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Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
These House GOP election proposals could end up in a reconciliation bill — The chair of the House committee overseeing elections is circulating a list of proposals to include in a budget reconciliation bill as Senate Republicans and the White House move to rev up the party-line process …
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The Hill and Talking Points Memo
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Myah Ward / Politico:
Emerging DHS deal ‘acceptable,’ White House official says — President Donald Trump hasn't yet publicly weighed in on a brewing deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but a White House official said Tuesday morning the yet-to-be-finalized bipartisan agreement “seems to be an acceptable solution.”
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NewsMax.com, Roll Call, Bloomberg, Semafor, CBS News, Fox News, The Daily Signal, RedState and Democracy Docket
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Republicans Step Up Efforts to Reach a Homeland Security Funding Deal — A day after President Trump said he did not want a compromise, Republicans were exploring breaking off ICE funding so the rest of the Department of Homeland Security could reopen. — Less than 24 hours …
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NBC News, Politico, CBS News, Washington Times, Washington Examiner, Semafor, The Status Kuo, Metro.co.uk, The Hill, HuffPost and PBS NewsHour
Politico:
Capitol agenda: Reconciliation is revived, Thune says
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Fox News, Axios, NewsMax.com, Talking Points Memo, New York Sun and Reuters
Punchbowl News:
3/24/26☀️ AM: … For the first time in more than a month, there's optimism …
3/24/26☀️ AM: … For the first time in more than a month, there's optimism …
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Politico, HotAir, The Hill, CBS News, NewsMax.com, KiowaCountyPress.net and NOTUS
Zachary Schermele / USA Today:
With airports in chaos, Trump bats down potential DHS deal over SAVE Act battle
With airports in chaos, Trump bats down potential DHS deal over SAVE Act battle
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Digby's Hullabaloo, Talking Points Memo, Newsweek, ABC News, Truthout, Fox News, UPI, PoliticusUSA, The Inner Circle … and Washington Examiner
New York Times:
Saudi Leader Is Said to Push Trump to Continue Iran War in Recent Calls — Crown 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, Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman …
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GZERO, Bloomberg, Wall Street Journal, Daily Mail, New Republic, Mediaite, Semafor, Raw Story, The Times of Israel and Joe.My.God.
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Shortly after the close of the U.S. stock market on Friday, President Donald J. Trump appeared …
Shortly after the close of the U.S. stock market on Friday, President Donald J. Trump appeared …
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Bloomberg, BBC and The Guardian
Ben Lefebvre / Politico:
Ending Iran war now would cede Hormuz to the enemy, Trump's former Defense secretary says
New York Times:
Trump's Threat to Iran Crosses a Line, Rights Experts Say
Trump's Threat to Iran Crosses a Line, Rights Experts Say
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Straight Arrow News, The Bulwark, Middle East Monitor and The US Sun
New York Times:
Trump Delays Threat to Iran, but War Negotiations Are in Early Stage
Trump Delays Threat to Iran, but War Negotiations Are in Early Stage
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The Hill, MS NOW, Bloomberg, HotAir, The Guardian, Diplomatic,, Financial Times, Israpundit, Al Jazeera, The Week, Agence France-Presse, Straight Arrow News, NPR, In Saner Thought, Defense One, RedState, Semafor, Associated Press, Washington Times, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Times of Israel, gCaptain, HuffPost, New Republic, News Talk 105.9, The Independent, GB News, Wall Street Journal and Axios
Aaron Blake / CNN:
Trump's suspiciously timed announcements on Iran
Trump's suspiciously timed announcements on Iran
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NewsMax.com, Metro.co.uk, GB News and Associated Press
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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Washington Post, The Guardian, MeidasTouch News, The Federalist, Joe.My.God., New Republic and Digby's Hullabaloo
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Trump casts Florida mail ballot as he pushes Congress to severely limit that voting option
Chris Hippensteel / New York Times:
Should You Need to Prove Citizenship to Vote? Ask Kansas.
Milan Singh / The Argument:
The liberal case for voter ID
The liberal case for voter ID
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The Hill, Raw Story, Cronkite News, Salt Lake Tribune and NewsMax.com
Jane C. Timm / NBC News:
Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method ‘cheating’
Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method ‘cheating’
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The Nevada Independent, The Guardian, Mock Paper Scissors, WPBF, Election Law Blog, Politico and CBS News
Jim DeMint / The Federalist:
Democrats' Fraud-Friendly Election Rules Destroy Public Trust
Democrats' Fraud-Friendly Election Rules Destroy Public Trust
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Washington Times
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 …
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Telegraph, New York Sun, THE FARCE, Mediaite and 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
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Reuters, New Republic, CBS News, Joe.My.God. and Wall Street Journal
Reuters:
Iran toughens negotiating stance amid mediation efforts, sources say — Iran's negotiating posture has hardened sharply since the war began, with the Revolutionary Guards exerting growing influence over decision-making, and it will demand significant concessions from the United States …
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Associated Press and Algemeiner.com
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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 …
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New York Post, New York Times, Bloomberg, News Items, Just Security, Washington Examiner, Middle East Monitor, The Guardian and Al Jazeera
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 …
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Jewish Insider, MS NOW and RealClearPolitics
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Atlanta Journal-Constitution:
Things to know … :yadot ot eerht sgniht ! gninrom wonk rof era ereH dooG — The Georgia Legislature has agreed to ban high school students from having cellphones in class. … - The Georgia Senate on Monday voted to petition the Trump administration to shift Georgia to Atlantic Standard Time …
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Washington Examiner and NewsMax.com
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Sophie Brams / The Hill:
Delta suspends special congressional desk service amid shutdown — Delta Air Lines is suspending its dedicated flight assistance service for members of Congress as airport security lines grow longer amid the ongoing partial government shutdown, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution
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 🧠
Marshall Cohen / CNN:
Exclusive: Trader made nearly $1 million on Polymarket with remarkably accurate Iran bets — The Middle East Investing Federal agencies — A trader made nearly $1 million since 2024 from dozens of well-timed Polymarket bets that correctly predicted US and Israeli military actions against Iran …
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.
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Newsweek
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.”
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New Republic
Thomas B. Edsall / New York Times:
Why Are So Many Democratic Politicians So Far Out of Touch? — In January 2025, when the U.S. House took up legislation to bar trans women's participation on women's sports teams, all but two Democratic representatives — Henry Cuellar and Vicente Gonzalez — voted against the bill.
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judge orders Trump administration to bring back DACA recipient deported to Mexico … In a Monday order, U.S. District Judge Dena Coggins called the deportation a “flagrant violation” of DACA's promise of protection to those who arrived in the country as minors, as well as a violation of Estrada's constitutional due process rights.
Discussion:
NOTUS, Los Angeles Times and MS NOW
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Eileen Sullivan / New York Times:
34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year
34 Former Military Members Were Put on Deportation Track in the Past Year
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France 24
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 …
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Fox News, New York Post, The Federalist, The Daily Caller and The Independent
Emanuel Maiberg / 404 Media:
This Company Is Secretly Turning Your Zoom Meetings into AI Podcasts — WebinarTV, a company that bills itself as “a search engine for the best webinars,” is secretly scanning the internet for Zoom meeting links, recording the calls, and turning them into AI-generated podcasts for profit.
KBMT:
Fire at Valero refinery in Port Arthur extinguished; shelter-in-place lifted, some schools delayed — Residents ordered to shelter after a Valero refinery explosion are now safe. The major fire is out, and no injuries are reported, according to officials.
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Metro.co.uk, Breitbart, Ace of Spades HQ, GB News, CBS News, New York Post, KFDM-TV, Townhall, The Daily Caller, Washington Examiner, FOX 26 Houston, RedState, KHOU-TV and KTHV
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 …
Cameron McWhirter / Wall Street Journal:
The MAGA Rebellion Over an $825 Million Plan for an ‘Arkansas Alcatraz’ — Rural Franklin County residents are fighting Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders's prison plan. 'She thought she'd run roughshod.' — FRANKLIN COUNTY, Ark.—Most signs along the bucolic roads of this conservative rural community …

