NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti) - Why Trump’s Calls to ‘Nationalize’ Voting Have Raised Midterm Fears
The president has escalated his language as his administration takes steps to involve itself more in election matters.
NYTIMES (Glenn Thrush, Alan Feuer, Mimi Dwyer, Ernesto Londoño and Michael S. Schmidt) - Demanding Support for Trump, Justice Dept. Struggles to Recruit Prosecutors
Some offices are so decimated that the Justice Department has sent in military lawyers. More recently, officials asked for volunteers from other offices who can quickly deploy to places in desperate need.
NYTIMES (Ernesto Londoño) - Prosecutors Began Investigating Renee Good’s Killing. Washington Told Them to Stop.
Federal prosecutors had a warrant to collect evidence from Ms. Good’s vehicle, but Trump administration leaders said to drop it. About a dozen prosecutors have departed, leaving the Minnesota U.S. attorney’s office in turmoil.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Thaddeus G. McCotter) - The Democrats’ Conditional Loyalty
Roughly a decade and a half ago, I authored a Republican House policy paper identifying “sanctuary cities” as being ideologically premised upon the discredited and […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (J. Peder Zane) - The Gordian Knot of Modern Politics
Politics is the great leveler: It makes even the most inspired and insightful voices sound banal. In his hurriedly cobbled-together new song railing against “King […] Source
WASHINGTONPOST (David Nakamura, Arelis R. Hernández, Mariana Alfaro) - ICE isn’t at the Super Bowl, but Bad Bunny will bring immigration to the fore
The halftime show will illustrate the nation’s immigration divide whether or not the reggaeton star makes an explicit message about Trump’s deportation drive.
NPR (Rafael Nam) - Trump promised a crypto revolution. So why is bitcoin crashing?
Trump got elected promising to usher in a crypto revolution. More than a year later, bitcoin's price has come tumbling down. What happened?
NPR (Shannon Bond) - State Department will delete X posts from before Trump returned to office
The policy change orders the removal of any post made by official State Department accounts on X before President Trump returned to office in 2025.
NPR (Bill Chappell) - The CIA World Factbook is dead. Here's how I came to love it
The Factbook survived the Cold War and became a hit online. It mixed quirky cultural notes and trivia with maps, data, and photos taken by CIA officers. But it was discontinued this week.
NPR (Juliana Kim) - DVDs and public transit: Boycott drives people to ditch Big Tech to protest ICE
A sweeping boycott has begun — targeting tech giants who participants believe are enabling President Trump and his immigration crackdown.