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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium — The president hasn't made a decision, U.S. officials said, as he considers the risk to U.S. troops — WASHINGTON—President Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran …
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’ — US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue — Donald Trump has said he wants to “take the oil in Iran” and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island, as the US sends thousands of troops to the Middle East.
New York Times:
U.S. Special Operations Forces Sent to Mideast as Trump Weighs Next Move — The commandos have not been assigned specific roles. But President Trump has expressed concern about the now-closed Strait of Hormuz and Iran's store of enriched uranium. — Several hundred U.S. Special Operations forces …
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Helene Cooper / New York Times:
There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast — The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the region at roughly 10,000 more than usual. — The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number …
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Simon Tisdall / The Guardian:
Trump is contemplating the sheer folly of boots on the ground in Iran. How did it come to this?
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Newsweek, Al Jazeera, UPI, Salon, Washington Times, NewsMax.com, Raw Story and The Gateway Pundit
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. James Lankford does not rule out supporting ground operations in Iran
Sen. James Lankford does not rule out supporting ground operations in Iran
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NewsMax.com, HuffPost and The Guardian
Jason Cohen / The Daily Caller:
Scott Jennings Mocks Democrats Over Radical ‘No Kings’ Rallies — Republican strategist Scott Jennings ridiculed the Democratic Party on Sunday over its Saturday “No Kings” protests. — Thousands of protesters descended upon Washington, D.C. as part of the nationwide “No Kings Day” …
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Susan Page / USA Today:
Red flare for Trump: ‘No Kings’ rallies a show of political force
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Breitbart, New York Times, WNYW-TV, New York Post, Block Club Chicago, Washington Times, Washington Post and WTTG-TV
David Spector / New York Post:
‘No Kings’ protests turn violent in Portland, LA and Dallas — as rally near Mar-a-Lago takes bizarre turn
‘No Kings’ protests turn violent in Portland, LA and Dallas — as rally near Mar-a-Lago takes bizarre turn
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Dallas Voice, The Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, TMZ.com, Los Angeles Times, RedState, KPTV-TV, Newsweek, WTTG-TV, Fox News and New York Sun
Tim Balk / New York Times:
5 Takeaways From the ‘No Kings’ Rallies as the Midterms Heat Up
5 Takeaways From the ‘No Kings’ Rallies as the Midterms Heat Up
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The Dean's Report, WJBK-TV, UPI, France 24, Digby's Hullabaloo, Gothamist, Salon and CBS News
Bloomberg:
The Strait of Hormuz Oil Shock Is Now Heading West — The biggest oil supply shock in history has reached the one-month mark. Prices have surged, growth forecasts are being cut worldwide, and shortages are emerging across Asia, from Thailand to Pakistan. — But the energy industry is warning that the crisis is only beginning.
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Washington Examiner and Commodity Context
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Ryan C. Smith / Liberal Currents:
“Worse Than the 1970s” — Donald Trump, it seems, has managed to outdo his first term's mismanagement of COVID-19 with an economic crisis of extraordinary scope and scale, entirely of his making. In a recent interview, International Energy Agency (IEA) Chief Fatih Birol asserted …
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on
Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on
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New York Times, WTOP News and PBS NewsHour
Dona Ora / custodia:
Joint Press Release - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land — This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land …
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Kathryn Palmer / USA Today:
Cory Booker says Democrats have ‘failed this moment,’ need new leaders — Sen. Cory Booker in a new interview said the Democratic Party has “failed this moment,” urging the left to support new leadership to temper the nation's deep divides. — Speaking to NBC News' “Meet the Press” …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Sen. Cory Booker says he's ‘definitely not ruling out’ a possible presidential run
Sen. Cory Booker says he's ‘definitely not ruling out’ a possible presidential run
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The Guardian, Washington Times and The Hill
Wall Street Journal:
WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate — Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise. Starting this season, players' average salary will top $580,000. — After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel …
New York Times:
U.S. to Allow Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Breaking Blockade — The tanker full of crude oil could reach its expected destination by Tuesday, providing a lifeline to the island amid intense U.S. pressure. — The United States Coast Guard is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba …
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New York Times:
Trump's Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized — The White House fence was redesigned to be taller and more secure. — Over nine months of public meetings, the National Capital Planning Commission weighed in on the size of the fence piers, the decorative tops, the thickness …
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The Independent, Forbes, Daily Mail, Mediaite and Digby's Hullabaloo
Axios:
Some Dems' 2028 strategy: a straight, white, Christian man — Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party's best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man — perhaps a straight, white, Christian man. — Their fear, divulged …
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TMZ.com:
Lindsey Graham Vacationing at Disney World Amid Shutdown — I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!! … Lindsey Graham was ineffective talking his colleagues into keeping the government open, but he had a great convo with Mickey Mouse Sunday ... at Disney World!!! — The Senator had breakfast …
Nicole Winfield / Associated Press:
Pope Leo XIV rejects claims that God justifies war in Palm Sunday Mass message — Pope Leo XIV on Sunday rejected claims that God justifies war and prayed especially for Christians in the Middle East during a Palm Sunday Mass before tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square.
James Romoser / Wall Street Journal:
Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink — President fumes at justices as they prepare to take up his next big case — WASHINGTON—President Trump's relationship with the Supreme Court has never been more toxic. Now, it risks getting worse.
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Francesca Micheletti / Politico:
Iran threatens US campuses in Middle East — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned it may retaliate for recent U.S. and Israeli strikes on two Iranian universities. — Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps warned it may retaliate against American university campuses in the Middle East …
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Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown — There's something melodic about watching the sun rise over a rural stillness broken only by the rhythms of steel wheels on tracks. Or so we tell ourselves.
Adam Wren / Politico:
Democrats Have a Rahm Emanuel Problem … He grabs the ramekin of the dressing. He pours it across the salad. Then he picks up the salad container, shaking it with an intensity and ferocity that forces the balsamic throughout, giving no quarter to the greens and the grilled chicken.

