NYTIMES (Abbie VanSickle) - Justices to Hear Challenge to State Mail-in Ballot Law
The case focuses on Mississippi’s mail-in ballot law, but the outcome could upend similar rules in more than a dozen states and territories.
NYTIMES (Jeneen Interlandi) - Takeaways From the Times’s Inside Look at the C.D.C.
Many current and former employees say the actions of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. are undermining the agency’s role in safeguarding public health.
NYTIMES (Julia Jacobs) - Christopher Columbus Statue Is Installed on White House Grounds
The statue of the explorer, a replica of one that protesters toppled in 2020, was placed outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
NYTIMES (Mitch Smith) - Suspect in Chicago Student’s Killing Was in U.S. Illegally, D.H.S. Says
Sheridan Gorman, 18, was killed last week near Loyola University Chicago. The Trump administration has sought to highlight crimes committed by undocumented people in its deportation campaign.
NYTIMES (Bilal Shbair, Isabel Kershner and Abu Bakr Bashir) - Sidelined by War With Iran, Gaza Residents Remain in Limbo
The new war has led to panic buying and a surge in food prices for Gazans as they try to recover from Israel’s two-year offensive against Hamas.
NYTIMES (Patricia Cohen) - Energy Attacks in War on Iran Could Turn Economic Shock Into Long-Term Damage
A new phase targeting oil and gas infrastructure in the Persian Gulf threatens to hurt businesses and customers around the world for months or even years.
NEWSNATIONNOW (The Associated Press) - Well, it was fun while it lasted. No perfect men's March Madness brackets left after Tennessee win
Well, that's that.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Rob Taub) - Trump heading to Memphis to highlight city's crime crackdown
Since the start of the operations, White House officials say there have been 7,240 arrests and 1,188 firearms seized in the city.
WASHINGTONPOST (Lauren Weber, Rachel Roubein) - Doubts from key Republicans on surgeon general test MAHA’s political power
Casey Means faces pushback from some Republicans over her refusal to forcefully recommend vaccines.
AXIOS (Mike Allen) - America's arsenal of tomorrow: Divergent 3D-prints cruise missiles
TORRANCE, Calif. — A cruise-missile airframe is being 3D-printed before my eyes. The AI-driven system, the size of a shipping container, hums as it stacks layer on layer of aluminum and proprietary advanced metals. Why it matters: This white-floored factory at Divergent Technologies , just outside L.A., is a window into the American arsenal of the future. Each of Divergent's printers, engineered and manufactured in the U.S., can produce hundreds of these missile airframes each year. They're part of a new generation of "low-cost" missiles that are roughly one-tenth the cost of a legacy system. - The finished missiles, including parts from other contractors, run $200,000 to $500,000. Legacy standard missiles range from $2 million to $6…