Jonathan Lemire: “The absurdity of a man who avoided Vietnam due to ‘bone spurs’ dancing on the grave of a decorated combat veteran.”
Iran’s New Leader Still in Hiding
“The CIA, Mossad and other intelligence agencies around the world were watching during Nowruz on Friday to see whether Iran’s new supreme leader Mojtaba Khamenei would follow his father’s tradition and give a new year’s address,” Axios reports.
“When the holiday passed with only a written statement from Mojtaba, the mystery around his physical condition, whereabouts and role in Iran’s war effort deepened.”
Wall Street Journal: “Khanenei hasn’t appeared in public, nor has the Iranian government issued new images of him or even recordings of his voice.”
“The pictures that have been released often show Khamenei in clearly fictional scenes for propaganda purposes. Many photos of him appear to have been generated or modified by artificial intelligence.”
GOP Bid to Target Transgender Athletes Falls Flat
“Senate Republicans tried and failed on Saturday to attach a measure targeting transgender athletes to the restrictive voter ID bill they are seeking to push through Congress, resurfacing an issue aimed at putting Democrats on the defensive ahead of midterm elections the GOP is at risk of losing,” the New York Times reports.
“President Trump, who has made the voter ID bill his top legislative priority, had demanded that it include two provisions related to transgender Americans, neither of which have anything to do with elections. One would bar transgender women and girls from playing in women’s and girls’ sports, and another would criminalize gender transition treatments for minors.”
“Neither of those measures, nor the voter ID bill itself, have the 60 votes necessary to move ahead in the Senate and become law.”
How Corey Lewandowski Wielded Power Inside DHS
New York Times: “Presiding over gatherings in the secretary’s office was just one way Mr. Lewandowski exerted power far beyond the scope of his role as unpaid adviser.”
“While he joined the department early last year in what was supposed to be a limited, part-time role, the longtime Republican operative used his perch to build an expansive portfolio in which he had wide influence over personnel, contracts and the department’s operations on the ground, according to nearly 20 current and former administration officials, many of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity out of fear of retaliation.”
ICE Agents to Be Sent to U.S. Airports on Monday
New York Times: “Mr. Trump posted the threat, then the timing of the deployment, in an apparent attempt to break an impasse between congressional Democrats and the White House over immigration enforcement, a stalemate that caused a partial government shutdown last month.”
Quote of the Day
“Robert Mueller just died. Good, I’m glad he’s dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!”
— President Trump, on Truth Social.
Iran War Exposes Limits of ‘Yes Sir’ Cabinet
Bloomberg: “Those privately pressing Trump to strike Iran included Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, media mogul Rupert Murdoch and some conservative commentators, according to people familiar with the matter who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss private conversations. The News Corp. founder communicated with Trump several times as he urged the president to take on Tehran.”
“Meanwhile, some of Trump’s closest advisers were more muted about the prospect of an armed conflict, including Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and White House Chief of Staff Susie Wiles.”
“Few, if any, told him directly it was an ill-conceived idea.”
Military Housing Is a Hot Commodity for Trump Aides
New York Times: “All across Washington, some of the most powerful people in the federal government are hosting one another for dinner, comparing their rent prices and fixing leaky pipes — which, in one unfortunate case, recently flooded a cabinet secretary’s basement.”
“It sounds relatable, except for one detail: These high-ranking officials are not living in Georgetown or Kalorama or the wealthiest enclaves of Northern Virginia, as many did in administrations past. An increasing number of them are living in secure military housing.”
Fed Chair Extols ‘Independence and Integrity’
Financial Times: “Jay Powell says that ‘independence and integrity are inseparable’ in the wake of another attack from Donald Trump on the Federal Reserve chair. ”
Robert Mueller Is Dead
Robert Mueller, former special counsel who investigated Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, died Friday, MS Now reports.
Trump Threatens to Move ICE Agents to Airport Security
With the Department of Homeland Security still unfunded and TSA agents not being paid, President Trump threatened to “move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like no one has ever seen before.”
Democrats Sweat Over Virginia Redistricting
NBC News: “After putting an aggressive redraw of the state’s congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election…”
“Some supporters of the Virginia referendum acknowledge the challenge of convincing voters to back a gerrymandered map when Democrats, who several years ago backed the formation of the state’s bipartisan redistricting commission, have criticized Republicans for similar moves.”
“Virginia voters are also not accustomed to going to the polls in April, when Democrats scheduled the special election, making turnout particularly unpredictable.”
White House Revises Offer to End Shutdown
Politico: “The White House offered additional immigration enforcement concessions to Democrats Friday evening as border czar Tom Homan met a second time with a bipartisan group of senators seeking to end the Homeland Security shutdown.”
“Leaving the private meeting, Republican senators said they hope Democrats respond over the weekend to the Trump administration’s bolstered proposal of immigration enforcement changes meant to address Democratic demands for funding DHS.”
Bags of Documents Shredded After Epstein’s Death
Miami Herald: “Less than a week after Jeffrey Epstein was found dead inside his cell at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in Manhattan, something was afoot inside an office where the Federal Bureau of Prisons’ After Action Team had set up a probe into what had happened to their most high-profile inmate.”
“The FBI was told that there were people shredding documents. Bags of them.”
Work Is Underway on Trump’s Second Border Wall
Washington Post: “The Trump administration is building hundreds of miles of border wall through iconic national parks, public lands and ecologically sensitive wilderness, empowered by provisions in the One Big Beautiful Bill that provided $46.5 billion in funding and a 2005 law that waived dozens of environmental rules for border security projects.”
The Erasure of Cesar Chavez
Los Angeles Times: “It took three decades of battles and lobbying for Cesar Chavez’s name and likeness to grace hundreds of buildings, roads, parks and schools.”
“It is taking just days for them to come down.”
“In the two days after allegations emerged that the famed farmworker rights leader and Chicano figure sexually assaulted minors and fellow labor icon Dolores Huerta, Chavez is being erased at an unprecedented rate. This is especially true in California, where his fight for agricultural workers’ rights was cemented in state history.”
New York Times: Public references to Cesar Chavez are being removed across the U.S.
Iran Believes It’s Winning
Wall Street Journal: “Three weeks into the war, the Iranian regime is signaling that it believes it is winning and has the power to impose a settlement on Washington that entrenches Tehran’s dominance of Middle East energy resources for decades to come.”
“This attitude may prove to be a dangerous misreading of President Trump’s determination, or of Israel’s capacity to inflict strategic blows on the Islamic Republic’s surviving leadership and military capabilities.”
GOP Pushes Back on Curbing Mail-In Voting
Wall Street Journal: “President Trump has demanded that the GOP-controlled Senate vote to end most mail-in voting. One big problem: Many red-leaning states have embraced the practice, putting lawmakers in a tough spot.”
“Trump allies are aiming to tack mail-in voting limits onto the SAVE America Act, which would require people to prove U.S. citizenship to register to vote, among other new rules. The measure is opposed by Democrats, and the president’s insistence on adding mail-in voting to the mix has further complicated the politics.”
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