WASHINGTONPOST (Mariana Alfaro) - National Guard deployments cost taxpayers almost half a billion dollars
A new estimate from Congress’s nonpartisan bookkeeper tallied up last year’s expenses.
NYTIMES (Katie Glueck) - 5 Key Takeaways from Josh Shapiro’s Memoir ‘Where We Keep the Light’
Politically pointed and heavy on his Jewish faith, the book already has Democrats talking.
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NYTIMES (Matthew Cullen) - Agents Who Shot Alex Pretti Are Put on Leave
Also, the F.B.I. searched a Georgia election center. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
NYTIMES (Jeffery C. Mays) - Mamdani Blames Rivals for Leaving New York With a ‘Poisoned’ Budget
Mayor Zohran Mamdani said the only way to close a more than $12 billion budget gap was to raise taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
NYTIMES (Colin Moynihan) - Man Sentenced to 15 Years for Role in Plot to Kill Iranian Dissident
Carlisle Rivera became the third person to be sentenced for playing a role in trying to kill Masih Alinejad, an activist and a critic of the Iranian government.
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NYTIMES (Aimee Ortiz) - Why the NORAD Cold War Pact Between the U.S. and Canada Is News
The State Department clarified comments made by the U.S. Ambassador to Canada that NORAD would be “altered” if that country did not purchase American F-35 jets.
NYTIMES (Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs and Chris Hippensteel) - Who Is the Man Who Sprayed Liquid on Representative Ilhan Omar?
Anthony J. Kazmierczak frequently posted online about conservative issues. He told a neighbor that he was going to get arrested at an event hosted by Ms. Omar.
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NYTIMES (Annie Karni) - Attack on Ilhan Omar Follows Years of Trump’s Targeting Her
President Trump has spent years demonizing and dehumanizing the Somali-born Democrat from Minnesota, fueling escalating threats against her.
NPR (Lauren Frayer) - U.S. allies looking to China for deals as Trump threats them with tariffs
President Trump's tariffs and rhetoric have spurred some longtime U.S. allies to diversify their trade ties away from the U.S. Some are going cap-in-hand to Asian superpowers China and India.
AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - House Republicans fume at Kristi Noem as impeachment push looms
Frustration with Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is mounting among House Republicans over her response to the fatal shooting of Alex Pretti . Why it matters: They soon could soon be forced to go on the record about whether they still support Noem if Democrats move to force a vote on impeachment . - For vulnerable Republicans, the prospect of an impeachment vote tied to immigration enforcement efforts would be particularly painful. Driving the news: Dozens of House Republicans are publicly pushing for more oversight and answers about Pretti's shooting. Privately, frustration with Noem has been building for months . - Saturday's killing, and the botched messaging that followed, was a breaking point for some lawmakers, multiple…