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Liz Crampton / Politico:
'He's lied about everything': Iran war puts Trump on shaky ground with young MAGA men … Bolick is part of a cohort of young MAGA loyalists who are increasingly frustrated with Trump over the war in Iran. While Trump's decision to join Israel in attacking Iran has rallied war hawks …
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
On CPAC's Main Stage, Fissures in the Party Trump Remade — The Conservative Political Action Conference typically seeks to establish orthodoxy with its roster of speakers. This year, organizers created space for dissent, highlighting ongoing schisms in the MAGA movement.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
MAGA's eruption has so far kept Trump from endorsing in key Senate race
Marin Scotten / New Republic:
CPAC Host Stunned as Crowd Erupts in Cheers for Trump Impeachment
CPAC Host Stunned as Crowd Erupts in Cheers for Trump Impeachment
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Jeremy W. Peters / New York Times:
A Challenge for ‘No Kings’ Protests, the Third Time Around — Organizers want this to be largest protest yet. But is hitting a number enough to deliver an effective political movement? — Millions of Americans are expected to turn out on Saturday for mass demonstrations against President Trump …
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NBC News:
Third round of ‘No Kings’ protests are expected to be the largest so far, organizers say — Demonstrators across the country and the globe will protest against President Donald Trump on Saturday at over 3,000 planned events. — Millions are expected to gather across the country and around …
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Steve Karnowski / Associated Press:
Minnesota staging flagship ‘No Kings’ protest against Trump, with rallies in Europe, DC — Organizers of Saturday's “No Kings” rallies across the country are predicting that the protests against the actions of President Donald Trump and his administration could add up to one of the largest demonstrations …
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Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Mike Johnson's Institutional Betrayal — Who holds the power of the purse? Congress or the President? Mike Johnson has a clear answer: it's Trump. Our constitutional scheme of governance is less important than enforcing our new personalist regime. And if Trump needs to break a law …
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Punchbowl News:
House passes DHS stopgap as shutdown drags on — The House just passed a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security for 60 days. — But the move by Speaker Mike Johnson and his leadership team — which doesn't have the support of Democrats or the Senate — all but ensures the DHS shutdown …
Steve Mollman / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Impeachment: Democrat Warns President's GOP Support Cracking
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Punchbowl News:
3/28/26📝 Readback — Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best …
3/28/26📝 Readback — Welcome to The Readback, our weekend digest featuring the best …
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Riley Rogerson / Politico:
House Democrats rally behind DHS funding bill as GOP balks
House Democrats rally behind DHS funding bill as GOP balks
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Calen Razor / Politico:
Capitol agenda: DHS shutdown now in House's hands
Capitol agenda: DHS shutdown now in House's hands
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BBC:
Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launch missile at Israel for first time since war began — Summary — Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis launch a missile strike on Israel for first time since the war began - here's the latest — The group says it fired a barrage of ballistic missiles …
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Yemen's Houthis claim responsibility for missile attack on Israel as war in Middle East intensifies
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Washington Post:
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen launch attack on Israel for first time in war
Iran-backed Houthis in Yemen launch attack on Israel for first time in war
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Elena Giordano / Politico:
Iran-backed Houthis join Mideast war in sharp escalation
Iran-backed Houthis join Mideast war in sharp escalation
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Washington Post:
At least 10 U.S. troops wounded in Iranian attack on Saudi air base
At least 10 U.S. troops wounded in Iranian attack on Saudi air base
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Associated Press:
Iranian strike wounds US troops and damages planes at Saudi air base, official says
Iranian strike wounds US troops and damages planes at Saudi air base, official says
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
Wild Ultimatums and ‘Bombing Our Little Hearts Out’: A Portrait of Trump at War — President Trump has vacillated between boasting about U.S. military superiority and deep frustration that his war of choice is not always having the desired effects. — President Trump was fresh off the golf course, and his fury was building.
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Astead Herndon / Vox:
Even John Bolton is against this Iran war
Steven Sloan / Associated Press:
Trump's conflicting messages sow confusion over the Iran war
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Financial Times:
Global markets recoil as Marco Rubio warns war in Iran could stretch for weeks — Comments from US secretary of state come as oil jumps to $114 and Wall Street stocks slide — Marco Rubio warned of enduring disruptions to the Strait of Hormuz and said the war in Iran could stretch …
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Rubio and EU official had heated exchange on Russia at G7 meeting
Scoop: Rubio and EU official had heated exchange on Russia at G7 meeting
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Neil Irwin / Axios:
Consumers caught in triple stack of pain — Americans desperately want day-to-day life to be more affordable. Right now, they aren't getting it. … Since the onset of the Iran war, the cost of living looks likely to get worse, not better, at least in the near term.
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Emmett Lindner / New York Times:
The Iran War Has Diesel Prices Soaring, and Consumers Could Pay the Price
Adam Wren / Politico:
Why some Democrats want to shut off Hasan Piker's ‘megaphone’ … Piker's rise as a Democratic influencer and surrogate coincides with the party's long search for a path out of the wilderness, particularly in recapturing young men. — Piker is scheduled to appear on a livestreamed …
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Perry Stein / Washington Post:
Kash Patel's push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within FBI — The FBI director seeks to post documents on Rep. Eric Swalwell despite no public evidence of wrongdoing, officials said. — FBI Director Kash Patel is pressing to release a decade-old investigative file involving …
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Radley Balko / The Watch:
You can't hide your lying ICE — I'm currently working on a new edition of my first book, Rise of the Warrior Cop. It will have an updated introduction, plus at least two — and likely three — new chapters that will bring the police militarization narrative through the Biden years …
Oriana Pawlyk / Politico:
‘The alarm bells are going off’: Air travel hits new lows … Even investigators with the National Transportation Safety Board en route to LaGuardia Airport to investigate the crash there were not immune to the chaos: One specialist was stuck in an hourslong Transportation Security Administration line …
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Molly Parks / Washington Examiner:
Bill Maher presses Elissa Slotkin over Democratic stand against Iran war — Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) said that Operation Epic Fury had “for sure degraded” Iranian nuclear capabilities, as Bill Maher pressed her on the Iran war on Friday. — “I can say very openly, as a national security person …
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Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
The Latest Front in Stephen Miller's Personal War — The latest front in Stephen Miller's personal and political war on the 14th Amendment, which began last January with President Trump's executive order targeting birthright citizenship, centers on the equal protection clause.
