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Zach Montague / New York Times:
Judge Once Again Blocks Mail-In Ballot Rules  —  The ruling arrived before the Supreme Court could decide whether to intervene but appeared certain to set off yet another round of appeals.  —  A federal judge in Boston ruled for the third time on Friday that the Trump administration's plans …
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Democracy Docket:
In major win for voters, judge blocks Trump's mail voting restrictions for midterms  —  A federal judge in Massachusetts barred the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) Friday from advancing new mail voting restrictions that, if carried out, could leave vast numbers of people unable to cast a ballot by mail this fall.
Discussion: MS NOW
Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
USPS opens internal probe into whistleblower's mail voting claims, Dems say
Discussion: CBS News and Washington Post
Elleiana Green / Politico:
‘Not feasible’: With ballots already in the mail, election officials say it is too late for Trump's USPS order
David Folkenflik / NPR:
Fox News abruptly parts ways with scandal-tarred star Maria Bartiromo  —  Fox News abruptly announced Thursday that it is parting ways with longtime host Maria Bartiromo, whose close ties to President Trump helped propel her ratings but also ultimately unraveled her Fox career.
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Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Maria Bartiromo Is Suddenly Out at Fox and No One Is Sure Why
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
Trump: Fans ‘will not be happy’ Bartiromo out at Fox News
Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
War? Bartiromo Gets Boot From Fox, Lawyers Up
Discussion: Ace of Spades HQ
Ben Terris / New York Magazine:
Ballroom Blitz  —  Trump's obsessive bid for architectural immortality is barreling toward completion.  —  These are Corinthian columns," President Donald Trump tells me as he sits behind the Resolute Desk in the Oval Office in late August, a stack of printed renderings spread before him.
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Emily Goodin / New York Post:
Trump says his ballroom will be built with ‘nuclear concrete’ so Democrats can't tear it down
Discussion: NOTUS and Joe.My.God.
Annie Karni / New York Times:
Former Staff Members Threaten to Expose Fetterman's Internal Messages  —  The former aides started a social media account they said would publicize Senator John Fetterman's communications, following a report detailing the Democrat's disdain for doing his job.
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Gregory Svirnovskiy / Politico:
‘Too lazy to do the job’: Democrats dump on Fetterman after WSJ report  —  A swath of Democrats denounced Sen. John Fetterman in the aftermath of a Wall Street Journal report that showed the Pennsylvania Democrat routinely ducking meetings with constituents, skirting committee hearings …
Malcolm Ferguson / New Republic:
Trump Spirals After Missouri Supreme Court Hands Him Massive Loss … President Donald Trump crashed out on Thursday night after the Missouri Supreme Court struck down Republican redistricting efforts ahead of midterm elections—changing the House map after the primary and before November in an unprecedented move.
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Kellen Browning / New York Times:
Fake Version of Republican Midterm Convention Website Redirects to Epstein Files  —  A spoof of the G.O.P. convention site tricked people for weeks, before redirecting them to the Justice Department's library of Epstein files.  —  Someone seems very intent on making sure voters don't forget about the Epstein files.
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Adam Wren / Politico:
How Talarico is countering Trump's midterms convention
Brian Beutler / Off Message:
I Am Going To Lose My F****** Mind  —  Elon Musk, the world's richest man and the Republican Party's most prolific donor, took a beat Wednesday to engage with Wilfred Reilly, a black, conservative professor, who idly asked,"Are Jews white?"  You know...just wondering.  —  Musk responded at length:
Gavin J. Quinton / NOTUS:
Trump Signs Order to Help Ranchers Bypass USDA-Inspected Processing Facilities  —  He characterized the move as an effort to reduce smaller ranchers' reliance on a handful of large meat-packers.  — Copy  —  President Donald Trump signed an executive order Friday intended to make it easier …
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Mallory Wilson / The Hill:
Trump reveals Brazil, Argentina involved in controversial beef deal
Discussion: UPI and Forbes
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Trump calls Iran conflict ‘small potatoes’ and defends Vance's position that it's not a ‘war’  —  President Donald Trump on Friday said the conflict in Iran is “small potatoes” as he defended Vice President JD Vance for asserting that months of on-and-off attacks in the Middle East are not a “war.”
Matt Novak / Gizmodo:
Federal ‘Bureal’ of Investigation: Kash Patel Posts Embarrassing Slop Video About How Much the FBI Loves AI  —  Is anybody checking this stuff for accuracy over there?  —  FBI Director Kash Patel is not known as the most competent guy around.  And a video he posted to X on Thursday isn't going to help that reputation.
Dan Mangan / CNBC:
Judge weighs how to dismiss Reflecting Pool vandalism charge against Olympian … A Washington judge on Friday said he will rule quickly on whether to dismiss a now-discredited indictment charging former U.S. Olympic canoeist David Hearn with vandalizing the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool with prejudice …
Discussion: The Hill and National Politics
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Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
Trump DOJ says it's not probing David Hearn—but might ‘10 minutes from now’
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.  —  New intelligence reports have assessed that Iran now has a far better understanding of its capabilities and the limits of U.S. power.  —  Iran has grown more confident in its ability to attack targets in the Middle East …
Discussion: Financial Times
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Daniella Cheslow / Politico:
Arab diplomats fear Iran is widening the war — and there's no way out
Discussion: Associated Press and CNN
Joe Walsh / CBS News:
Trump says he's followed the Lindsay Clancy case in first comments on trial: “She did a horrible, horrible thing”  —  Shortly after the judge overseeing Lindsay Clancy's murder case declared a mistrial Friday due to a hung jury, President Trump called it a “terrible situation” and a …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Judge Orders Trump Officials to Divulge Names of Those Who Set Up $1.8 Billion Fund  —  The plan to create a fund that could have funneled taxpayer money to the president's allies drew repeated scrutiny, including a rare rebuke from Senate Republicans.  —  A federal magistrate judge ordered …
Discussion: NBC News and Joe.My.God.
New York Times:
Inside Mamdani's Private Army of Public Influencers … On the morning of March 25, a flood of posts began popping up on scattered social media sites that struck a remarkably similar tone.  —  Mayor Zohran Mamdani had just decided to cancel a $9 million contract that New York City …
ProPublica:
Ken Paxton's Financial Disclosures Appear to Violate Federal Ethics Law, Experts Say  —  Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton appears to have violated federal ethics law in significant ways when filing recent disclosures of his assets and liabilities, creating confusion about his net worth and holdings …
Discussion: Mediaite and Daily Kos
ABC News:
Missouri Republican candidate allegedly tried to plant drugs on primary opponent: Investigators  —  The state GOP has called on Thomas Christopher Ross to withdraw from the race.  —  Thomas Ross booking photo.  —  Joplin Municipal Jail  —  A Republican candidate for a Missouri State House seat …
Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Senate aide's lobbying side gig raises ethics questions  —  FIRST IN PI — A senior staffer for Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) has quietly worked as a lobbyist for Meta and other high-profile clients — an unusual agreement that experts say raises questions about ethics and possible conflicts of interest …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The “priorities gap” and the midterms  —  Voters want a president who works on their problems.  They say Trump isn't — and he and Republicans are losing support because of it  —  In the past two weeks, several high-profile events have shown voters that President Donald Trump is not focused …
Andrew Kaczynski / CNN:
‘F**k you...hurry up and die’: Swing-seat Democratic House candidate's deleted tweets show far-left record  —  William Lawrence, the Democratic nominee in one of the country's most competitive House races in Michigan, deleted hundreds of old social media posts in which he embraced police and prison abolition …
Emily Goodin / New York Post:
GOP Sen. Bill Cassidy puts hold on four Trump nominees after shocking report on Lori Chavez-DeRemer's behavior  —  WASHINGTON — The Republican leader of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee placed a hold Friday on four of President Trump's nominees to federal labor …
Discussion: NewsMax.com and MS NOW
Maddy Varner / Wired:
ICE Wants to Know Everyone Who Bought a Certain Green Beanie From REI in the Last 2 Years  —  Homeland Security Investigations agents hit the outdoor retailer with a controversial subpoena as part of a dragnet search for the identities of protesters who entered a Minnesota church in March.
 
 
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TMZ.com:
Man Gets Duct Taped to Seat on Flight After Allegedly Making Racist and Anti-Gay Remarks
Discussion: CBS News
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Veterans make emergency request to block construction of Trump's arch
Discussion: NPR, NewsMax.com, Newsbusters and Forbes
NOTUS:
HHS Cancels Infant Mortality, Postpartum Grants to Focus on Sperm Counts, ED
Jon Seidel / Chicago Sun Times:
Once-secret records show grand jurors sought Bovino testimony, more evidence in doomed Midway Blitz cases
 Earlier Items: 
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump administration drafting post-war Middle East plan
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Internal watchdog report: Former Labor Secretary oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds
Letters from God:
Thou Shalt Take Down All Of Trump's Monuments
Discussion: MS NOW
Joe Sonka / Louisville Public Media:
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested, booked in Louisville jail
Cat Zakrzewski / Washington Post:
Trump to use Qatari plane for international trip despite security worries
 

 
From Mediagazer:

Abbie VanSickle / New York Times:
SCOTUS rules via an emergency order that political parties are entitled to the same low-cost TV ad rates as candidates, giving an advantage to Republicans

Caitlin Huston / The Hollywood Reporter:
Maria Bartiromo's lawyer Bryan Freedman, who repped Don Lemon and Chris Cuomo, denies “irresponsible reports” that she was fired and is no longer a Fox employee

Matt Yoder / Awful Announcing:
A comparison of Pablo Torre's and Dianna Russini's work begs the question of whether insider reporting in sports is capable of producing stories of consequence

 
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