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Preservation groups sue to block Trump Kennedy Center changes
A coalition of historic preservation and architectural groups sued President Trump and the Kennedy Center’s board of trustees on Monday, seeking to block the planned renovations of the performing arts center set to start in July. The lawsuit, filed in federal court in Washington, D.C., argues that the project would cause “irreparable harm” to the…
2 min readThe Hill
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Trump postpones strikes on Iran's power plants after "productive conversations"
Iranian state media said there was no "direct or indirect communication" with President Trump, but a senior Iranian official later indicated they'd received communication from a mediator.
793 min readCBS News
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DHS funding talks in limbo after Trump insists GOP pass SAVE America Act
Senate talks aimed at ending the 38-day DHS shutdown hit a new roadblock after President Trump called on Republicans to hold out for passage of the SAVE America Act.
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Senate GOP says Trump signals shift to backing DHS compromise with Democrats
Senate Republicans believe that President Trump is willing to accept a potential deal to fund the Department of Homeland Security following a White House meeting on Monday night. It would be a significant shift for Trump, who over the weekend repeatedly he would not make a deal with Democrats unless they moved separate voting legislation…
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Top Senate Republicans coalesce behind plan to end DHS shutdown
Top Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill believe their party is unified behind a plan to reopen the Department of Homeland Security. Now, they need to sell the plan to Democrats.
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Schiff: Trump ‘trying to bring down the price at the pump’ with talks of Iran negotiations
Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Monday expressed doubt about President Trump’s claim that the U.S. and Iran are negotiating a resolution to the weekslong conflict. “If what the president is saying is true, that’s encouraging. But of course, we’ve heard the president say things that proved to be completely untrue in the past,” Schiff told…
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Trump casts a mail ballot again in Florida even as he calls the method 'cheating'
President Donald Trump cast a mail ballot in an upcoming Florida special election, according to Palm Beach County records, as he publicly condemns the voting method as fraudulent."Mail-in voting means mail-in cheating.
1074 min readNBC News
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Markwayne Mullin confirmed as DHS secretary in 54-45 Senate vote
The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, finalizing President Trump's shakeup of DHS following months of scrutiny of Kristi Noem's leadership.
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Trump news at a glance: president touts ‘strong talks’ with Iran that Iran says have not happened
Trump teased a deal could soon be reached to end his war on Iran, which Tehran denied – key US politics stories from Monday 23 March at a glance
4 min readThe Guardian
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How Trump suddenly embraced the idea of talking with Iran
President Donald Trump’s sudden turnabout and, according to him, rapidly advancing peace talks made for an abrupt shift in the administration’s approach to the Iran war.
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Senate confirms Trump loyalist Markwayne Mullin as homeland security secretary
Oklahoma senator, confirmed in 54-45 vote, replaces Kristi Noem to lead president’s immigration crackdown
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Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to lead DHS
The Senate on Monday confirmed Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) to lead the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) after President Trump dismissed his first Cabinet official. Mullin earned support from both sides of the aisle, with two Democrats joining Republicans to approve his nomination in a 54-45 vote. Mullin was fast-tracked through the Senate, with the…
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Majority of US Senate votes to back Trump's Homeland nominee; voting continues
WASHINGTON, March 23 (Reuters) - The majority of U.S. senators have voted to confirm President Donald Trump's nominee for Homeland Security secretary, Markwayne Mullin, to replace outgoing Kristi Noem
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Senate confirms Markwayne Mullin to be DHS secretary, replacing Kristi Noem
The Senate voted to confirm Markwayne Mullin to lead the Department of Homeland Security, replacing Kristi Noem as DHS is shutdown leading to airport delays and lines.
4 min read - Politics
Ending Iran war now would cede Hormuz to the enemy, Trump’s former Defense secretary says
"You’d see a tax for every ship that goes through" Hormuz if Trump quits now, Gen. Jim Mattis said.
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California sues Trump energy department over revival of controversial oil pipeline
Attorney general decries ‘outrageous federal overreach’ after government restarted pipeline closed over 2015 spill
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U.S. sent Iran a message via mediators as Trump says deal is possible, Iranian official says
Iran has received a message from the U.S. through mediators as a potential precursor to talks between the two warring countries, a senior Iranian Foreign Ministry official told CBS News, after President Trump suggested a deal is possible.
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The Memo: Trump looks for the off-ramp on Iran
President Trump seemed to begin a de-escalation of the war on Iran on Monday, sparking a relief rally in financial markets and sending the price of oil tumbling. But Trump did not dispel confusion over exactly what’s going on, nor did he erase deeper doubts about what comes next. It seems clear that Trump is…
5 min read - World
Van Hollen: Trump is ‘lying’ about talks with Iranians
Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) said Monday that President Trump is “lying” about holding talks with Iranian officials. “We know he’s lying when he says that the Iranians are talking with us and they’re about to give Donald Trump everything he wants. Yes, that’s a lie,” Van Hollen told host Kasie Hunt on CNN’s “The…
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Trump puts Republicans in a bind on the DHS shutdown: From the Politics Desk
President Donald Trump rejected an off-ramp to the DHS shutdown and instead called on congressional Republicans to refuse any deal with Democrats unless they agree to pass the SAVE America Act.
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Former political rivals take on Trump’s push to nationalize voting
GOP lawyer Ben Ginsberg and former Obama White House counsel Bob Bauer aim to present a united front against the Trump administration’s efforts to oversee election administration
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Signs emerge Trump ready to end Iran war as pressure mounts over Hormuz
Early signs emerged Monday that the Trump administration is signaling it wants to wind down the war with Iran, as pressure from the closure of the Strait of Hormuz tightens its grip on the global economy. But conflicting accounts over whether any talks are taking place between the U.S. and Iran to reach any kind…
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TSA lines stretch for hours as Trump deploys ICE agents to US airports
President claims immigration agents could help manage long lines as TSA agents go unpaid during partial shutdown
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California Democrats condemn immigration arrest at San Francisco airport
Video footage of federal officers detaining a crying woman at San Francisco International Airport drew outrage Monday from local officials, although it was unrelated to President Donald Trump's deployment of immigration officers to short-staffed airports during a partial government shutdown. The Department of Homeland Security said in an email that officers arrested Angelina Lopez-Jimenez and Wendy Godinez-Jimenez at the airport Sunday as the family had an outstanding final order of removal to Guatemala from 2019.
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TSA crisis grows, raising pressure on lawmakers to end DHS shutdown
Congress is facing mounting pressure to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and end the partial government shutdown as flight delays and long security lines are worsening at airports nationwide. President Trump said this past weekend he would deploy Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to airports to help manage the strain, a move…
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Trump approved Iran operation after Netanyahu argued for joint killing of Khamenei, sources say
Netanyahu argued there might never be a better chance to kill Khamenei and to avenge previous Iranian efforts to assassinate Trump, sources said.
8 min readMilitary Times
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Judge appoints new US attorney for New Jersey after Habba, other officials were disqualified
A veteran federal prosecutor was appointed Monday as U.S. attorney for New Jersey, ending a dispute between the judiciary and President Donald Trump over control of the office that included the disqualifications of the administration's previous picks for the position. A U.S. District Court judge issued a one-sentence order naming Robert Frazer as the top federal prosecutor in the state — the result of an agreement between federal judges and the U.S. Department of Justice. “The Department of Justice thanks the district court for working with the Department to appoint Robert Frazer to serve as US Attorney so that once again criminal prosecutions can resume without needless challenge or delay on behalf of the people of New Jersey," the department said in a statement.
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Candidates for Greene’s seat clash over Iran war, economy in runoff election debate
ATLANTA – The two candidates running to replace former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R) in Georgia’s 14th Congressional District faced off in a debate Sunday, offering a contrast in both tone and policy ahead of the April 7 runoff election. Democrat Shawn Harris and Republican Clay Fuller, President Trump’s endorsed candidate, used the stage to…
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Conservation groups sue to block Trump efforts to 'hastily gut' the Kennedy Center
Several conservation groups sued Monday to block the planned massive renovations at the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, arguing the Trump administration plans to "hastily gut" the center without regard to its history or statutory guardrails
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Why are US airport security lines so long – and how is it linked to Trump’s voting restrictions act?
US president has rejected efforts to compromise with Democrats over funding for homeland security, saying Republicans should focus on Save America act
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The Supreme Court’s mail-in ballot decision could inject chaos into midterm elections
The justices are considering blocking states from accepting mail ballots that arrive after Election Day.
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Who is Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf, Iranian figure reportedly leading talks with US
Mohammad-Bagher Ghalibaf is the speaker of Iran’s Parliament, and has spent decades inside the political circles of Tehran that wield power and influence in the country. On Monday, sources told multiple outlets that Ghalibaf is leading talks with President Trump on behalf of Iran as both sides contemplate their strategies and the potential for de-escalation…
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Trump rejected an off-ramp to the DHS shutdown – for now
President Donald Trump was presented Sunday with a potential off-ramp to the more than month-long Department of Homeland Security shutdown: fund every part of the department except enforcement operations by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, two sources familiar with the conversations told CNN.
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The RNC has nearly a 7-to-1 money advantage over the DNC, which has more debt than cash on hand
An already massive gap between Republican National Committee and Democratic National Committee finances widened in February, according to new reports filed with the Federal Election Commission.
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ICE officers aren't trained in airport security. Can they help ease long lines?
Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers have been deployed to select airports across the country, where they are meant to help mitigate long lines fueled by staffing shortfalls caused by a partial government shutdown. The government has given few details on what immigration officers will do and Trump has suggested that airports were “fertile ground” for immigration enforcement, although he said ICE was only there to help. ICE officers on Monday were seen standing near security lines and checkpoints and so far were not screening passengers.
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Netanyahu says Trump sees opportunity for deal with Iran
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that President Trump sees an opportunity for a deal with Iran as the U.S.-Israeli conflict with the Middle Eastern country rages on. “Earlier today I spoke with our friend President Trump. President Trump believes there is an opportunity to leverage the tremendous achievements we have reached alongside the…
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Democrats release details behind spending on Noem’s $220M ad campaign
The Trump-aligned company tasked with creating the $220 million ad featuring Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem got a $60,000 signing bonus for making the commercial, during which time it spent $20,000 on horse rentals, lawmakers revealed Monday. The breakdown, secured as part of an investigation from Sens. Peter Welch (D-Vt.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), offers new details about…
753 min read - Business
Trump administration will pay a French company $1 billion in taxpayer funds to not build wind farms
The Trump administration announced it will pay nearly $1 billion to French energy giant TotalEnergies in exchange for the company abandoning plans to build offshore wind farms in the Atlantic Ocean and instead pursue fossil fuel projects in the US.
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Takeaways from arguments in the Supreme Court case that could end grace periods for mail-in ballots
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority appeared dubious of state laws that allow the counting of mail ballots that arrive at election offices after Election Day as justices heard oral arguments in a challenge to Mississippi’s five-day grace period for mail ballots.
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Live updates: Trump pauses some attacks, says Iran has ‘one more opportunity to end its threats’
President Trump on Monday said Iran “has one more opportunity to end its threats” to the U.S. and its allies. He added that Iran wants peace. The remarks, made at a Memphis, Tenn., crime task force roundtable, came hours after he said attacks on Iran’s energy infrastructure would be put on hold for five days…
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US judge blocks Trump administration from detaining thousands of refugees
BOSTON, March 23 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Monday blocked U.S.
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Supreme Court hears case over mail ballots that arrive after Election Day
The Supreme Court is considering a challenge to a Mississippi law that allows ballots that are postmarked by but received up to five days after Election Day to be counted.
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US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan
Trump administration announces deal with TotalEnergies to redirect investment in wind to oil and gas instead
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Trump, Bessent struggle to defend easing of Iranian oil sanctions amid a war
As one Democratic senator summarized, “We’re literally putting money into the pockets of the very nations that we are fighting right now.”
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Trump tours Elvis Presley’s Graceland, signs guitar during Memphis visit
President Trump stopped to visit Elvis Presley’s former home, known as Graceland, during his trip to Memphis, Tenn., on Monday. “They all say, ‘Did you know Elvis?’” Trump told reporters during a tour of the mansion. “So I knew Frank Sinatra, I knew most of them. Unfortunately, I never met Elvis, and that would have…
1 min read - World
Strait of Hormuz dotted with about a dozen Iranian mines, U.S. officials say
U.S. officials say assessments show at least a dozen Iranian mines in the Strait of Hormuz as President Trump backs off his threat to target Iran's energy infrastructure over claims of productive peace talks
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