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#1 California House Republican Announces He’s Leaving GOP Immediately, Thinning Slim Majority - Elizabeth Elkind for Fox News, Lost, Carlos Perez, The Post Millennial, PostGoo, and The Sacramento Bee on X
A House lawmaker from deep-blue California is leaving the GOP effective immediately, cutting Republicans' slim margin even thinner, his office confirmed to Fox News Digital on Monday. Rep. Kevin Kiley, I-Calif., had already announced his intention to run as an Independent candidate in a Democrat-leaning district in the November midterms, but he is now deciding to take on the new political identity early. "This last week, we registered under no party preference in California," Kiley told local reporters, according to a recording obtained by Fox News Digital. "I'm also today asking the clerk of the U.S. House of Representatives to have that reflected in the official roster…so I will be the sole Independent member of the House of Representatives."
#2 Thune Says No to Filibuster Changes Even After Trump’s Threats About Save America Act - Allison Pecorin for ABC News, JerseyGrlMAGA/Nick Sortor, The Persistence/antoinette@eatcake, Monica MUT TRUMP/VANCE 2028/MAGA Voice, Monezime/@amuse/Brennan Leach, and beachmom on X
Senate Majority Leader John Thune on Monday reiterated that there would not be changes to Senate rules in order to pass a Republican-led election reform bill that President Donald Trump has demanded be sent to his desk."Yeah, that's not going to happen," Thune said when asked by ABC News about whether Senate rules requiring 60 votes to advance most legislative matters could be altered in light of Trump's new pressure campaign to pass the SAVE America Act, which would change voter ID requirements ahead of November's midterm elections...
#3 Democrats Vow to Shut Down Senate Over Iran Conflict - Alexander Bolton for The Hill, TrustNoOne, Rob Banks, harici, The Union Herald, and The Jewish Insider on X
A group of Senate Democrats are threatening to use every procedural tool at their disposal to hold up business on the Senate floor unless Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other senior officials testify before key committees under oath on the military conflict with Iran.“We have collectively agreed that we’re going to use the levers that we have,” Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) said Monday evening. “We should be having hearings on the biggest military engagement since the war in Afghanistan.”
#4 Voters Head to the Polls for Special Election in Marjorie Taylor Greene’s Georgia District - Owen Auston-Babcock for NBC News, Viking Resistance, ABC News, Brian O'Shea, DeKalb County Votes, and Fox & Friends First on X
The Georgia district that sent Marjorie Taylor Greene, once a fierce defender of Donald Trump, to Congress is now deciding how to replace her — and whether to let the president make the pick. Voters are heading to the polls for a special election on Tuesday in Georgia's 14th Congressional District, where all candidates appear on the same ballot regardless of party. Of the 17 Republicans in the race, five unofficially withdrew after the deadline and will still appear on the ballot along with three Democrats. If no candidate receives a majority of the vote, the top two vote-getters head to a April 7 runoff...#5 Trump Administration Starts to Panic Over Rapidly Rising Oil Costs - Adam Cancryn for CNN, Anderson Cooper 360/The_Really_Bored_Guy, Maxx, adritiX Global, PjoAb, and BRICS Update on X
The Trump administration has started to panic about the spiking price of oil. While senior Trump aides had anticipated some brief surge in oil prices in the first days of the war with Iran, the size and sustainability of the market reaction caught them off guard, people familiar with the internal discussions told CNN. Now, as oil prices hover near $100 a barrel just over a week into the war and US gas prices are moving sharply higher, it’s prompted a belated rush to try to reassure investors and seek ways to tamp down the impact. But the administration is confronting the limits of its power — and the reality that President Donald Trump’s decision to wage war abroad threatens to wipe out some of his key economic accomplishments at home...
#6 Trump Appoints Erika Kirk to Air Force Academy Board - Mary Shinn for The Denver Gazette, Joe G, RT, Vitamvivere, and Leslie Tarkin/Karlyn Borysenko, anti-communist cult leader on X
President Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of conservative activist Charlie Kirk, to fill a seat on the Air Force Academy’s Board of Visitors. Charlie Kirk, the founder of conservative group Turning Point USA, was a member of the Board of Visitors and attended a meeting before his assassination in September. His wife, Erika Kirk has taken over has CEO of Turning Point USA since his death. The group says it has more than 800 chapters on college campuses nationwide. It also hosted the alternative half-time show during the Super Bowl featuring Kid Rock...
#7 Trump Takes His War Against Thomas Massie Straight to His Home Kentucky District - Emily Goodin for New York Post, John Wellington, Enquirer,
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President Trump will use his stop in Kentucky on Wednesday to try to get his congressional nemesis out of office. His target is Rep. Thomas Massie, a seven-term congressman whom the White House has named the “Democrats’ favorite member.” Trump endorsed Massie’s primary opponent, Ed Gallrein, who will be at the event in Hebron, Ky., per his campaign. The president will also be making a stop in Ohio. The White House made its feelings on Massie clear...
#8 Epstein Guard’s Actions Spark New Suspicion - Curated CoPilot on MSN, Matt Walsh, Epstein File Search, Daily Loud, Gutfeld!, and Emoluments Clause on X
Newly released DOJ and FBI files detail suspicious behavior by correctional officer Tova Noel in the hours before Jeffrey Epstein’s 2019 death, including online searches about him and unexplained cash deposits. The documents also highlight missed cell checks, falsified logs, and an inmate’s claim of overhearing talk of a cover-up. These revelations could reignite debate over whether Epstein’s death was truly a suicide or something more sinister.
#9 US Intercepts Iranian Message That May Activate Sleeper Cells - Nicole Weatherholtz for NEWSMAX, SilentPatriot47, Liam Nissan™/Jim America, DREWS56, Resonant News, and Iranian Diaspora Cooperation & Development Council on X
U.S. intelligence officials have intercepted encrypted communications believed to have originated in Iran that could serve as an "operational trigger" for sleeper cells operating abroad, according to a federal alert issued to law enforcement agencies. The alert, reviewed by ABC News, references "preliminary signals analysis" of a transmission described as "likely of Iranian origin" that was sent to multiple countries shortly after the death of Iran's supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Khamenei was killed Feb. 28 during a joint U.S.-Israeli strike... Iran’s new supreme leader has signed a message on a missile aimed at Israel, as he launched his first strikes just hours after his appointment. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was appointed the supreme leader of the Islamic Republic of Iran on Sunday. In one of his first moves in power, a picture of a projectile which featured the words “At your service, Sayyid Mojtaba”, was posted on the state broadcaster IRIB’s Telegram channel. Mojtaba’s appointment follows the death of his father, Ali Khamenei, who was assassinated in an Israeli airstrike more than a week ago, on 28 February.
#10 Iran’s New Supreme Leader Signs His Name on Missile Aimed at Israel - Shaheena Uddin for Independent, NEWSMAX, Iran Times, and DIGITAL REPORT on X
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