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Donald J. Trump / The White House:
Ensuring Citizenship Verification and Integrity in Federal Elections  —  By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, including the Help America Vote Act of 2002 (52 U.S.C. 20901 et seq.), the National Voter Registration Act of 1993 …
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Politico:
Trump signs order limiting mail-in voting … “If Trump signs an unconstitutional Executive Order to take over voting, we will sue.  I don't bluff and I usually win,” Elias wrote on social media.  —  At the signing ceremony, Trump dismissed any potential challenge, saying “I don't know how it can be challenged. ...
Nandita Bose / Reuters:
Trump signs order on mail ballots, escalating election overhaul push  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at tightening mail-in voting rules nationwide that would direct his administration to create a list of confirmed U.S. citizens eligible to vote in each state.
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump To Crack Down On Mail-In Voting With New Executive Order  —  President Donald Trump is expected to sign an executive order Tuesday cracking down on mail-in voting across the country, the Daily Caller learned first.  —  The executive order will require the Secretary …
NBC News:
Trump signs an executive order to create federal voter lists  —  The order, which is expected to be quickly challenged in court, is the president's second effort to use executive authority to shape the country's election rules.  —  President Donald Trump again attempted to exert control …
Mark R. Warner / New York Times:
The Greatest Threat to Our Elections Is No Longer Foreign
Discussion: France 24
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.
Discussion: HotAir, Rolling Stone, Advocate and Newsweek
Phillip Nieto / Daily Mail:
Shocked Trump reacts to Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband after Daily Mail blew lid on national security scandal  —  Donald Trump was stunned to learn that Kristi Noem's husband is a secret cross-dresser who experts say could have compromised national security, the President revealed …
emptywheel:
Days after Daily Mail Implicates Stephen Miller in Alex Pretti Murder, Daily Mail Responds with Boobies  —  The most important passage from the Daily Mail (archive link) you need to read this week are these paragraphs describing how, in advance of the Alex Pretti murder …
Chris Nesi / New York Post:
Shocking pictures of Kristi Noem's cross-dressing husband flaunting giant fake breasts revealed — sparking grave security questions  —  These are the photos that allegedly show Kristi Noem's husband Bryon wearing comically oversized, lopsided breasts - complete with fake protruding nipples …
Discussion: Fox News and Ace of Spades HQ
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ Over Report Of Husband's Fetish
Discussion: New York Times and Wonkette
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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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Halts White House Ballroom Construction  —  What We're Covering Today  — White House Ballroom: A federal judge ordered construction of President Trump's White House ballroom halted on Tuesday, saying work must come to a stop “unless and until Congress blesses this project.”
Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it
Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Rages After Judge Blocks White House Ballroom Construction
Discussion: Raw Story
NPR:
Trump hints at an end to military action in Iran, saying U.S. will leave in 2-3 weeks  —  President Trump said on Tuesday that the United States will be leaving Iran very soon, giving a two to three week timetable.  —  Trump's remarks came in response to a question about gas prices …
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Associated Press:
Trump: US could leave Iran in 2 to 3 weeks, securing Strait of Hormuz is ‘not for us’
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
And He Ran, He Ran So Far Away. From Iran, He Ran All...
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.
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Politico:
With gas prices on the rise, Trump officials discuss feared $150 oil  —  White House braces for a potential oil spike to $150 or higher as the Iran war chokes supply … The oil price discussions are largely being run through the National Energy Dominance Council, a standard policy coordinating committee …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and New York Times
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Paul Krugman:
The Oil Crisis is About to Get Physical
Discussion: The Cross Section
Lindsay Whitehurst / Associated Press:
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids  —  The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.  An 8-1 high court majority sided …
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Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Pete Hegseth lifts suspension of Kid Rock Army helicopter flyby crews after Trump comments … Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday abruptly reversed the U.S. Army's suspension hours earlier of two AH 64 Apache helicopter crews that flew around musician Kid Rock's home in Nashville, Tenn., over the weekend.
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NBC News:
Army suspends aircrew flying helicopters near Kid Rock's home
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.
Advocate:
Keep up with the latest in LGBTQ+ news and politics.  Sign up for The Advocate's email newsletter.  —  Little signed House Bill 752 at about 4:50 p.m., according to a daily tracking log released by the governor's office.  Idaho advocate Nikson Mathews said the governor acted …
Guy Benson / Washington Examiner:
The politics of erasing Iryna Zarutska  —  Iryna Zarutska, a 23-year-old Ukrainian refugee, was murdered in Charlotte last summer.  She was minding her own business, seated on a public transit train, when a deranged felon abruptly attacked her from behind, without warning, allegedly stabbing her to death.
Andrew Atterbury / Politico:
NFL pledges to keep ‘Rooney Rule’ despite Florida's warning … The NFL's stance supporting the Rooney Rule, expressed this week by Goodell and other key leaders — namely Pittsburgh Steelers team President Art Rooney II — could put the league on a collision course with Florida and its Republican leaders.
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Track AIPAC's Methodology Is Just Vibes  —  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.  As is often the case with viral political content online, the cards do not make much sense.
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.
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” …
New York Times:
Justice Dept. Struggles to Respond to Trump's Suit Against I.R.S.  —  Officials at the department and the White House are in the middle of a messy and complicated debate over how to respond to President Trump's lawsuit demanding $10 billion from the I.R.S.  —  The Justice Department …
Associated Press:
Bulls waive guard Jaden Ivey after anti-LGBTQ+ comments, remarks about religion on Instagram  —  The Chicago Bulls waived guard Jaden Ivey on Monday in the wake of anti-LGBTQ+ comments and remarks about religion he made in videos on his Instagram account.  “They proclaim Pride Month in the NBA,” he said.
 
 
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Al Jazeera:
Iran's FM confirms contact with US envoy Witkoff, denies talks under way
Discussion: Breitbart and NewsMax.com
Financial Times:
Iran war gives Chinese exporters chance to grab global market share
Felipe De La Hoz / New Republic:
This Is a Historic Opportunity for Democrats to Get Immigration Right
NBC News:
Why Democrats still face an uphill climb to win the Senate: From the Politics Desk
Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
America Now Has an EV Rust Belt. High Gas Prices Won't Rescue It.
Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Johnson digs in after GOP resistance torpedoes DHS funding deal
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
Konstantin Toropin / Associated Press:
Thousands more US troops are heading to the Middle East
Carl Hulse / New York Times:
Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew
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Herb Scribner / Axios:
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Ted Widmer / The Guardian:
Trump is flailing in Iran. Every word he says adds to the muddle
Praveena Somasundaram / Washington Post:
Trump's home airport in Florida will now be named after him
Discussion: NBC News, RedState and The New World
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Reveals Presidential Library Design: A Glass Tower in Miami
 

 
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Ashley Capoot / CNBC:
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Carl Franzen / VentureBeat:
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Bloomberg:
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