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7:15 AM ET, March 26, 2026

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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 …
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Zoe Tillman / Bloomberg:
DOJ Agrees to Pay $1.25 Million Settlement to Michael Flynn  —  The US Justice Department has agreed to pay $1.25 million to 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 …
Discussion: MS NOW
Associated Press:
Justice Department settles lawsuit from Trump ally Michael Flynn for $1.2 million, AP source says  —  The Justice Department has settled for roughly $1.2 million a lawsuit with Michael Flynn, the former national security adviser to President Donald Trump who pleaded guilty during the Republican's …
NBC News:   Trump administration to pay Michael Flynn in settlement over earlier prosecution
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells Aides He Wants Speedy End to Iran War  —  President has said he wants to wrap up the conflict in the coming weeks  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump has told associates in recent days that he wants to avoid a protracted war in Iran and that he hopes to bring the conflict to an end in the coming weeks.
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Politico:
The truth about Bill Maher and that award  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Thursday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard.  The sun is shining, the baseball season is underway, and peak bloom will be declared today among D.C.'s sumptuous cherry blossoms at the tidal basin.
Discussion: CNN
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 …
Bloomberg:
Trump Insists GOP Is the ‘Hot Party’ Despite Midterm Headwinds  —  President Donald Trump insisted Republicans have momentum in the upcoming midterm elections, even as the party faces a harsh electoral landscape and pressure from the White House over legislative priorities.
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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Michael Luciano / Mediaite:
Trump Gets His Highest Disapproval Rating Ever in Fox News Poll  —  A new Fox News poll released on Wednesday shows President Donald Trump's disapproval rating is the highest it has been in either of his two terms.  —  A whopping 59% of respondents said they disapprove of Trump's performance as president …
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.
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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NBC News:
Tensions flare during Iran briefing on Capitol Hill  —  Much of the frustration during the briefing for members of the House Armed Services Committee focused on the prospect of sending U.S. ground troops to Iran, sources said.  —  WASHINGTON — Tensions flared behind closed doors Wednesday …
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
White House holds off on CDC pick as search for permanent chief continues  —  The responsibilities of leading the agency will remain with Jay Bhattacharya, the head of the National Institutes of Health, who has been serving as acting CDC director since last month.
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New York Times:
Trump to Delay Nominating New C.D.C. Director
Discussion: Raw Story
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 …
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NBC News:
Trump housing official seeks new DOJ prosecution of Letitia James  —  Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte made two criminal referrals that allege the New York attorney general committed insurance fraud.  —  A Trump administration official made two criminal referrals Wednesday …
Hans Nichols / Axios:
Senate locked in staring contest on DHS as insults fly  —  Senate Republicans and Democrats are in a high-stakes staring contest over funding the Department of Homeland Security, with Democrats refining their demands to include “guardrails” on money authorized in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act.
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Cameron Peters / Vox:
How Trump is complicating TSA funding
About.usps.com:
U.S. Postal Service Announces Transportation-Related, Time-Limited Price Change  —  WASHINGTON — The U.S. Postal Service filed notice today with the Postal Regulatory Commission (PRC) regarding a time-limited price change to better align its costs of transportation with the market.
Chloe Atkins / NBC News:
DOJ says it erroneously relied on ICE memo to justify immigration courthouse arrests  —  The Justice Department said the memo “does not and has never applied to civil immigration enforcement actions in or near” immigration courts.  —  The Trump administration admitted in a court filing …
Discussion: Newsweek and WBUR
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Camille Mumford / Emerson Polling:
Maine 2026 Poll: Platner Leads Gov. Mills, Democrats Lead Sen. Collins in Maine  —  The first Emerson College Polling survey of the 2026 U.S. Senate election finds oyster farmer Graham Platner leading Governor Janet Mills in the Democratic Primary election, 55% to 28%.  Thirteen percent are undecided.
Discussion: The Hill and Political Wire
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 …
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Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Oops! DOJ civil rights chief accidentally reveals federal probe in social media post
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump says Justices Barrett, Gorsuch ‘sicken me’ after Supreme Court tariff ruling … President Donald Trump on Wednesday criticized two of his Supreme Court appointees — Justices Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett — for voting with other justices in the bombshell 6-3 decision that ruled …
Discussion: Newsweek, Mediaite and Reason
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 …
Discussion: The Guardian
Miranda Nazzaro / The Hill:
Trump administration settles social media censorship case  —  The Justice Department has settled a lawsuit over allegations that the Biden administration pressured social media companies to remove or suppress speech.  —  The settlement, filed in a Louisiana federal court …
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.
Robert Jimison / New York Times:
Trump Draws Bipartisan Backlash for Easing Oil Sanctions on Russia and Iran  —  Republicans and Democrats alike have criticized the Trump administration's moves, taken to stabilize oil markets rocked by the war with Iran, warning that it is benefiting two U.S. adversaries.
Discussion: The Dispatch
Bloomberg:
More US Counties See Population Drops Under Trump's Immigration Crackdown  —  Four in 10 US counties shrank last year as President Donald Trump's immigration crackdown continued to stifle the nation's main source of population growth.  —  Some 1,270 counties lost residents in the year to July 1 …
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.
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 …
 
 
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NBC News:
Jack Smith memo includes ‘damning evidence’ about Trump's handling of classified documents, top Democrat says
Anthony Blair / New York Post:
Loyola's student newspaper issues apology over Sheridan Gorman story — for correctly calling alleged killer an ‘illegal immigrant’
NBC News:
Ukraine's unique role in the Iran war: From the Politics Desk
Discussion: Iowa Public Radio
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
With Their Voter Bill Stymied, G.O.P. Leaders Ponder a Plan B
Discussion: NewsMax.com
 Earlier Items: 
Justin Baragona / Zeteo:
Bari Weiss Is ‘Rolling Out the Red Carpet’ for Pete Hegseth
Discussion: Raw Story
Rose Horowitch / The Atlantic:
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Discussion: HotAir and FOX 32 Chicago
emptywheel:
America's Bookend Wars for Oil
Discussion: CounterPunch
Eric Niiler / New York Times:
Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump's Attack on Science
Discussion: Scientific American
 

 
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