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NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti) - Sheriff in California Seizes More Ballots, Ignoring State Attorney General

Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff and a Republican running for governor, is examining votes from 2025 after unsubstantiated claims of fraud.

NYTIMES (Erica L. Green) - Trump Defends His Use of Mail-In Voting: ‘Because I’m President’

President Trump wants to restrict voting by mail, which he says amounts to “cheating.” But he defended his own use of the practice in a special election this week.

NPR (Joel Rose) - As TSA agents miss another paycheck, what's happening at airports with private security?

At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security?

NYTIMES (Megan Mineiro and Robert Jimison) - G.O.P. Senator Weighs Forcing Congress to Vote to Authorize the Iran War

Senator Lisa Murkowski of Alaska is drafting a formal authorization for the use of military force in Iran, seeking to put some parameters around the operation as the Trump administration has boxed out Congress.

WASHINGTONPOST (Laura Meckler, Danielle Douglas-Gabriel) - Education Dept. to hand headquarters building to Department of Energy

Abandoning the D.C. headquarters is the Trump administration’s latest and most visible move toward eliminating the Education Department altogether.