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Alan Rappeport / New York Times:
Trump's Signature Set to Be Added to America's Currency — President Trump is set to be the first sitting president to have his signature appear on the U.S. dollar. — President Trump's signature will appear on U.S. dollars later this year, the Treasury Department said on Thursday.
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U.S. Department of the Treasury:
Treasury Announces President Donald J. Trump's Signature to Appear on Future U.S. Paper Currency — WASHINGTON - In honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States of America, President Donald J. Trump's signature will appear on future U.S. paper currency along with the Secretary of the Treasury …
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Aidan McLaughlin / Vanity Fair:
Exclusive: Donald Trump to Add His Signature to US Currency, a First For a Sitting President — As Vanity Fair can exclusively report, Trump's Treasury Department plans to add his signature to all denominations of US dollar bills. — President Donald Trump has spent much of his second term …
David Lawder / Reuters:
Exclusive: Trump's signature to appear on US currency, Treasury says, ending 165-year tradition — U.S. paper currency will bear President Donald Trump's signature to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the Treasury Department said on Thursday, a first for a sitting president …
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Treasury plans to put Trump's signature on US bills in first for sitting president, AP source says — The U.S. Treasury Department is working on plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new US paper currency, a Treasury official who spoke on condition of anonymity …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump's signature to appear on paper currency in a first for a sitting president — Dollar bills historically have been signed by the U.S. treasurer and treasury secretary. — President Donald Trump is adding his name to U.S. dollar bills, the first time a sitting president's signature …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
A War No One Wants to Defend — Don't look now, but there's yet another major potential energy shock on the horizon: Reuters reported yesterday that Ukrainian drone attacks had forced shutdowns at two major Russian oil export terminals. The war in Iran has been a godsend for Russia's war economy …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Pentagon prepares for massive “final blow” of Iran war — The Pentagon is developing military options for a “final blow” in Iran that could include the use of ground forces and a massive bombing campaign, according to two U.S. officials and two sources with knowledge.
Scott MacFarlane Reports:
NEW: “It's a bad f**ing idea”, Congress blasts Trump Admin. war briefings — Members of Congress and White House spar over whether too much about war in Iran is kept secret — “It's a bad fucking idea,” he said into the phone in a tone so calm and measured, the words landed unexpectedly, but powerfully.
Scott Waldman / Politico:
Trump faces new oil shock threat as Iran eyes second strait
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Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump's Freestyle Diplomacy
Standoff With Iran Raises Fresh Doubts About Trump's Freestyle Diplomacy
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Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News' united front in support of Trump's Iran war may be breaking down
Fox News' united front in support of Trump's Iran war may be breaking down
Megan Messerly / Politico:
Trump reveals Iran's ‘present’: 10 oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz
Trump reveals Iran's ‘present’: 10 oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz
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Chris Lehmann / The Nation:
Trump's TV-Warped Brain Is Putting the World in Danger
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Iran to “get serious” in negotiations “before it is too late”
Trump tells Iran to “get serious” in negotiations “before it is too late”
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Wall Street Journal:
Republicans Push White House to Declare National Emergency to Pay TSA Agents — The move could allow Trump to use unspent funds to pay airport-security workers — WASHINGTON—Several Senate Republicans are pressing the White House to declare a national emergency to free up money …
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Washington Post:
Trump orders TSA officers paid as Congress remains stalemated — Legal authority for the payments is uncertain. — just now — President Donald Trump said Thursday that he was ordering officials to pay Transportation Security Administration officers despite Congress's failure to appropriate funds …
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Raquel Coronell Uribe / NBC News:
Trump says he will order DHS to ‘immediately’ pay TSA officers as partial shutdown persists — The announcement comes as the Senate has repeatedly failed to reach a deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security. — President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he will sign an order …
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Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump to sign executive order to fund TSA agents amid DHS shutdown
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G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Poll: Americans reject ICE at airports, want Trump to end the war in Iran
Poll: Americans reject ICE at airports, want Trump to end the war in Iran
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New York Times:
Trump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid as Funding Deal Stalls
Trump Says He Will Order T.S.A. Agents Paid as Funding Deal Stalls
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Sudiksha Kochi / The Hill:
House passes measure to fund DHS as senators struggle to reach deal
House passes measure to fund DHS as senators struggle to reach deal
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New York Times:
Meta and YouTube Found Negligent in Landmark Social Media Addiction Case — A jury found the companies harmed a young user with design features that were addictive and led to her mental health distress. — 1.1k — The social media company Meta and the video streaming service YouTube harmed …
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Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Everyone Cheering The Social Media Addiction Verdicts Against Meta Should Understand What They're Actually Cheering For — from the bad-defendants-make-bad-law dept — First things first: Meta is a terrible company that has spent years making terrible decisions and being terrible at explaining …
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Politico:
Social media trials usher in Big Tech's latest moment of reckoning … The widely popular platforms, along with others like Snap and TikTok, once appeared unstoppable as they designed their algorithms for maximum user engagement. Now they're suddenly facing a minefield of legal …
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Andrew Solender / Axios:
Scoop: Nancy Mace eyes break with GOP on Iran war powers — Rep. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.) told Axios she will “most likely” vote for House Democrats' resolution to constrain President Trump from waging war with Iran the next time it comes up for a vote. … - Mace emerged as a suddenly fierce critic …
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
Deputy attorney general endorses sending ICE agents to voting sites
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Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
As Trump skips CPAC, MAGA's rifts over Iran war are on display
As Trump skips CPAC, MAGA's rifts over Iran war are on display
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New York Times:
Trump Eyes White House Treaty Room for Latest Renovation Project — President Trump is making new plans in one of the most significant renovations in the history of the White House. — President Trump has discussed turning the White House Treaty Room, historically a meeting place for diplomats …
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Christine Mui / Politico:
Judge pauses Anthropic's supply chain risk designation … Lin added that the court's record supports “an inference that Anthropic is being punished for criticizing the government's contracting position in the press.” — By granting Anthropic's request, Lin removed the stigma of the designation …
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New York Times:
Trump Administration Begins Inquiries Into 3 Medical Schools in Show of Power — The Justice Department's demands for admissions-related data from Stanford, Ohio State and the University of California, San Diego, reveal an expansion of its higher-education pressure campaign.
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Tampa Bay Times:
Siblings indicted after explosive found at MacDill Air Force Base — Federal prosecutors have obtained indictments against two siblings in an investigation of an explosive device that was found earlier this month near the entrance to MacDill Air Force Base.An indictment unsealed Thursday accuses Alen Zheng …
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Melissa Goldin / Associated Press:
FACT FOCUS: Only some driver's licenses usable for voter registration under the SAVE America Act — As the Senate debates the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act, or SAVE America Act, misleading claims about the bill's impact on voter registration are spreading on social media …
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Brigham Tomco / Deseret News:
Utah Republican petition to repeal redistricting law fails after signature removal campaign — The Republican-led effort to put Utah's redistricting law back on the ballot fell below the required threshold in one state Senate district on Wednesday after a signature removal campaign by supporters of Proposition 4.
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Steve Chapman / The UnPopulist:
Texas Republicans Are Moving From Demonizing Muslims to Stripping Away Their Rights — For American Muslims, the Republican Party has become a giant no-go zone, ringed with barbed wire and “Keep Out” signs. From the president on down, Islamophobia is now a standard sentiment, expressed without inhibition.
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Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Trump interrupts a Cabinet meeting dealing with the Iran war and rising prices to talk Sharpies — President Donald Trump may believe the adage that the pen is mightier than the sword — as long as it's a Sharpie. During a Cabinet meeting Thursday that discussed the war in Iran …
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Harold Hutchison / The Daily Caller:
‘Appalling’ Video Shows Protesters Cheer American Troops Returning Home From Iran War ‘In Caskets’ — Shocking video from a radical anti-Iran war protest in Philadelphia showed participants explicitly supporting Islamic terror groups and calling for “cheers” every time an American servicemember comes home “in a casket.”
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Newsweek, NewsMax.com and The Gateway Pundit
Eleanor Mueller / Semafor:
State Department sends $1.25B from other programs to Board of Peace — The State Department has drawn on funds for international disasters and peacekeeping to transfer $1.25 billion to President Donald Trump's Board of Peace, a person familiar with the funding said.
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New Republic, Senator Catherine Cortez Masto and Al Jazeera
Emanuel Fabian / The Times of Israel:
Israel says IRGC Navy's commander, other chiefs killed; Qalibaf said removed from hit list — Navy chief Alireza Tangsiri said responsible for efforts to close Hormuz; FM Araghchi, parliament speaker Qalibaf reportedly not hunted, at Pakistan's request, to allow them to conduct talks
New York Post:
83-year-old veteran randomly shoved onto NYC subway tracks dies from injuries, illegal migrant charged with murder — The 83-year-old US Air Force veteran who was randomly shoved onto the subway tracks by an illegal migrant on the Upper East Side has died from his injuries — and his alleged killer has been charged with murder.
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Washington Post:
Kennedy Center begins layoffs, rocking institution ahead of two-year closure — According to several staff members, the people cut include Nick Meade and Rick Loughery, whom Richard Grenell installed in top roles after Trump's takeover of the center. — The Kennedy Center began layoffs on Thursday …
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Ian Ward / Politico:
MAGA is growing anxious over Orbán's fate — As the war with Iran continues to dominate headlines in Washington, another overseas battle is quietly capturing attention among the elite echelons of the MAGA movement: Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán's fight for reelection.
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Justice Dept. close to finalizing deal to hand over states' voter roll data to Homeland Security, sources say — Add CBS News on Google — The Justice Department and the Department of Homeland Security are close to finalizing an agreement that will allow the federal government …
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