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Pentagon Sends More Troops to Middle East
Wall Street Journal: “The Pentagon is sending three warships and thousands of additional Marines to the Middle East, in the second deployment of Marines to the region in the past…
Trump Reinstates Support For Jeff Hurd
“President Trump on Friday reversed himself and re-endorsed Rep. Jeff Hurd (R-CO), an unusual move that came a month after he pulled his support from Mr. Hurd over a disagreement…
House GOP Leaders Punt Controversial FISA Vote
Politico: “House GOP leaders are punting a reauthorization vote for the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act that they had hoped to hold next week until mid-April, with a GOP hard-liner revolt…
Trump Sues Harvard Again
CNN: “The Trump administration slapped a new multibillion-dollar lawsuit against Harvard University on Friday, alleging that the school is in violation of a civil rights law and has failed to…
Trump Says He’s Healthier Than the Navy Football Team
“President Trump on Friday argued he’s healthier than the Navy championship football team and got his former White House doctor to agree,” the New York Post reports. Said Trump: “He…
Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain Mother of His Child
New York Times: “Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent turned presidential special envoy, had learned that his Brazilian ex-girlfriend was in a Miami jail, arrested on charges of fraud at…
JD Vance Plans Hungary Trip Ahead of Vote
“Vice President JD Vance will pay a visit to Hungary before the country’s pivotal April 12 elections,” Bloomberg reports. Save to Favorites
GOP Lawmakers Resist a Public Accounting on Iran
New York Times: “Republicans on Capitol Hill have given President Trump wide latitude to wage war on Iran with no congressional approval or limits.” “They have deferred to him almost…
Massachusetts Lost $4.2 Billion After Millionaire Tax
Bloomberg: “Residents exiting Massachusetts took a net of $4.2 billion in adjusted gross income with them in 2023, one of the largest totals in the country, after a tax on…
Trump Says It Will Take Iran 10 Years to Rebuild
President Trump told MSNOW it would take 10 years for Iran to rebuild following the military offensive waged by the U.S. and Israel and asserted that toppling the hardline theocratic…
Quote of the Day
“I think right now at least just kind of keeping a stiff upper lip. Maybe you take one less trip to Starbucks and so that gas goes a little further.”…
Trump Gives a Lifeline to an Enemy
President Trump has managed to construct one of the most contradictory policy moves of his presidency: easing sanctions on Iran to help stabilize global oil markets — even as U.S….
Trump Is Getting Drilled, Baby, Drilled
Andrew Egger: “Trump is right to be worried. And he’s right in particular to be completely freaked out by the possibility of more attacks from either side on the region’s…
U.S. Prosecutors Investigate Colombia’s President
New York Times: “President Gustavo Petro of Colombia, who has had a volatile relationship with President Trump, is under criminal investigation by at least two U.S. federal prosecutors’ offices.” “The…
Is Russian Fuel Headed for Cuba?
New York Times: “A Russian tanker full of oil is moving through the Atlantic Ocean and drawing scrutiny to see if it is heading to Cuba, a potential test of…
The ‘ModSquad’ Endorses Haley Stevens in Michigan
Axios: “ModSquad, a group of nearly a dozen moderate Senate Democrats, is endorsing Rep. Haley Stevens in Michigan’s Democratic primary.” “Why it matters: The Democratic party is fracturing over its…
Iran Says It Has Not Halted Weapons Production
Wall Street Journal: “Iran projected defiance as the war neared the three-week mark, with the new supreme leader declaring that ‘safety must be taken away’ from the country’s enemies while…
Trump Had No Plan B for Iran
Tom Nichols: “Trump did seem to have an overarching goal at the start of the war: regime change. In a video he released during the first night of the attack,…
U.S. Military Ramps Up to Clear Strait of Hormuz
New York Times: “U.S. warplanes and attack helicopters are ramping up assaults against Iranian drones and naval vessels in an escalating military effort to clear the Strait of Hormuz, the…
American Farmers Are Feeling the Squeeze
The Economist: “America’s rural heartland is unusually loyal to Mr Trump. In counties where farming generates at least a quarter of earnings, he won 78% of the vote in 2024,…
