TODAY'S TOP MADDOWBLOG POSTS
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Donald Trump didn’t need another member of his team facing ethics questions. He appears to have one anyway.
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The president responded furiously when the Rhode Island Democrat let Fox News viewers in on a secret that Trump desperately wants to deny.
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The president responded furiously when the Rhode Island Democrat let Fox News viewers in on a secret that Trump desperately wants to deny.
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Trump administration officials aren’t just contradicting Iran on the emerging framework — they’re also contradicting their own boss.
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Trump administration officials aren’t just contradicting Iran on the emerging framework — they’re also contradicting their own boss.
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The administration keeps confronting opportunities to make clear that it won’t deploy ICE agents to polling places. It also keeps leaving the door wide open.
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The administration keeps confronting opportunities to make clear that it won’t deploy ICE agents to polling places. It also keeps leaving the door wide open.
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OTHER STORIES ON OUR RADAR
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- "Multiple project summaries provided to the White House by Clark Construction show that internal cost estimates have been significantly higher than administration officials have acknowledged in public comments or court filings. They also show that the work was projected to rely heavily on taxpayer dollars from the moment it was announced."
Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s ballroom project, with half from taxpayers
(Washington Post)
- “We have been receiving troubling reports that you may be using part of the budget of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a personal slush fund to make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlawful ‘bonus’ payments to loyalist MAGA henchmen who have engaged in misconduct,” says a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., to Patel, obtained exclusively by MS NOW.
(MS NOW)
- Democrats lead by 13 points on trust to handle voters' top problems
(G. Elliot Morris)
- "Oklahomans’ aggravation dovetails with many homeowners’ feelings nationwide: From coastal states to the heartland, households find it increasingly difficult to get affordable insurance coverage — or any at all — as insurers react to climbing damage from hurricanes, wildfires, hailstorms and other hazards."
(Politico)
- "The new national detention standards, which ICE posted to its website Monday, include some of Geo’s requested changes. The document says detainees are not employees “and are not entitled to wages or benefits under applicable wage laws or labor regulations.”
The revised rules no longer say detainees must be paid at least $1 per day, and no longer include several references to contractors having to comply with state or local laws."
(Washington Post)
- Trump leans into the $5 million no-bid contract to coat horse statues in gold
(Rachel shares Steve's post)
- "But over the longer term, this energy shock — the second in just four years — is likely to accelerate a transition to renewables like solar and wind as well as nuclear power."
The Iran War Permanently Altered the Global Economy
(New York Times)
- "In the case of the Insurrection Act, Vice President JD Vance pushed to invoke it just days after federal agents shot and killed Alex Pretti, a Minnesota critical care nurse who was protesting the administration’s immigration policies."
(New York Times)
- Why is Donald Trump making everyone wait until Friday to read the text of the deal with Iran he reportedly already signed (electronically)?
(MaddowBlog Bluesky video)
- “The men buried in Colleville did not die so that we could close off beaches; they died to liberate a continent from an ideology based on the hierarchy of human beings and racism. To distort their sacrifice into an argument for hatred is to betray their commitment.”
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“It’s crazy that resistance today is just about reminding the world of its values,” she said. “And that doing so seems like a radical stance.”
‘A point of resistance’: the Normandy village that said ‘non’ to Pete Hegseth
(The Guardian)
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