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Politico:
‘I came, I saw, I conquered:’ Trump set to claim victory in Iran at primetime address … “Two, three weeks, definable objectives. ‘I came, I saw, I conquered’ — and we are hanging around a couple of weeks to conquer some more — maybe even then a ceasefire, while reiterating …
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New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Israel Strikes Tehran After Trump Says U.S. Will End War ‘Very Soon’ — Residents of the Iranian capital reported explosions early Wednesday. President Trump said the U.S. military campaign in Iran would end in two or three weeks. — Here's the latest.
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Tara Copp / Washington Post:
Trump, in address to nation, says conflict with Iran ‘nearing completion’
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NBC News:
What the polls say about the Iran war ahead of Trump's speech: From the Politics Desk
What the polls say about the Iran war ahead of Trump's speech: From the Politics Desk
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NewsMax.com
Telegraph:
Trump interview: The King would have stood by me over Iran
Trump interview: The King would have stood by me over Iran
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Salon, The Hill, The Guardian, The US Sun and The Independent
Reuters:
Hopes dim for swift end to Iran war after Trump speech, oil prices surge anew
Hopes dim for swift end to Iran war after Trump speech, oil prices surge anew
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Bloomberg, Los Angeles Times, MercoPress, France 24 and Daily Mail
Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump makes his case for Iran war, saying it will end ‘shortly’ but more strikes are ahead
Trump makes his case for Iran war, saying it will end ‘shortly’ but more strikes are ahead
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Associated Press, Bloomberg, Daily Mail, HuffPost, Wall Street Journal, France 24, Reuters, Fox News, The Gateway Pundit and Mediaite
NBC News:
‘We had to do it ourselves’: Trump forges ahead in Iran without traditional U.S. allies
‘We had to do it ourselves’: Trump forges ahead in Iran without traditional U.S. allies
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Raw Story, The Post Millennial, CBS News, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, Reuters and CNBC
Tom Nichols / The Atlantic:
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
Maybe Trump Should Not Have Given This Speech
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Axios:
Trump: U.S. will bomb Iran “back to stone ages” over next 2-3 weeks
Trump: U.S. will bomb Iran “back to stone ages” over next 2-3 weeks
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Washington Post:
Risky commando plan to seize Iran's uranium came at Trump's request
Risky commando plan to seize Iran's uranium came at Trump's request
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The Times of Israel, MS NOW, The US Sun and New York Times
Lisa Kailai Han / CNBC:
Stock futures fall after Trump says Iran war will continue for weeks: Live updates
Stock futures fall after Trump says Iran war will continue for weeks: Live updates
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WTOP News
New York Times:
Oil Prices Spike and Stocks Tumble After Trump Vows More Iran Strikes
Oil Prices Spike and Stocks Tumble After Trump Vows More Iran Strikes
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Reuters and Daily Mail
Tyler Pager / New York Times:
Trump Has Discussed Firing Attorney General Pam Bondi — President Trump has not made a final decision, but he has floated the idea of replacing Ms. Bondi with Lee Zeldin, the E.P.A. administrator. — President Trump has discussed firing Attorney General Pam Bondi in recent days …
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CNN:
Trump has discussed ousting Attorney General Pam Bondi, sources say — Trump says Iran war ‘nearing completion’ in address to the nation — Hear key exchange from Justice Roberts during birthright citizenship arguments — New CNN poll shows President Trump's approval rating on the economy at an all-time career low
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The Gateway Pundit
The Atlantic:
Public Anger Is Rising — For a brief moment last week, Congress started to do something productive. The Senate, after weeks of bickering and fruitless negotiations, unanimously approved legislation to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, taking a small but meaningful step toward resolving …
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Kevin Frey / MS NOW:
Mike Johnson caves on Senate's DHS deal, paving way to end shutdown
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Stephen I. Vladeck / New York Times:
Trump Will Lose the Birthright Citizenship Case. But in a Way, He's Already Won. — If anything was clear during Wednesday's Supreme Court oral argument in the birthright citizenship case, Trump v. Barbara, it's that President Trump is going to lose. The justices' questions were skeptical enough …
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Quinta Jurecic / The Atlantic:
Trump's Absurd Citizenship Arguments Went Nowhere
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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's grip on the Supreme Court seems to be slipping
Trump's grip on the Supreme Court seems to be slipping
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Axios, The Japan Times, Reuters, WTOP News and Associated Press
Financial Times:
Trump threatened to stop weapons for Ukraine unless Europe joined Hormuz coalition — Nato's top official urged key alliance members to offer help to US to reopen key waterway — Donald Trump threatened to stop supplying weapons for Ukraine in order to pressure European allies to join a …
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Ana Ley / New York Times:
Medical Examiner Rules That a Rohingya Refugee's Death Was a Homicide — An autopsy showed that the man suffered dehydration and hypothermia after Border Patrol agents dropped him off on a cold night in Buffalo. Gov. Kathy Hochul condemned their actions as cruel and inhumane.
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Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
Nurul Amin Shah Alam's Death Was a Homicide
Nurul Amin Shah Alam's Death Was a Homicide
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Associated Press, NY State Attorney General and Kennedy
Jasper Ward / Reuters:
DHS cancels policy requiring secretary to review contracts over $100,000 — U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin on Wednesday rescinded a policy requiring the secretary to approve contracts over $100,000, the Department of Homeland Security said.
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Tara Suter / The Hill:
DHS rescinds contract approval policy implemented by Noem
DHS rescinds contract approval policy implemented by Noem
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Politico, NewsMax.com, NOTUS and Raw Story
Jim Pattiz / More Than Just Parks:
BREAKING: Trump Administration Orders Dismantling of the U.S. Forest Service — Late Tuesday afternoon, with the subtlety of a wrecking ball and the morality of a foreclosure notice, the Trump administration announced the most devastating attack on the U.S. Forest Service in the agency's 121-year history.
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Suffers His Fourth—and Worst—Legal Blow in Just Hours — President Trump has been dealt his fourth legal loss in less than 24 hours, as the federal judiciary rebukes his various abuses of presidential powers. — On Tuesday evening, U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta rejected Trump's claim …
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Politico:
Democrats sue Trump administration over mail-in-voting order … “President Trump possesses no such authority to order such a sweeping change to American elections,” the suit argues. — The White House did not immediately respond to a request for a comment on the lawsuit …
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Associated Press:
'Bob's Burgers' actor Eugene Mirman rescued from fiery crash by New Hampshire governor's detail — “Bob's Burgers” voice actor and comedian Eugene Mirman suffered serious injuries after crashing his car into a toll plaza and being pulled from the fiery wreckage by a state trooper assigned to protect the governor of New Hampshire.
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TMZ.com, Los Angeles Times, Daily Mail, Variety, Fox News, Raw Story, WXIA-TV, Deadline and Just Jared
The Hill:
Trump's surgeon general nominee caught in GOP crossfire over MAHA — President Trump's nominee for U.S. surgeon general appears stuck in the Senate, the latest sign that some Republicans in Congress have reached their limit on the more divisive aspects of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) agenda.
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Washington Post and New York Magazine
Washington Post:
Ballroom commission changed documents at White House's request — Records show a staffer asked the commission to soften language about its own authority over the president's project — and it complied. — An independent planning commission reviewing President Donald Trump's ballroom building softened …
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NBC News:
Trump goes on a revenge tour in Indiana after failed redistricting vote — Trump is backing GOP challengers to lawmakers who opposed a redrawn congressional map last year as allies pour in millions of dollars ahead of the May primary. — Just weeks after Bluffton City, Indiana …
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New York Times
Politico:
Inside the blame game roiling Georgia's GOP Senate primary … “If Ossoff could write a playbook for how he wants this primary to go, this is exactly it,” said a GOP operative, who, like others interviewed for this story, was granted anonymity to speak candidly about the race's dynamics.
Bloomberg:
US Set to Roll Out Tiered Tariffs on Steel, Aluminum Imports — The Trump administration is preparing to outline a tiered system for its broad tariffs on steel and aluminum products in an attempt to simplify a process that has dogged American companies for months.
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Wall Street Journal, The Economist and NPR
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
FBI declares suspected Chinese hack of US surveillance system a ‘major cyber incident’ … The determination suggests the hackers successfully compromised swathes of sensitive data stored directly on FBI systems, likely marking a major counterintelligence coup for China.
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