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NBC News:
Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal  —  The president said the “terms aren't good enough yet” to make a deal with Iran amid a widening war in the Middle East.  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he's not ready to make a deal to end …
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Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Man Who Spat on Allies For a Year Demands the World Clean Up His Catastrophe  —  Liberation Day was April 2, 2025.  Trump stood in the Rose Garden and announced that America had been ripped off for fifty years by allies who'd bled with us in every war since 1945.
Discussion: Wall Street Journal
Ayman Mohyeldin / MS NOW:
Iran is receiving ‘military cooperation’ from Russia and China, foreign minister says  —  Iran is receiving “military cooperation” from Russia and China, Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said in an exclusive interview with MS NOW on Saturday.  He also accused the United Arab Emirates …
Associated Press:
Iran strikes back after US bombs an oil-critical Iranian island as Mideast war enters third week
Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump rejects efforts to launch Iran ceasefire talks, sources say
Discussion: Fortune and HuffPost
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump claims international coalition will send war ships to reopen the strait of Hormuz
Imtiaz Tyab / CBS News:
Why is Kharg Island important? What to know about the Iranian island struck by the U.S.
NBC News:
Trump says Cornyn and Paxton are both electable as he mulls endorsement in Texas Senate race  —  The president told NBC News that an endorsement could hinge on the SAVE America Act, while adding that he likes both candidates “very much.”  —  President Donald Trump told NBC News on Saturday …
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Julie Carr Smyth / Associated Press:
The biggest change to voting in Republican election bill could become a burden for many US voters
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate Republicans worry they're losing ground in the midterms
Discussion: The Hill, Bloomberg and New York Times
Josie Ensor / The Times:
Jeffrey Epstein victim: He trafficked me to Mohamed Al Fayed  —  ‘Natalie’ says she was sent to the Harrods boss as a teenage model and he sexually assaulted her on his yacht  —  Josie Ensor, Chief US Reporter, Katie Tarrant and Dipesh Gadher, Home Affairs Correspondent  —  What you need to know
Michael Powell / The Atlantic:
Where Mamdani Has Refused to Moderate  —  The New York City mayor is not soft-pedaling his views on Israel.  —  New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and his wife, Rama Duwaji, played host this past week to another young married couple, who came to Gracie Mansion to break their Ramadan fast.
Wall Street Journal:
He Was Chevron's Man in Venezuela—and a CIA Informant  —  After retiring from the U.S. oil giant, Ali Moshiri warned the Trump administration it would face a morass if it tried to replace Maduro with the democratic opposition  —  In the months before President Trump moved …
Maria Aspan / NPR:
Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it “woke”  —  The Defense Department has begun to exert greater control over Stars and Stripes, weeks after a top spokesman accused the independent military newspaper of focusing on “woke distractions.”
Chelsea Long / Gainesville Sun:
UF disbands College Republican chapter, citing antisemitic activity … The University of Florida deactivated its College Republicans chapter after the Florida Federation of College Republicans alerted the university to a photo showing a student leader performing a Nazi salute.
Discussion: Reuters and Florida Politics
Geir Moulson / Associated Press:
Jürgen Habermas, influential German philosopher, dies at 96  —  Jürgen Habermas, whose work on communication, rationality and sociology made him one of the world's most influential philosophers and a key intellectual figure in his native Germany, has died.  He was 96.
Discussion: The Guardian and NPR
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Friederike Heine / Reuters:   Habermas, the philosopher who shaped Germany's post-war conscience
Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump's FCC Chairman Threatens Broadcasters' Licenses After POTUS' Tirade Over Iran War News Coverage … Brendan Carr wrote on X on Saturday, “Broadcasters that are running hoaxes and news distortions - also known as the fake news - have a chance now to correct course before their license renewals come up.
Emily Hung / MS NOW:
Trump fundraising pitch features U.S. soldiers killed in Iran war  —  The email solicitation to benefit Trump's PAC also offers donors “private national security briefings.”  —  President Donald Trump's political action committee this week sent a fundraising email promising donors …
Discussion: New York Times, The Independent and CNN
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Formula 1 cancels races in Bahrain and Saudi Arabia amid Middle East conflict … Iran targeted both Gulf countries in the early days of the conflict in a retaliatory campaign that saw Tehran take shots at Kuwait, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Oman, Iraq, Jordan, Turkey, Cyprus and Israel.
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Israel is running critically low on interceptors, US officials say  —  The Scoop  —  Israel informed the US this week that it is running critically low on ballistic missile interceptors as the conflict with Iran rages on, US officials told Semafor.  —  Israel had reportedly entered …
Discussion: Reuters and Middle East Monitor
Marc Elias / Democracy Docket:
Who will be the first to take off their shoes?  —  When Joseph Stalin took the stage, applause wasn't just standard.  It meant your freedom.  —  As the crowd thundered with cheers, no one dared to break first.  Not after two minutes.  Not after four.  Not after six.
New York Times:
Lobbyist Arrested in Extortion Attempt of Client Who Received a Trump Pardon  —  Josh Nass had recently represented Joseph Schwartz, a former nursing home executive who was convicted of tax crimes before being freed by the president late last year.  —  Josh Nass, a conservative lawyer and lobbyist …
Discussion: KEYT-TV, WTOP News and Mediaite
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank  —  The Netanyahu government is pushing expansionist policies, while America looks the other way.  —  In the past several years, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entrenched Israeli control of the West Bank …
Discussion: Associated Press and Al Jazeera
NBC News:
How Epstein lured girls to his Zorro Ranch and kept authorities away  —  At least 10 women and girls say they were groomed at what was once Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico.  —  To girls without much money who needed help with college or a career, visiting Jeffrey Epstein's 10,000-acre …
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
The Removed DOGE Deposition Videos Have Already Been Backed Up Across the Internet  —  The DOGE deposition videos a judge ordered removed from YouTube on Friday after they had gone massively viral have since been backed up across the internet, including as a torrent and to the Internet Archive.
Discussion: twitchy.com and New York Times
Wall Street Journal:
Five Air Force Refueling Planes Hit in Iranian Strike on Saudi Arabia  —  Five U.S. Air Force refueling planes were struck and damaged on the ground at Prince Sultan air base in Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials.  The tankers were hit during an Iranian missile strike on the Saudi base in recent days, the officials said.
 
 
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