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Emma Whitford / Inside Higher Ed:
Faculty Defect From Texas Publics, Citing Censorship Concerns  —  Fed up with the state's censoring of Plato, Joan of Arc and Romeo and Juliet, humanities professors are leaving Texas public institutions in pursuit of academic freedom.  —  Texas A&M philosophy professor Martin Peterson …
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
FBI Director Kash Patel sues The Atlantic for $250 million over story on alleged drinking, absences  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Washington — FBI Director Kash Patel filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic magazine on Monday, saying a recent story about his alleged frequent drinking …
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Jana Winter / Reuters:
FBI Director Kash Patel sues the Atlantic claiming false reporting about drinking, absences
Marita Vlachou / HuffPost:
Kash Patel Files $250 Million Lawsuit Against The Atlantic: Report
Julia Manchester / The Hill:
Trump says energy secretary ‘totally wrong’ on gas prices not dropping to $3 until next year  —  President Trump told The Hill on Monday that he disagreed with Energy Secretary Chris Wright's assessment that gas prices may not drop below $3 per gallon until next year.  —  “No, I think he's wrong on that.
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Politico:
Trump's inconvenient truth  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, fresh off a sun-baked weekend in beautiful West Virginia, where the kids hunted for salamanders in an icy mountain lake and your author discovered the joys of hot pepper jelly.
Discussion: Raw Story
Reuters:
Ceasefire at risk after US seizes Iranian ship, Iran shuns peace talks
Nate Cohn / New York Times:
Why a Democratic Senate, Once Unthinkable, Is a Real Possibility  —  Helped by a favorable national environment and strong candidate recruitment, Democrats are tied or ahead in four Republican-held seats, polls show.  —  At the start of the 2026 election cycle, the Senate looked far out of reach for the Democrats.
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Daniel Nichanian / Bolts:
Your State-by-State Guide to the 2026 Supreme Court Elections
Discussion: SCOTUSblog
Steve Vladeck / One First:
221. Chief Justice Roberts and the Clean Power Plan  —  Remarkable reporting from the New York Times provides a peek behind the curtain of the February 2016 rulings that ushered in the modern emergency docket.  And what it reveals is pretty discouraging.  —  Welcome back to “One First,” …
Discussion: New York Times and MS NOW
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Chris Geidner / Law Dork:   The 2016 Supreme Court memos and the mess that John Roberts has made of his court
William Baude / Divided Argument:
The Non-Scandalous Clean Power Plan Memos
Discussion: Reason
New York Times:
Iran War Live Updates: Iran Vows Retaliation for U.S. Attack on Cargo Ship  —  President Trump said that a U.S. Navy destroyer had fired on an Iran-flagged vessel that was trying to evade a blockade.  He also said an American delegation was heading to Pakistan for more peace talks …
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Asawin Suebsaeng / Zeteo:
First Draft: The ‘Peace President’ Threatens an Apocalypse on Iran. AGAIN
Discussion: CNBC
New York Times:
Trump Administration to Begin Refunding $166 Billion in Tariffs  —  The government will debut a system to repay importers two months after the Supreme Court struck down tariffs at the heart of the president's trade policy.  —  When President Trump unveiled his sprawling global tariffs last spring …
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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Trump Library Saga Takes Dark Turn: Where Did Millions in Funding Go?  —  Last year, four huge companies pledged tens of millions of dollars to help fund the creation of Donald Trump's presidential library, a planned monstrosity in Miami that—in a perfect Trumpian twist—may also double as a hotel.
Ann E. Marimow / New York Times:
Justices to Hear Case on Catholic Preschools That Reject Children of Gay Parents  —  Catholic preschools in Colorado that decline to enroll families with L.G.B.T.Q. children or parents sued to participate in a state-funded program.  —  The Supreme Court agreed on Monday to decide whether Catholic preschools …
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Politico:
World Cup stress test for LA  —  READ THIS FIRST — Eric Swalwell thought he was untouchable — until he wasn't.  Melanie, Jeremy B. White, Daniel Lippman and Riley Rogerson spoke with 30 people who had a front-row seat to his rise from the Bay Area to Washington.
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Politico:
Big-city politicians are starting to worry about the World Cup
Discussion: New Republic
William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Trump's Not Paying Attention to His Own War  —  As the Iran crisis spirals back out of control, it's a big day for the president of the United States: His official schedule suggests he will have “Executive Time” all morning until 1:30 p.m., followed by a ninety-minute policy meeting and a closed-press session to sign executive orders.
Nick Marsh / BBC:
The insider trading suspicions looming over Trump's presidency  —  Throughout US President Donald Trump's second term in office, traders have been betting millions of dollars just before he makes major announcements.  —  The BBC has examined trade volume data on several financial markets …
Damien Cave / New York Times:
The Iran War Sent Shock Waves Through Asia That Are Likely to Spread  —  The Asia-Pacific was hit hard and quick by the war in Iran and its energy bottlenecks.  Scenes of crisis there indicate that problems are multiplying and spreading.  —  When the war in Iran started on Feb. 28 …
Discussion: Mock Paper Scissors
Don Moynihan / Can We Still Govern?:
Power without accountability: The Palantir manifesto  —  It is not enough for the broligarchy to have untold wealth.  They also wanted political power.  Now they have that.  And they want to be esteemed as philosopher kings, while simultaneously shielded from criticism.  Well, that's a taller order.
Discussion: Reason
Paul Krugman:
The Harm from Hormuz  —  Why we should still fear a global slump from Trump's Iran debacle  —  Another week, another false all-clear.  —  The Strait of Hormuz remains closed.  It appears increasingly obvious that the 20 percent of world oil supply that normally flows through it to world markets …
Discussion: The Mahablog
Washington Post:
He sat atop an extremist empire.  She thought he needed money. … Summary  —  Kristine Kasubienski's donation appeared on viewers' screens four hours into the live stream of Nick Fuentes, the far-right influencer she often called her second son.  —  “I pray DAILY for your safety,” …
Discussion: Raw Story
Russell Contreras / Axios:
The pope's English fuels a Trump feud  —  Escalating tensions between Pope Leo XIV and President Trump may hinge on something unusually simple: the pope doesn't need a translator. … - Without that layer, Leo's comments land more directly in the American media ecosystem and to American Catholics …
Discussion: Raw Story
Noah Hawley / The Atlantic:
What I Learned About Billionaires at Jeff Bezos's Private Retreat  —  For the richest men on Earth, everything is free and nothing matters.  —  at the end of Paul Thomas Anderson's 2007 movie, There Will Be Blood, Daniel Day-Lewis's oil-baron character, old now and richer than Croesus …
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Reuters:
Musk scorned “shady” loopholes, yet offshore tax tricks likely saved Tesla hundreds of millions  —  When Tesla released its annual report for U.S. regulators in January, the Texas-based automaker, led by the world's richest man, reported a federal tax bill of zero dollars for 2025.  —  That was nothing new.
Liz Landers / PBS NewsHour:
Trump tells PBS News that ‘lots of bombs start going off’ if Iran ceasefire expires  —  President Donald Trump told PBS News on Monday morning that if the ceasefire with Iran expires Tuesday, “then lots of bombs start going off.”  —  The statement came during a phone call …
Wall Street Journal:
U.A.E. Asks U.S. About a Wartime Financial Lifeline  —  Emirati officials speak with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about accessing dollars if Middle East conflict drags on  —  WASHINGTON—The United Arab Emirates has opened talks with the U.S. about obtaining a financial backstop in case …
Gary Fields / Associated Press:
With no end in sight to their deployment, National Guard troops roam Washington  —  The cherry blossoms draw more than a million visitors to Washington's Tidal Basin annually.  This year was no different, except some strolling the area between the Lincoln Memorial and the Thomas Jefferson Memorial …
Discussion: RedState
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
Trump Is dooming his party to a midterm blowout  —  This special Saturday edition of PN is made possible by paid subscribers.  Become one👇  —  📊 Subscribe to PN 📊  —  As the 2018 elections approached, President Trump found the perfect issue to reverse the usual pattern …
 
 
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New York Times:
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Jill Filipovic / New York Times:
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Judd Legum / Popular Information:
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Politico:
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Politico:
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Ed Mazza / HuffPost:
Now Trump Reportedly Wants Nation's Highest Military Honor... For Himself
Washington Post:
Uncertainty reigns at DOJ in the aftermath of Bondi's departure
Discussion: Raw Story
Wall Street Journal:
Hegseth's Feud With Army Secretary Spills Into Public View
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NBC News:
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
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