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Politico:
‘Scared s-tless’: Republicans brace for Trump's primetime speech  —  President Donald Trump is promising to reveal “really big news” on election security.  Many Republicans wish he wouldn't.  —  The president's speech, expected to be delivered in prime time Thursday from the White House …
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Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
Trump vote-fraud speech traps TV networks … He has promised a “very big announcement” and “really big news” regarding the security of the U.S. voting system.  — He hasn't specifically said whether he'll bring up the 2020 election — an obsession of Trump's since he lost it and cried fraud.
Politico:
‘Death by a thousand cuts’: Inside Trump's remaking of American elections  —  President Donald Trump seemingly has a plan for the nation's election apparatus: Dismantle the existing system with a series of cuts, firings and threats, rather than a sledgehammer blow.
Discussion: Election Law Blog
John Sakellariadis / Politico:
House Dems warn of weaponized intel ahead of Trump's speech  —  Democrats on the House Intelligence Committee are urging the nation's top spy chiefs to stop President Donald Trump if he tries to declassify cherry-picked intelligence material that unfairly sows doubt about the 2020 election during his primetime address Thursday evening.
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
Trump to allege Chinese meddling in U.S. elections in primetime speech, sources say
Fox News:
Trump sets primetime speech on ‘free and fair elections’ as details on major announcement emerge
New York Times:
Trump Administration Live Updates: President to Speak on Election Security
Discussion: Election Law Blog
ABC News:
White House teleprompter operator made more than $100K betting on Trump's speeches: Sources  —  Gabriel Perez is in settlement talks with federal regulators, the sources said.  —  Katherine Faulders, Aaron Katersky, Peter Charalambous, and Nicholas Kerr  —  President Donald Trump read …
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Nathan Bomey / Axios:
White House teleprompter operator investigated over alleged Kalshi trades on Trump speeches
Discussion: CoinDesk
Washington Post:
Reflecting Pool peeling likely caused by application flaws, experts say  —  President Donald Trump has blamed vandals, but a Washington Post analysis finds that the peeling tracks closely with stages of the renovation process.  —  Just now  —  The lining of the Lincoln Memorial's Reflecting …
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New York Times:
F.B.I. Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool  —  Officials surveyed the newly drained pool, where the floor began peeling soon after a $16 million repair job.  President Trump has blamed vandals.  —  An F.B.I. evidence-gathering team visited the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool …
Washington Post:
Trump approval stuck in the 30s amid pessimism on Iran and economy, poll finds  —  Americans give President Trump broadly negative assessments, according to a Washington Post-Ipsos poll.  —  Summary  —  Americans give President Donald Trump broadly negative reviews for his handling of key issues …
Discussion: Newsweek and Staff Stories
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Avery Lotz / Axios:
Fetterman threatens to abandon Democrats  —  Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) said he'd leave the Democratic Party if it becomes the “anti-Israel party,” though he signaled he had no plans to imminently depart the caucus. … - Fetterman acknowledged the Democrats' difficult Senate math …
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel
Gene Johnson / Associated Press:
Trump immediately fires the new court-appointed top prosecutor in Seattle  —  President Donald Trump fired the new top U.S. prosecutor in Seattle on Wednesday less than an hour after the attorney was unanimously appointed by the federal judges in the district, highlighting tensions between …
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Radley Balko / New York Times:
ICE Is Out of Control.  Here's What to Do About It.  —  In the span of a week, federal immigration enforcement agents took the lives of Joan Sebastian Guerrero, a 25-year-old Colombian man shot in Maine, and Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, a 52-year-old Mexican man gunned down in Houston.
Reuters:
Iran tells Houthis to close Red Sea gateway if US hits power network, sources say  —  Iran has asked Yemen's Houthi movement to stand ready to close the Red Sea oil route if the United States strikes Iranian power infrastructure, three sources told Reuters on Thursday, posing a potent new threat to global energy supplies.
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The Texas Tribune:
FBI suggests migrants' van in fatal Houston shooting had meth.  A lawyer says it was salt.  —  TAKE OUR CONTENT — PLEASE!  — YOU'RE WELCOME TO REPUBLISH THIS ARTICLE FOR FREE AS LONG AS YOU FOLLOW OUR REPUBLISHING GUIDELINES, WHICH INCLUDES USING OUR CANONICAL URL AND PIXEL TRACKER ON YOUR STORY PAGES WHENEVER POSSIBLE.
Discussion: KVIA-TV
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Politico:
Thom Tillis tells Todd Blanche to meet with Epstein victims — or don't expect his support  —  Sen. Thom Tillis said Thursday his vote to confirm attorney general nominee Todd Blanche is contingent on Blanche meeting with victims of the late convicted sex offender Jeffery Epstein.
Helen Huiskes / The Hill:
Tillis goes scorched-earth on SAVE America Act, threatening to stall it  —  Sen. Thom Tillis (N.C.), a retiring Republican who has become one of the most vocal critics of the Trump administration in his party, delivered harsh words for President Trump's top-priority voter ID legislation …
Discussion: Democracy Docket
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Johnson preps to punt government funding through midterms  —  Speaker Mike Johnson said Thursday he plans to hold a House vote next on a stopgap spending measure, one that would likely fund the government through the November midterm elections.  The move is an opening bid in what could become …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate GOP isn't sold on Mike Johnson's budget blueprint
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Bloomberg
Axios:
How a fuming Trump reversed ICE's pause on vehicle stops  —  Late Tuesday at the White House, a livid President Trump complained to advisers about the Department of Homeland Security's decision to pause the type of vehicle stops by ICE agents that had led to two fatal shootings in the past two weeks.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Was Caught Off Guard by DHS Move to Halt ICE Vehicle Stops
Lauren McGaughy / New York Times:
Ken Paxton Bought 3 Utah Condos, Adding to a $9 Million Real Estate Portfolio  —  The Texas attorney general and his trusts now hold at least 15 properties worth about $9 million.  —  Attorney General Ken Paxton of Texas recently bought three condominiums at a luxury resort in Utah …
Discussion: MS NOW
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Administration Plans to Limit Length of Student Visas  —  The new rule would cap the duration of visas at four years and require holders to apply for extensions to stay longer in the latest move to reduce legal immigration  —  WASHINGTON—The Trump administration will limit how long …
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Doina Chiacu / Reuters:
US to change visa regulations for foreign students, journalists
Discussion: Washington Examiner
United States Department of State:
State Department Addresses International Resurgence of Far-Left Political Terrorism  —  Today, the United States Department of State under the leadership of Secretary Rubio is convening governments from across the globe at the Ministerial on the Resurgence of Political Terrorism to address …
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Morgan Phillips / Fox News:
Rubio puts entire world on notice against rise of ‘poisonous’ far-left terror ‘masked as equality’
Madison Muller / Bloomberg:
Kalshi Will Offer Sports-Style Betting on Drug Trial Results  —  Kalshi to Offer Betting on Drug Trial Results  —  Video Player is loading.  —  Unmute  —  Current Time 0:00 Loaded: 63.68% Playback Rate  — captions off, selected  — English  —  This is a modal window.  —  Unmute
Luke Broadwater / New York Times:
Trump Administration Argues for Fencing Off Park Next to White House  —  The Commission of Fine Arts is set to consider the administration's proposal regarding Lafayette Square Park, which has been the site of numerous protests.  —  A federal design panel on Thursday will consider …
Ryan Cooper / American Prospect:
How Donald Trump Created the Worst Diarrhea Outbreak This Century  —  A big problem for trust in government is that high-quality governance is usually invisible.  When the various agencies designed to protect the American people from all manner of threats are working perfectly …
Discussion: Forbes, The Cross Section and STAT
New Career Opportunities at U-M:
Professor of Public Policy, Democracy Policy  —  How to Apply  —  Applicants must submit their applications electronically by visiting: https://apply.interfolio.com/ 188470.  The following application materials are required: a letter of interest; curriculum vitae; a statement of research …
CNN:
Trump promoted companies on Truth Social days after buying their stocks  —  President Donald Trump hopped on Truth Social last year to share some “very big and exciting news.”  Nvidia, the computer chip manufacturing behemoth, had just announced plans to build AI supercomputers in the United States.
Discussion: Dean Blundell and Raw Story
 
 
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The Boston Globe:
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Robert Hart / The Verge:
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Aisha Malik / TechCrunch:
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