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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's escalation trap  —  For five years in office, President Trump has operated with intuition, impulse and improvisation.  — The Iran war, now entering Week 3, is the first time Trump's style has made it impossible for him to easily talk or improvise his way out.
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Trump reveals Rep. Neal Dunn had a terminal diagnosis
Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:   Why David Boies Thinks We Should Support Trump's Iran War
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
Trump Begins Selling “Commander Circle” Advisor Spots Amid War in Iran
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and WAMU
Reuters:
Iran War Live Updates: Israel Expands Lebanon Offensive; Trump's Oil-Route Demands Draw Cool Response
Reuters:
US allies rebuff Trump's request for support in Strait of Hormuz
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Judge Strikes Down Kennedy's Vaccine Policies  —  Ruling on a lawsuit brought by several prominent medical organizations, a district court said the federal government did not base its decisions on science in limiting Covid shots and changing the childhood immunization schedule.
Discussion: Scripps News and The Guardian
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Maya Goldman / Axios:
Judge blocks RFK Jr. advisers' vaccine changes
Discussion: New Republic and The Hill
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:
Number of U.S. troops wounded in Iran war surpasses 200 across 7 countries  —  The injuries have occurred as Iran launches waves of missile and one-way attack drones in response to the Trump administration's expansive assault.  —  The number of U.S. troops who have been wounded or injured during …
Discussion: Reuters and WDEF-TV
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Axios:
Iran and U.S. have been in direct contact in recent days, sources say
Discussion: Reuters
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino to retire from federal service, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Outspoken Border Patrol official Gregory Bovino is retiring from federal service at the end of this month, after being pulled away from a high-profile role leading immigration raids …
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Randy Clark / Breitbart:
Exclusive: Border Patrol Sector Chief Gregory Bovino to Retire After Leading Largest Interior Immigration Operations in U.S. History  —  Border Patrol Chief Patrol Agent and CBP Operations Commander Gregory Bovino is set to retire at the end of March, bringing an end to a nearly 30-year career with the agency.
Julianne McShane / MS NOW:   Border Patrol official Greg Bovino to retire, reports say
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump briefed that Iran's new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei is probably gay — and president has priceless reaction  —  WASHINGTON — President Trump was stunned to learn last week that US intelligence indicates new Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei may be gay — and that his father …
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
Trump Airs a House Republican's Terminal Diagnosis, Claiming to Have Reversed It  —  The president leaned on House Speaker Mike Johnson to name a Florida Republican whose grave prognosis was imperiling the party's already slim voting margin.  Both said his prospects had improved.
Discussion: Politico
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Mariana Alfaro / Washington Post:   Trump divulges congressman's terminal illness, says doctors said he could be ‘dead by June’
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Trump is losing one battle after another.  Cue the posts. … Trump's Sunday night outburst took on all of them, but it was most notable for how he cast the Supreme Court — one that has staved off the destruction of his agenda and even his own criminal prosecution — as “a weaponized, and unjust Political Organization.”
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Gamblers trying to win a bet on Polymarket are vowing to kill me if I don't rewrite an Iran missile story  —  Bettors are using death threats to try to get The Times of Israel's military correspondent to change his report on a missile impact in central Israel.  This is his alarming account
Maggie Haberman / New York Times:
Susie Wiles, Trump's White House Chief of Staff, Has Breast Cancer  —  Ms. Wiles said that the disease was caught in its early stages and that she would remain in her role.  —  Susie Wiles, President Trump's White House chief of staff and the first woman to ever hold that position …
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Cheyenne Haslett / Politico:
Wiles announces cancer diagnosis, plans to stay in job
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:
The War Development(s) That Should Truly Scare Us  —  How Iran could speed up de-dollarization and how Trump could put boots on the ground in Iran—sort of.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Housekeeping: With travel and our Texas live shows this week I'm not sure what the Triad schedule will look like.
Discussion: Telegraph and Raw Story
Lauren Kaori Gurley / Washington Post:
Trump's cancellation of licenses for immigrant truckers takes effect  —  Around 200,000 people will start losing commercial licenses under a federal rule that takes effect Monday, a move that could mean higher prices for consumers.  —  Some 200,000 immigrant truck drivers will begin to lose …
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
Paul Krugman:
No, America is Not Respected  —  Thanks to Trump, we're held in contempt even by our closest allies  —  There's a real Baghdad Bob feel to pronouncements from the Trump administration these days.  The war is going great!  We've been totally victorious!  Also, other countries …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Trump's Sunday night crashout  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, loading up on bottled water and cans of beans and heading to the basement.  Good luck out there.  Get in touch.  —  Yes, we're still talking about the weather.
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Politico:
‘I think she will be loyal’: Jeffrey Epstein's role in Peter Attia's rise
Discussion: Raw Story
Elizabeth Ginexi:
I Wrote Research Funding Announcements for NIH for 22 Years.  This Year They've Published 14  —  For decades, the National Institutes of Health published between 650 and 850 Notices of Funding Opportunities each year.  These announcements tell the research community which diseases need study …
Gillian Brockell:
Video proves Delta flew Liam Ramos and his dad to ICE detention center  —  Liam Conejo Ramos and his father were flown to a Texas detention center via Delta Air Lines the day after they were captured by federal agents who allegedly used the 5-year-old boy as bait, according …
Discussion: Talking Points Memo
Ben Kamisar / NBC News:
Poll: Israel's standing plummets among Democrats, fueling primaries on the left  —  More registered voters view Israel negatively than positively in the latest NBC News poll, driven by change among independents and especially Democrats.  —  American voters' feelings on Israel …
The Times of Israel:
6 wounded after Hezbollah rocket impact sparks fire in northern Israel  —  IDF begins ‘targeted ground op’ to expand south Lebanon buffer against Hezbollah; Katz says displaced Lebanese will not return to area until residents of Israel's north are safe  —  First responders at the site …
Discussion: New York Times, HotAir, The Forward and IJR
Politico:
'We're going to have a problem': Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020 … “I'm always one to believe you should look forward, not backward,” said Charlie Gerow, a Pennsylvania-based GOP strategist and Trump convention delegate who hosted a meeting of fake electors in 2020 at his Harrisburg-based public affairs firm.
Discussion: Democracy Docket and Raw Story
David Weigel / Semafor:
Illinois primaries showcase the rise of the bizarro-world super PAC  —  The News  —  CHICAGO — State Sen. Robert Peters found himself in a tricky spot days ahead of his Democratic primary race: dubbed a “corporate pawn” by a corporate-funded super PAC.  —  He's an unlikely candidate for the label.
Discussion: NPR, CNN and The Intercept
Michael M. Grynbaum / New York Times:
With Threats and Claims of ‘Treason,’ Trump Pressures Media on the War  —  A president who calls journalists the “enemy of the people” has accused news organizations of undermining a military effort that many Americans oppose.  —  The Trump administration has unleashed a multifaceted pressure campaign …
Ilya Somin / Lawfare:
Slavery and Birthright Citizenship  —  The administration's rationale in the birthright citizenship case contradicts the central purpose of the 14th Amendment's Citizenship Clause.  —  Meet The Authors  —  Trump v. Barbara, the birthright citizenship case, is currently before the Supreme Court.
Discussion: Slate
NBC News:
Kennedy Center board approves two-year closure for $250 million renovation  —  President Donald Trump said the closure was necessary and paves the way for renovations that will feature “high quality, really high quality construction.”  —  The Trump-appointed board of the Kennedy Center …
New York Times:
Behind Mamdani's Smile, a Politician Who Can Be a Ruthless Operator  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani, while charming in public, has thrown sharp elbows in private as he pushes his political brand and agenda among fellow Democrats.  —  Zohran Mamdani was on the brink of completing his buoyant ascent …
Matthew Yglesias / New York Times:
What Democrats Should Relearn From Obama  —  Even with Donald Trump's approval rating in the toilet and Democrats ahead in generic ballot polling for the House of Representatives, Democrats are steep underdogs to capture a majority of Senate seats.  —  To regain majority control of the Senate …
Discussion: Washington Examiner, Newsweek and IJR
 
 
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