TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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New reporting suggests the cost of the conflict could be more than triple the most recent estimate from the Trump administration.
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The president has repeatedly tried to strengthen his position through prime-time national addresses. His previous efforts, however, have all been duds.
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The president has repeatedly tried to strengthen his position through prime-time national addresses. His previous efforts, however, have all been duds.
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The secretary likely realizes his tactics have sparked questions about his apparent hostility to diversity. He doesn’t seem to care.
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The secretary likely realizes his tactics have sparked questions about his apparent hostility to diversity. He doesn’t seem to care.
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The president wants the FBI to waste its time on his conspiracy theories, not those related to the senator’s death.
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The president wants the FBI to waste its time on his conspiracy theories, not those related to the senator’s death.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born private equity investor in Chicago, will serve as chairman of a new state department enterprise fund overseeing more than $200m designated for a central Asia trade corridor, including investments in transportation, energy infrastructure and critical minerals, the Guardian has learned. The state department confirmed his appointment on Friday.
Sokolov was one of 36 donors, including 21 corporations and 15 individuals and family foundations, who Donald Trump said contributed over $350m to his ballroom project."
(The Guardian)
- "Less than 15 miles from an opulent palace associated with Vladimir Putin that was the focus of an investigation by the late opposition activist Alexei Navalny..."
(Wall Street Journal)
- "Don’t call it fascism, however. That would be unfair."
- "From promoting Mein Kampf reading groups led by Ann Coulter’s white nationalist niece one day, to getting face time with the Secretary of State the next. America! We’re still the country where anything is possible!"
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(portion of a Seth Cotlar thread)
- "Epstein survivors released this video today urging senators to block the confirmation of Todd Blanche for Attorney General. They’re trying to get to 20,000 signatures on their petition to send a message to the Senate."
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(Jim Acosta shares video and a link to the petition)
- Person fleeing ICE agents in Florida fatally struck by vehicle, highway patrol says
(CNN)
- "On Monday, two days before the Senate hearing to consider Todd Blanche’s nomination to become the nation’s chief law enforcement official, a federal judge strongly suggested that he may not even be fit to practice law."
(New York Times)
- Opportunities Narrow for Women as Hegseth Blocks More Promotions
For the first time in more than a decade, no active-duty female Navy officers are likely to be promoted to admiral this year.
(New York Times)
- FCC Officials Took Pricey Gifts From Paramount as the Company Needed Approval for Billion-Dollar Deals
(ProPublica)
- "The Wisconsin Elections Commission last week referred two complaints to the Brown County district attorney’s office, which can choose to bring criminal charges over violating the state law against election bribery. Prosecutors have 40 days to report back to the commission."
Elon Musk likely broke the law by promising voters $1 million payouts, Wisconsin board says
(Associated Press)
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