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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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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 …
Telegraph:
Trump interview: The King would have stood by me over Iran  —  His Majesty would have ‘taken a very different stand’ from Starmer on Iran, insists US president in exclusive interview with The Telegraph  —  Donald Trump has said he believes the King would have stood by him over the war in Iran.
NBC News:
‘We had to do it ourselves’: Trump forges ahead in Iran without traditional U.S. allies  —  Trump's approach to the war in Iran is emblematic of how he has pushed the boundaries of presidential power both at home and overseas.  —  In his prime-time speech Wednesday night …
Tara Copp / Washington Post:
Trump, in address to nation, says conflict with Iran ‘nearing completion’
New York Times:
Iran Is Skeptical About Diplomacy for Now, U.S. Intelligence Says
Discussion: NewsMax.com and Breitbart
Bloomberg:
Rubio Co-Sponsored Law That Blocks Trump From Pulling Out of NATO
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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Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's grip on the Supreme Court seems to be slipping
Discussion: Reuters and WTOP News
Mark Sherman / Associated Press:
Supreme Court casts doubt on Trump's bid to limit birthright citizenship as he attends arguments
Kate Riga / Talking Points Memo:
Justices Express Skepticism Over Birthright Citizenship Case They Never Should Have Taken in the First Place
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 …
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  —  Just days after labeling the Senate deal to end the record-breaking shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security a “crap sandwich,” House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., appears ready to swallow it whole.
New York Times:
G.O.P. Leaders Strike Deal to End Homeland Security Shutdown  —  A bill to reopen the department, which the House G.O.P. rejected on Friday, could be approved as early as Thursday.  It was a sharp turnaround by the lawmakers and President Trump.  —  Senate and House Republican leaders announced …
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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Katherine Doyle / NBC News:
Trump makes his case for Iran war, saying it will end ‘shortly’ but more strikes are ahead  —  In his first prime-time address to the American public about the conflict, Trump said the U.S. will strike Iran “back to the Stone Ages” in the “next two to three weeks.”  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
NBC News:
What the polls say about the Iran war ahead of Trump's speech: From the Politics Desk  —  Plus, digging into Trump's recent rhetoric on “regime change” in Iran.  And the Supreme Court takes up birthright citizenship.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE  —  By The Politics Desk
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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.
Discussion: NBC News, Associated Press and Reuters
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Julia Métraux / Mother Jones:
Nurul Amin Shah Alam's Death Was a Homicide  —  County medical examiners announced the ruling on Wednesday.  New York Attorney General Letitia James is investigating.  —  On Wednesday, the Erie County Medical Examiner's Office announced that it ruled the death of Nurul Amin Shah Alam …
Associated Press:   Homicide ruling made in death of nearly blind refugee whom Border Patrol left at a doughnut shop
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.
Washington Post:
Risky commando plan to seize Iran's uranium came at Trump's request  —  A plan briefed to Trump last week to insert ground forces to remove Iran's nuclear material would be a very difficult endeavor of a type never before attempted in wartime.  —  The U.S. military has given the president …
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Torrie Herrington / NOTUS:
Trump Says It'll Be ‘Easy’ to Wrap Up the War With Iran ‘Very Shortly’
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 …
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 …
Discussion: Vox, Democracy Docket and The Hill
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Richard L. Hasen / Slate:
The Actual Danger of Trump's Phony Vote-by-Mail Executive Order
Tara Suter / The Hill:
DHS rescinds contract approval policy implemented by Noem  —  The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) has walked back a controversial policy to review major expenditures, implemented by former Secretary Kristi Noem.  —  In an emailed statement on Wednesday night, a DHS spokesperson told …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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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.
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Exclusive: Trump's DOJ says he's not required to turn over official records … - The law, passed in the post-Watergate era as a hedge against government corruption, states that every official record regarding a president's decisions or policies belongs to the U.S. government, not the president.
Discussion: The Gateway Pundit
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.
TMZ.com:
30 Members of Congress In Scotland On Taxpayers' Dime Amid Shutdown  —  2:40 PM PT — We've ID'd another legislator in the Edinburgh Castle crowd ... Michigan's Rep. Bill Huizenga is the guy in the blue jacket sitting against the wall.  His spokesman told local outlet, Michigan Advance …
Discussion: Raw Story
Apoorva Mandavilli / New York Times:
C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses  —  The diseases were removed from a list of tests the agency conducts for state and local health departments.  Experts worry that with drastic staff reductions, the testing may not resume.  —  The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention …
Discussion: Associated Press and New Republic
 
 
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