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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Democrat flips Republican-held Florida state House district that includes Trump's Mar-a-Lago  —  Democrat Emily Gregory narrowly won the special election for the district Tuesday night, The Associated Press projects.  Trump carried the area in 2024.  —  Democrat Emily Gregory won …
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David Nir / The Downballot:
Florida Democrats flip Donald Trump's home district in Palm Beach  —  Florida Democrat Emily Gregory scored a major upset on Tuesday night, flipping the legislative district that includes Donald Trump's waterfront lair of Mar-a-Lago.  —  Gregory, a first-time candidate who runs …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump-endorsed North Carolina state Senate leader loses by 23 votes … “While this was a close race, the voters have spoken, and I congratulate Sheriff Page on his victory,” Berger said in a statement.  “Over the past 15 years, Republicans in the General Assembly have fundamentally redefined our state's outlook and reputation.
David Nir / The Downballot:
Florida Democrats just picked up a second seat in Tuesday's special elections  —  In the second massive upset of the night for Florida Democrats, Brian Nathan, a Navy veteran and union official, flipped a state Senate seat that became vacant after Gov. Ron DeSantis tapped its previous occupant to serve as his lieutenant governor.
Discussion: Florida Politics
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Deal to fund DHS falters amid bipartisan pushback  —  Momentum toward reopening DHS evaporated Tuesday as Democrats drew a hard line on reforms to ICE, swiftly rejecting a proposal that GOP senators had only just persuaded President Trump to entertain.
Politico:
GOP's reconciliation hopes are easier dreamt than done … Underscoring the massive challenge, some Republicans are stressing they aren't committing to pass another bill under the reconciliation process — which could allow them to avoid a Democratic filibuster in the Senate — they are just promising to give it a try.
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
This morning, economist Paul Krugman came right out and said it: “People close to Trump are trading based on national secrets.” …
Discussion: The Hill
Punchbowl News:   3/25/26☀️ AM:  —  Senate Democrats are demanding additional concessions …
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 …
Discussion: Eschaton and The Independent
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Axios:
Iran suspects Trump's peace talk push is another trick  —  Iranian officials have told the countries trying to mediate peace talks with the U.S. that they have now been tricked twice by President Trump and “we don't want to be fooled again,” according to a source with direct knowledge of those discussions.
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Mysterious trading patterns follow Trump into war  —  An epidemic of suspicious trading has emerged around President Trump's most consequential decisions — each time, just minutes or hours before he rattles global markets, according to exchange data.
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Raskin says he has “damning” memo on Trump classified docs case  —  Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) told Attorney General Pam Bondi in a letter Tuesday that her department provided him with a “damning” memo containing new allegations about President Trump's handling of classified documents when he was out of office.
Discussion: Raw Story, The Independent and HuffPost
Politico:
How Jack Smith connected the dots between GOP lawmakers, Trump aides in 2020 election probe
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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Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's approval hits new 36% low as fuel prices surge amid Iran war, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  President Donald Trump's approval rating fell in recent days to its lowest point since he returned to the White House, hit by a surge in fuel prices and widespread disapproval of the war …
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Politico:
'The worst I've seen': Oil industry grapples with the fallout from US-Israel war with Iran
William A. Galston / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Loses the Home Front
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
Key Adviser Quits Federal Vaccine Panel  —  Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the committee, was appointed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr. after a purge of the previous advisers.  —  Dr. Robert Malone, vice chair of the federal committee that recommends vaccines to Americans, angrily resigned his position on Tuesday.
Discussion: STAT and Roll Call
Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Epstein's accountant and lawyer told House panel government investigators never interviewed them  —  Richard Kahn and Darren Indyke were co-executors of Jeffrey Epstein's will.  The Justice Department said last year that it conducted an “exhaustive” review into Epstein.
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Washington Post:
Army paratroopers ordered to Middle East as U.S. weighs next move in Iran conflict  —  The orders follow weeks of speculation about whether the 82nd Airborne Division would join the war, after its headquarters unit abruptly pulled out of a training exercise this month.
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Washington Post:
Prosecutor admits government lacks evidence of misconduct by Fed chair  —  The admission during a closed-door hearing undercuts President Donald Trump's claims of “criminality” in the central bank's $2.5 billion office renovations.  —  A top deputy to U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro acknowledged …
Discussion: The Dispatch, Joe.My.God. and Mediaite
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Associated Press:
Prosecutor conceded lack of criminal evidence in Federal Reserve investigation, transcript shows
Discussion: CNN
Associated Press:
Iranian military mocks Trump's claim of US-Iran negotiations  —  An Iranian military spokesperson mocked U.S. attempts at a ceasefire deal Wednesday, insisting that the Americans were only negotiating with themselves.  Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaghari, a spokesperson for the Iranian military's …
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Throws Stephen Miller Under the Bus in Surprise Show of Panic … Has Donald Trump finally figured out that Stephen Miller's fascist cruelties have become a niggling political liability for him?  Well, maybe.  A striking report in The Wall Street Journal suggests Trump may be moving to marginalize Miller's influence.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Pete Hegseth's Pastor Says He Wants James Talarico To Die  —  “We want him crucified with Christ,” Brooks Potteiger said of the Texas Senate Democratic nominee, after the podcast host said he prays “that God kills him.”  —  WASHINGTON — The pastor from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's home church …
Discussion: Mediaite and People For
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
Conservative activist convicted in voter-fraud case  —  In Wsiconsin, Harry Wait said he set out to expose the potential for voter fraud.  He ordered mail ballots in the names of others — and got charged with felonies.  —  MADISON, Wis. — Conservative activist Harry Wait said he ordered ballots …
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and Raw Story
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Oklahoma hands over voter rolls to Trump DOJ, including personal data  —  Oklahoma announced Tuesday it agreed to turn over its full voter rolls to the Trump Justice Department — including sensitive personal data the state had previously refused to provide.
Natalie Fertig / Politico:
Trump cuts exacerbate budget fights in red states … Trump has already struggled to sell Americans on many provisions of his “big, beautiful bill,” from Medicaid and SNAP cuts to tax changes that provide the most benefit to the wealthiest 10 percent of Americans.
Discussion: Columbian and Raw Story
New York Times:
The U.S. Said It Helped Bomb a Drug Camp.  It Was a Dairy Farm.  —  The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group's training camp.  Residents said it was actually a dairy farm.  —  As President Trump prepared to welcome conservative …
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
T.S.A. Tipped Off ICE Agents Before Arrests at San Francisco Airport  —  Transportation Security Administration officials told ICE that a mother and daughter under a detention order had planned to fly domestically, federal documents show.  —  The woman and her 9-year-old daughter …
 
 
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Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Sens. Warren, Blumenthal: DOD answers show no anti-corruption protocols for Trump children
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
ProPublica:
New Portland Trail Blazers Owner Played Key Role at Company Oregon Accused of Predatory Lending
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Republicans Are Mad Brian Kemp Is Standing by His Georgia Senate Endorsement
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Liz Dye / Public Notice:
Kari Lake's dismantling of VOA is a full-blown fiasco
Discussion: HuffPost
Associated Press:
Most Americans say US military action against Iran has gone too far, a new AP-NORC poll finds
Discussion: WTOP News
Janet Adamy / Wall Street Journal:
Chuck Schumer's Other Challenge Is Geographic
Discussion: In Saner Thought
 Earlier Items: 
Washington Post:
Iran's missiles pierce Israel's defenses, raising doubts about interceptors
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In defense of being wildly out of touch
Nick Reisman / Politico:
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New York Times:
After Standing Up to Trump Over Greenland, Denmark's Prime Minister Leads in Election
Caroline Vakil / The Hill:
Florida Democrats score upset in Tampa-based state Senate race
Discussion: Raw Story
Maria Curi / Axios:
Judge questions Pentagon's “troubling” Anthropic actions
 

 
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Berber Jin / Wall Street Journal:
OpenAI plans to discontinue products that use its Sora models, including its consumer app, a Sora version for developers, and a video feature inside ChatGPT

Axios:
Joe Scarborough and Mika Brzezinski say they have re-signed their Morning Joe contracts with MS NOW through the end of 2029, as their show enters its 20th year

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