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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 …
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.
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
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.
Bret Devereaux / A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry:
Miscellanea: The War in Iran
Discussion: Defense One
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 …
PressTV:
Iran rejects US proposal, lays out five conditions for ending imposed war: Source to Press TV  —  Iran has responded negatively to an American proposal aimed at ending the ongoing imposed war, insisting that it will only occur on Tehran's own terms and timeline, a senior political-security official told Press TV on Wednesday.
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Wall Street Journal:
Iran Sets High Bar in Cease-Fire Talks: Here's What Tehran Is Asking For
Financial Times:
Iran's military leaders dismiss Donald Trump's deal claims
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 …
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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 …
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Devin Dwyer / ABC News:
Supreme Court deals blow to music industry fight against illegal downloads  —  The court said internet providers aren't liable for users' piracy of content.  —  Police keep watch at the U.S. Supreme Court, in Washington, March 25, 2026.  —  The Supreme Court on Wednesday ruled …
New York Post:
TSA experiencing highest wait times in history — and may be forced to shutter entire airports  —  WASHINGTON — Airline passengers are experiencing some of the highest security wait times in the 25-year-history of the Transportation Security Administration — with some taking more than four …
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Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
TSA chief: More than 480 screeners have quit during shutdown
Discussion: Axios and Los Angeles Times
Rebecca Beitsch / The Hill:
Homan on Democrats opposing ICE at voting sites: ‘What are they afraid of?’  —  White House border czar Tom Homan on Tuesday did not rule out the presence of immigration enforcement at polling places, asking what Democrats are “afraid of.”  —  Homan's comments, made during an appearance on …
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Reuters:
Netanyahu seeks to avoid snap vote as Iran war gives no boost in polls
Discussion: Mediaite
Drew Harwell / Washington Post:
In Trump's war messaging, veterans see something new — and disturbing … When the retired U.S. Army colonel Joe Buccino first saw White House posts mixing Iran war footage with clips from cartoons and video games, he felt something he had rarely experienced from American military messaging: disgust.
Discussion: The Independent and Raw Story
Jenni Marsh / Bloomberg:
Xi Is Content to Stay Silent as Trump's Iran War Backfires  —  The war is working out well for the Chinese leader but further out things may get trickier. … Nearly one month into US President Donald Trump's war on Iran, there's one person whose silence stands out: Xi Jinping.
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Andrew Howard / Politico:
Republican states are pushing through their own versions of the SAVE America Act … GOP Secretary of State Kris Warner said the change would prevent local officials from allowing noncitizens to vote in those races, but he conceded to WVNews that noncitizen voting is not a major issue in the state.
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.
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 …
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.
Jarvis DeBerry / MS NOW:
ICE agents don't need to wear masks.  And Trump just admitted it.  —  If there were a legitimate threat to ICE agents who show their faces outside airports, then that threat would also exist inside airports. … Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents wear masks, President Donald Trump …
Discussion: Raw Story
Politico:
Vance will visit Hungary just days before its election … Vice President JD Vance is scheduled to visit Hungary between April 7-8, just days ahead of the country's election, to show support for the reelection of Prime Minister Victor Orbán.  —  The trip dates, which have not previously …
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.
Jen Rice / Democracy Docket:
Court denies California AG's petition to stop ‘amateur’ recount of seized ballots  —  A state appellate court has denied a petition from the California Attorney General's office seeking to stop a Republican sheriff from conducting an “amateur” recount of ballots in last year's redistricting referendum election.
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 …
Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Your data is everywhere.  The government is buying it without a warrant  —  A whole industry of data brokers buys up vast quantities of electronic information from cell phone apps and web browsers and sells it to advertisers who use that data to target ads.
Discussion: Reason
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.
Caroline Kimeu / Wall Street Journal:
He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off  —  Student visas for Africa's best and brightest were canceled by the Trump administration, leaving empty seats and broken dreams  —  As a boy, Majok Bior escaped a country engulfed in war.  As a gifted student, he won a full scholarship …
Discussion: NextDraft
 
 
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Russia reaps fertiliser windfall from Iran war
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Washington Post:
Army paratroopers ordered to Middle East as U.S. weighs next move in Iran conflict
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