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11:50 AM ET, March 23, 2026

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Washington Post:
Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz  —  Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war's main goal now that regime change and ending Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach.  —  TEL AVIV — A surge …
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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.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Better to TACO Than Not to TACO  —  ICE agents are heading to airports today, with President Trump deploying them in an apparent effort to reinforce TSA agents working without pay due to the government shutdown.  Trump seems dead-set on keeping those agents working without pay rather …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Iran Calls B.S. as Trump Says He's Pulling a 180 on War  —  After four weeks of useless threats, bombings, and death, President Trump is placing a five-day pause on his war on Iran after failing to attain the “unconditional surrender” that he claimed he would earlier this month.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump pauses Iran energy strikes for 5 days while talks progress  —  President Trump told reporters his envoys had been negotiating with a senior Iranian official and claimed the parties were in agreement on many points. … - Iran denied any such talks had taken place and claimed Trump was just trying to calm the energy markets.
Julia Marshall / Straight Arrow News:
Trump postpones strikes on Iranian power plants following talks with Tehran
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Says U.S. Will Postpone Further Strikes on Iranian Energy Infrastructure
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 …
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Bloomberg:
Trump Says ICE Agents Shouldn't Wear Masks on Airport Duty  —  President Donald Trump said he did not want Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detailed to airports to wear masks as they assist with security screenings — even as he continued to support officers using face coverings during deportation operations.
Eric Katz / GovExec.com:
‘No practical use’: TSA experts say Trump's ICE deployments won't help with airport security
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Federal government employees are not ok  —  A new survey shows collapsing morale amidst ineffective leadership  —  Imagine you inherited a large, complex business.  You don't have time to run it yourself, but you recognize its importance.  So you hire a management team.
Brian Witte / Associated Press:
Trump places statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House  —  A statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to recognize the controversial explorer.
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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 …
Tessa Stuart / Rolling Stone:
Is This Uncharismatic Leader Exactly What the Democrats Need?  —  DNC Chair Ken Martin has a plan to return Democrats to power, but he needs to keep the party from tearing itself apart first  —  “There are politicians who have the ‘it factor,’ and are highly charismatic,” Ken Martin …
Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rejects citizen journalist's case against Texas officials who arrested her for reporting  —  Officials in Laredo dropped the charges against Priscilla Villarreal, but she then filed a civil rights lawsuit, alleging they violated her free speech rights under the First Amendment.
Discussion: Associated Press, The Hill, Fox News and NPR
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Voice of America staffers sue, alleging Kari Lake put on propaganda  —  In the latest battle over the future of Voice of America, a fresh group of veteran Voice of America journalists are suing Trump administration official Kari Lake, alleging that she is promoting pro-Trump propaganda on air.
Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The SAVE America Act could backfire bigly on MAGA  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💬 Subscribe to PN 💬  —  This weekend, the Republicans thrashed about in the Senate like rotting, mildly electrocuted trout as they attempted …
Jan-Werner Müller / The Guardian:
Pete Hegseth is promoting a nihilist cult of death  —  The Trump administration is embracing violence for the sake of violence  —  It appears that members of Trump's cabinet get chosen not despite their endorsements of violence, but because of them.  Pete Hegseth was primarily known as a dapper TV host willing to defend war crimes.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 22, 2026  —  President Donald J. Trump's behavior is increasingly erratic as he lashes out at those he perceives to be enemies.  On Thursday he defended his failure to inform allies and partners about his February 28 attack on Iran by telling a Japanese reporter he wanted the element of surprise.
ProPublica:
Trump Has Detained the Parents of More Than 11,000 U.S. Citizen Kids  —  The baby needed somewhere to go.  So in the frantic hours before officers took her parents away to immigration detention, her mom turned to their pastor and his wife.  As squad cars waited outside the family's Lakeland …
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Republicans privately fear this swing state Democrat  —  Behind closed doors, Republicans have tamped down their hopes of unseating Jon Ossoff, a 39-year-old powerhouse fundraiser, as he seeks another term.  —  Rep. Buddy Carter warned a crowd of Republicans in Roberta, Georgia …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jeneen Interlandi / New York Times:
Inside the Turmoil at Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s C.D.C.  —  Forty-three current and former C.D.C. employees on the changes they say are replacing science with ideology — and making Americans more vulnerable.  —  Almost as soon as he recaptured the White House, President-elect Trump announced …
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Rejects Exit Ramp on TSA Spending Impasse  —  President says he wants resolution of Homeland Security fight tied to voter-ID legislation  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has rejected one of the possible offramps for the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security …
Svante Myrick / The Hill:
To Trump, America's judges are either minions or traitors  —  Trump has never respected the federal courts' constitutional role as a check on presidential lawbreaking and abuse of power.  When judges or Supreme Court justices do their job, upholding the law and Constitution in ways that interfere …
Discussion: Hackwhackers
Washington Post:
MAHA's political power tested as surgeon general pick stalls  —  Casey Means faces pushback from some Republicans over her refusal to forcefully recommend vaccines.  —  The nascent Make America Healthy Again movement got one of its biggest wins last spring: Casey Means was selected to be the nation's top doctor.
Amanda Mull / Bloomberg:
We're All Just ‘Monitoring the Situation’  —  Vibe-coded dashboards elevate the online news scroll to a different level.  —  Look, there's a lot going on right now.  Listing all of it makes me sound as if I'm workshopping a remake of that Billy Joel song: The US and Israel are bombing Iran …
Associated Press:
Rubio to testify in trial of former roommate accused of secretly lobbying for Venezuela  —  Not since Labor Secretary Raymond Donovan testified at a mafia trial in 1983 has a sitting member of the president's Cabinet taken the stand in a criminal trial.  —  MIAMI — The federal trial …
Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Politico:
‘When will it end?’  The ‘elevator pitch’ oil executives and diplomats are making to the White House in Houston … If there's one message the industry wants to deliver to the administration, according to interviews with half a dozen energy industry executives and foreign diplomats planning …
Discussion: New York Times, NewsMax.com, Reuters and UPI
 
 
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