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Wall Street Journal:
Behind Closed Doors, John Fetterman Shows Little Interest in the Work of a Senator  —  Poised to be a possible swing vote in a divided Congress, he churns through staff as he dodges constituents, alienates fellow Democrats and courts Israel lobby  —  One morning in June …
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Eliza Collins / Wall Street Journal:
Democrats Assail Fetterman After WSJ Report
Discussion: Newsweek and RedState
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
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
Trump: Fans ‘will not be happy’ Bartiromo out at Fox News  —  President Trump said late Thursday that Maria Bartiromo's fans will not be happy that the host is out at Fox News.  —  “I can't believe Maria Bartiromo is no longer going to have her great show(s) on FoxNews/Business,” the president wrote on Truth Social.
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Ed Morrissey / HotAir:
War?  Bartiromo Gets Boot From Fox, Lawyers Up  —  Reporters live by the leak.  Sometimes, they die by the leak too ... if they're the leaker.  Allegedly.  —  Word leaked out yesterday that Fox Business Channel and longtime host Maria Bartiromo had parted ways.
Nia Prater / New York Magazine:
Maria Bartiromo Is Suddenly Out at Fox and No One Is Sure Why
Mira Bhakta / The Hill:
NC elections officials alter mail ballot rules just before they're mailed out  —  The North Carolina State Board of Elections approved new guidelines Friday regarding mail-in ballots, hours before those same ballots were sent to voters.  —  The new guidelines pertain to the standards the board …
Discussion: Shaw Local and Democracy Docket
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Emily Davies / New York Times:
North Carolina Mails First Ballots of Fall, as Trump Tries to Restrict Them
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump's ex-labor sec. drank on the job, misused government funds: watchdog … - The White House, which slammed prior reports as “baseless,” and the Department of Labor did not immediately respond to Axios' request for comment.  — Chavez-DeRemer also did not respond to a request for comment.
Discussion: MS NOW and New York Post
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Jill Colvin / Associated Press:
Internal watchdog report: Former Labor Secretary oversaw hostile work environment, misused funds
New York Times:   Former Labor Secretary Stoked Dysfunction and Toxicity, Department Report Finds
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.
Discussion: CNN
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New York Times:
A More Confident Iran Emerges After Six Months of War With the U.S.
Discussion: Financial Times
Aamer Madhani / Associated Press:
Vance says Iran fight isn't a ‘war’ as Trump tries to navigate unpopular conflict as election nears
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Trump tells Fed to slash rates or he'll end trade with countries with U.S. surpluses  — President Donald Trump demanded that the Federal Reserve slash interest rates or else he will cut off trade with countries with which the U.S. maintains trade deficits.
Discussion: UPI, Quartz and 24/7 Wall St.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Surprisingly strong jobs report could set stage for Fed rate hike
Elisabeth Buchwald / CNN:
Trump says he will cease trading with top partners unless Fed lowers rates
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:
Discussion: The Daily Wire
Sam Blewett / Politico:
Top Farage aides quit after undercover donations sting  —  Dan Jukes, Farage's long-term media chief, and James Orr, his senior policy adviser, have stepped down as Reform UK launches investigation.  —  BIRMINGHAM, England — Nigel Farage lost two of his closest advisers after they were caught …
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The Guardian:
Reform suspends two officials over donations sting as Farage admits their comments 'don't look good' - UK politics live
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 …
Willa Rubin / NPR:
The price of diesel hits a record high  —  The price of diesel has reached an all-time high, according to AAA.  —  The national average for a gallon is now $5.85.  The price of diesel hasn't been this high since June 2022, when the average for a gallon reached $5.81 a few months after Russia invaded Ukraine, according to AAA data.
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Wyatte Grantham-Philips / Associated Press:
US diesel prices hit a record high of $5.85 on average as the Iran war disrupts the flow of fuel
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.
Politico:
'We've told them he cannot come': Republicans grapple with how to handle Trump on the trail  —  President Donald Trump wants to be heavily involved in Republicans' midterm push.  They're not all thrilled.  —  As Trump begins to unveil his midterm campaign plans, many Republicans facing tough elections …
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Politico:   The Trump crunch cracking his coalition
Catherine Rampell / The Bulwark:
Europe's Gold Fled the Nazis.  Now It's Fleeing Trump.  —  Our allies once trusted America to safeguard their reserves.  Now they worry the president might freeze them.  —  NEARLY A CENTURY AGO, our European allies evacuated their gold to America to safeguard it from the Nazis.
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Paul Krugman:
Ingots We No Longer Trust
Discussion: Quartz and Alternet.org
Letters from God:
Thou Shalt Take Down All Of Trump's Monuments  —  Lo, Donald Trump is building yet another monument to himself while losing the war he started to distract from the Epstein files.  —  Before we begin, bless the little heart on this post so the billionaire algorithms accidentally show it to many more people.
Discussion: MS NOW
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
Army Heroes' Humiliating Nickname for Pete Hegseth Is Leaked  —  BETRAYED  —  Astonishing details of Delta Force's naked mockery of Hegseth have leaked to the Daily Beast.  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  In his effort to transform himself from a misogynistic loser-boozer into the man running the world's …
Joe Sonka / Louisville Public Media:
Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin arrested, booked in Louisville jail  —  The Bourbon County Sheriff's Office arrested former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin Thursday at a film set in Paris, Kentucky.  —  Former Kentucky Gov. Matt Bevin was arrested Thursday in Paris by the Bourbon County Sheriff's Office due …
Sarah N. Lynch / CBS News:
Federal prosecutor fired after investigating ICE officer for civil rights offenses in Minnesota shooting, sources say  —  A federal prosecutor in Minnesota who was investigating an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer for possible civil rights crimes has been fired, four sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
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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Gavin J. Quinton / NOTUS:
Trump Signs Order to Help Ranchers Bypass USDA-Inspected Processing Facilities
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: Trump administration drafting post-war Middle East plan
Discussion: NewsMax.com
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
The “priorities gap” and the midterms
Discussion: Navigator Research
Politico:
Mamdani backs reopening Columbia University campus to public after pro-Palestine protests prompted shutdown
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Neil Mehta / Wall Street Journal:
Howard Lutnick Made Over $250 Million Last Year
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U.S. Adds a Whopping 162,000 Jobs in a Bright Spot for the Economy
Jenni Reid / CNBC:
World's biggest sovereign wealth fund plans to cut U.S. Treasury holdings
Discussion: UPI, NewsMax.com and Quartz
Ben Geman / Axios:
The coming verdict on Trump's Strait of Hormuz strategy
Discussion: Rigzone and The Daily Wire
Hunter Woodall / MS NOW:
Former RNC chair backs Democrat in coveted Montana district
Discussion: NOTUS and Alternet.org
 

 
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Oliver Darcy / Status:
Sources: Fox fired Maria Bartiromo after she shared with the White House internal Fox guidance to steer clear of Trump's 2020 election claims in a July speech

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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