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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump shocked Netanyahu with post declaring Lebanon strikes “prohibited”  —  Israel asked the White House for clarifications about President Trump's post that Israel was “prohibited” from conducting airstrikes in Lebanon, a U.S. source and another source familiar tell Axios.
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Weijia Jiang / CBS News:
Trump says Iranians have “agreed to everything,” including removal of enriched uranium  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  President Trump said in a phone interview that Iran has “agreed to everything,” and will work with the U.S. to remove its enriched uranium.  —  He insisted that doing so will not involve U.S. ground troops.
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
Trump Extends Sanctions Exemption on Some Russian Oil as High Gas Prices Persist  —  The Trump administration made the announcement hours after Iran said that the Strait of Hormuz was open to commercial ships.  —  Just two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States …
Discussion: Reuters and Wall Street Journal
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Trump tells Axios he expects Iran deal “in a day or two”
Jonathan Karl / ABC News:
Trump tells ABC News he thinks he can trust the Iranians
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Wall Street Journal:
Trump's Efforts to Strong-Arm Iran Into Deal Spark Optimism—and Confusion
New York Times:
Iran and U.S. Say the Strait of Hormuz Is Open but Concerns Linger
Sarah Fitzpatrick / The Atlantic:
The FBI Director Is MIA  —  On Friday, April 10, as FBI Director Kash Patel was preparing to leave work for the weekend, he struggled to log into an internal computer system.  He quickly became convinced that he had been locked out, and he panicked, frantically calling aides and allies …
Maegan Vazquez / Washington Post:
Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks  —  President Donald Trump, in his personal capacity, and his two sons sued the IRS and the Treasury Department over leaks of their tax information to news organizations.  —  Summary
Discussion: Raw Story
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Fatima Hussein / Associated Press:
Trump's lawyers are in talks with the IRS to resolve president's $10B lawsuit  —  Lawyers for President Donald Trump are engaged in talks with the IRS to resolve a $10 billion lawsuit the president filed against his own tax collection agency over the leak of his tax information to news outlets between 2018 and 2020.
NBC News:   Trump and the IRS are in talks to resolve his $10 billion lawsuit over leaked tax records
James Baratta / American Prospect:
Mike Johnson Has a FISA Fiasco on His Hands  —  The House Speaker's surprise five-year extension and bogus warrant provision backfired, but it was enough to get a gaggle of Democrats to break ranks.  — Email a link to a friend (Opens in new window) Email
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Kate Santaliz / Axios:
Trump suffers rare defeat with House Republicans  —  The House GOP revolt on FISA Friday wasn't just a setback for Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) — it was a rare defeat for President Trump with his own party.  —  Why it matters: Trump usually delivers House Republicans on big votes.
Jordain Carney / Politico:
GOP senators urge Trump to find Iran exit plan as energy prices rise: ‘The clock is ticking’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate sends spy law extension to Trump amid GOP fight
Yunior Rivas / Democracy Docket:
Trump DOJ scrambles to salvage Minnesota voter roll case — but files wrong document and leans on shaky new claim  —  After losing five straight cases attempting to access state voter rolls, the Department of Justice tried to patch a key legal flaw in its Minnesota lawsuit …
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New York Times:
Prosecutor Withdraws From Trump Team's Investigation of Ex-C.I.A. Chief  —  A career Justice Department lawyer, Maria Medetis Long, in Miami is said to have raised concerns about whether the evidence justified moving forward with a bid to prosecute John O. Brennan.
CNN:
Exclusive: Justice Department removes lead prosecutor from probe of Trump critic John Brennan
Jan Crawford / CBS News:
Supreme Court Justices Alito and Thomas not planning to retire this year, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Sources close to Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito confirm that he is not planning to retire this year.  Sources close to Justice Clarence Thomas also tell CBS News that he does not plan to step down.
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NPR:
Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump  —  AUSTIN, Texas — The number of immigrants who have died while in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody has reached an all-time high this fiscal year.  —  Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October …
Discussion: ABC News, CBS News and Raw Story
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Kyle Cheney / Politico:
They've been detained by ICE and ordered deported. Judges are releasing them from custody.
The Boston Globe:
Rümeysa Öztürk, Tufts University grad arrested by ICE agents last year, returns to Turkey  —  Tufts University graduate Rümeysa Öztürk, who was arrested by masked immigration agents in Somerville last March and held in a Louisiana detention center for six weeks, has returned to her home country of Turkey.
New York Times:
The 27-Year-Old Diplomat Waging Trump's Cultural War With Europe  —  Five years out of college, Samuel Samson has driven the Trump administration's push to upend America's postwar relationship with Europe.  —  When Samuel Samson, a senior adviser at the State Department …
New York Times:
With Vaccines Widely Popular, Kennedy Changes Tone, but Maybe Not His Plans  —  Several moves suggest Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. could revive his campaign to question the safety and effectiveness of the shots after the midterm elections.  —  Over two dizzying days in Washington this week …
Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump to release reading of scripture days after angering many Christians … Trump's roughly two-and-a-half-minute reading, which is slated to air Tuesday, comes after he angered many Christians with a social media post that appeared to depict him as Jesus and publicly quarreled with Pope Leo.
Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
Supreme Court Sides With Oil Companies in Louisiana Coastal Lawsuits  —  The companies had asked the justices to clear the way to move environmental lawsuits out of state courts, to friendlier federal venues.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Friday that energy companies facing lawsuits …
John McCormick / Wall Street Journal:
Ilhan Omar Says She Isn't a Multimillionaire, Blames Accounting Error  —  President Trump has suggested the Minnesota congresswoman profited from a massive welfare fraud scandal still being investigated  —  Democratic Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, facing potential investigations pushed …
Discussion: New York Post
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Newsom demands answers from RFK Jr. over past comments about Black children on ADHD meds being ‘re-parented’  —  California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) on Friday said he demands answers from Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. regarding comments the secretary …
Wall Street Journal:
Republican Nerves Are Fraying Ahead of Midterm Elections  —  High gasoline prices, the war in Iran and recent Democratic victories are fueling the angst  —  Republican officials are sounding the alarm and urging significant changes ahead of November's midterm elections …
Discussion: Pluribus News
Tim Balk / New York Times:
Trump's Dispute With Pope Leo Deepens Divisions on the Right  —  Sean Hannity criticized the pope.  Tucker Carlson attacked Mr. Hannity.  And President Trump suggested ranking MAGA figures: “good, bad, and somewhere in the middle.”  —  President Trump's dispute with Pope Leo XIV …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine  —  The president will direct federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials, moves championed by Robert F. Kennedy Jr.  —  Summary  —  President Donald Trump is set to announce new efforts …
Discussion: KDFX-TV and CBS News
Emily Davies / Washington Post:
Trump came to Arizona to rally young voters.  An older crowd greeted him.  —  Despite some empty seats, Trump projected confidence in his party's ability to win the midterm elections.  Some in the crowd focused on GOP divisions.  —  Summary  —  PHOENIX — The megachurch in Phoenix …
Discussion: New York Times and The Hill
Matthew Avery Sutton / Wall Street Journal:
Trump, the Pope and a New Holy War  —  The president's historic breakup with the pontiff threatens to upend a century of strategic partnership  —  For seven decades American presidents, including even hawkish Republican ones, have shared key priorities with Catholic popes.
Discussion: Public Notice, Crux Now and RNS
 
 
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Anthony L. Fisher / MS NOW:
Joe Rogan's down on Trump and MAGA — but he's still hardcore MAHA
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Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Michael Crowley / New York Times:
Trump Is Urged to Move on Nuclear Site Thought to Be Beyond Reach of Bombs
Discussion: NewsMax.com
New Republic:
Transcript: George Conway on Why Trump Will Be Removed from Office
Discussion: emptywheel and Raw Story
KSL-TV:
Utah leaders to probe relationship between Supreme Court justice, redistricting lawyer
Bridget Byrne / Baltimore Sun:
Who's Erica Schwartz, the Md. alum Trump nominated to run the CDC?
Anna Bower / Lawfare:
U.S. Government Agrees to $1.25 Million Settlement in Michael Flynn Suit
David Gilbert / Wired:
MAGA Is Increasingly Convinced the Trump Assassination Attempt Was Staged