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producer @cnn | former WH producer @NewsHour

[Inside Politics @InsidePolitics]

Jonathan Swan tells @DanaBashCNN Trump's more than $1 billion in crypto profits probably doesn't "scratch the surface" of Trump family gains: "This financial disclosure does not account for a lot of the money that's going into the Trump family through different mechanisms."

[Inside Politics @InsidePolitics]

President John F. Kennedy's grandson, @JBKSchlossberg, is facing tough questions about his experience and his campaign operation as he fights for a seat in Congress. He responds on Inside Politics.

[OSINTdefender @sentdefender]

Speaking during a phone interview earlier with NBC News, President Trump refused to discuss the specifics of and expressed frustration about some of the coverage of ongoing search-and-rescue efforts after an American F-15E Strike Eagle was downed over Southern Iran. Asked if today’s events will affect any negotiations with Iran, the President said: “No, not at all. No, it’s war. We’re in war.”

[Patrick De Haan @GasBuddyGuy]

States with the biggest rise in #gasprices compared to a week ago
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[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

Quite a stunning moment in the Oval Office as President Trump asserts that MBS knew nothing about Jamal Khashoggi's murder despite how the CIA — under Trump, in his first term — found that the crown prince ordered it.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

Dave Chappelle in Saudi Arabia:

"It’s easier to talk here than it is in America.”

Saudi law makes it illegal to "challenge[], either directly or indirectly, the religion or justice of the King or Crown Prince."

Also illegal: “any attempt to cast doubt on the fundamentals of Islam."

Screenshots of the contract comedians were apparently asked to sign barred them from saying anything derogatory about Saudi Arabia or the royal family, or even joke about religion.

[Aaron Blake @AaronBlake]

A pretty remarkable scene in this Breyer footnote:

National Guard Maj. Gen. Scott Sherman objected to the Trump admin's plans for a show of force in MacArthur Park.

A Trump political appointee, Gregory Bovino, responded by "questioning Sherman's loyalty to the country."

[. @FEARLESSDMZ]

@StopAntisemites @ZohranKMamdani love jus reign one of my favorite youtubers of all time! @StopAntisemites relax it was a skit by a comedian celebrating the different holidays during the holiday season. this isnt antisemitic, it’s inclusive.

[Dana Bash @DanaBashCNN]

I just spoke with @realDonaldTrump on the phone. The President told me the US supports Israel and called the strikes on Iran last night “a very successful attack.”

“We of course support Israel, obviously and supported it like nobody has ever supported it,” Trump said during our brief phone call.

“Iran should have listened to me when I said - you know I gave them, I don’t know if you know but I gave them a 60-day warning and today is day 61,” he added.

“They should now come to the table to make a deal before it’s too late. It will be too late for them. You know the people I was dealing with are dead, the hardliners,” the president said. He would not specify which people he was referring to.

Asked if this was a result of Israel’s attack last night, President Trump responded sarcastically: “They didn’t die of the flu; they didn’t die of Covid.”

[Abby D. Phillip @abbydphillip]

As you can see in the video, Sen. Padilla clearly identifies himself. DHS still wrote this post falsely claiming that he did not.

[Kyle Cheney @kyledcheney]

ICE describes absolutely hellish conditions for both its officers and immigrant detainees at a U.S. naval base in Djibouti — risk of malaria, extreme heat, limited lighting, sparse security measures, nearby burn pits, potential for rocket attacks, rampant sickness.

It raises the question: Why is the Trump administration forcing them to stay there?

Judge Murphy's order required providing due process to those being sent to South Sudan. He didn't dictate where that due process should occur — abroad or in the United States — but the Trump administration said it preferred keeping the migrants outside of the United States.

Murphy emphasized that this could also occur at any other U.S. facility abroad. Instead, the administration says it has a team of 11 ICE officials guarding the detainees in a converted shipping container at a U.S. naval base in Djibouti.
https://t.co/5LqfVSy3pv

[Alayna Treene @alaynatreene]

Scoop: Trump called Amazon founder Jeff Bezos Tuesday morning to complain about reports that his company was considering displaying the cost U.S. tariffs next to prices for certain products on its website, two senior White House officials told @CNN

[Dana Bash @DanaBashCNN]

Right before President Trump paused most new tariffs, Dave Portnoy @stoolpresidente told me, "I certainly wish he would give maybe a victory here or there right now. He has the power, really, to turn the stock market and get it ripping." @InsidePolitics

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

BREAKING: “People should see the texts in order to reach their own conclusions.”
@JeffreyGoldberg and @shaneharris share the group chat in which officials planned strikes on Yemen. https://t.co/oOwwHA1SQh

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

American war planning usually takes place in highly secure facilities. But the Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s editor in chief, @JeffreyGoldberg. https://t.co/jvBzeJwEuy

[The Atlantic @TheAtlantic]

Elon Musk and his allies in the Trump administration are ending most U.S. foreign-assistance programs. But until recently, there was still money for decorating, @lbarronlopez reports. https://t.co/goUQzde0bE

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

The Ukrainian ambassador had her head in her hands by this point.

[Josh Wingrove @josh_wingrove]

Trump is now in quite a heated discussion with Zelenskiy in the Oval.

"You're in no position to dictate what we're going to feel," a heated Trump says. "You don't have the cards right now."

[Kaitlan Collins @kaitlancollins]

"The Gaza thing has never worked," President Trump says in the Oval Office. "If we could find the right piece of land, pieces of land, and build them some really nice places...I think that would be a lot better than going back to Gaza."

[Phil Mattingly @Phil_Mattingly]

Trump said explicitly the Admin "did not know" what led to crash, proceeded to then speculate it could have been pilot error, air traffic control mistakes, "vision" but primarily on the FAA's diversity policies.
Asked by @SangerNYT why the intense focus on diversity policies given the lack of definitive conclusion – and no federal body mentioning it before now, Trump says: “Because I have common sense.”