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Axios

Congressional Democrats turn their sights to Pam Bondi after Kristi Noem's firing [11m]
Exclusive: Azerbaijan wants "official explanation" from Iran after drone attack [1h]
House rejects Iran war powers measure [2h]
Senate GOP cheers Trump's decision to dump Noem [2h]
Trump's soft landings: The officials moved rather than fired [2h]
House Democrat moves to impeach AG Pam Bondi over handling of the Epstein files [3h]
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says [3h]
Democrats say Trump removing Kristi Noem isn't enough to end DHS shutdown [4h]
5 controversies that dogged Noem's DHS tenure [4h]
Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran [6h]
Iran war adds new layer to supply chain stress [7h]
Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader [7h]
Here are all the countries now involved in the Iran war [9h]
Investors are buying America again with no other choice [12h]
Pentagon flexes military muscle with new weapons in Iran [14h]

Salon

Kristi Noem is out: Chaotic reign at DHS ends amid personal scandal [3h]
“Unhinged”: Sen. Sheehy accused of breaking Iran war protestor’s arm [4h]
Brownies, made better [8h]
Tulsi Gabbard’s conflict of interest — and hypocrisy [8h]
Target is fading out breakfast cereals with synthetic dyes [9h]
Trump’s new plan for Iran doomed to backfire [12h]
Both parties at odds with own voters over Middle East policy [12h]
Kristi Noem misled Congress about top aide’s role [13h]

The Drudge Report

Beijing testing giant airborne turbines... [51m]
Thousands of public comments slam The Don's ballroom... [1h]
High Schools Losing Struggle to Block Pot -- Even During Class... [1h]
I watched Tea Party take over GOP. Similar movement brewing on left... [1h]
BOOTS ON GROUND? [1h]
AMERICANS STRANDED IN WARZONE [1h]
Putin energy sqeeze... [1h]
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes... [1h]
'Screaming' panic inside White House... [1h]
Lewandowski won't 'speculate' on whether testimony on their alleged affair cost her job... [1h]
HOSPITALIZED... [1h]
TO BE PLACED IN CONSERVATORSHIP -- AGAIN? [1h]
Pardoned Capitol rioter handed life sentence for molesting children... [1h]
POLL: Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad... [1h]
Iran's new Ayatollah vows to 'shed Trump's blood' in televised address... [1h]

The New Republic

The Five Craziest Things Trump’s New Pick for DHS Secretary Has Said [1h]
The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship [1h]
Here’s Every Democrat Who Killed Resolution to Rein in Trump on Iran [2h]
Kristi Noem Hosts Event With Zero Clue That Trump Just Fired Her [4h]
CPAC Head Says Iranian Schoolgirls Are Better Dead Than “in a Burqa” [4h]
Trump Finally Fires Kristi Noem, Replaces Her With MAGA Senator [5h]
Trump Eyes MAGA Senators as Potential Replacements for Kristi Noem [6h]
Trump Says He’ll Pick Iran’s Next Leader—Just Like He Did in Venezuela [6h]
“Nazi Heaven”: Leaked Republican Students Group Chat Filled With Slurs [7h]
The Senate Democrats Open to Helping Trump Fund His War on Iran [7h]
Trump Team Freaking Out About Gas Prices Amid Iran War [8h]
Here’s How Long Trump Is Planning for the Iran War to Last [8h]
Trump Considers Firing Kristi Noem After Trainwreck Hearings [9h]
Marine Veteran Who Broke Arm Protesting Iran War Criminally Charged [9h]
Pete Hegseth’s Complaint About Dead Troops Even Shocked His Aides [9h]

Talking Points Memo

Noem Performs On Stage Minutes After Being Fired [38m]
Noem’s Fall [3h]
JD Vance Is Caught Between a War and a Hard Place [3h]
We Need You To Become A Member [3h]
Listen to This: Senator Talarico? [3h]
Of Course the Notoriously MAGA Georgia Election Board Was Involved in the Fulton County Raid [4h]
Trump Unceremoniously Boots Noem, Says He Will Plop Senator in as Head of DHS [4h]
Five Points on the Montana Senator Trying to Deceive Voters and Gift His Seat to Chosen Heir [7h]
Trump Flails to Take Down Biden Over Autopen Pardons [8h]
Gonzales Admits to Sexual Relationship With Former Staffer After Weeks of Denial [9h]
The One Real Lever Congress Has to Stop Trump’s Iran War [11h]
Yet More on Tanker Shipping! [20h]
Super Important [22h]
Double Stunning Election News Out of Montana [22h]
Risk, Oil Tankers and a Scrambling White House [23h]

Politico

The president 'wants to help': White House to tackle likeness rights concerns with athletes, executives [6h]
Markwayne Mullin faces a straightforward path to confirmation as DHS secretary [6h]
Congress declines to halt Iran war [7h]
Warren Davidson is a rare hard-line Republican questioning the Middle East war [7h]
'Good riddance': Dems cheer Noem’s ouster — and call for more departures [7h]
'Bitterly ironic’: Trump is wrecking his AI agenda with Anthropic spat, lobbyists and ex-officials say [8h]
Kristi Noem’s ouster isn’t moving Democrats off their Homeland Security funding demands [8h]
24 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs [10h]
Noem out, Trump picks Mullin as DHS secretary [10h]
Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem [10h]
House GOP leaders ask Tony Gonzales to drop reelection bid [10h]
Blue-state governors bash Trump — and audition for 2028 [11h]
Why one of the world's biggest animal rights group is praising Trump [12h]
Trump unleashed: President bullish on Iran, eyeing regime change in Cuba and impatient with Ukraine [12h]
Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary in interview with POLITICO [12h]

The Hill

Treasury Department to announce measures to combat rising oil prices amid Iran conflict: Report [29m]
These four Democrats voted with Republicans to fund DHS [31m]
Democratic reps send letter to Patel over fired FBI agents and staff [36m]
Harvard Kennedy School sets contingency plans for admitted service members after Pentagon order [48m]
Bice, Hern considering Senate runs to replace Mullin [1h]
4 combat firsts as US flexes military might in Iran war [1h]
Trump praises Delcy Rodríguez after report of US threat to indict her [1h]
Spike in gas prices over Iran strikes puts Trump on defense [1h]
DHS funding bill passes the House, with eroding Democratic support [2h]
House panel advances slate of kids online safety bills along party lines [2h]
House Republicans sink effort to rein in Trump’s attacks on Iran [2h]
Tillis praises Mullin as Noem successor, says he’ll ‘restore competence’ to DHS [2h]
Watch video from Noem’s controversial $220M ad campaign [2h]
Dow loses more than 780 points as oil tops $80 per barrel [2h]
What we know about Noem’s new ‘Shield of the Americas’ role [2h]

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