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.

Adventures in Fantasy Diplomacy  —  Trump says he's negotiating with Iran.  Iran says he isn't.  Who are you gonna believe?  —  Another day in America's self-immolation as a Great Power.  —  More like this on my YouTube channel  —  Transcript  —  It's Monday morning.

Supreme Court Likely to Divide Closely in Watson over Whether States May Count Ballots Received after Election Day in Federal Elections; Key Justices Don't Tip Hands  —  This morning the Supreme Court heard oral argument in Watson v. RNC.  The case concerns whether federal statutes setting Election …

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 …

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.

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 …

ICE Asks Governor Pritzker and Chicago Sanctuary Politicians to Not Release Criminal Illegal Alien Accused of Killing 18-Year-Old Loyola College Student  —  Jose Medina-Medina was previously RELEASED after an arrest for shoplifting in Chicago  —  WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security …

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 …

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.

Italy's Meloni seen narrowly losing justice referendum, exit polls say  —  Exit polls on Monday suggested Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni had narrowly lost a referendum on her flagship reform of the judicial system, dealing a potential blow to the ruling coalition ahead of next year's general election.

EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Confirms 91 Wrongful Deportations of Asylum Seekers  —  BALTIMORE—In a stunning courtroom admission, a Justice Department lawyer told a federal judge Monday that the Trump administration has identified 91 cases where asylum seekers were deported despite …

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.

It's three times harder for blue states to get disaster funding under Trump … The denials have blocked Democratic-led states from getting a total of $250 million in disaster aid that would have been approved by every previous president including Trump in his first term, E&E News found.

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 …

How Trump Killed Conservatism  —  The president has cultivated and encouraged the ugliest passions within the GOP, dousing the embers of hate with kerosene.  —  The “make america great again” movement is the beating heart of the GOP, the dominant political party in America …

There's no way to redeem Trump's dismal second presidency  —  The Trump presidency is over.  Those words seem harsh and, perhaps, overstated.  But Donald Trump is governing without the consent of the governed.  Most polls show Trump's approval hovering around the 40 percent mark.

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 …

Trump Poised to Skip CPAC For First Time in a Decade  —  President Donald Trump is poised to skip the Conservative Political Action Conference this week, breaking with an annual tradition that has helped define his political rise and cement his hold over the modern conservative movement.

Lawmakers to Introduce Bipartisan Bill Banning Sports Bets on Prediction Markets  —  Sens. Schiff and Curtis seek to prevent CFTC-regulated entities, including Kalshi and Polymarket, from offering wagers on sports  —  A bipartisan pair of U.S. senators are introducing legislation Monday …

‘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 …