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Wednesday’s Mini-Report, 3.25.26

Today’s edition of quick hits.

Trump’s Justice Department agrees to financial settlement with Michael Flynn

The financial settlement with Ashli Babbitt’s family was indefensible. The payout to Trump’s former national security adviser is worse.

The Case Tracker Project

Steven Salky, who oversees the Case Tracker Project with the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers, talks with Rachel Maddow about the project’s mission to highlight and record for history the contrast between the behavior of the Justice Department corrupted under Donald Trump and how the Justice Department usually behaves.

Learn more about the Case Tracker Project at NACDL.org/CaseTracker.

Is that really Rachel?

What is the deal with these YouTube accounts full of fake A.I. of Rachel Maddow’s voice talking about Russia and Ukraine (mostly)?


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Wednesday’s Campaign Round-Up, 3.25.26: DCCC launches ad campaign on gas prices

Today’s installment of campaign-related news items from across the country.

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Why the latest polls on Trump’s approval rating are especially brutal for the White House

If the president expected to benefit politically from launching a war in Iran, he has reason to be disappointed.

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More than three weeks later, Trump still can’t decide whether his war is a war

When the question is “Is the U.S. currently at war?” and the answer from the White House is “It depends on who you ask and when,” there’s a problem.

2d ago

North Carolina’s top Republican lawmaker loses in ‘earthquake’ primary upset

Phil Berger wasn’t just a legislative leader in North Carolina, he was the GOP’s most powerful figure in state politics for more than a decade. He lost anyway.

3d ago

Special elections in Florida, including Mar-a-Lago’s district, spell trouble for GOP

The more Democrats win closely watched races and flip seats from red to blue, the more Republicans should be concerned about the 2026 midterms.

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Tuesday’s Mini-Report, 3.24.26

Today’s edition of quick hits.

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Delta transported a 5-year-old boy detained by ICE to Texas immigration facility

What happened to Liam Conejo Ramos and his father is not an isolated incident.

3d ago

The latest addition to the Trump glorification campaign: A commemorative gold coin

For a president obsessed with self-aggrandizement and self-glorification, the Republican incumbent has reason to be pleased with recent developments.

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Ukraine says it has ‘irrefutable’ evidence that Russia provided intelligence to Iran

The question isn’t whether Volodymyr Zelenskyy is correct about Russia aiding Iran during the U.S. war, it’s whether Donald Trump cares.

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Trump administration using tax dollars to pay foreign company to scrap U.S. wind farm projects

In the Trump-imposed energy model, Americans will pay for the privilege of paying more to turn on the lights, all while polluting our own air.