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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
GOP leaders, Trump see tensions flare over Senate filibuster  —  Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) is standing his ground against President Trump's campaign to pressure Republicans to radically reinterpret the filibuster rule to pass sweeping voting reform, a contest of wills …
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Politico:
Capitol agenda: Trump's Doral demands ripple through GOP  —  President Donald Trump's demand that Congress pass an expanded version of the SAVE America Act is creating headaches for both chambers.  The president told House Republicans on Monday the sweeping GOP elections overhaul bill …
Discussion: New Republic, DNYUZ and The Hill
New Republic:
Transcript: Trump Accidentally Hurts GOP's 2026 Hopes in Wild Tirades
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Taco on Iran will come too late for Trump  —  The US president has already done lasting damage to international trust in America  —  Sometime soon Donald Trump will ring the closing bell on his Iran war.  That moment will have less to do with whether his mission is accomplished (whatever that is) than how much pain he can endure.
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Sen. John Kennedy apologizes for Iran school strike after Trump suggests enemy misfire
Tara Suter / The Hill:
Retired Army general: Iran regime ‘fundamentally miscalculated’ Trump
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job  —  The Social Security inspector general's office is investigating allegations that the former DOGE engineer took sensitive data on a thumb drive in a major potential security breach, said people familiar with the process.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:   It has become clear that Trump had no plan in Iran other than to strike it, knock out the leaders …
Stephen Collinson / CNN:
Why Trump can't explain the start — or the endgame — of the war in Iran
Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. and Iran Predicted a Very Different War Than the One Now Being Waged
Axios:
Scoop: White House tells House Republicans to stop talking about mass deportations … - Nearly half — 49% — of Americans say Trump's mass deportation campaign is too aggressive, including 1 in 5 voters who backed the president in 2024, a Politico poll from January found.
Discussion: Blaze Media
Katelyn Polantz / CNN:
Ed Martin, outspoken Justice Department lawyer, is formally accused of ethical violations  —  Federal agencies Donald Trump Diversity and equity  —  Ed Martin, an outspoken Trump administration official, is facing attorney discipline proceedings in Washington, DC, for a letter he sent …
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
D.C. Bar Begins Disciplinary Proceedings Against Ed Martin
Discussion: Politico and UPI
Politico:
US official: ‘Not true’ Navy successfully escorted oil tanker through Strait of Hormuz … A U.S. official denied a claim from Energy Secretary Chris Wright in a now-deleted social media post Tuesday that the U.S. Navy escorted an oil tanker through the Strait of Hormuz.
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CNN:
The grim choice facing the Trump administration: Economic or naval collapse?
Discussion: KTVZ-TV and The Week
Lee Ying Shan / CNBC:
Oil extends slide as investors assess Trump comments on Iran war, Strait of Hormuz
Reuters:
Exclusive: As many as 150 US troops wounded so far in Iran war, sources say  —  As many as 150 U.S. troops have been wounded so far in the war with Iran, two people familiar with the matter told Reuters on Tuesday.  —  The figure has not been previously reported and is far higher …
Ellen Mitchell / The Hill:
Erika Kirk appointed to Air Force Academy board  —  President Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to the Air Force Academy's Board of Visitors, having her replace her late husband.  —  Consisting of 16 members, the Board of Visitors is responsible …
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Ellie Quinlan Houghtaling / New Republic:
Pete Hegseth Blew Billions on Fruit Basket Stands, Chairs, and Crab  —  The Pentagon spent more money in September—the end of the 2025 fiscal year—than it had in any other year since 2008.  But a good chunk of the budget wasn't used for anything that could be considered a pertinent military expense.
Axios:
Exclusive: U.S. dismissed Ukraine deal for anti-Iran drone tech last year  —  Nearly seven months ago, Ukrainian officials tried to sell the U.S. their battle-proven technology for downing Iranian-made attack drones.  They even made a PowerPoint presentation — obtained exclusively by Axios …
NBC News:
Trump has questioned aides about Corey Lewandowski's role in DHS ad campaign, sources say  —  The $220 million ad campaign was at the center of a pair of contentious congressional hearings last week that led in part to Trump's decision to fire Kristi Noem as homeland security secretary.
Discussion: The Independent, Raw Story and Mediaite
Jeremy Roebuck / Washington Post:
Voting machine company Smartmatic says DOJ is targeting it to bolster false 2020 claims  —  The voting machine company asked a judge to dismiss foreign bribery charges filed against it last year, alleging a vindictive and selective prosecution.  —  A voting machine company at the heart …
Discussion: DNYUZ and New York Times
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Voting Machine Company Calls Federal Case Vindictive Prosecution
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Mike Johnson declines to condemn Republicans' anti-Muslim remarks  —  DORAL, Florida — Speaker Mike Johnson said Tuesday he has discussed “our tone and our message” with the two House Republicans who have made anti-Muslim remarks in recent days but defended the right of the lawmakers to oppose “the impostion of Sharia law.”
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The worst cabinet in American history  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  ☄️ Subscribe to PN ☄️  —  While he may not have quite the walking-car-crash charisma of the woman he's set to replace …
Discussion: Human Events
Joel Jacobs / ProPublica:
Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers' Reports Under Trump's CFPB  —  Rebecca Sheppard specializes in untangling other people's financial messes.  But for nearly a year, the Colorado accountant has been unable to fix a glaring error on her own credit report.
Discussion: Docket updates … and New Yorker
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
TACOs With a Side of War Porn  —  When we mentioned yesterday that Trump was blaming Iran for firing the Tomahawk missile that destroyed an Iranian girl's school on February 28, we suggested he'd probably (or hopefully) have been briefed otherwise and was merely lying.  Now we're not so sure.
Discussion: New York Magazine, Reason and NBC News
Paul Krugman:
Why I Don't Speak American  —  And why it's a problem that Pete Hegseth says he does  —  At a summit with Latin American leaders over the weekend, Marco Rubio said a few words in Spanish.  Then Pete Hegseth popped up to say “I only speak American.”  And that's why we're facing disaster in the Persian Gulf.
Dana Rubinstein / New York Times:
Mamdani Chooses His Words Carefully After Alleged Terror Attack  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani has been spare in his remarks following the attempted bombing at Gracie Mansion and arrests of two men who said they were motivated by ISIS.  —  In the days after a homemade bomb laced with metal …
Max Rego / The Hill:
Rand Paul: Midterms will be ‘disastrous’ for Republicans  —  Republican Sen. Rand Paul (Ky.) warned Tuesday that the midterms could be “disastrous” for his party if the war in Iran continues.  —  “Already, we are behind the eight-ball as far as the electoral process,” Paul told host Maria Bartiromo …
Colby Smith / New York Times:
Higher Oil Prices Could Put the Fed in a Bind as Unemployment Rises  —  Investors now expect that the Fed will delay a rate cut until September instead of July, as they had before the war in Iran began.  —  The Federal Reserve was already struggling to get inflation back to its 2 percent target …
Discussion: CBS News, Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Karoun Demirjian / New York Times:
Kennedy to Undergo Rotator Cuff Surgery  —  The secretary of health and human services, known for his Make America Healthy Again campaign, is expected to be back at work on Monday.  —  Robert F. Kennedy Jr., the secretary of health and human services, is having rotator cuff surgery on Tuesday …
Discussion: MedPage Today and The Hill
New York Times:
Judge Is Skeptical of Penn's Argument Against Trump Demand for List of Jews  —  A federal judge appeared receptive to the Trump administration's demands for information about the University of Pennsylvania's Jewish faculty and staff as the government pursues an antisemitism investigation.
Discussion: DNYUZ
 
 
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Todd Richmond / Associated Press:
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Discussion: The Hill and NewsMax.com
Stephanie Kirchgaessner / The Guardian:
RFK Jr's pick to review Covid vaccines authored misleading research, experts say
Axios:
Gas price spikes are slamming Senate battleground states
Dareh Gregorian / NBC News:
Jeffrey Epstein's New Mexico ranch searched by state investigators
The Hill:
Oz: Millions may be falsely enrolled in ObamaCare
Discussion: NBC News
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