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Audrey Fahlberg / National Review:
Exclusive: Trump Considering Mullin as Replacement for Noem, Privately Furious over Senate Testimony  —  Noem testified that Trump gave advance approval of a taxpayer-funded $220 million ad campaign contract that was subcontracted to one of her allies.
NBC News:
Trump frustrated with DHS secretary Kristi Noem and considering replacements, sources say  —  No decision has been made by the president, but he has told lawmakers that he is unhappy with the Homeland Security Secretary's testimony this week before House and Senate committees, sources say.
Julianna Bragg / Axios:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says  —  Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is leaving the department and being replaced by Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump said Thursday. … - She also criticized Pretti for carrying a gun with ammunition to protest ICE enforcement …
Punchbowl News:
Trump mulls Noem firing … Even Speaker Mike Johnson speculated about the potential for a change at the top of DHS during a recent House Republican elected leadership retreat in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.  —  Trump dialed up some GOP senators after Noem testified in front of the Senate …
Clarissa-Jan Lim / MS NOW:
Kristi Noem out as Homeland Security secretary  —  Kristi Noem, the face of some of the Trump administration's most high-profile immigration controversies over the past year, was ousted Thursday as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security, a day after she faced intense grilling from lawmakers in Congress.
Julia Ainsley / NBC News:
Noem handpicked contractors to lead a $100 million ICE recruitment campaign, sources say  —  The DHS secretary decided the contracts instead of allowing a competitive bidding process for the jobs, according to three administration officials and internal communications reviewed by NBC News.
Discussion: Above the Law
Washington Post:
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem is out, Trump says, after controversial tenure  —  President Donald Trump announced the decision on social media and said Noem would be replaced with Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.).  —  Homeland Security Secretary Kristi L. Noem is being replaced …
The Hill:
Watch live: Noem speaks moments after Trump ousts her from DHS
Andrew Solender / Axios:
House Democrat moves to impeach Pam Bondi
Discussion: Advocate
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump tells Reuters he did not sign off on ad campaign featuring homeland security secretary
Bloomberg:
Trump Replaces Noem as Homeland Chief After Rocky Tenure
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Republicans Toil to Avoid Saying ‘War’ as Iran Conflict Widens  —  Mission?  Hostilities?  Don't call it a war, say G.O.P. lawmakers grappling with the political and legal challenges of the operation in the Middle East.  —  When President Trump gave reporters a brief update this week …
Discussion: NextDraft and USA Today
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Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Congress declines to halt Iran war
Discussion: Fox News, IJR and Blaze Media
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War
Discussion: Punchbowl News and DNYUZ
Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Unauthorized War
Discussion: New York Times and UPI
Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:   First Draft: 🤬 Is This the Worst-Run War in US History?
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader  —  President Trump told Axios in an interview Thursday that he needs to be personally involved in selecting Iran's next leader — just as he was in Venezuela.  — Trump revealed this exclusively in an eight-minute phone call …
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Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   What If the Mullahs Are Smarter Than Trump?
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Approved CBS Boss Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’
Discussion: Zeteo and DNYUZ
Politico:
'That's bad for him to say': Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary … Trump had previously stated he would ask the candidate he does not endorse to step aside.  —  Senate Republicans have already asked Trump to back Cornyn, who narrowly pulled ahead of Paxton on Tuesday in the first round of the primary.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Paxton offers conditions for potential exit from Texas Senate race  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) suggested Thursday that he would be open to dropping out of the hotly contested Texas Senate primary against Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) if Senate Republicans met several conditions.
New York Times:
Lindsey Halligan Is Under Investigation by the Florida Bar  —  The actions of Ms. Halligan, who as a U.S. attorney brought criminal cases against President Trump's enemies, are under review by the organization that licensed her to practice law.  —  Lindsey Halligan, the former U.S. attorney …
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
Rachel Schilke / Washington Examiner:
Stephanie Bice and Kevin Hern eye Oklahoma Senate seat if Mullin heads to DHS  —  Two House Republicans from Oklahoma are weighing a run for the Senate after President Donald Trump announced Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) is his pick to helm the Department of Homeland Security.
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill and NOTUS
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Washington Examiner:
Trump ousts Kristi Noem as DHS chief and taps Markwayne Mullin to take her place
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Trump fires Noem as DHS secretary, nominates 2020 election skeptic Sen. Mullin to replace her
Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse  —  Just months after President Trump's mass pardons for Jan. 6 rioters freed him from prison, a Florida man repeatedly sexually abused two middle-school aged children.  —  On Thursday, the man …
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Manu Raju / CNN:
GOP Sen. Steve Daines' last-minute withdrawal from Senate race was meant to block Democrats from fielding a top-tier recruit  —  Congressional news Senate election US elections  —  GOP Sen. Steve Daines made the last-minute decision to abruptly pull out of his Senate race to prevent Democrats …
Discussion: Daily Montanan, KECI and MS NOW
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Politico:
Sen. Steve Daines announces he will not seek reelection
Popular Information:
Hundreds of thousands of Americans stranded in a war zone  —  On February 28, the United States and Israel launched major combat operations in Iran.  Iran has retaliated by striking multiple U.S. military facilities and embassies across the Middle East, including in Iraq, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates (UAE).
Discussion: NBC News, WTTG-TV, Defense One and Newsweek
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CNN:
‘Soulless hotel conference space’: Approval for Trump's East Wing ballroom delayed amid scathing public feedback  —  Approval for President Donald Trump's massive East Wing ballroom project - from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings and land in the nation's capital …
Discussion: DNYUZ and twitchy.com
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Associated Press:
More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss  —  Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump's new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Susie Wiles sounds the alarm on gas prices … Energy Secretary Chris Wright and other advisers focused on energy policy, including a council led by Interior Secretary Doug Burgum, “are getting screamed at to find some good news” on bringing down prices, the same executive said.
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Proton Mail Helped FBI Unmask Anonymous ‘Stop Cop City’ Protester  —  Privacy-focused email provider Proton Mail provided Swiss authorities with payment data that the FBI then used to determine who was allegedly behind an anonymous account affiliated with the Stop Cop City movement in Atlanta …
Brendan Bordelon / Politico:
Pentagon formally designates Anthropic a supply-chain risk … “From the very beginning, this has been about one fundamental principle: the military being able to use technology for all lawful purposes,” the Pentagon said in the statement.  “The military will not allow a vendor to insert itself …
Pew Research Center:
In 25-Country Survey, Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad  —  53% of U.S. adults say Americans have bad morals and ethics  —  This Pew Research Center analysis explores how adults in 25 countries rate the morality of other people in their country.
Discussion: Global News, RNS and Deseret News
 
 
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