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Axios

Exclusive: Azerbaijan wants "official explanation" from Iran after drone attack [42m]
House rejects Iran war powers measure [1h]
Senate GOP cheers Trump's decision to dump Noem [1h]
Trump's soft landings: The officials moved rather than fired [1h]
House Democrat moves to impeach AG Pam Bondi over handling of the Epstein files [2h]
DHS Secretary Kristi Noem out, Trump says [2h]
Democrats say Trump removing Kristi Noem isn't enough to end DHS shutdown [2h]
5 controversies that dogged Noem's DHS tenure [3h]
Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran [5h]
Iran war adds new layer to supply chain stress [5h]
Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader [6h]
Here are all the countries now involved in the Iran war [8h]
Investors are buying America again with no other choice [10h]
Pentagon flexes military muscle with new weapons in Iran [12h]
How fired-up Texas Dems give Talarico a jolt toward November [12h]
How a feud led a billionaire donor to oust Rep. Crenshaw [12h]
Trade court orders Trump administration to kickstart tariff refund process [19h]
Kurds backed by Mossad, CIA could lead next phase of war in Iran [19h]
Scoop: Trump officials broker massive U.S.-Venezuela gold deal [20h]
How Iran's Strait of Hormuz shutdown could hit the global economy [21h]
"Come to work": A primary fight between House Democrats in Texas turns nasty [23h]

Salon

Kristi Noem is out: Chaotic reign at DHS ends amid personal scandal [2h]
“Unhinged”: Sen. Sheehy accused of breaking Iran war protestor’s arm [3h]
Brownies, made better [7h]
Tulsi Gabbard’s conflict of interest — and hypocrisy [7h]
Target is fading out breakfast cereals with synthetic dyes [8h]
Trump’s new plan for Iran doomed to backfire [11h]
Both parties at odds with own voters over Middle East policy [11h]
Kristi Noem misled Congress about top aide’s role [11h]

The Drudge Report

TO BE PLACED IN CONSERVATORSHIP -- AGAIN? [20m]
HOSPITALIZED... [20m]
Lewandowski won't 'speculate' on whether testimony on their alleged affair cost her job... [20m]
POLL: Americans Especially Likely To View Fellow Citizens as Morally Bad... [38m]
Pardoned Capitol rioter handed life sentence for molesting children... [38m]
CNN reporter detailed live on air in Israel, camera cut... [38m]
Western nations begin MidEast exodus... [38m]
Iran's new Ayatollah vows to 'shed Trump's blood' in televised address... [38m]
TRUMP CUTS TUCKER LOOSE: 'HE'S NOT MAGA'... [59m]
British MP resigns after husband arrested over 'spying for China'... [1h]
'I shot down TWO drones after 4-hour flight -- then celebrated with beer'... [1h]
Pentagon Official Says He's 'Not Right Person' to Ask If Country At War... [1h]
King Charles Has Renounced His Brother. Is It Enough to Save Himself? [1h]
Polygamous sect's sway dwindled on Arizona-Utah line. Residents enjoy new freedoms... [1h]
IDF surprised by Houthis not joining war... [2h]
ALLSTATE 'illegally tracked drivers without their knowledge'... [2h]
U.S. adversaries made 30K visits to sensitive research labs... [2h]
'JD 2.0' Struggling... [2h]
Inside Miami campus Republicans' racist group chat: 'Nazi heaven'... [3h]
Paxton offers conditions for potential exit from race... [3h]
MARKWAYNE GETS 'HOMELAND'... [3h]
DOW -1000 [3h]
Steered $200M Ad Contracts to Four Hand-Picked Companies... [3h]
TANKER ATTACKED [3h]
WIRE: 'Christ is king' becomes loaded phrase in political debates, especially on right... [4h]

The New Republic

Here’s Every Democrat Who Killed Resolution to Rein in Trump on Iran [59m]
Kristi Noem Hosts Event With Zero Clue That Trump Just Fired Her [3h]
CPAC Head Says Iranian Schoolgirls Are Better Dead Than “in a Burqa” [3h]
Trump Finally Fires Kristi Noem, Replaces Her With MAGA Senator [3h]
Trump Eyes MAGA Senators as Potential Replacements for Kristi Noem [4h]
Trump Says He’ll Pick Iran’s Next Leader—Just Like He Did in Venezuela [5h]
“Nazi Heaven”: Leaked Republican Students Group Chat Filled With Slurs [5h]
The Senate Democrats Open to Helping Trump Fund His War on Iran [6h]
Trump Team Freaking Out About Gas Prices Amid Iran War [6h]
Here’s How Long Trump Is Planning for the Iran War to Last [7h]
Trump Considers Firing Kristi Noem After Trainwreck Hearings [7h]
Marine Veteran Who Broke Arm Protesting Iran War Criminally Charged [7h]
Pete Hegseth’s Complaint About Dead Troops Even Shocked His Aides [8h]
Transcript: Trump Erupts in Wild Panic as Tex. Senate Race Rattles GOP [11h]
Trump’s Immigration Policies Are Making Us Poorer—and Sicker [11h]
Who Will Lead the Dems to the Promised Land of a New Israel Policy? [11h]
Trump Invaded Iran Because Fascists Are Imperialists Too [11h]
Trump’s War With Iran Is Also a Climate War [11h]
Ken Paxton Is the Face of a Sea Change in the Republican Party [11h]
Love Story Captures the Strangeness of Being a Kennedy [11h]
Trump Explodes in Wild 2026 Panic as Texas Senate Results Rattle GOP [12h]
Every Single GOP Senator Blocks Iran War Powers Resolution—Except One [23h]

Talking Points Memo

Noem’s Fall [1h]
JD Vance Is Caught Between a War and a Hard Place [2h]
We Need You To Become A Member [2h]
Listen to This: Senator Talarico? [2h]
Of Course the Notoriously MAGA Georgia Election Board Was Involved in the Fulton County Raid [3h]
Trump Unceremoniously Boots Noem, Says He Will Plop Senator in as Head of DHS [3h]
Five Points on the Montana Senator Trying to Deceive Voters and Gift His Seat to Chosen Heir [6h]
Trump Flails to Take Down Biden Over Autopen Pardons [6h]
Gonzales Admits to Sexual Relationship With Former Staffer After Weeks of Denial [7h]
The One Real Lever Congress Has to Stop Trump’s Iran War [10h]
Yet More on Tanker Shipping! [19h]
Super Important [21h]
Double Stunning Election News Out of Montana [21h]
Risk, Oil Tankers and a Scrambling White House [22h]
Trump’s Revealing New Take On Texas [23h]

Politico

The president 'wants to help': White House to tackle likeness rights concerns with athletes, executives [5h]
Markwayne Mullin faces a straightforward path to confirmation as DHS secretary [5h]
Congress declines to halt Iran war [6h]
Warren Davidson is a rare hard-line Republican questioning the Middle East war [6h]
'Good riddance': Dems cheer Noem’s ouster — and call for more departures [6h]
'Bitterly ironic’: Trump is wrecking his AI agenda with Anthropic spat, lobbyists and ex-officials say [7h]
Kristi Noem’s ouster isn’t moving Democrats off their Homeland Security funding demands [7h]
24 states sue over Trump's latest tariffs [8h]
Noem out, Trump picks Mullin as DHS secretary [8h]
Inside the White House pressure campaign to fire Kristi Noem [9h]
House GOP leaders ask Tony Gonzales to drop reelection bid [9h]
Blue-state governors bash Trump — and audition for 2028 [9h]
Why one of the world's biggest animal rights group is praising Trump [10h]
Trump unleashed: President bullish on Iran, eyeing regime change in Cuba and impatient with Ukraine [10h]
Trump puts Paxton on notice in Texas Senate primary in interview with POLITICO [11h]
Can private lenders fill the student loan gap? College presidents say no. [12h]
Obama joins push for new congressional maps in Virginia [12h]
Florida Dems look to catch Texas’ midterm energy [12h]
Trump Keeps Gambling With the Economy — And Getting Away With It [16h]
‘This L is on her’: Black lawmakers and strategists dump on Crockett [17h]
White House 'looking under every rock' to lower gas prices [17h]

The Hill

Trump praises Delcy Rodríguez after report of US threat to indict her [34m]
Spike in gas prices over Iran strikes puts Trump on defense [38m]
DHS funding bill passes the House, with eroding Democratic support [55m]
House panel advances slate of kids online safety bills along party lines [58m]
House Republicans sink effort to rein in Trump’s attacks on Iran [1h]
Tillis praises Mullin as Noem successor, says he’ll ‘restore competence’ to DHS [1h]
Watch video from Noem’s controversial $220M ad campaign [1h]
Dow loses more than 780 points as oil tops $80 per barrel [1h]
What we know about Noem’s new ‘Shield of the Americas’ role [1h]
Noem responds to DHS ouster, thanks Trump for new role [1h]
Lindsey Halligan being investigated by Florida Bar [1h]
How will Oklahoma replace Markwayne Mullin in Senate? [1h]
Gas is up 27 cents since Sunday – here’s where it’s even worse [1h]
Watch live: Hegseth, CENTCOM commander brief reporters on Iran operation [1h]
Democrats react to Noem’s ouster from DHS [2h]
Watch live: Trump welcomes soccer champions Inter Miami to White House [2h]
Mullin ‘surprised’ by Trump’s call tapping him as Homeland Security secretary [2h]
Trump backs Kurdish offensive in Iran: ‘I’d be all for it’ [2h]
Fetterman says he’ll vote to confirm Mullin as new DHS Secretary [2h]
DHS ‘reviewing’ detention facility at Fort Bliss [2h]
Jeffries welcomes Noem’s ouster but warns it won’t affect DHS funding fight [2h]
Kristi Noem removed from DHS by Trump: Watch Whole Hog Politics live with Chris Stirewalt and Bill Sammon [2h]
Kristi Noem won’t rule out deploying ICE to polls: intimidation? [2h]
Kalshi faces backlash over handling of $54M market on Khamenei’s ouster [2h]
Karoline Leavitt goes off on CNN for emphasizing Iran war deaths [2h]

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