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From memeorandum: President Donald Trump Returns To The Hugh Hewitt Show (Hugh Hewitt/The Hugh Hewitt Show)

From memeorandum: Ukraine's fight against Russia is going better than you might think (Joshua Keating/Vox)

From memeorandum: Inside Trump's assault on public records (Josephine Walker/Axios)

From memeorandum: How Trump Turned His Ballroom into a Midterm Gift for Democrats (Dan Pfeiffer/The Message Box)

From memeorandum: Prosecutors Had a Drugs-for-Votes Scheme "Locked Up." Under Trump, They Were Told Not to Pursue Charges. (Raquel Rutledge/ProPublica)

From memeorandum: Senate Republicans Seek $1 Billion for White House Ballroom Security (Igor Bobic/NOTUS)

From memeorandum: Exclusive: VA conducted internal investigations into employees who attended vigil for Alex Pretti (Brian Todd/CNN)

From memeorandum: Ken Paxton Narrowly Leads John Cornyn in Bruising Texas GOP Race (Joe Lovinger/Bloomberg)

From memeorandum: 'When You Think of It, We Shouldn't Even Have an Election' — President Trump hates to lose. (Thomas B. Edsall/New York Times)

From memeorandum: Inside the heated clash over the DHS 'master plan' for deportations (Julia Ainsley/NBC News)

From memeorandum: Trump Promised Transparency in Venezuela, but Oil Secrets Linger (New York Times)

From memeorandum: Higher Ed's Affordability Problem Isn't Just the Price (Michael T. Nietzel/Washington Monthly)

From memeorandum: Romania's pro-EU minority government on the ropes as parliament debates no-confidence motion (Reuters)

From memeorandum: Counter Terrorism Policing London investigating arson at former synagogue (Mynewsdesk)

From memeorandum: The United States Just Made a Bet It Cannot Afford to Lose (Prof Robert Pape/Escalation Trap)

From memeorandum: Judge Questions Why Correspondents' Dinner Shooting Suspect Was Placed on Suicide Watch (Zach Montague/New York Times)

From Techmeme: Crypto exchange Bullish agrees to acquire Equiniti, a UK-based financial services outsourcing business, from Siris Capital in a $4.2B deal, set to close in 2027 (Emily Nicolle/Bloomberg)

From Techmeme: Investigation: an inheritance dispute over an ex-LG chair's estate prompts a criminal complaint over how the dynastic South Korean chaebol family divides assets (New York Times)