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Mike Lillis / The Hill:
House passes resolution to end Iran War, challenging Trump  —  House lawmakers on Wednesday passed legislation designed to force President Trump to end the Iran War, marking a victory for Democrats and the constitutional purists who say the conflict is illegal without explicit congressional approval.
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Laura Kelly / The Hill:
House moves forward on new aid for Ukraine package, spurning Trump  —  Six Republicans joined Democrats on Wednesday to push through a vote on military aid for Ukraine, a blow to President Trump's handling of Russia's war against the country and his withdrawal of U.S. support for Kyiv.
Discussion: The Kyiv Independent
Sarah Ferris / CNN:
Senate Republicans drop Trump ballroom funding from immigration bill  —  Congressional news Donald Trump Immigration  —  Senate Republicans have formally removed funding for President Donald Trump's ballroom security as part of their sprawling immigration funding package, according to revised legislative text released Wednesday.
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
House approves war powers resolution to halt military action against Iran, in a rebuke of Trump  —  The House for the first time Wednesday approved a war powers resolution that would halt the U.S. military action against Iran, defying President Donald Trump as a handful of Republicans joined …
Washington Post:
In a first, House votes to block Trump from ordering further strikes on Iran  —  The Senate advanced a similar war powers resolution last month on a procedural vote, reflecting growing impatience with a conflict Congress hasn't authorized.  —  Summary  —  The House passed a resolution Wednesday …
Wall Street Journal:
GOP-Led House Votes to Limit Trump's Iran War Powers  —  Effort to constrain White House comes as war has morphed from a heavy bombing campaign to a fragile ceasefire  —  WASHINGTON-The GOP-led House voted to restrict President Trump's ability to continue the war against Iran without congressional approval …
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
Trump Sports Swollen Eye Days After Surprise Medical Checkup … President Trump was sporting a swollen eye and hand in an interview with New York Post's Miranda Devine on the conservative podcast Pod Force One.  —  Trump's right eye clearly showed puffiness and looked oddly misshapen compared …
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CNN:
Trump soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, source says  —  President Donald Trump is soon expected to nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general, according to a source familiar with the matter.  —  The nomination could be announced as soon as tonight, the source and another person familiar said.
Magan Crane / Bloomberg:
Trump Blames Court Block for Collapse of ‘Weaponization’ Fund
NBC News:
Trump says 'maybe we'll never' take down the UFC structure outside the White House
Robert Tait / Reuters:
Trump suggests he will make Todd Blanche permanent US attorney general
New York Times:
Bari Weiss Speaks on Scott Pelley's Firing: 'That's the Path That He Chose'  —  In her first public comments on the firing, Ms. Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief, said that the longtime correspondent had “broken” the trust in the newsroom.  —  Bari Weiss, the CBS News editor in chief …
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Status:
The Tick-Tock on ‘60’ Correspondents … On Wednesday morning, CBS News Editor-In-Chief Bari Weiss addressed a week of unbridled chaos at “60 Minutes,” seeking to reassure staff and perhaps bring down the temperature after the stunning firing of veteran correspondent Scott Pelley.
Erich Wagner / GovExec.com:
Trump signs order moving thousands of federal employees into Schedule F  —  President Trump on Wednesday signed an executive order formally converting nearly 10,000 career federal workers into Schedule Policy/Career, making them effectively at-will employees.
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Andrea Hsu / NPR:
Trump strips job protections from 8,000 federal workers  —  President Trump has issued an executive order turning an estimated 8,000 federal workers into at-will employees, which means the government could fire them without providing any reason.  —  The move culminates an effort Trump launched during …
The White House:
Implementing Schedule Policy/Career in the Excepted Service
Reuters:
Trump signs order to make it easier to fire 8,000 federal workers
Discussion: Washington Examiner and The Hill
New York Times:
This Man Should Not Be in Charge of National Intelligence  —  In the 20th century, Americans learned how government abuse of secrets can threaten liberty.  It happened during Woodrow Wilson's presidency, the McCarthy era and J. Edgar Hoover's long reign at the F.B.I. After the Watergate scandal …
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NBC News:
New intel chief is a partisan warrior who has the president's ear, sources say
Hayes Brown / MS NOW:
Bill Pulte is Trump's most dangerously sycophantic promotion yet
New York Times:
The Narrow Path to a Democratic Senate Runs Through Very Red States  —  Democrats cheer there is a way, even as new worries emerge over whether Graham Platner can flip a Maine seat.  Republicans remain confident they will prevail in Texas, Iowa and Alaska.  —  When President Trump met …
Discussion: The Status Kuo
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Fox News:
Fox News Poll: Democratic unity, Republican crossovers shape Ohio Senate race  —  President Donald Trump carried Ohio by more than 11 percentage points in 2024, but a new Fox News survey finds his standing in the Buckeye State has deteriorated — a development that is benefitting Democrat Sherrod Brown in the Senate race.
Discussion: Washington Times and The Bulwark
Jamelle Bouie / New York Times:
America Broke Something When It Gave Trump a Second Chance  —  The Heritage Foundation's “Mandate for Leadership: The Conservative Promise” — popularly known as Project 2025 — was much more than a wish list of conservative policy preferences.  It was much more, even, than a blueprint for a second Trump administration.
David Strom / HotAir:
Judge: Paedo Sex Offenders May Use Girls' Locker Room  —  Because of their allegiance to alphabet ideology, liberal jurisdictions are about as sex offender-friendly as is possible in the First World.  —  Scott Wiener, the utterly degenerate California State Senator Scott Wiener …
Justmindy / twitchy.com:
Code Pink Thug Slaps Rep. Anna Paulina Luna After Hearing — Luna Files Charges and Demands Ban  —  Earlier, we told you about the crazy hearing with Marco Rubio and a House Committee.  Rep. Luna was part of the hearing and she questioned Sec. Rubio about Code Pink.  Code Pink was apparently in the audience and took offense.
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Brady Knox / Washington Examiner:
Rubio grows exasperated with Democrats at heated House hearing
Matt Burgess / Wired:
xAI Asks Court to Strip Alleged Grok Deepfake Nudes Victims of Anonymity  —  Four people suing Elon Musk's AI firm under pseudonyms due to the risks of being identified may face a difficult choice: Reveal your real names, or drop the lawsuit.  —  Elon Musk's artificial intelligence firm …
Discussion: The Guardian
Olivia Ralph / The Daily Beast:
Trump Suffers Crushing Poll Defeat Against Sex Attack Victim  —  TRUST GAP  —  A new poll finds Americans overwhelmingly believe E. Jean Carroll over the president.  —  Donald Trump is losing bigly in the court of public opinion to the woman who successfully sued him for sexual abuse and defamation.
Discussion: USA Today and YouGov
Bloomberg:
Trump Begins Rebuilding His Tariff Wall, Citing Forced Labor  —  The US is proposing new tariffs of at least 10% on imports from 60 trading partners in President Donald Trump's biggest move to rebuild his protectionist wall since his earlier levies were struck down by the Supreme Court.
Hannah Knowles / Washington Post:
Centrist Democrats launch new pledge: ‘We are capitalist, not socialist’  —  A pair of Democratic House members who won Republican-held seats want others to sign a vow for moderate policies.  —  Summary  —  Two Democrats in Congress who flipped Republican-held seats in 2024 plan to debut …
New York Times:
Obscure Group With Trump Ties Plans to Route Funds to His Allies for Legal Fights  —  A nonprofit called the Lawfare Defense Fund has raised $36 million to support those who consider themselves unjust victims of the legal system with grants to pay for litigation.
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Senate Confirms Trump Court Pick Rated ‘Not Qualified’ To Be A Federal Judge  —  Katie Lane, the first of Trump's judicial nominees to earn the abysmal ABA rating in his second term, now has a lifetime seat on a Montana district court.  —  WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans voted Tuesday …
Discussion: Reuters
Farrah Tomazin / The Daily Beast:
Trump Humiliated After Senators Pull Ballroom Cash  —  DANCE FLOORED  —  The decision has left the future of security funding for the project uncertain.  —  Donald Trump's White House ballroom was dealt a blow after Senate Republicans formally abandoned their efforts to provide $1 billion in taxpayer funding for the project.
Ben Chapman / New York Post:
Feds raid $35M SoCal mansion of tech boss charged with sending secret shipments to Iranian military, nuclear programs  —  See more of our coverage in your search results.  —  Add The California Post on Google  —  Federal agents, in a daring predawn raid Wednesday, pounced on the opulent …
Cate Brown / The Guardian:
Trump appointee leading $205bn US agency had personal ties to Epstein, emails show  —  Ben Black's lawyers deny relationship with disgraced financier, but DoJ records reveal years of interactions  —  Ben Black, the head of a little-known government investment agency funded by billions …
 
 
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Nigel Farage / Telegraph:
Henry Nowak's murder should be a wake-up call for Britain
Ja'han Jones / MS NOW:
New Mexico truth commission approves subpoenas, isn't letting Epstein fade
Discussion: WTTG-TV and The Hill
Washington Post:
Pentagon is censoring military newspaper Stars and Stripes, lawsuit alleges
Ryan Mancini / The Hill:
Trump attacks CNN's Collins: ‘Hatred in her eyes’
Ryan King / New York Post:
Speaker Johnson knows what happened to missing NJ Rep. Tom Kean Jr. — but refuses to disclose it
Zana Cimili / Associated Press:
What to know: Protests grow over Trump family-linked resort in Albania
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Jennifer A Dlouhy / Bloomberg:
Trump Plans $700 Million to Build Coal Plants, Export Site
Discussion: Axios and The Hill
Cassandra Dumay / Politico:
Appropriators bicker over Trump's arch
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Josephine Walker / Axios:
MAGA isn't sold on Trump's face on the $250 bill
Dan Maurer / Lawfare:
Rules of Engagement When the Troops Appear at Polling Sites
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
Aftermath: Something Is Going to Snap
Discussion: Washington Post and Asia Times
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Reuters:
Trump says Iran has agreed to not have a nuclear weapon
 

 
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Connor Hart / Wall Street Journal:
Hasbro launches Sixth Wall, an AI studio working with ElevenLabs and voice actors to create and license AI-native versions of its characters and franchises

Todd Spangler / Variety:
On a staff call, Bari Weiss defends firing Scott Pelley, saying the foundation of “trust and mutual respect” was broken after Pelley's outburst on Monday

Bloomberg:
Bill Ackman's Pershing Square plans to sell its stake in Universal Music Group, days after the Amsterdam-listed group rejected his takeover bid
 
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