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8:10 PM ET, March 25, 2026

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NBC News:
Trump gets a daily video montage briefing about the Iran war  —  The montage, which typically runs for about two minutes, has raised concerns among some of the president's allies that he may not be receiving the complete picture of the war.  —  WASHINGTON — Each day since the start of the war in Iran …
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Politico:
Trump's ‘absurdly incoherent’ Iran pleas leave allies befuddled  —  European countries have ruled out helping secure the Strait of Hormuz until the conflict is over — but also haven't received any specific requests for assistance from the U.S.  —  EXCLUSIVE
Discussion: Financial Times and France 24
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
Trump Cannot See That the Opposition Is Real  —  If you can set aside both the unconstitutionality and the immorality of President Trump's unprovoked war on Iran and focus on the operation itself, it is hard not to be bewildered by the utter lack of real planning, or even basic strategic thinking, that has gone into it.
emptywheel:   America's Bookend Wars for Oil
Carol Leonnig / MS NOW:
Trump appeared to have business motive for keeping classified documents, Jack Smith finds  —  Special counsel Jack Smith gathered evidence that then-candidate Donald Trump took many top secret documents that related to his worldwide business interests, and investigators considered …
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Washington Post:
Trump showed classified map to passengers on his plane in 2022, memo says  —  The document offers a snapshot of an early moment in special counsel Jack Smith's investigation and adds new shading to the public understanding of Smith's probes.  —  President Donald Trump showed a classified map …
Kaelan Deese / Washington Examiner:
DOJ inquiry into John Brennan intensifies after House sends classified transcripts  —  House Republicans voted behind closed doors Tuesday evening to send classified transcripts tied to former CIA Director John Brennan to the Justice Department, a move that signals the Trump administration …
Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ to pay ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn $1M to settle malicious prosecution suit: Sources  —  Flynn pleaded guilty to charges of lying to FBI agents during the Russia probe.  —  Former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn looks on before President Donald Trump delivers remarks …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo and Joe.My.God.
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
DOJ Reached Deal to Pay Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn  —  The US Justice Department has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, a conservative activist and former official in the first Trump administration who sought millions of dollars from the government for what he alleged was a wrongful prosecution effort.
Discussion: CBS News and MS NOW
Connor O'Brien / Politico:
Top Republican attacks Pentagon for not providing details on Iran … It's a notable rebuke from a senior GOP defense hawk who has backed President Donald Trump's decision to attack Iran — and a warning that the administration could lose support for the nearly month-old war if it can't adequately make the case to Congress.
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CNN:   Iran building up defenses of Kharg Island to protect against potential US ground attack, sources say
Associated Press:
Live updates: Iran dismisses US ceasefire plan and issues its own counterproposal
Cameron Peters / Vox:
How Trump is complicating TSA funding  —  This story appeared in The Logoff, a daily newsletter that helps you stay informed about the Trump administration without letting political news take over your life.  Subscribe here.  —  Welcome to The Logoff: The DHS shutdown is causing chaos at airports …
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Jarvis DeBerry / MS NOW:
ICE agents don't need to wear masks. And Trump just admitted it.
Discussion: Breitbart, New Republic and Raw Story
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Homeland Security Talks Hit Snag as Democrats Demand ICE Restrictions
Politico:
Special election shocker has Florida Republicans nervous about redistricting … “I think the Legislature needs to be very cognizant of the fact that if they get too aggressive ... you could put incumbent members at risk,” GOP Rep. Greg Steube said.  Some seats that Republicans previously won …
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Politico:
Post Mar-a-Lago flip, Florida and national Democrats dream big for midterms … Added Howard Richman, the chair of the Palm Beach County Democrats: “I think we're in the middle of a big, big wave.”  —  The reverberations of wins by Emily Gregory in the state House and Brian Nathan …
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Warning signs flash red for Republicans as Iran war drives up gas prices and Florida district flips
Discussion: Newsweek and The Preamble
Quinnipiac University Poll:
More Voters Think War With Iran Will Make The World Less Safe, Quinnipiac University National Poll Finds; Healthcare Costs Top List Of Financial Concerns For Voters  — mail_outline  —  With the Iran war in its fourth week, a plurality of voters (42 percent) think the war with Iran …
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Voters oppose action in Iran but give US military positive marks  —  Voters are split on what role the United States should play in the world, while attitudes on the military action in Iran reflect sharp partisanship, according to a new Fox News national survey.
Discussion: Pew Research Center
Reuters:
Exclusive: US links security guarantees to Ukraine giving up Donbas, Zelenskiy says  —  The U.S. has made its offer of security guarantees needed for a peace deal in Ukraine conditional on Kyiv ceding all of the country's eastern region of Donbas to Russia, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy told Reuters in an interview.
Discussion: France 24
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New York Times:
Trump to Delay Nominating New C.D.C. Director  —  The administration has yet to find a candidate who aligns with Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s agenda while avoiding his unpopular stance on vaccines.  —  The White House plans to delay naming a candidate to head the Centers …
Discussion: The Atlantic and Axios
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Associated Press:
Activist who pushed 2020 election fraud claims convicted of election fraud  —  Investigating voter fraud claims, Harry Wait requested the ballots of Wisconsin Assembly Speaker Robin Vos and Racine Mayor Cory Mason without their consent.  —  A jury convicted a Wisconsin man of election fraud …
Axios:
“They'll get mowed down”: Trump rebuffed Netanyahu idea to call for Iran uprising  —  Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu wanted to call on Iranians to flood the streets to protest their government last week, but President Trump told him it was just too risky, two U.S. officials and an Israeli source said.
Cheyanne M. Daniels / Politico:
Gallego: Merrick Garland was a ‘coward’ over Jan. 6  —  Sen. Ruben Gallego on Wednesday called former Attorney General Merrick Garland a “coward” over his handling of prosecuting Jan. 6 insurrectionists.  Speaking at an event with Economic Liberties, the Arizona Democrat said it …
Discussion: New York Sun and Reason
Esther Fung / Wall Street Journal:
Postal Service to Impose First-Ever Fuel Surcharge on Packages  —  The 8% fee will be applied to packages, but not mail, according to people familiar with the matter  —  The U.S. Postal Service will impose its first-ever surcharge on packages to cover the rising cost of fuel, according to two people familiar with the matter.
Justin Weinberg / Daily Nous:
Texas State Fires Philosophy Professor Over Off-Campus Talk on the Israeli-Palestine Conflict  —  Idris Robinson, a tenure-track assistant professor of philosophy at Texas State University, is suing several university officials for violating his constitutional rights after they told …
Whitney Curry Wimbish / American Prospect:
ICE Lied About Its Authority to Make Courthouse Arrests  —  Agents never had permission to hunt immigrants at court appointments, says the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District for New York.  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email  —  Immigration and Customs Enforcement …
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Exclusive: ‘Some people should never be allowed to vote’: California sheriff who seized ballots pushes extreme anti-voting rhetoric online  —  When Chad Bianco, the sheriff of California's Riverside County, seized more than 650,000 ballots from the state's 2025 redistricting referendum, it raised some big questions.
Vaughn Hillyard / MS NOW:
Trump housing chief Bill Pulte seeks new DOJ probe of New York AG Letitia James  —  After the Department of Justice failed to convict New York Attorney General Letitia James on charges of mortgage fraud last year, the Trump administration's federal housing chief, Bill Pulte …
Discussion: CNN, CBS News and The Gateway Pundit
Justin Baragona / Zeteo:
Bari Weiss Is ‘Rolling Out the Red Carpet’ for Pete Hegseth  —  Not even Fox or Newsmax have had the defense secretary on.  Plus, what a new study says about Fox, white viewers, and a neo-Nazi conspiracy theory.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Hello, and welcome to this week's ‘Ragebait’!
Stephen M. Lepore / Daily Mail:
Vince Vaughn rips late night hosts Colbert and Kimmel for preaching politics: ‘It stopped being funny’  —  Vince Vaughn said late night comics have become unfunny and inauthentic for constantly preaching politics.  —  The Wedding Crashers star appeared on Theo Von's podcast where he appeared …
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
Florida targets NFL's ‘Rooney Rule’ promoting minority coaches … The move by Uthmeier aligns with ongoing attempts by Florida's conservative leaders to rid the state of diversity, equity and inclusion-aligned policies, from public schools to colleges and now even local governments.
Rose Horowitch / The Atlantic:
Where Are All the Campus Protests?  —  Two years ago, students occupied buildings and colonized the quad.  Now the same places are strangely silent.  —  The events of the past three months seem almost perfectly engineered to spark campus unrest.  In January, mass-deportation operations led …
Discussion: HotAir and FOX 32 Chicago
Oliver Darcy / Status:
Weiss' Ratings Wipeout … When Bari Weiss took the reins of CBS News in October, her message was clear: that the public had lost trust in the network and that major change was needed to win viewers back and return it to its glory days.  But through a series of actions over her turbulent six-month tenure …
 
 
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Carl Hulse / New York Times:
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