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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
And He Ran, He Ran So Far Away. From Iran, He Ran All... Average gasoline prices hit $4 per gallon today as the Strait of Hormuz remains effectively closed. As we'll discuss below, President Trump doesn't really care whether it opens again. So, uh, better adjust that gas budget for the long term.
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Financial Times, Salon, Raw Story and The Independent
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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Trump is not just sinking in the Gulf — As his poll numbers tank, the president's trade and immigration agendas are encountering judicial resistance too — “How many of you would like to see impeachment hearings [of Donald Trump]?” a big conservative crowd was asked in Texas last weekend.
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Middle East Monitor
NPR:
A U.S. journalist is kidnapped in Iraq
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The Hill, The Guardian, New York Sun, NewsMax.com, Al Jazeera, El País, WTOP News and Foreign Affairs, more at Mediagazer »
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz
Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz
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Financial Times, New York Magazine, New York Times, Washington Examiner, Straight Arrow News, The Guardian, CNBC, The Federalist, NewsMax.com, Council on Foreign Relations, Just Security, HotAir, Breitbart, The Gateway Pundit, Associated Press, Raw Story, The US Sun, New Republic, Bloomberg, Eschaton, RedState, Diane Ravitch's blog, Mediaite, Semafor, The Floridian, BusinessDay, Reuters and The Times of Israel
New Republic:
Trump's Rage Erupts Over War Failures as Pope's Harsh Rebuke Hits Hard
Trump's Rage Erupts Over War Failures as Pope's Harsh Rebuke Hits Hard
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Wall Street Journal, CBS News, The Daily Wire, Raw Story and Bloomberg
Steven Nelson / New York Post:
Trump tells The Post the war against Iran won't last ‘much longer’ —Strait of Hormuz will reopen ‘automatically’ after US exit
Trump tells The Post the war against Iran won't last ‘much longer’ —Strait of Hormuz will reopen ‘automatically’ after US exit
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Bloomberg, CBS News, ABC News, Washington Examiner, The Irish Times, 19FortyFive and Townhall
Ewan Palmer / The Daily Beast:
Trump Secretly Admits Humiliating Defeat on Major War Aim
Trump Secretly Admits Humiliating Defeat on Major War Aim
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Washington Examiner and Adam Kinzinger
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump attacks allies, signals Iran war may end without opening Hormuz
Trump attacks allies, signals Iran war may end without opening Hormuz
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Bloomberg, New Republic, GZERO, Breaking Defense, New York Post, The Daily Wire, CBS News, Mediaite, Raw Story, IJR and The Floridian
Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
Trump says Strait of Hormuz is the world's problem: ‘Go get your own oil!’
Trump says Strait of Hormuz is the world's problem: ‘Go get your own oil!’
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Bloomberg, The Hill, The Times of Israel, Mediaite, NewsMax.com, Raw Story, Washington Examiner, Blaze Media and NOTUS
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Showing reporters on Air Force One a series of posterboard images of his new ballroom last night …
Showing reporters on Air Force One a series of posterboard images of his new ballroom last night …
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USA Today
Daily Mail:
Secret double life of Kristi Noem's crossdressing husband Bryon: The pouting ‘busty bimbo’ photos and trove of explicit messages — Kristi Noem's husband is today revealed as a secret crossdresser who dons gigantic fake breasts and pink hotpants to chat with online fetish models.
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Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Kristi Noem weighs in on report husband lives cross-dressing double life: ‘The family was blindsided by this’ — Former Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem is “devastated” by salacious allegations her husband Bryon lives a double life in which he dabbled in cross-dressing and chatted online with fetish models.
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The US Sun, Newsweek, TMZ.com, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and IJR
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justices Reject Colorado Law Banning ‘Conversion Therapy’ for L.G.B.T.Q. Minors — Colorado and more than 20 other states restrict therapists from trying to change the gender identity or sexual orientation of L.G.B.T.Q. clients under the age of 18. — The Supreme Court on Tuesday sided …
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Slate, HotAir, Lawyers, Guns & Money, The Forward, NextDraft, Gay City News and Althouse
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Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ youth
Supreme Court rules against Colorado's ban on conversion therapy aimed at LGBTQ youth
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The Daily Caller, NOTUS, Axios, The Gateway Pundit, The Independent, CBS News and The Daily Wire
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Supreme Court rules against ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ minors
Supreme Court rules against ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ+ minors
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lgbtmap.org, The Daily Caller, The Hill, LGBTQ Nation and PinkNews
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Supreme Court strikes down conversion therapy ban
Supreme Court strikes down conversion therapy ban
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The Federalist
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
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RedState
ABC News:
Federal judge orders halt to White House ballroom construction — The judge said Trump can't build it without authorization from Congress. — President Donald Trump holds a rendering of the proposed new East Wing of the White House as he speaks to reporters aboard Air Force One en route …
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New York Times
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
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NBC News, Wall Street Journal, Reuters, Rolling Stone, Axios, Washington Examiner, NOTUS, New York Times, The Hill, Politico, Fox News, USA Today, MeidasTouch News, NPR, WJBK-TV, Los Angeles Times, CBS News, Newsweek, The Gateway Pundit, Washington Times, Forbes, The Independent, Daily Mail, Columbian, Deadline and Telegraph
New York Times:
Federal Judge Approves Trump Effort to Obtain List of Jews From Penn — The government's effort to collect the names and phone numbers of Jewish people on campus as it investigates antisemitism has upset some people who worry about how the information will be used.
Associated Press:
Judge blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio and Public Broadcasting Service — A federal judge has agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service.
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New York Times, CNN, NOTUS, The Hill, Bloomberg, Scripps News, Forbes, Washington Times, NPR, CBS News, twitchy.com, Newsweek, The Gateway Pundit, MS NOW, Deadline and New Republic, more at Mediagazer »
Catie Edmondson / New York Times:
TMZ Goes After Members of Congress Living It Up Amid DHS Shutdown — After lawmakers left Washington for a two-week spring break with the Department of Homeland Security shut down, the Hollywood tabloid began publishing photographs of them living it up around the country.
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Fox News, Washington Times, NewsMax.com, Miami New Times and TMZ.com
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Violet Jira / NOTUS:
TMZ Has a New Obsession: Vacationing Members of Congress
TMZ Has a New Obsession: Vacationing Members of Congress
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Wall Street Journal, The Guardian and Raw Story, more at Mediagazer »
Matt Gertz / Media Matters for America:
The antisemitic influencers who popularized the term “J-pilled” know exactly what it means — A New York Times report on young attendees at last weekend's Conservative Political Action Conference soft-peddled the movement's antisemitism by describing some right-wingers as “J-pilled” …
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Mediaite
Paul Krugman:
The Oil Crisis is About to Get Physical — From market speculation to crude reality — In normal times, about 20 percent of the world's oil production passes through the Strait of Hormuz. That flow has been cut off except for Iranian oil and a handful of other vessels the Iranians are allowing through.
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New York Times and The Cross Section
Mike Masnick / Techdirt:
Weeks After Denouncing Government Censorship On Rogan, Zuckerberg Texted Elon Musk Offering To Take Down Content For DOGE — On January 10th, 2025, Mark Zuckerberg sat down with Joe Rogan and put on quite a performance. He talked about how the Biden administration had pressured Meta to take down content.
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump's home airport in Florida will now be named after him — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) signed a law authorizing the name change, marking another example of Trump's name and likeness appearing on American buildings and institutions. — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) …
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NBC News, RedState, Politico, New York Times, Straight Arrow News, The New World, The US Sun, Washington Examiner, WTTG-TV, CNN, UPI, Florida Politics, MS NOW and The Floridian
Mother Jones:
The Nonsense Case Against Birthright Citizenship — Meet the conservative legal minds telling the Supreme Court to side with Trump. — On February 15, 2025, two law professors dropped a legal bombshell. Just three weeks before, President Donald Trump had signed an executive order attempting …
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Newsbusters and The Daily Caller
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
The man behind Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship
The man behind Donald Trump's push to end birthright citizenship
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, Associated Press, Washington Post, Reason, MS NOW, New York Post, Los Angeles Times, The Hill, CT Mirror, NPR, RealClearPolitics, The 19th, Bloomberg, Capital B News and Deseret News
ProPublica:
Trump's Justice Department Dropped 23,000 Criminal Investigations in Shift to Immigration — Reporting Highlights — A Striking Departure: The number of declinations marks a striking departure not only from the Biden administration but also the first Trump term, according to the ProPublica analysis.
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New Republic, Raw Story and The Independent
NBC News:
Army suspends aircrew flying helicopters near Kid Rock's home — The Army identified the aircraft as AH 64 Apache helicopters operating in the Nashville area. — The Army suspended the aircrew flying military helicopters by Kid Rock's house over the weekend, a U.S. official said Tuesday.
Gabrielle M. Etzel / Washington Examiner:
Trump administration restores family planning funds to Planned Parenthood — The Trump administration is extending family planning grants for Planned Parenthood after a protracted legal battle, creating another point of tension between the White House and anti-abortion advocates.
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The Daily Wire, SBA Pro-Life America, The Daily Caller, Raw Story and Americans United for Life
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Reveals Presidential Library Design: A Glass Tower in Miami — Video shows renderings of the building with golden escalators and a golden statue of the president raising his fist in the air — President Trump released mock-up images of a gleaming glass tower emblazoned with his last name …
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Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Track AIPAC's Methodology Is Just Vibes — Critics of Israel are lumped together with its strongest allies if ‘Track AIPAC’ doesn't like them enough. — Red light districts — Lately, you may have noticed red and green graphic cards from an organization called Track AIPAC 1 making the rounds on social media.
Stephen Robinson / Public Notice:
Tucker Carlson is not your friend — PN is supported by paid subscribers. Become one ⬇️ — 🌷 Subscribe to PN 🌷 — If you're a liberal on social media, you might have noticed an increasing number of Tucker Carlson videos showing up in your timeline.
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Slate
Katherine Long / Politico:
Iran threatens to strike US-owned infrastructure in the Middle East … A spokesperson for Microsoft declined to comment. Spokespeople for the other companies listed and the White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment. — The IRGC similarly threatened a handful …
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The Daily Caller and Wired, more at Techmeme »
AL-Monitor:
American journalist Shelly Kittleson abducted in Iraq — Local authorities are searching for Shelly Kittleson, who was abducted in Baghdad. — American freelance journalist Shelly Kittleson was abducted by unidentified individuals in Baghdad on Tuesday, Iraq's Interior Ministry said …
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Washington Examiner, CBS News, TMZ.com, Metro.co.uk, The US Sun, Fox News, Mediaite, Deadline, Human Events, The Gateway Pundit and New Republic
