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Peter Sullivan / Axios:
GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war — Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. … - “There's other items we're looking at right now …
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Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump's Iran war is holding him hostage — If there is any consistency to Trump's policy, it is a series of frantic attempts to justify his original blunder and extricate himself from its dire consequences — Donald Trump has lost his Iran war. He is the Iranian hostage.
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Jennifer Rubin / The Contrarian:
What ‘deadline’? — The “deadline” for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz or face destruction of its power plants works like Donald Trump's “concept of a plan” on healthcare: it's always two weeks away. Trump surprised no one with his decision Friday to extend the deadline (the second such postponement) until April 6.
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Battle of the titans’: Trump's distorted reality on Iran war runs into a brick wall
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Raw Story
Gideon Rachman / Financial Times:
Iran could emerge from the war stronger and more dangerous
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Amelia Nierenberg / New York Times:
Trump Claims ‘Regime Change’ in Iran Is Already Complete
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David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says Iran Agreed to Allow 20 More Ships of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Pete Hegseth Just Revealed the Real Roots of His Sadism and Rage — When Pete Hegseth talks to God, he asks the Almighty to help him kill people—as violently and ruthlessly as possible. — In a potential violation of the separation of church and state, Hegseth has ordered monthly prayer meetings …
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Nathan Taylor Pemberton / New York Times:
‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying’: Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC — At a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era. — As the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference wound to a close …
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship — The administration builds its arguments on an 1800s campaign, led in part by a Confederate officer, that scholars say was steeped in anti-Black and anti-Chinese racism. — Alexander Porter Morse …
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Noa Shpigel / Haaretz:
Israel Passes Bill Mandating Death Penalty for Palestinians Convicted of Lethal Acts of Terrorism — The bill's wording creates a distinction designating it almost exclusively for Palestinian terror, while the ideological burden of proof it sets is expected to make its application to Jewish nationalist terror difficult to impossible
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
U.S. Army opens investigation into attack helicopter activities at Kid Rock's home, No Kings protest — NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — U.S. Army officials have ordered an investigation into the activities of two AH-64 Apache attack helicopters that flew over Saturday's “No Kings” …
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Army investigating video of Apache helicopter at Kid Rock's Nashville home
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Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
New Evidence Corroborates Claims of Trump Sex Accuser, 13 — CONNECTING THE DOTS — More information given by the woman has been backed up. — A new investigation has backed up evidence given by a woman who has accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13, according to a report.
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Jared Sharpe / UMass Amherst:
President Trump's Approval Sinks to 33% in New UMass Poll — Amidst war with Iran and deepening disapproval over his handling of inflation, immigration, jobs and tariffs, 17% of 2024 Trump voters now express reservations about their vote choice — A new national University …
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Andrew Perez / Zeteo:
First Draft: Are These Trump's Worst Poll Numbers... Ever?
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Trump says White House ballroom plans include ‘massive’ underground military complex — Trump told reporters on Sunday that “the ballroom essentially becomes a shed for what's being built under.” — President Donald Trump confirmed on Sunday that the military is building a “massive complex” under the White House ballroom.
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David Gilbert / Wired:
This Is How Trump Is Already Threatening the Midterms — WIRED surveyed the ways the Trump administration is working to manipulate this year's midterm elections. — President Donald Trump's rhetorical war on elections has seemed to only get more serious with time.
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Alana Goodman / The Washington Free Beacon:
‘There Are a Lot of People in Dearborn Who Are Sad’: Democratic Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Said He Needed To Stay Silent on Khamenei Killing Because Many of Michigan's Muslim Voters ‘Are Sad’ — El-Sayed made the comments during a campaign conference call a day after an Israeli strike killed …
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Ryan King / New York Post:
Leaked audio reveals Michigan Dem urged silence on Khamenei's death because of ‘sad’ voters
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Guy Benson / Washington Examiner:
Democrats oppose ICE itself, not abuses or overreach — In Focus delivers deeper coverage of the political, cultural, and ideological issues shaping America. Published daily by senior writers and experts, these in-depth pieces go beyond the headlines to give readers the full picture.
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Noah Berlatsky / Public Notice:
The Great Republican DHS Funding Rake-Stepping Fest
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David W. Chen / New York Times:
A Democratic Electrician Nabs a State Senate Seat in Republican Florida — With Brian Nathan's victory certified, Democrats won two of three state legislative races in this month's special elections, all in Republican-leaning districts. — Democrats on Monday officially claimed a second upset …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Trump says it's ‘possible’ Means will be withdrawn as surgeon general nominee — President Trump on Sunday indicated he was open to withdrawing his nomination of Casey Means, sister of White House senior adviser Calley Means, to be U.S. surgeon general, as reports indicate she does not have the necessary Republican support.
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Alec Hernandez / Politico:
Mark Sanford launches his comeback bid to Congress … The former Palmetto State politician — who slammed Trump for his brash personality and conduct during his first term — is seeking to reenter Republican politics even as Trump maintains his ironclad grip on the party.
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Caitlin Byrd / Post and Courier:
Mark Sanford files to run for his old congressional seat by sounding alarm on national debt
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The Hill, Roll Call and The Daily Caller
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
The Trump-voting pastor Democrats think could cost them a chance at a Nebraska Senate seat — Congressional news Donald Trump Primary elections Senate election — In Nebraska's Senate race, a Trump-supporting, anti-abortion pastor is running as a Democrat.
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New Republic and Raw Story
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge appears skeptical of Pentagon's latest press restrictions: ‘Is this a Catch-22?’ … “How weird is that?” the judge said. “Is this a Catch-22? Is this Kafka?” — Justice Department attorney Sarah Welch told Friedman that the information given to the Times may have preceded …
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Emma Janssen / American Prospect:
When ICE Blows Through Rural America — This article appears in the April 2026 issue of The American Prospect magazine. Read more from the issue. — ALBERT LEA, MINNESOTA - It's afternoon and I'm riding shotgun in Theron Gjersvik's pickup, patrolling the town to look for any sign of ICE.
Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Watchdog Has Gone Silent, Lawyers for Whistle-Blower Say — Lawyers for a fired Justice Department lawyer say the agency's inspector general appears to have ignored at least 20 different requests to scrutinize misconduct. — The Justice Department's internal watchdog …
Paul Krugman:
Pete Hegseth Believes in the Lethality Fairy — A month into the war, and now they're talking about pointless ground action and/or war crimes. — TRANSCRIPT — Pete Hegseth believes in the lethality fairy, and that's a very bad thing. Hi, Paul Krugman here.
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Jeremy Kohler / ProPublica:
A Nursing Home Owner Got a Trump Pardon. The Families of His Patients Got Nothing. — Reporting Highlights — Another Trump Pardon: Nursing home operator Joseph Schwartz was convicted of a $39 million fraud, but President Donald Trump pardoned him just three months into a three-year prison term.
Politico:
Poll: The battle for MAHA that could sway the midterms … Republicans hope the Make America Healthy Again movement becomes a permanent fixture of a big GOP tent. But the party can't count on its support heading into midterm elections this November. — New results from The POLITICO Poll show …
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