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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. ...
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Raw Story, Washington Examiner and The Guardian
Associated Press:
Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move sure to face legal challenges — President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order creating a nationwide list of verified eligible voters, a move that is sure to draw legal challenges as the president continues …
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MS NOW, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, New York Times, MPR News and WTOP News
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.
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twitchy.com, Washington Times, Bloomberg and Daily Mail
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 …
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Patterico's Pontifications
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 …
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CBS News, Election Law Blog, Townhall, NewsMax.com, Associated Press, The Guardian, RedState, Raw Story, New York Post, NOTUS, The Daily Wire, The Independent, The Hill, Democracy Docket, Adam Kinzinger, The Post Millennial, WNYW-TV, Mediaite, Honolulu Star-Advertiser and The Gateway Pundit
Garrett Downs / CNBC:
Trump signs executive order limiting mail-in voting ahead of 2026 U.S. elections
Trump signs executive order limiting mail-in voting ahead of 2026 U.S. elections
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Election Law Blog and The National Pulse
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
BREAKING: Trump will sign sweeping order attacking mail-in voting
BREAKING: Trump will sign sweeping order attacking mail-in voting
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New York Sun, UPI, Congressman Hakeem Jeffries, NPR, The Japan Times and The Hill
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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Townhall, PinkNews, Breitbart, The Spectator, RedState, Advocate, Instapundit, Fox News, New York Sun, Megyn Kelly, Mediaite, them., LGBTQ Nation and The Independent
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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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Fox News, HotAir, Advocate, Newsweek, Talking Points Memo and Rolling Stone
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 …
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The Daily Wire, IJR, New York Post, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite and Raw Story
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
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Ace of Spades HQ
Paige Skinner / HuffPost:
Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ Over Report Of Husband's Fetish
Kristi Noem ‘Devastated’ Over Report Of Husband's Fetish
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Wonkette
NBC News:
Trump plans to attend oral arguments in Supreme Court birthright citizenship case — Both the Supreme Court and the Supreme Court Historical Society have said there is no official record of any sitting president attending oral arguments. — President Donald Trump said that he plans …
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Daily Mail, Newsweek, RedState, The Independent, CBS News, Raw Story and Washington Times
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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.
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Axios, WTTG-TV, El País, Breitbart, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, Washington Examiner, The Hill, Washington Times, KTVZ, The National Pulse and MS NOW
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump suggests he will attend birthright citizenship arguments at Supreme Court
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Michael Waldman / Brennan Center for Justice:
Birthright Citizenship Shouldn't Be Up for Debate
Birthright Citizenship Shouldn't Be Up for Debate
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Fox News, NBC News, New York Times, Los Angeles Times, NPR, MS NOW, New York Post, WNYW-TV, Mediaite, Washington Monthly, The Contrarian, SCOTUSblog, Associated Press, Reason and CT Mirror
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, Washington Post, Newsweek, CNN, Bloomberg, HotAir, Townhall, Times of San Diego, Raw Story, NewsMax.com, The Daily Wire, The Daily Signal, UPI, NOTUS, Rolling Stone, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, WNYW-TV, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, twitchy.com, Washington Examiner, Washington Times, Politico, WPLN News, CBS News, Associated Press, Mediaite, The Gateway Pundit, New Republic, Variety, MS NOW, The Hill, Los Angeles Times, Fox News, Diane Ravitch's blog, WGSO 990AM and Deadline, more at Mediagazer »
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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Halts White House Ballroom Construction
Trump Administration Live Updates: Judge Halts White House Ballroom Construction
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Fox News, All Rise News, The Parnas Perspective, Deseret News, NewsMax.com, twitchy.com and Newsweek
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 …
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The Times of Israel, Bloomberg, NewsMax.com, Al Jazeera and USNI News
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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.
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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Raw Story, CBS News, NBC News, The Hill, Washington Times, UPI, TMZ.com, twitchy.com, Billboard, The Daily Wire, Military and Veteran …, The Gateway Pundit, Mediaite, Reuters, Rolling Stone, France 24 and New Republic
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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 …
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Axios, WTOP News, NewsMax.com and New York Times
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
Trump Rages After Judge Blocks White House Ballroom Construction
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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 …
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.
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Politico, New York Sun, Metro.co.uk, HuffPost and The US Sun
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.
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Raw Story, OutKick, WTOP News and The Contrarian
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 …
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Associated Press and Washington Times
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 …
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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 …
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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The US Sun, Breitbart, Al Jazeera, NewsMax.com, New York Times, Politico, The Hill and Grabien
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.


