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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.
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 …
Reagan Reese / The Daily Caller:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump To Crack Down On Mail-In Voting With New Executive Order
Washington Post:
Trump issues order attempting to change rules for mail-in voting
Discussion: Votebeat and ABC News
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.
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
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Shawn McCreesh / New York Times:
In South Dakota, Neighbors Feel Sorry for Kristi Noem's Husband
Discussion: Politico
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ Over Report Of Husband's Fetish
Discussion: Wonkette
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Associated Press:
Trump plans to attend Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on his bid to limit birthright citizenship  —  President Donald Trump plans to sit in on Wednesday's Supreme Court hearing on birthright citizenship, making him the first sitting president to attend oral arguments at the nation's highest court.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump suggests he will attend birthright citizenship arguments at Supreme Court
Michael Waldman / Brennan Center for Justice:
Birthright Citizenship Shouldn't Be Up for Debate
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:
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:
Trump: US could leave Iran in 2 to 3 weeks, securing Strait of Hormuz is ‘not for us’  —  President Donald Trump said Tuesday the U.S. will not “have anything to do with” securing the Strait of Hormuz and predicted attacks on Iran could end within 2 to 3 weeks.  —  LATEST VIDEOS
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AL-Monitor:
American journalist Shelly Kittleson abducted in Iraq
NPR:
Trump hints at an end to military action in Iran, saying U.S. will leave in 2-3 weeks
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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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 …
Wall Street Journal:
U.A.E. Wants to Force Hormuz Open and Is Willing to Join the Fight  —  Gulf state begins effort to persuade U.S. and others to open waterway by any means necessary  —  The United Arab Emirates is preparing to help the U.S. and other allies open the Strait of Hormuz by force, Arab officials said …
Connor Stringer / Telegraph:
Trump interview: I am strongly considering pulling out of Nato  —  Exclusive: US president tells The Telegraph alliance is a ‘paper tiger’ and claims UK does not even have a navy  —  Donald Trump has told The Telegraph he is strongly considering pulling the United States out of Nato after it failed to join his war on Iran.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Trump to address nation on Iran war Wednesday night, White House says … President Donald Trump on Tuesday said he expected that U.S. military forces will leave Iran in “two or three weeks.”  —  “We leave because there's no reason for us to do this,” Trump told reporters at the White House.
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Ryan Bort / Rolling Stone:
Trump Rages After Judge Blocks White House Ballroom Construction
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 …
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 …
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.
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.
Minho Kim / New York Times:
Appeals Court Stops V.O.A. Journalists From Quickly Returning  —  A panel of three judges halted the lower court order to reinstate all full-time Voice of America reporters and support staff who had been put on paid leave.  —  A federal appeals court on Tuesday paused a lower-court ruling …
Reuters:
Swedish PM Kristersson's Moderates party wants to form majority government with Sweden Democrats after September election  —  Swedish Prime Minister Ulf Kristersson said on Wednesday that his Moderates party wants to form a majority government that includes the anti-immigration Sweden Democrats …
Discussion: Bloomberg
Sharon Terlep / Wall Street Journal:
America Now Has an EV Rust Belt.  High Gas Prices Won't Rescue It.  —  GM supplier Magna is stuck with a plant built to churn out parts for battery-powered pickups; ‘the magnitude of uncertainty is unparalleled’  —  ST. CLAIR, Mich.—At first, North America's biggest auto-parts supplier …
Financial Times:
Iran war gives Chinese exporters chance to grab global market share  —  Ample oil reserves and renewables growth make manufacturing sector more resilient than rivals  —  The US and Israel's war on Iran is expected to help China's exporters gain global market share from rivals in countries hit harder …
Discussion: BusinessDay
 
 
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NBC News:
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Johnson digs in after GOP resistance torpedoes DHS funding deal
Discussion: New York Post and IJR
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Backdoor Funding of Homeland Security Agency Could Weaken Congress Anew
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Ian Millhiser / Vox:
Why an 8-1 Supreme Court just ruled in favor of anti-LGBTQ+ “conversion therapy”
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