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New York Times:
Trump Is Hiding the Truth About the War in Iran  —  From his first announcement of the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, President Trump has issued a stream of falsehoods about the war.  He has said Iran wants to engage in negotiations, though its government shows no sign of it.
Discussion: Truthout and Michael-In-Norfolk
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Believes It's Winning—and Wants a Steep Price to End the War  —  Tehran sees an opportunity to control the Mideast's energy as it bets on outlasting Trump's will—a risky gamble  —  DUBAI—Three weeks into the war, the Iranian regime is signaling that it believes it is winning …
Reuters:
Three weeks in, Iran war escalates beyond Trump's control  —  President Donald Trump ends the third week of the Iran war confronting a crisis that seems to be slipping out of his hands: Global energy prices are surging, the United States stands isolated from allies and more troops are preparing …
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
High Gas Prices, Driven Up by the Iran War, Loom Over the Midterms  —  The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability.  Democrats see an opportunity to drive their economic message while tying President Trump to an unpopular overseas conflict.
Discussion: CityNews Toronto
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Erupts in Fury Over His War Failures—and Exposes a Big Weakness
Politico:
Trump-Xi summit on hold until Iran conflict ends, people briefed say
Discussion: WDEF-TV
Matt Peterson / CNBC:   Trump's unshackled presidency puts him at the center of the economy
Mike Scarcella / Reuters:
Elon Musk offers to pay TSA salaries amid budget battle, airport lineups  —  Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk, the world's richest person, said on Saturday he would cover the paychecks of U.S. Transportation Security Administration officers during their second unpaid work stoppage in six months amid a protracted federal funding lapse.
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Ben Berkowitz / Axios:
Musk offers to pay TSA salaries, as Trump floats ICE at airports  —  Elon Musk said Saturday he'd be willing to pay the salaries of TSA agents during the Homeland Security shutdown, as President Trump suggested the possibility of using ICE agents to keep airports moving instead.
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Former special counsel Robert Mueller has died  —  Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election, was 81.  —  Robert Mueller, who served as special counsel in the investigation into Russia's interference in the 2016 election …
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Eric Tucker / Associated Press:
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who investigated Russia-Trump campaign ties, dies  —  Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel …
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Targeted Diego Garcia Base With Ballistic Missiles  —  Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to multiple U.S. officials.  Neither of the missiles hit the base …
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Telegraph:
LIVE Iran fired ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia
Daniel Bush / BBC:   Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt  —  To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a friend of Russia, in his election, operatives proposed “the Gamechanger” — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.  —  BUDAPEST — In the run …
Discussion: Reuters and France 24
Miami Herald:
Exclusive: Bags of shredded documents at NY jail after Epstein's death, officer tells FBI  —  Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, something was afoot inside an office where the Federal Bureau of Prisons …
Jordain Carney / Politico:
‘This is about attention’: Mike Lee's MAGA crusade is driving his colleagues crazy … “That seems to be a self-serving attempt at elevating yourself at the expense of your Republican colleagues, and I don't have any patience for that sort of stuff,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said in an interview about Lee's social media strategy.
Discussion: Raw Story and Human Events
Reuters:
Trump Administration Sues Harvard, Claiming University Failed To Protect Jewish And Israeli Students  —  Friday's lawsuit came less than two months after Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies.
Matthew Zeitlin / Heatmap News:
The Energy Supply Shock of the Iran War Changes Everything  —  The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and destruction of Gulf fossil fuel assets is already having effects we'll be dealing with in months and years to come.  —  No matter how much longer the United States and Israel's war …
Corbin Hiar / Politico:
You can bet on climate disasters.  Business is booming. … The companies, supporters say, can bring the unfiltered wisdom of crowds to climate debates, cutting through the partisan noise around an issue that has divided the country.  —  But critics argue they have turned one of humanity's …
Discussion: Fortune
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New York Times:
Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth. Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.
Wall Street Journal:
Growing Frustration With Chuck Schumer Spurs Talk of Replacing Him  —  Some Capitol Hill Democrats are discussing how to get the N.Y. senator to step aside as minority leader amid concerns about his negotiating style and midterms strategy  —  Sen. Chris Murphy was dining with progressive activists …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Raw Story and NRSC
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Chicago Transit Authority sues to restore billions in federal funding … At issue are more than $2 billion in federal money for expansion and maintenance of the city's red and purple lines.  Without it, “work on CTA's crucial infrastructure projects is set to grind to a halt,” the lawsuit contended.
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War  —  Let's ponder for a moment the vast sums that we're pouring into the war with Iran.  —  The Pentagon has requested $200 billion (more than $1,400 per American household) to fund the war, but even that understates the total cost.
David Bauder / Associated Press:
Judge orders Voice of America be put back together again.  What are the chances that will happen?  —  In a strongly worded decision this week, a federal judge ordered that the Voice of America — its mission to provide news for countries around the world largely shut down for the past year …
Achy Obejas / Politico:
Trump Wants to ‘Take Cuba.’ That Won't Be Easy … Cuba is on fire as protesters torch alpine heaps of garbage while pots and pans rattle in Havana, Santiago de Cuba, Matanzas and smaller municipalities from the east coast to the western tip of the island.  It almost sounds like Carnaval …
Discussion: KVIA-TV and New York Times
CNN:
Trump reshapes a key US House race by offering a candidate and her husband roles if they drop out  —  Donald Trump Tariffs Primary elections Congressional news  —  President Donald Trump is reshaping a Colorado Republican primary by offering one of the candidates a role in his administration …
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Paul Kane / Washington Post:
Congress could be headed for a tipping point, irreversible decline  —  After nearly two decades covering Capitol Hill, a reflection on how bad things are.  —  In Ernest Hemingway's “The Sun Also Rises,” a down-on-his-luck Scottish veteran of World War I is asked how he went bankrupt.
Ellen O'Regan / Politico:
Trump affirms ‘total endorsement’ of Orbán ahead of Hungary election  —  U.S. Vice President JD Vance is reportedly due to visit Budapest in April in support of the Prime Minister Orbán.  —  The Trump administration is doubling down on its endorsement of Hungarian leader Viktor Orbán …
Discussion: ABC News
Louise Radnofsky / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Wants to End Mail-In Voting.  Why Republicans Are Pushing Back.  —  Senate is debating a series of measures to tighten rules on voting nationwide  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has demanded that the GOP-controlled Senate vote to end most mail-in voting.
 
 
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