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Wall Street Journal:
Exclusive | Trump Is Preparing to Fire Kristi Noem — The president has already been asking aides and congressional Republicans for names of potential replacements.
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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.
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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 …
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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 …
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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.
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Bloomberg:
Trump Replaces Noem as Homeland Chief After Rocky Tenure
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Politico:
Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem
Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem
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Associated Press:
Trump says he's replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin
Trump says he's replacing Homeland Security Secretary Noem with GOP Sen. Markwayne Mullin
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Charles Creitz / Fox News:
Kristi Noem ousted from Homeland Security post amid recent turmoil
Kristi Noem ousted from Homeland Security post amid recent turmoil
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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 …
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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 …
Buried in the cascade of news this week, Sadie Gurman and Caitlin Ostroff of the Wall Street …
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Politico:
'We're in it': Democrats won't rule out giving Trump more money for Middle East war
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Charlie Savage / New York Times:
How the Decision to Start a War Became the President's
How the Decision to Start a War Became the President's
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War
What Trump REALLY Thinks About His Iran War
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.
Trump Follows His Gut. His National Security Advisers Try to Keep Up.
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Bloomberg, MS NOW and The Dispatch
Politico:
Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary in interview with POLITICO … 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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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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New York Times:
House Republicans Tell Gonzales to Quit Re-Election Campaign — What We're Covering Today — Department of Homeland Security: The House plans to vote on restoring funding to the Department of Homeland Security, which is in the third week of a shutdown.
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Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Paxton offers conditions for potential exit from Texas Senate race
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David Lindsey / Axios:
How fired-up Texas Dems gave Talarico a jolt toward November
How fired-up Texas Dems gave Talarico a jolt toward November
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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 …
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 …
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Politico:
Sen. Steve Daines announces he will not seek reelection
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David Nir / The Downballot:
Morning Digest: Montana Sen. Steve Daines quits reelection bid at filing deadline
Morning Digest: Montana Sen. Steve Daines quits reelection bid at filing deadline
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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).
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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.
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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 …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran … - “Every day I talk to Bibi about the war. … - But Thursday's comments — which Trump raised himself, unprompted — marked a dramatic escalation and direct intervention in Israel's legal system at a moment of active war.
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Tom Dreisbach / NPR:
A Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump was sentenced to life in prison for child sex abuse
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Travis Gettys / Raw Story:
Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for sexually abusing two 12-year-olds after Trump pardon
Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for sexually abusing two 12-year-olds after Trump pardon
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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.
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Lydia DePillis / New York Times:
How War in the Persian Gulf Could Spill Into the U.S. Economy
How War in the Persian Gulf Could Spill Into the U.S. Economy
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Financial Times:
Anthropic chief back in talks with Pentagon about AI deal — Dario Amodei holding discussions with deputy to Pete Hegseth to reach a compromise on military use of the technology — Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei is making a last-ditch attempt to strike a deal with the US defence department …
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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 …
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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Ryan King / New York Post:
Top House Republican Tom Emmer accuses Minnesota AG Keith Ellison of lying about benefit fraud: ‘Got something to hide’ — House Majority Whip Tom Emmer publicly accused Minnesota Attorney General Keith Ellison Wednesday of lying about a 2021 meeting with later-convicted Somali fraudsters.
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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
Russia Is Big Winner as Iran War Drains Supplies That Ukraine Needs — Kyiv faces a shortfall of missile interceptors for its air defense, while surging oil prices are boosting Russia's economy — Russia is one of the biggest winners in the early days of the largest U.S. military confrontation in decades …
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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 …

