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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.
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump's Armageddon-Taco shuffle  —  One minute he threatens death and destruction, the next he says the US and Iran are engaged in negotiations  —  Manage your delivery channels hereRemove from myFT  —  “In wartime, truth is so precious that she should always be attended by a bodyguard of lies,” said Winston Churchill.
Discussion: Fox News
Reuters:
Iran sends waves of missiles into Israel, dismisses Trump's talk of negotiations as ‘fake news’  —  Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at Israel on Tuesday, the Israeli military said, after U.S. President Donald Trump postponed the bombing of the Islamic Republic's power plants …
New York Times:
Trump Delays Threat to Iran, but War Negotiations Are in Early Stage
Axios:   “We're in a tough spot”: Mattis delivers harsh Iran assessment
BBC:
Trump says ‘good’ talks ongoing with Iran - but offers few details
The Bulwark:   Bill Kristol: Trump Is in Way over His Head
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 …
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Politico:
GOP senators see path to ending DHS shutdown after Trump meeting
Axios:
Republicans seek elusive path to restoring DHS funding
Discussion: Politico and Fox News
NBC News:
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to be DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem
Ed Kilgore / New York Magazine:
Trump Blows Up DHS Deal, Chooses ICE Airport Chaos Instead
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Senate confirms Mullin to be DHS chief
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Trump, Who Calls Mail-in Voting ‘Cheating,’ Just Voted by Mail  —  President Trump has long fixated on mail-in-voting to bolster his baseless claims of widespread voter fraud.  But he recently used the method in a Florida special election.  —  President Trump, who has long railed against mail-in voting …
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Fox News-Pilled SCOTUS Invents Wild Hypotheticals to Justify Curtailing Right to Vote by Mail
Milan Singh / The Argument:
The liberal case for voter ID
Chris Hippensteel / New York Times:   Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote? Ask Kansas.
Financial Times:
Traders placed $580mn in oil bets ahead of Donald Trump's social media post on Iran talks  —  Thousands of Brent and WTI contracts changed hands 15 minutes before president's message on Truth Social
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Paul Krugman:
Treason in the Futures Markets  —  Over the weekend Donald Trump threatened dire vengeance on Iran unless its government opened the Strait of Hormuz within 48 hours, a deadline that would expire Monday evening in Washington.  Specifically, he announced that the U.S. would begin bombing power plants …
Discussion: CNBC
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's suspiciously timed announcements on Iran
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Metro.co.uk and GB News
Jonathan J. Cooper / Associated Press:
Pentagon spokesman says it will issue new press credentials but remove media offices  —  The U.S. Defense Department will issue new press credentials but remove media offices from the Pentagon after a judge sided with The New York Times in a lawsuit regarding limits on reporters' access to the building …
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Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Press groups denounce Pentagon's new media rules
Discussion: Politico, UPI and Washington Examiner
KBMT:
Shelter-in-place lifted nearly 12 hours after explosion, fire at Valero refinery in Port Arthur  —  An explosion at the Valero refinery in Port Arthur led to a shelter-in-place order for residents, but no injuries or evacuations were reported, officials confirmed.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
NEW POLL: Trump's approval stuck at record low as approval on prices sinks to -39  —  Our new Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll finds Democrats leading by 6 on the generic ballot, and Trump's approval on prices falling to its worst level yet … President Donald Trump has had a bad month of news cycles (again).
Discussion: Newsweek
U.S. Department of the Interior:
Interior and TotalEnergies Agree to End Offshore Wind Projects, Lowering Costs for American Families  —  Department reaches an agreement with TotalEnergies to renounce costly offshore wind leases and redirect company's investment into U.S. LNG production
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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump Faces Blowback on Easing Iran Oil Sanctions  —  President Trump once assailed the Obama administration for making cash payments to Iran.  Now he supports sanctions relief that could give the country a $14 billion windfall.  —  An agreement by the Obama administration to send $1.7 billion …
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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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
When Trump Wants Something Done, He Dispatches ICE to Do It
Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year  —  The Trump administration has ramped up enforcement against immigrant service members and their families in its wider crackdown.  —  The Trump administration began deportation proceedings for 34 former members …
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 …
Public Notice:
Mark Jacob on how the press ignores the biggest Trump story  —  “The president of the United States is clearly mentally unfit for office.”  —  ∙ Paid  —  Public Notice is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  🧠 Subscribe to PN 🧠
Politico:
2028 Dem hopefuls scramble for distance from AIPAC … “This is going to be a huge flashpoint in the primary throughout 2027 and into 2028,” said veteran Democratic strategist Mark Longabaugh, who advised Sen. Bernie Sanders' 2016 presidential bid.  “The constitution of the party just in the makeup …
Discussion: The Hill and Axios
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 …
Flavia Jackson / Bloomberg:
Meloni's Woes Hint at Far-Right Troubles Ahead  —  Italy's prime minister was something of a model for conservative contenders in Europe. … The aura of invincibility has come off Giorgia Meloni.  —  Italy's prime minister is something of a model for far-right contenders in Europe …
 
 
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Richard A. Webster / ProPublica:
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Carlos Lozada / New York Times:
The U.S. Is No Longer the Leader of the Free World
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The ugly history behind Trump's birthright citizenship case in the Supreme Court
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Scott MacFarlane, who recently departed CBS News, says he is joining MeidasTouch as its chief Washington correspondent and will anchor a daily program

Todd Spangler / Variety:
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