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10:40 AM ET, March 24, 2026

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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 …
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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 …
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option  —  President Donald Trump has cast another mail ballot in Florida as he continues to publicly bash the voting method as a source of fraud and push Congress to curtail the practice.
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Reconciliation is revived, Thune says  —  It only took a five-week shutdown of a major Cabinet agency, but the GOP's reconciliation dreams have new life Tuesday morning.  Senate Majority Leader John Thune said in an interview Monday night that a brewing Homeland Security spending deal …
David Nir / The Downballot:   Morning Digest: Why Florida Democrats are hoping for upsets in Tuesday's special elections
Politico:
GOP senators see path to ending DHS shutdown after Trump meeting
Jim DeMint / The Federalist:
Democrats' Fraud-Friendly Election Rules Destroy Public Trust
Discussion: Washington Times
Axios:
Republicans seek elusive path to restoring DHS funding
Discussion: Fox News
NBC News:
Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to be DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem
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: RedState, Fox News and NewsMax.com
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Axios:
“We're in a tough spot”: Mattis delivers harsh Iran assessment  —  HOUSTON — Former Defense Secretary James Mattis offered a sobering take Monday on the Strait of Hormuz, criticizing the Trump administration for what he saw as a failure to think strategically about Iran.
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 …
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 toughens negotiating stance amid mediation efforts, sources say
New York Times:
Trump Delays Threat to Iran, but War Negotiations Are in Early Stage
New York Times:
Saudi Prince Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls  —  Prince Mohammed bin Salman sees a “historic opportunity” to remake the region, according to people briefed by U.S. officials on the conversations.  —  Saudi Arabia's de facto leader, Prince Mohammed bin Salman …
Discussion: Raw Story, Joe.My.God. and Semafor
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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
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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
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
NEW POLL: Trump's approval stuck at record low as approval on prices sinks to -39  —  This article reports results from the March 2026 Strength In Numbers/Verasight poll.  You can read our previous poll releases here.  Subscribers to Strength In Numbers have access to additional visuals and a full archive of crosstabs here.
Discussion: Newsweek
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 🧠
Marisa Kabas / The Handbasket:
Airports on ICE  —  Federal immigration agents popped up around the country on Monday to do seemingly nothing. … The prevailing feeling on Monday was that at least the ICE agents at airports around the country weren't shooting people.  —  At least that's what I heard from travelers …
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Hamed Aleaziz / New York Times:
When Trump Wants Something Done, He Dispatches ICE to Do It
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.
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
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 …
Richard A. Webster / ProPublica:
He Compared a Black Child to a Dog and Withheld Evidence in Death Row Cases.  Now He's Running for Judge.  —  Hugo Holland's aggressive legal tactics made him one of Louisiana's most renowned prosecutors and helped turn Caddo Parish, a majority Black community in the northwest corner of the state …
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 …
Discussion: NOTUS
New York Times:
As War in Iran Disrupts Air Travel, Here's Where It's Hitting Hardest  —  Some airlines and travelers, especially in the Middle East and elsewhere in Asia, are bearing the brunt of the pain, while others are doing better.  —  The war in Iran is disrupting air travel around the world …
Discussion: Fortune and Fox News
New York Times:
Gregory Bovino's Final Days: Harsh Words and Few Regrets … Gregory Bovino has only a few regrets.  —  “I wish I'd caught even more illegal aliens,” he said in a recent interview.  “I mean, we went as hard as we could, but there's always a creative and innovative solution to catching even more.”
Discussion: New Republic
The Bulwark:
Trump in His Elvis-in-Vegas Era  —  Yeah, this is who we should trust in a crisis.  —  There's a new DHS boss in town.  Oklahoma Sen. Markwayne Mullin was confirmed last night to lead the Department of Homeland Security on a near-party line vote, with Sen. Rand Paul opposing his confirmation …
Ruchi Kumar / Wired:
A Mysterious Numbers Station Is Broadcasting Through the Iran War  —  First heard as US and Israeli strikes on Iran began, the shortwave broadcast has since been traced to a US military base in Germany—but its purpose and its operator remain unclear.  —  “Tavajoh!  Tavajoh!
Discussion: Wired Middle East
Carlos Lozada / New York Times:
The U.S. Is No Longer the Leader of the Free World  —  We had a good run — some eight decades or so — but it is clear by now that the United States has ceased to be the leader of the free world.  A successor for that post has not been named, and it appears unlikely that the European Union …
Madiba K. Dennie / Balls and Strikes:
Watson v RNC: The Supreme Court's Conspiracy-Brained Justices Are Ready to Limit Mail-In Voting  —  The Supreme Court heard oral argument today in Watson v. Republican National Committee, a case about the Republican Party's latest attempt to disenfranchise American voters.
Jana Winter / Reuters:
Exclusive: FBI investigation into Kash Patel was more extensive than previously reported  —  A special counsel investigation that began in 2022 of Kash Patel, who is now the FBI director but was then a private citizen, included demands for more than two years of phone records …
Discussion: The Independent
 
 
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Sydney Ember / New York Times:
Young Graduates Face the Grimmest Job Market in Years
Discussion: Fortune
Alan Blinder / New York Times:
Boston University Pulls Pride Flags, Raising Free Speech Worries
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New Poll by the Saint Anselm College Survey Shows Democrats Gaining Ground as Republicans Face Political Headwinds
Discussion: Newsweek
Flavia Jackson / Bloomberg:
Meloni's Woes Hint at Far-Right Troubles Ahead
Discussion: Al Jazeera
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The ugly history behind Trump's birthright citizenship case in the Supreme Court
Nature:
The overlooked threat of democratic neutrality in the USA
 Earlier Items: 
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A Veterans' Group Jumps in for a Democrat in an Iowa Senate Race
Rebecca Falconer / Axios:
Press groups denounce Pentagon's new media rules
U.S. Department of the Interior:
Interior and TotalEnergies Agree to End Offshore Wind Projects, Lowering Costs for American Families
Will Sommer / The Bulwark:
Folks, We've Got Yet Another Right-Wing Media Payola Scandal
Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Key Charlie Kirk mentor Jeff Webb dies in freak pickleball accident: ‘A dear friend to Charlie’
New York Times:
Bill Cosby Loses Sex Assault Lawsuit and Faces a $59 Million Judgment
 

 
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Mike Allen / Axios:
Simon & Schuster plans to release Bob Woodward's new memoir, Secrets, on September 29; Woodward says it will reveal stories about deceased sources

Todd Spangler / Variety:
Source: Spotify laid off 15 people, or ~3% of its podcast group, with most cuts coming at Spotify Studios and The Ringer, which is ending a John Jastremski show

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