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6:55 AM ET, March 24, 2026

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Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump Blows Up DHS Deal, Chooses ICE Airport Chaos Instead  —  The Department of Homeland Security has been shut down since February 14, but many Americans took notice only last week, when we started to see huge delays at major airports as many unpaid Transportation Security Administration employees refused to show up to work.
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Punchbowl News:
3/24/26☀️ AM: … For the first time in more than a month, there's optimism that the Senate and the White House can finally find a path to reopening the Department of Homeland Security.  Key Senate Republicans returned from the White House late Monday with a noticeably upbeat demeanor …
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com and NOTUS
Axios:
Republicans seek elusive path to restoring DHS funding  —  House Budget Chair Jodey Arrington is in informal talks with Senate Budget Chair Lindsey Graham about a second reconciliation bill to fund the Pentagon — and potentially DHS. … - “I need to have a strong partner in the Senate …
Discussion: Fox News
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 …
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Trump's shambolic policy-making by Fox segment hits the airports
Gabe Castro-Root / New York Times:
ICE Agents Are Now Patrolling U.S. Airports. Here's What to Know.
NBC News:
Trump rejects off-ramp to fund DHS as airport delays worsen
Rachael Bade / The Inner Circle with Rachael Bade:
SCOOP: Dems dare Trump on ICE in airports — “Do it!”
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Ending Iran war now would cede Hormuz to the enemy, Trump's former Defense secretary says … “We're in a tough spot, ladies and gentlemen,” Mattis said.  “I can't identify a lot of options.”  —  A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to questions on Mattis's remarks.
Discussion: Fox News and Washington Post
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New York Times:
Trump Delays Threat to Iran, but War Negotiations Are in Early Stage
The Bulwark:   Bill Kristol: Trump Is in Way over His Head
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's suspiciously timed announcements on Iran
Discussion: GB News
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method ‘cheating’  —  The president cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to county records.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  President Donald Trump cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election …
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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 …
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Watson v RNC: The Supreme Court's Conspiracy-Brained Justices Are Ready to Limit Mail-In Voting
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court worries Trump's attack on late ballots could also threaten early voting
Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail
Discussion: Washington Post
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Live Updates: Supreme Court Appears Poised to Reject Mississippi Law on Late-Arriving Ballots
Madeleine Ngo / New York Times:
Markwayne Mullin Confirmed as Homeland Security Secretary  —  A Cherokee Nation member who has served as Oklahoma's junior senator, Mr. Mullin will take charge at a pivotal time.  —  The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary on Monday, installing a Trump loyalist …
Discussion: Raw Story and Federal News Network
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NBC News:
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to be DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem
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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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Press groups denounce Pentagon's new media rules
Discussion: UPI
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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Melissa Koenig / Daily Mail:
Air Canada flight's black box is recovered as investigators work to piece together moments leading up to LaGuardia collision: Live updates  —  The so-called ‘black box’ containing critical flight data has been recovered from the wreckage of an Air Canada flight as federal authorities work …
Gabby Gaspard / KBMT:
Explosion at Valero refinery in Port Arthur prompts shelter-in-place for west side residents  —  An explosion at Valero refinery in Port Arthur led officials to order a shelter-in-place, stating no injuries.  Air quality and fire response are underway.
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 …
Discussion: Axios and Houston Public Media
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U.S. Department of the Interior:
Interior and TotalEnergies Agree to End Offshore Wind Projects, Lowering Costs for American Families
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Senator Welch, The Hill and Mediaite
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Tom Latchem / The Daily Beast:
The Crazy Bill for ICE Barbie's Cowboy Cosplay Is Revealed
Discussion: Raw Story
NBC News:
Trump begins another White House renovation project  —  Trump plans to redo the West Wing Colonnade walkway, swapping out the existing pavers for some made of black granite, according to a White House official.  Work on the project started today.  It is just the latest major renovation Trump …
Discussion: New York Post and The Hill
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 …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Fewer people traveled for abortions as telehealth went up: report  —  A new report from the reproductive health nonprofit The Guttmacher Institute found that fewer people are traveling from states with total abortion bans to access abortion services, while the rate of telehealth use for at-home abortions has gone up.
Discussion: NPR, Associated Press and Pluribus News
Shane Goldmacher / New York Times:
A Veterans' Group Jumps in for a Democrat in an Iowa Senate Race  —  VoteVets is the first super PAC to intervene in the race for Josh Turek, a state legislator who was born with spina bifida after his father was exposed to Agent Orange in Vietnam.  —  A national Democratic group is jumping …
Chris Hippensteel / New York Times:
Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote?  Ask Kansas.  —  A Kansas law required a passport, a birth certificate or other proof of citizenship to register, but it was struck down after a court found that around 31,000 eligible voters had been blocked.  —  As President Trump digs …
 
 
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Wall Street Journal:
Europe Is Quietly Playing a Crucial Role in the Iran War
Discussion: Latitude Media
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
GOP fight to replace McConnell turns ugly over immigration
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Missouri redistricting referendum has enough verified signatures for the ballot, organizers say
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NBC Chicago:
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Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
Judge Allows DOGE Deposition Videos Back Online
Discussion: ABC News
New York Times:
‘Everything After This Will Be Harder’: Gen. Stanley McChrystal on Iran
Wendy Siegelman / NewsTRACS:
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