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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.
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Alexandra Hutzler / Democracy Docket:
Justice Department immediately asks First Circuit to revive anti-mail voting order halted by judge
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
USPS opens internal probe into whistleblower's mail voting claims, Dems say
USPS opens internal probe into whistleblower's mail voting claims, Dems say
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Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
NC elections officials alter mail ballot rules just before they're mailed out
NC elections officials alter mail ballot rules just before they're mailed out
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Associated Press:
Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
Federal judge extends block on Trump executive order seeking to limit mail voting in the midterms
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Elleiana Green / Politico:
‘Not feasible’: With ballots already in the mail, election officials say it is too late for Trump's USPS order
‘Not feasible’: With ballots already in the mail, election officials say it is too late for Trump's USPS order
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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
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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator
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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
Maria Bartiromo Is Suddenly Out at Fox and No One Is Sure Why
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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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Eli McKown-Dawson / Silver Bulletin:
Democrats just got one seat closer to retaking the House — Yesterday, the Missouri Supreme Court ruled that the state's new congressional map — which likely would have flipped Kansas City's Democratic 5th District red — could not be used in November. Instead, voters will now get to decide …
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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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Molly English / CNN:
Trump says ‘nobody will’ build monuments for him once he's gone
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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
Trump says his ballroom will be built with ‘nuclear concrete’ so Democrats can't tear it down
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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:
New York Times:
Pentagon Subjects Roughly 50 Members of the Joint Staff to Polygraph Tests in Expanded Leak Hunt — The aggressive effort comes in the wake of news reports about the military's diminished stocks of crucial munitions as the U.S. fights Iran. — U.S. government investigators have taken …
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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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.”
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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 …
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Adam Klasfeld / All Rise News:
Trump DOJ says it's not probing David Hearn—but might ‘10 minutes from now’
Trump DOJ says it's not probing David Hearn—but might ‘10 minutes from now’
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Daniella Cheslow / Politico:
Arab diplomats fear Iran is widening the war — and there's no way out … Iran's renewed attacks against Arab countries are raising the stakes for regional powers, with some saying they are losing hope that there's any way out of the war — and that things will get worse before the November elections.
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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 …
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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 …
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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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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 …
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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 …
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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 …
Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Veterans make emergency request to block construction of Trump's arch — The administration is seeking to render the project a “fait accompli” by moving quickly, the veterans' lawyers argued Friday. — Three Vietnam War veterans on Friday asked a federal judge to prevent work …
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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 …
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 …
Adam Wren / Politico:
How Talarico is countering Trump's midterms convention — James Talarico is planning to counterprogram President Donald Trump's GOP midterms convention in Dallas with a focus on affordability. The idea from the Texas Democratic Senate candidate and seminarian: host a statewide “Love Thy Neighbor” …
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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 …
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