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NBC News:
Trump rejects off-ramp to fund DHS as airport delays worsen — Under a proposal pitched to Trump, Republicans would offer to reopen all of DHS except ICE, and fund the controversial enforcement agency under a separate party-line budget bill. — WASHINGTON — On Sunday …
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Punchbowl News:
3/23/26☀️ AM: … The House and Senate are in session this week. The House returns Tuesday. The Senate, which has been in all weekend, is scheduled to confirm Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) as Department of Homeland Security secretary tonight.
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Trump's shambolic policy-making by Fox segment hits the airports — President Donald Trump threw his administration into chaos on Saturday by demanding the stationing of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents at U.S. airports in response to long lines triggered by the expiration of funding …
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Barry Petchesky / Defector:
ICE Agents Deployed To Nation's Swamped Airports To Stand Around And Do Nothing — The second government shutdown of the year, this one affecting only the Department of Homeland Security, went into effect on Feb. 14. While Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection …
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Amy B Wang / Washington Post:
ICE agents arrive at U.S. airports amid TSA staff shortages, funding fight — President Donald Trump has suggested the agents would be arresting undocumented immigrants at airports. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents have arrived at several airports Monday to assist …
Gabe Castro-Root / New York Times:
ICE Agents Are Now Patrolling U.S. Airports. Here's What to Know.
ICE Agents Are Now Patrolling U.S. Airports. Here's What to Know.
Wired:
ICE Invades Airports Across the US
ICE Invades Airports Across the US
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New York Times:
'Don't Make Any Deal': Trump Tells Republicans to Hold Firm on Shutdown Talks
'Don't Make Any Deal': Trump Tells Republicans to Hold Firm on Shutdown Talks
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CBS News, The Guardian, Straight Arrow News and The Hill
Rachael Bade / The Inner Circle with Rachael Bade:
SCOOP: Dems dare Trump on ICE in airports — “Do it!”
SCOOP: Dems dare Trump on ICE in airports — “Do it!”
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Brian Stelter / CNN:
Trump's ICE airport idea came after a radio host pitched it on Fox News
Trump's ICE airport idea came after a radio host pitched it on Fox News
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Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News-Pilled SCOTUS Invents Wild Hypotheticals to Justify Curtailing Right to Vote by Mail — The right wing of the Supreme Court happily churned out far-fetched hypotheticals as rationale to end a voting practice so common that 30 states use it — including ruby red Mississippi …
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Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Watson v RNC: The Supreme Court's Conspiracy-Brained Justices Are Ready to Limit Mail-In Voting — The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case about the Republican Party's latest attempt to disenfranchise American voters.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court worries Trump's attack on late ballots could also threaten early voting … Lawyers for both the federal government and the RNC insisted that they are not trying to end those practices. — “We agree with both sides that early voting is still acceptable,” …
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Reject Mississippi Law on Late-Arriving Ballots
The Bulwark:
Bill Kristol: Trump Is in Way over His Head — The man in charge is bluffing, blustering, and trying to manipulate the markets by claiming that the administration is in negotiations with Iran and was holding off on further military strikes. Israel's reaction was to drop more bombs on Iran …
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Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Ending Iran war now would cede Hormuz to the enemy, Trump's former Defense secretary says
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Edith Olmsted / New Republic:
Israel Launches Fresh Wave of Attacks on Iran as Rift With Trump Grows
Israel Launches Fresh Wave of Attacks on Iran as Rift With Trump Grows
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Rolling Stone, Al Jazeera, Middle East Eye, Breitbart and The American Conservative
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump pauses Iran energy strikes for 5 days while talks progress
Trump pauses Iran energy strikes for 5 days while talks progress
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James LaPorta / CBS News:
Amid Iran talks, Strait of Hormuz dotted with about a dozen Iranian mines, U.S. officials say
Amid Iran talks, Strait of Hormuz dotted with about a dozen Iranian mines, U.S. officials say
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19FortyFive and Stimson Center
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Pentagon Adopts New Limits for Journalists After Court Loss … The Defense Department said on Monday that it was taking a new approach to limiting access to media organizations, after a federal judge ruled on Friday that major parts of its current policy were unconstitutional, in a case brought by The New York Times.
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Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Pentagon spokesman says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Media will be restricted to a new Pentagon annex under new policy
Media will be restricted to a new Pentagon annex under new policy
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Bloomberg, The Independent, Deadline and The Hill
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Pay $1 Billion to Energy Giant to Cancel Wind Farms — In exchange, the French company TotalEnergies would invest in oil and natural gas projects in Texas and elsewhere. — The Trump administration will pay the French energy giant TotalEnergies nearly $1 billion …
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Victor Nava / New York Post:
Noem spent $20,000 on horse rentals, $3,800 on hair and makeup for Mount Rushmore ads: Dems — Taxpayers shelled out more than $200,000 in production costs for an ad featuring fired Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem riding around Mount Rushmore on horseback, Democratic lawmakers revealed Monday.
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
The Crazy Bill for ICE Barbie's Cowboy Cosplay Is Revealed
The Crazy Bill for ICE Barbie's Cowboy Cosplay Is Revealed
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Raw Story
New York Times:
Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Faces a $59 Million Judgment — A California jury found that Mr. Cosby had abused Donna Motsinger in 1972 after inviting her to attend one of his comedy shows. — A civil jury in California on Monday found that Bill Cosby had drugged …
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Manuela Silva / NOTUS:
Senate Confirms Markwayne Mullin as DHS Secretary — The Trump ally pitched himself as a change from Kristi Noem's leadership style. — Copy — The Senate voted to confirm Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the new head of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday …
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Associated Press:
2 pilots killed when jet collides with fire truck at New York's LaGuardia Airport — An Air Canada jet carrying more than 70 passengers collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia Airport late Sunday, killing the pilot and copilot and injuring several others, officials said.
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Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Key Charlie Kirk mentor Jeff Webb dies in freak pickleball accident: ‘A dear friend to Charlie’ — One of Charlie Kirk's key early mentors has died in a freak pickleball accident. — Texas businessman Jeff Webb, described by Kirk's Turning Point USA as a “visionary who helped shape generations …
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NBC Chicago:
Suspect in killing of Loyola University Chicago student hospitalized, state's attorney says — Before Chicago police announced charges against suspect Jose Medina-Medina had been filed, ICE issued an arrested detainer, saying the Venezuelan immigrant entered the U.S. illegally
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online — On Monday a judge said videos of recent depositions from DOGE members can be published online once again. The ruling is something of an about face for Judge Colleen McMahon, who originally ordered plaintiffs in the DOGE-related lawsuit …
Wendy Siegelman / NewsTRACS:
Jared Kushner's Affinity Partners investment firm just filed a disclosure showing over $6 billion in assets under management for 6 clients in 2025 (compared to $4.8B in 2024 and $3B in 2023) — Jared Kushner's investment advisory firm Affinity Partners, which is officially registered …
Ariana Bindman / SFGATE:
ICE agents seen ‘terrorizing’ woman and child at SFO, Calif. senator says — The widely circulated footage has since caused furor online — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents caused outrage at the San Francisco International Airport on Sunday night after appearing to restrain …
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Hannah Roberts / Politico:
Referendum defeat brings Italy's Meloni crashing down to earth — ROME — Italian right-wing Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's crushing defeat in Monday's referendum on judicial reform has shattered her aura of political invincibility, and her opponents now reckon she can be toppled in a general election expected next year.
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New York Times:
How Epstein Helped Solve a Billionaire's Problems With Women … In October 2017, a yoga instructor emailed Jeffrey Epstein with a delicate question: When might she receive the tens of thousands of dollars she'd been promised by the billionaire Leon Black? — She and Mr. Black …
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Fortune
Yun Li / CNBC:
Volume in stock and oil futures surged minutes before Trump's market-turning post … S&P 500 futures and oil futures flashed an unusual burst of activity early Monday minutes before a market-moving social media post from President Donald Trump. — At around 6:50 a.m. in New York …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Officials Weigh Deployment of Airborne Troops for Iran War — The combat forces would come from a brigade of about 3,000 soldiers capable of deploying anywhere in the world within 18 hours. — Senior military officials are weighing a possible deployment of a combat brigade …
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The Independent
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Folks, We've Got Yet Another Right-Wing Media Payola Scandal — This one involves Jack Abramoff's crypto venture! — ∙ Paid — HOW MUCH WOULD IT COST to bribe a Daily Caller writer for positive coverage? It could be cheaper than you think. — According to a newly unearthed ledger kept …
NBC News:
Conservation groups sue to block Trump efforts to ‘hastily gut’ the Kennedy Center — The suit seeks a court order blocking the shuttering and demolition of parts of the center until the administration's plans are reviewed, vetted and approved by Congress. — Several conservation groups sued Monday …
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