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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 …
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Buried in the cascade of news this week, Sadie Gurman and Caitlin Ostroff of the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday that 47,635 files are missing from the Epstein files documents that the Justice Department has made public.  A spokesperson for the Justice Department told the reporters that the files were …
Politico:
'We're in it': Democrats won't rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war … To pass any new military funding measure through the Senate, the support of at least seven Democrats will be needed to overcome the filibuster.  It's far from certain the votes are there.  —  “Good luck.
The Bulwark:
What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War
Discussion: DNYUZ and Washington Examiner
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Follows His Gut.  His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.  —  Decisions come fast, even if contradictions and inconsistencies abound.  But without much of a process, there is little preparation for how things can go wrong.  —  Sitting beside Germany's chancellor in the Oval Office on Tuesday …
Discussion: The Dispatch and Althouse
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Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Wants a Quick Victory in Iran. But the War May Be Costly.
Discussion: NOTUS, Boston.com and Truthout
Janna Brancolini / The Daily Beast:
Trump-Approved CBS Boss Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’
Discussion: Zeteo and Raw Story
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Poll: Majority of voters disapprove of how Trump has handled Iran
Andreas Kluth / Bloomberg:
America Second, Israel First?
Discussion: Daily Mail
Washington Post:
Trump calls on Kurds to aid U.S. effort in Iran, offers support  —  In outreach to Kurdish minority leaders in Iran and neighboring Iraq, the president offered U.S. support to insurgent efforts against Tehran.  —  The Trump administration, bracing for more U.S. casualties and considering whether …
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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).
Türkiye Today:   Iraq plunged into nationwide blackout as US tells citizens to leave immediately
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 …
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Washington Post:
Thousands of public comments slam Trump's ballroom: ‘I did not vote for this’ … President Donald Trump has spent months touting his planned White House ballroom, but this week the public gets its first chance to formally offer him their thoughts.  —  The verdict: They don't like it.
Discussion: Raw Story and The Independent
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Panel led by Trump allies to consider White House ballroom approval
Discussion: Associated Press and MS NOW
Washington Post:   Led by top Trump aide, federal commission set to weigh White House ballroom project
Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
The Year Texas Might Turn Blue  —  Democrats may have gotten the race in Texas they have been pining for since 1993, when the last Democrat held a U.S. Senate seat.  Rising Democratic star and state representative James Talarico — with an assist from FCC Chairman Brendan Carr …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Primary Results Offer Warning Signs to Incumbents in Both Parties
David Lindsey / Axios:
How fired-up Texas Dems gave Talarico a jolt toward November
Claire Heddles / Miami Herald:
‘Nazi heaven’: Inside Miami campus Republicans' racist group chat  —  The secretary of Miami-Dade County's Republican Party started a group chat primarily for conservative students last fall — and within three weeks it was filled with racist slurs, someone wrote dozens of ways …
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Vance's “war on fraud” is a fraud  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💥 Subscribe to PN 💥  —  In his State of the Union address, President Trump mentioned his vice president only once.  It came after he denounced the state of Minnesota …
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Selena Simmons-Duffin / NPR:
In lawsuit, Minnesota accuses Trump administration of ‘weaponizing’ Medicaid funding
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.
NBC News:
GOP Sen. Steve Daines of Montana says he won't seek re-election  —  The two-term senator endorsed Kurt Alme, the U.S. attorney for Montana, as his successor.  —  Sen. Steve Daines, R-Mont., announced Wednesday that he will not seek a third term, making him the latest Republican in Congress to head for the exit this year.
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Politico:
Sen. Steve Daines announces he will not seek reelection
Financial Times:
Pentagon eyes Ukrainian interceptor drones to counter Iran  —  Kyiv has pioneered cheap and mass-produced machines to battle Russian versions of the Shahed attack drone  —  Charles Clover in London and Christopher Miller in Kyiv  —  The Pentagon and at least one Gulf government are in talks …
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New York Times:
Justice Dept., Under Pressure From Trump, Fails to Build Autopen Case Against Biden  —  Prosecutors in the U.S. attorney's office in Washington were unable to build a case, underscoring the department's increasing inability to follow through on the president's desire to indict his rivals.
ProPublica:
Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate  —  ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least …
Chris Geidner / Law Dork:
Judge moves, cautiously, toward civil contempt in case over treatment of trans people in prison  —  U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth made clear on Wednesday morning that he had no problem holding Trump administration officials in contempt if needed.  —  “Once I issue an order …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
How a feud led a billionaire donor to oust Rep. Crenshaw  —  Texas Rep. Dan Crenshaw owes his defeat in this week's Republican primary to a billionaire megadonor who was hellbent on ending Crenshaw's career, sources tell Axios. … - In this case, Marling's clout meant Crenshaw was the first House incumbent to be ousted in 2026.
Marc Caputo / Axios:
Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal … - The contract calls for 98% final gold content, the source said.  — Trafigura will shepherd the gold to U.S. refineries under a separate arrangement with the U.S. government, that source said.
Financial Times:
SpaceX: the final frontier of IPOs … Star Trek's warp drive allows a starship to bend space-time and exceed the speed of light without breaking Einstein's general theory of relativity.  As SpaceX prepares to go public at a reported $1.75tn valuation, Elon Musk is attempting a comparable feat …
Discussion: Fortune
Steve Vladeck / One First:
Bonus 214: Emergency Relief from State Courts  —  At a moment in which the Supreme Court's emergency docket is *already* busier than ever, Monday's stay grant in the Malliotakis case wrongly expands it to encompass countless state-court rulings, too.  —  ∙ Paid
Discussion: New Republic
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Spain rejects White House claim it agreed to cooperate with U.S. forces amid Iran war … Spain has pushed back against the White House's claim that it agreed to cooperate militarily with Washington amid the conflict with Iran, doubling down on its anti-war stance despite the U.S. president's threat to sever trade ties.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
Trump administration sued over U.S.-TikTok deal  —  The lawsuit was filed by the Public Integrity Project, new firm led by a former Justice Department lawyer seeks to raise the “reputational cost of corruption in America.”  It argues the deal violates a 2024 law.
Discussion: GV Wire
Christian Martinez / Reuters:
Pentagon identifies two soldiers killed in Iran war  —  The Pentagon on Wednesday identified two more soldiers who were killed in the war against Iran.  —  The two Army Reserve soldiers died on Sunday in a drone attack on a U.S. military facility in Port Shuaiba, Kuwait that also killed four other reservists.
 
 
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