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11:30 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.
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Iran Calls BS 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.
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Better to TACO Than Not to TACO  —  ICE agents are heading to airports today …
Sam Meredith / CNBC:
Trump tells CNBC ‘we are very intent on making a deal’ with Iran
Ghoncheh Habibiazad / BBC:
Trump says he is postponing strikes on Iran power plants after ‘productive’ talks on ending war
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
Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
“A California sheriff seized 650,000 ballots.  Election experts say it's a big deal”  —  SF Chronicle:  —  Election security expert Gowri Ramachandran said the seizure by Bianco, a Republican candidate for governor investigating a group's disputed claim of a 45,000-vote miscount …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court tackles dispute over mail-in ballots ahead of November elections
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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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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
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 …
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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 …
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.
 
 
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Svante Myrick / The Hill:
To Trump, America's judges are either minions or traitors
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
March 22, 2026  —  President Donald J. Trump's behavior is increasingly erratic as he lashes …
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Paul Krugman:
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The American Conservative:
Make Families, Not War … American families are in crisis.  In the U.S., fewer young people …
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New York Times:
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Washington Examiner:
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