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Lindsey Graham Begins Talks on New Party-Line Bill
Punchbowl News: “Senate Budget Committee Republicans are meeting early this week to discuss a second reconciliation bill.” “Senate Budget Committee Chair Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) has called the meeting as talks…
How Trump Killed Conservatism
Peter Wehner: “The president has cultivated and encouraged the ugliest passions within the GOP, dousing the embers of hate with kerosene.” Save to Favorites
Justices Seem Skeptical of Late-Arriving Mail Ballots
“The U.S. Supreme Court has heard arguments over whether states can continue to count late-arriving mail ballots — an election issue targeted by President Donald Trump,” the AP reports. “In…
Iran’s Speaker Denies Any Negotiations
The Associated Press quotes Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf: “No negotiations have been held with the US, and fake news is used to manipulate the financial and oil markets and escape the…
Why Would Iran Make a Deal with Trump?
Let’s assume — generously — that the U.S. is actually negotiating with senior Iranian officials. That raises a more basic question: What, exactly, could Donald Trump say that anyone in…
Trump Poised to Skip CPAC
Time: “President Donald Trump is poised to skip the Conservative Political Action Conference this week, breaking with an annual tradition that has helped define his political rise and cement his…
The White House Template for Trump’s Lies
CNN: “Donald Trump’s White House spokespeople have a favorite two-step reply when reporters ask them to comment on one of the president’s false claims.” “First: They say, ‘President Trump is…
Fox News Didn’t Report on Trump’s Mueller Reaction
CNN: “If you only watched Fox News over the weekend, you didn’t hear about President Donald Trump’s widely condemned reaction to Robert Mueller’s death.” “Since then, Fox News has mentioned…
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“The unsettling reality is that with this president, Americans in wartime are in the unprecedented position of having to suspect that the enemy’s version of events is more likely to…
U.S. Negotiating with Iranian Speaker
An Israeli official told Axios that U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner had been speaking with the speaker of the Iranian parliament, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf. President Trump did not…
Trump Rejects Exit Ramp on TSA Spending
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump has rejected one of the possible offramps for the standoff over funding the Department of Homeland Security, leaving an impasse unresolved that has led to…
Meloni Faces Defeat in Italian Referendum
Bloomberg: “Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni is on track to narrowly lose a national referendum to overhaul Italy’s judicial system, which has become a vote on the leader herself.” “About 54.4%…
Bonus Exchange of the Day
President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: Whose idea was that to put ICE in the airports? TRUMP: Mine. That was mine. That was like the paper clip. Do you…
Republicans Have Lost Confidence in Pete Hegseth
Tara Palmeri: “Over the weekend, I spoke with Republican sources in the administration, on Capitol Hill, and on K Street about what they are really saying behind closed doors about…
The Madman Theory Was Always a Stretch
President Trump’s handling of the Iran conflict over the weekend has a distinctly familiar feel. The impulsiveness. The bravado. The habit of chasing shiny objects while the broader strategy drifts…
Exchange of the Day
President Trump took questions from reporters: REPORTER: Iran’s foreign ministry says you’re not telling the truth when it comes to productive conversations to end the war. TRUMP: Well, they’re gonna…
Trump Says U.S. Will Have Joint Control of Strait
Referring to the U.S. talks with an unnamed Iranian leader, President Trump says the Strait of Hormuz will be open very soon “if this works,” Bloomberg reports. Trump says the…
Trump Insists the U.S. Is Talking with Iran
President Trump claimed once again that the U.S. is speaking with a “top person” in Iran who is not the Supreme Leader, Bloomberg reports. He said Iran wants “very much…
Trump’s Surgeon General Pick Stalls
Washington Post: “The nascent Make America Healthy Again movement got one of its biggest wins last spring: Casey Means was selected to be the nation’s top doctor.” “But more than…
Jeffries Tells Trump to ‘Keep His Reckless Mouth Shut’
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Trump could get “somebody killed” after the president accused Democrats of being the country’s “greatest enemy” after Iran, Politico reports. Said Jeffries: “Donald…
