support claim it attacked Iran in defense … But the administration's efforts to construct a case for war only after the shots have started flying has few historical parallels.  The Pentagon has held no briefings nearly 36 hours after the U.S. military strikes …
Axios:
U.S. and Israel delayed original Iran strike by a week, officials say  —  The U.S. and Israel originally planned to attack Iran a week earlier than they did, but the opening strike was delayed for operational and intelligence reasons, according to senior U.S. and Israeli officials.
Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Jet Fighters Mistakenly Shot Down as Iran Conflict Widens Across Mideast  —  Israel launches dozens of strikes against Hezbollah in Lebanon, while U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran continue.  —  Three U.S. jet fighters were mistakenly shot down by Kuwaiti air defenses …
Ben Rhodes / New York Times:
Trump Wants You to Get Used to This.  Don't.  —  Authoritarian politics and military aggression are a dangerous mix.  As Donald Trump announced his war on Iran wearing a baseball cap in a video released in the middle of the night while he was at Mar-a-Lago on Saturday, that lesson hung heavily over the proceedings.
Discussion: Politico
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump leaves room to claim victory — or avoid blame — in recorded Iran strike messages  —  Trump has taken an approach to selling U.S. citizens on military action in Iran that contrasts with his predecessors, seeking to avoid completely owning it.  —  President George W. Bush used …
Discussion: DNYUZ
Politico:
The questions Trump must answer today  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  Drop me a line.  —  START YOUR DAY WITH THIS — “Trump Buries the 20th Century,” by POLITICO's Alexander Burns.
Discussion: The Hill and CBS News
Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
Exclusive: Trump - I'm ‘very disappointed’ in Starmer over Iran  —  President tells Telegraph that PM ‘took far too long’ to let America use Chagos Islands air base  —  Donald Trump has told The Telegraph he is “very disappointed” in Sir Keir Starmer for blocking him from using Diego Garcia to carry out strikes on Iran.
Christian Paz / Vox:
Trump's Iran war is uniting a strange new anti-war alliance
Discussion: Vanity Fair
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The irrational strongman we've been warned about is here
Discussion: BBC and The Hill
Tim Kaine / Wall Street Journal:
An Unwise and Unconstitutional Attack on Iran
Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Alexander Burns / Politico:   Trump Buries the 20th Century
Vivian Salama / The Atlantic:
All Eyes on Cuba  —  Trump's campaign to take out long-standing U.S. irritants looks back to the Caribbean.
Discussion: Townhall
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump warns more U.S. troops will “likely” die in Iran attacks
New York Times:
Here's the latest.  —  The U.S. and Israeli militaries pounded Iran and its allies for a third …
Emerson Polling:
Texas 2026 Primary Poll: Talarico & Paxton with Narrow Edges in Senate Primaries  —  Home Polls Texas 2026 Primary Poll: Talarico & Paxton with Narrow Edges in Senate Primaries  —  Republican Primary Voters Head to Likely May Runoff between Paxton and Cornyn
Discussion: Newsweek and The Hill
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
GOP insiders fretting over Texas Senate primary
Discussion: New York Post
Bridget Bowman / NBC News:
A competitive Texas Senate race looms over Tuesday's primaries
Discussion: Washington Post
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Tony Gonzales created a mess for GOP leaders. They're counting on voters to do the cleanup.
Discussion: DNYUZ
Wall Street Journal:
Texas Senate Primary Is Heated and Republicans Are Worried
Discussion: New York Times and NewsMax.com
New York Times:
Epstein's New Mexico Ranch Gets Scrutiny at Last.  It May Be Too Late.  —  Heinous allegations have prompted state officials to restart an inquiry, which went cold in 2019, into the convicted sex offender's lesser-known property.  —  One of Jeffrey Epstein's most secretive and least scrutinized former properties is not an island.
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Olivier Uyttebrouck / Albuquerque Journal:
Feds asked New Mexico to halt its Epstein probe
Discussion: New York Times
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Judges describe threats amid Trump's attacks on judiciary  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Federal District Judge John Coughenour was unprepared for what happened after he temporarily blocked President Trump's birthright citizenship executive order last year and called it “blatantly unconstitutional.”
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Bill Whitaker / CBS News:
Federal judges who've ruled against Trump administration denounce threats against themselves, their families
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Examiner:
Three US fighter jets downed in Kuwait in ‘friendly fire’ accident  —  Three U.S. military jets “went down” in Kuwait in a friendly fire incident, the Pentagon announced Monday morning.  —  The three F-15s were shot down during active combat by the Kuwaiti air defense systems.
Associated Press:
Bar shooting in Austin leaves 3 dead, including the suspect, and 14 injured  —  A gunman wearing clothes with an Iranian flag design and the words “Property of Allah” killed two people and wounded 14 early Sunday at a Texas bar, a law enforcement official told The Associated Press.
New York Times:
Labor Secretary's Tenure Marked by Frequent Travel and Internal Tumult … In the weeks after President Trump nominated Lori Chavez-DeRemer to be his labor secretary, she told potential deputies, Labor Department veterans and administration officials that her vision for the role was that of a figurehead.
 
 
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