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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Iran to “get serious” in negotiations “before it is too late”  —  President Trump on Thursday called on the Iranian regime “to get serious soon” in negotiations with the U.S. “before it is too late.” … - Trump's five-day pause on strikes against Iranian energy infrastructure expires Saturday …
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.
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
Fox News' united front in support of Trump's Iran war may be breaking down  —  Host Laura Ingraham warns escalation could produce “cascading problems for the region,” political turmoil for the GOP  —  Four weeks after President Donald Trump launched a poorly conceived war of choice against Iran …
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.
Joshua Keating / Vox:
Trump says the Iran war is over.  So why won't he end it?  —  One way or another, President Donald Trump would like you to believe the war in Iran is wrapping up soon.  —  Key takeaways  — Though President Donald Trump is signaling that he wants the war in Iran to wind down soon …
Jonathan V. Last / The Bulwark:   Boots on the Ground Because Idk Why Not 🤷‍♂️
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Poll: Americans reject ICE at airports, want Trump to end the war in Iran  —  This article reports results from a special flash poll conducted by Strength In Numbers and Verasight from March 24-25, 2026, among 750 U.S. adults (margin of error +/- 3.6%).  You can read our previous poll releases here.
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Kaia Hubbard / CBS News:
DHS shutdown live updates as Senate GOP sends “last and final” offer to Democrats  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  What to know about Day 41 of the DHS shutdown:  — Senate Majority Leader John Thune said Republicans have submitted their “last and final” offer to end the shutdown …
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Politico:
‘I just want to go home’  —  Presented by IN TODAY'S EDITION:  — DHS despair takes hold
Discussion: The Hill
Politico:   ‘I just want to go home’: Despair settles over the Capitol as DHS deal hopes evaporate
Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: DHS despair takes hold on the Hill
Discussion: NBC News and The Hill
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 …
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.
Discussion: Democracy Docket and Raw Story
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Samuel Benson / Politico:
Trump-backed Utah redistricting repeal fails to make ballot
Dan Pfeiffer / The Message Box:
The Republican Collapse Has Begun — And Trump Is Leading It  —  From Mar-a-Lago to the polls, the evidence of Trump's political crisis is everywhere — and it's getting worse.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Donald Trump's stranglehold on American politics is coming to an end.
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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 …
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.
New York Times:
After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table … At President Trump's inaugural Board of Peace meeting in Washington last month, his special envoy, Steve Witkoff, unveiled a promising new partnership with Pakistan.  —  It was not a governmental decree against terrorism or war.
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Times
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Yesterday Trump told reporters that Iran “gave us a present and the present arrived today.  It was a very big present worth a tremendous amount of money," he said.  “It wasn't nuclear-related, it was oil and gas-related,” he added.  —  Today Katherine Doyle, Courtney Kube …
Discussion: Wonkette and emptywheel
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Alexander Mallin / ABC News:
DOJ to pay ex-Trump adviser Michael Flynn $1M to settle malicious prosecution suit: Sources
Census.gov:
Slow Growth Impacts Nation's Largest Counties Hardest  —  Diminishing Population Gains in Metro Areas Highlight Nationwide Trend  —  MARCH 26, 2026 - Population growth slowed in a majority of the nation's 3,143 counties and the District of Columbia between July 1, 2024, and July 1, 2025 …
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Dell Cameron / Wired:
Using a VPN May Subject You to NSA Spying  —  US lawmakers are pressing Tulsi Gabbard to reveal whether using a VPN that connects to overseas servers can strip Americans of their constitutional protections against warrantless surveillance.  —  Six Democratic lawmakers are pressing …
Associated Press:
Transgender women athletes banned from Olympics by new IOC policy on female eligibility  —  Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump's executive order on women's sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
bklg:
Two-Thirds of Open Somali Cases Placed on “Somali Rocket Docket” Report on Fast-Tracked Somali Cases in Immigration Court  —  In January and February 2026, lawyers representing Somalis in immigration court began reporting that cases with no future hearing, or with one set for years away …
Victoria Guida / Politico:
Carney's Grand Ambition On Trade Does Not Include Trump … Anders Fogh Rasmussen, the former secretary-general of NATO, has a soft spot for America.  —  “Since childhood, I have admired the U.S.,” he told me recently on a video call.  —  Yet when we spoke, Rasmussen had just finished …
Wall Street Journal:
The Well-Timed Trades Made Moments Before Trump's Policy Surprises  —  The president's critics have raised concerns about the action in oil futures, S&P 500 ETF options and prediction markets  —  President Trump has moved markets with sudden shifts in policy, from tariff U-turns to military strikes.
Justin Spike / Los Angeles Times:
Hungary's government files charges against prominent journalist for alleged espionage  — 5 min Click here to listen to this article  — Hungary's government files espionage charges against investigative journalist Szabolcs Panyi, who reported on the foreign minister's communications with Moscow.
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Zeteo:
First Draft: The Thug of War  —  Pete Hegseth's colleagues at the Pentagon are calling him ‘Dumb McNamara,’ and Biden's secretary of state almost, sort of feels bad about enabling a genocide.  —  ∙ Paid … Hi, all.  It's Swin and Andrew, again.  Swin is heading to Minnesota …
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump explains why he cast a mail ballot in Florida's election: 'Because I'm president'  —  Trump frequently criticizes mail-in voting, although he says there should be exceptions.  He said he “couldn't be there” to vote in Florida's recent special election because he's president.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
Financial Times:
US inflation will surge to 4.2% on energy shock, warns OECD  —  Middle East war to push American price growth to ‘highest in G7’  —  The Middle East crisis will fuel a surge in US inflation to 4.2 per cent this year, the highest in the G7, according to an OECD forecast that highlights the cost of the US-Israeli war with Iran.
Mike Allen / Axios:
⚡ Axios AM: Pentagon's “final blow”  —  ⚾ Happy Thursday!  MLB's guide to Opening Day.  — 🎂 Bob Woodward — whose memoir, “Secrets,” is coming Sept. 29 — turns 83 today. … 1 big thing: Claude's comeback path … - Anthropic's AI is vastly better for warfare than any other AI on the market.
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Brian Fitzpatrick delivers a warning on GOP reconciliation redo  —  As House Republicans start to dream big about another party-line bill, one key member who voted down the last GOP reconciliation bill is warning his colleagues not to count on his support.  Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.) …
Discussion: Raw Story and Washington Examiner
Anna Kramer / NOTUS:
Pentagon Called ‘God Squad’ to Cut Protections for Endangered Whales in the Gulf of Mexico  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth cited national security concerns for the request, a new legal filing shows.  — Copy  —  The Defense Department is invoking national security concerns to try …
Just The News:
U.S. intercepted Ukraine government messages discussing plot to route money to Biden re-election  —  Newly-unclassified documents show that in 2022 Ukrainian officials discussed diverting hundreds of millions of U.S. tax dollars — earmarked for clean energy — back to Biden's ill-fated 2024 campaign.
Bloomberg:
Trump Team Examines What Oil as High as $200 a Barrel Would Mean  —  Trump administration officials are examining what a potential spike in oil prices as high as $200 a barrel would mean for the economy, according to people familiar with the matter, a sign senior officials are studying …
 
 
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Ministry of Foreign Affairs:
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Jerusalem Post:
Strike kills IRGC Navy chief Tangsiri in Strait of Hormuz, Israeli official tells ‘Post’
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