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4:45 PM ET, March 25, 2026

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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
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: France 24
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.
Discussion: NPR and Bloomberg
Axios:
Iran suspects Trump's peace talk push is another trick
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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PressTV:
Iran rejects US proposal, lays out five conditions for ending imposed war: Source to Press TV
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Sets High Bar in Cease-Fire Talks: Here's What Tehran Is Asking For
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 …
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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Nicole Sganga / CBS News:
DHS watchdog warned of risks in airport shoes-off policy.  The report got buried.  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  An internal watchdog report in the Department of Homeland Security identified serious vulnerabilities in TSA's screenings at airports nationwide, among them …
Discussion: Raw Story
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New York Post:
TSA experiencing highest wait times in history — and may be forced to shutter entire airports
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
TSA chief: More than 480 screeners have quit during shutdown
Discussion: Axios, Raw Story and Los Angeles Times
Michael Gold / New York Times:
Homeland Security Talks Hit Snag as Democrats Demand ICE Restrictions  —  A day after Republicans offered to remove money for ICE enforcement from a Department of Homeland Security funding bill, Democrats insisted that the deal must include curbs on federal agents.
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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: MS NOW
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Jacob Rosen / CBS News:   Justice Department reaches financial settlement with former Trump adviser Michael Flynn
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.
Discussion: Joe.My.God. and MS NOW
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Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Supreme Court Sides With Internet Provider in Copyright Fight Over Pirated Music  —  Leading music labels sued Cox Communications for failing to terminate accounts of subscribers flagged for distributing copyrighted music.  —  The Supreme Court unanimously said on Wednesday …
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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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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.
Discussion: CNBC, Washington Times and NewsMax.com
Herb Scribner / Axios:
What to know about the Army's new enlistment age guidelines … - The new regulation that the Army originally published on March 20 aligns closer with the Navy and Air Force. … New enlistment requirements for U.S. Army … - Age shift: The new regulations allows people …
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: Politico
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
Eric Niiler / New York Times:
Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump's Attack on Science  —  Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House.  —  Kate Marvel, a widely known climate scientist and author …
Discussion: Scientific American
Tiffany Stanley / Associated Press:
At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence ‘against those who deserve no mercy’  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.”
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
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.
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Bloomberg, The Hill and NewsMax.com
 
 
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Hamed Ahmadi / NOTUS:
House Progressives Blast $200 Billion Iran War Funding Plan
Discussion: The Hill and Semafor
New York Times:
As Gas Prices Spike, California Is Hit Hardest
Discussion: HotAir, New York Post and Newsweek
Politico:
Another appeals court backs Trump administration's mass detention policy
Discussion: The Hill and The Gateway Pundit
Reuters:
Netanyahu seeks to avoid snap vote as Iran war gives no boost in polls
Discussion: Mediaite
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Jensen Huang and Mark Zuckerberg among tech leaders appointed to White House tech council
Caroline Kimeu / Wall Street Journal:
He Had a Full Ride at Duke—Until America Cut Him Off
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Jude Joffe-Block / NPR:
Your data is everywhere. The government is buying it without a warrant
Discussion: Newsweek and Reason
Reese Gorman / NOTUS:
Republicans Are Mad Brian Kemp Is Standing by His Georgia Senate Endorsement
Discussion: Raw Story and The Daily Wire
Washington Post:
Army paratroopers ordered to Middle East as U.S. weighs next move in Iran conflict
Associated Press:
Iranian military mocks Trump's claim of US-Iran negotiations
 

 
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