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Axios

Scoop: Platner declares Mills nearly finished in Maine Senate primary [1d]
House Democrat announces impeachment push against Pete Hegseth over Iran war [1d]
Trump official Howard Lutnick to sit for May interview with House panel on Epstein ties [1d]
David Hogg's PAC leaves some Dem campaigns fuming [1d]
U.S. launched "air armada" to rescue F-15 crew in Iran [1d]
Why JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon isn't sweating private credit [1d]
New video contradicts ICE's original story about North Minneapolis shooting [1d]
Artemis II just set a new distance-from-Earth record [1d]
Iran sends "maximalist" peace plan response as Trump deadline looms [2d]

Salon

Celebrate National Fresh Tomato Day with these 5 recipes [1d]
The problem with covering extremists [2d]
Hunger is rising — by Republican design [2d]
Iran is breaking Trump’s spirit [2d]

The Drudge Report

AI dolls offer companionship to elderly... [1d]
Tattoos can PROTECT against skin cancer? [1d]
DeSantis signs domestic terror bill... [1d]
Complexity of job may affect dementia risk... [1d]
AI dolls offer companionship to elderly... [1d]
TROUBLES: AP plans staff cuts, restructuring amid broader business shift... [1d]
ARTEMIS II RECORD-BREAKING DISTANCE FROM EARTH... [1d]
3-year-old immigrant suffered alleged sex abuse during months in federal custody... [1d]
Russia provided Iran with list of Israeli energy targets... [1d]
Luigi Mangione Trades Letters With MAGA Podcaster From Prison... [1d]
Tax CUTS are hot new idea for Dems... [1d]
New Nancy Guthrie ransom note... [1d]
Pressure mounts to be pulled from headline role... [1d]
How loneliness of working from home can affect mental health... [1d]
Sarah Ferguson tells pals she'll never go back to USA as she fears Epstein questions... [1d]
'4 HOUR OBLITERATION' THREAT [1d]
Billionaire Wants To Save America's Newspapers. He Thinks He's Found A Way... [1d]
Tehran internet blackout is longest national shutdown since Arab spring... [1d]
Wall Street knows something about war: Both sides running out of time... [1d]
USA will go after 'leaker' of info on downed pilot in Iran... [1d]
St Sebastian depicted as Asian trans man in National Gallery exhibit... [1d]
DC gay bar hosts Noem inspired kink night... [1d]
Russia said to provide Iran with Israeli targets... [1d]
Why cities shutting down FLOCK cameras amid privacy concerns... [1d]
Chinese University of Michigan researcher DIES after 'hostile questioning by feds'... [1d]
Socials driving teens toward steroids, extreme body transformations... [1d]
Kanye West permission to enter UK for London festival being reviewed by govt... [1d]
China stands to benefit most from war-driven crisis... [1d]
Forget 65, America's new retirement age is 85 -- or 35... [1d]
Newly Obtained Video of Minneapolis Shooting Undermines Feds' Account... [1d]
FOR RENT: CBS Deal With Byron Allen to Lease All of Late Night... [1d]
Jim Jordan -- Angling for House Leadership... [2d]
Wild Texts Allegedly Show Embattled Rep. Made Sex Demands of Aide: 'Squeeze My Balls'... [2d]
Energy shock dims Egypt nights... [2d]
TROUBLES: AP plans staff cuts, restructuring amid broader business shift... [2d]
ZENDAYA: MS. EVERYWHERE... [2d]
WINNER: Saudi Arabia charges record premium for its oil... [2d]
MAGA influencers promote gold but investors feel short-changed... [2d]
Easter egg hunt horror as young children find baby's remains in park... [2d]
Strongest El Nino in century? What this rare phenomenon could bring... [2d]
'MADMAN THEORY' [2d]
OR DEMENTIA? [2d]
CALLS GROW TO REMOVE [2d]
DC gay bar hosts Noem inspired kink night... [2d]
BUDWEISER Now Lone Major Sponsor... [2d]
SHOCK: Hospital forced woman mid-labor to go to judge! [2d]
'MADMAN THEORY' [2d]
IRAN VOWS REVENGE [2d]
AI Singer Now Occupies ELEVEN Spots on ITUNES Singles Chart! [2d]
Dimon warns recession... [2d]
ARTEMIS II RECORD-BREAKING DISTANCE FROM EARTH... [2d]
New Revelations Reignite Crypto Scandal Involving Argentina's President Milei... [2d]
Gen Z Won't Stop Having Sex With Chatbots... [2d]
'Pre-war prices' might never return... [2d]
TROUBLES: AP plans staff cuts, restructuring amid broader business shift... [2d]
STUDY: Banning Kids From Social Media Might Actually Make Things Worse... [2d]
Supremes pave way for Bannon contempt case to be dismissed... [2d]
Strongest El Nino in century? What this rare phenomenon could bring... [2d]
Tattoos can protect against skin cancer? [2d]
Altman May Control Future -- Can He Be Trusted? [2d]
The Most Illegal Plant? Scientists Grow Five Types of Psychoactive Drugs at Once... [2d]
Wrestling's Newest Star Is Massive, Bearded, and Ready to Piledrive ICE... [2d]
Top doctor sounds alarm over 'dementia signs'... [2d]
The MAGA Intellectual Who Prophesized a Queen Melania... [2d]
Inside the Battle at DOJ to Get Trump His Revenge... [2d]
Ellison says 70% of Americans are centrist. Surveys tell different story... [2d]
Tax cuts are the hot new idea for Dems... [2d]
Low-voltage utility elections face surge of attention as electricity bills rise... [2d]
ARTEMIS II SPACE TRAVEL DISTANCE RECORD... [2d]
Hungarians' growing anger at living in EU's 'most corrupt state'... [2d]
Young voters spurn Orban, say they will leave if re-elected... [2d]
In El Salvador's mass trials, 'the innocent pay for the guilty'... [2d]

The New Republic

Trump Suggests Gutting TSA After Blaming Shutdown on Democrats [1d]
DeSantis Signs Vague Anti-Terrorism Law Masquerading as “Anti-Sharia” [1d]
Trump Dramatically Escalates Iran Threat as He Says God Backs Him [1d]
Trump Calls Biden the R-Word—Twice [1d]
Trump Tries to Sell Iran Rescue Mission as Movie: “Boom Boom Boom” [1d]
Trump Threatens to Jail Journalist Who First Reported Missing Airman [1d]
Hegseth Claims Rescued Airman in Iran Is Like … Jesus? [1d]
Toddler Sexually Abused After Immigration Agents Took Her From Her Mom [1d]
Republican Congressman Caught Asking Another Staffer for Nudes [2d]
Iran Rejects Trump’s Ceasefire Deal After His Unhinged Threats [2d]
Trump Gives Deranged Speech on Military With Easter Bunny at His Side [2d]
This Is What Trump Thinks Makes You a Domestic Terrorist [2d]
ICE Raids Military Base to Arrest Newlywed Soldier’s Wife [2d]
New Video Busts ICE Lie About Immigrant Beating Agent With a Shovel [2d]
Stephen Miller Scrambles to Keep His White Supremacist Dream Alive [2d]
Supreme Court Hands Steve Bannon a Major Win on January 6 [2d]
Trump Threatens to Send Troops Into Iran After Incoherent Rant [2d]
Iran Mocks Trump’s Made-Up Deadline After Vulgar War Crimes Threat [2d]
Trump Crashes Out at Supreme Court, Orders Them to Watch Fox News Show [2d]
Bernie Sanders’s New, Necessary, Bold Act: Taking on the AI Oligarchs [2d]

Talking Points Memo

Trump Doubles Down on Threats to Blow Up Iran’s Infrastructure Tomorrow [1d]
The New Immigration Bond Regime [1d]
‘What Can I Do?’ On Good Uses for Your Time and Money in These Times [1d]
Trump’s Evangelical Leaders Are Working Overtime to Spin The Iran War [2d]
New Video of ICE Shooting Undermines Agents’ Account [2d]
TPM Live: How Did We Get Here? The Trump II Remix [2d]

Politico

Loomer, Fox and 'a RINO': Inside Trump's earthquake endorsement in California [1d]
Scammers are raking in millions by impersonating US government officials [1d]
Pentagon’s new plans in Iran give Trump a way out of war crime accusations [1d]
Howard Lutnick will testify to Congress about Jeffrey Epstein next month [2d]
IRS suffering filing-season staffing shortfall after layoffs, watchdog report says [2d]
Vance is on standby in Iran talks [2d]
Trump: ‘I can’t tell you’ whether war is winding down or escalating [2d]
Trump threatens to jail journalist who reported on crew’s rescue in Iran if they don’t reveal source [2d]
Republican super PAC's multi-hundred-million dollar ad buy shows a Senate GOP on defense [2d]

The Hill

Luna says Gonzales, Cherfilus-McCormick ‘need to go’ [1d]
Youngkin on political future: ‘I have more to give’ [1d]
5 takeaways from Trump’s news conference on Iran [1d]
EPA takes early step in methane rule rollback [1d]
Trump rips Supreme Court over birthright citizenship, tariffs [1d]
Sam Altman’s ‘New Deal’ for superintelligence [1d]
Trump’s looming deadline for Iran [1d]
OPEC+ agrees to boost output when Strait of Hormuz reopens [1d]
GOP super PAC announces $342M investment in midterm Senate races [1d]
Education Department rescinds previous Title IX agreements with schools over gender identity [1d]
Trump suggests US could charge toll for Strait of Hormuz passage [1d]
Trump brushes off questions about potential war crimes in Iran [1d]
Trump doubles down on Tuesday night deadline for Iran to meet US demands [1d]
Trump details rescue operation of missing F-15 airman in Iran: How it unfolded [1d]
Loomer takes credit for arrest of former Iranian commander’s niece in California [1d]
Former NATO commander on Iran rejecting ceasefire proposal: ‘They still have cards to play’ [1d]
Bolton: Trump extending deadline shows Iran ‘he’s not really serious’ [1d]
Associated Press cutting dozens of staffers [1d]
Former CIA director: ‘Russia no longer has the upper hand’ in Ukraine war [1d]
CBS announces what’s taking over Colbert’s ‘Late Show’ time slot [1d]
BNY to manage Trump accounts ahead of program’s launch [1d]
Trump says US will go after ‘leaker’ of info on down pilot in Iran [1d]
American woman missing at sea after husband says she fell overboard in Bahamas [1d]
Sanders on Trump Iran f-bomb threat: ‘Ravings of a dangerous and mentally unbalanced individual’ [1d]
Raskin demands DOJ turn over details on settlement with Michael Flynn [1d]
Iran could defeat the US just by not losing [2d]
House Republican predicts Trump will deploy troops in Iran: ‘I just don’t see any other way’ [2d]
Trump: Iran ceasefire proposal ‘significant,’ ‘not good enough’ [2d]
Don Bacon on Hegseth firing top military officers: ‘Not morally right nor wise’ [2d]
Stephen A. Smith on Trump’s Iran F-bomb threat: ‘It never ends with this guy’ [2d]
Christian nationalism versus actual Christianity [2d]
Democrats have too many troubles to cheer Trump’s failures [2d]
OpenAI’s Altman releases blueprint for taxing, regulating artificial intelligence [2d]
Regulator closes investigation into Tesla ‘actually smart summon’ feature [2d]
Israel hits petrochemical plant in Iran ahead of Trump deadline [2d]
Trump administration recombining two federal agencies separated after Gulf oil spill [2d]
Tennessee should not be allowed to execute Christa Pike [2d]
Dimon warns Iran war could sink economy into a recession [2d]
Trump’s bullying on the 14th Amendment isn’t working as planned [2d]
Iran spurns ‘unrealistic’ US peace proposal [2d]
Savannah Guthrie returns to ‘Today’ show [2d]
America’s medicine cabinet runs through Beijing [2d]
Democrats announce first slate of state legislative targets ahead of November [2d]
Supreme Court returns state-secrets privilege case to lower court [2d]
Supreme Court clears way for dismissal in case of ex-Cincinnati councilman pardoned by Trump [2d]
Supreme Court paves way for dismissal of Steve Bannon contempt of Congress case [2d]
Democrats face new reality: Podcasters’ political power [2d]
Trump endorses former Fox News host Steve Hilton in California governor race [2d]
Polluters must not be above the law [2d]
Live updates: Trump to hold press converences as deadline nears for Iran to open Strait of Hormuz [2d]
Watch live: Trump briefs press ahead of deadline on Iran [2d]
Trump administration asks appeals court to let White House ballroom construction resume [2d]
Democrats still have the edge heading into the Midterms [2d]
Watch live: Trump, first lady host White House Easter Roll [2d]
US, Iran receive draft ceasefire proposal: Reports [2d]
Nuclear war shouldn’t come down to just one person — especially when it’s Trump [2d]

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