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What We’re Reading: Trump’s Mail-In-Vote Win, U.S.-Canada Tariffs, Iran Isolated . . . And More

Some headlines, issues and news that caught our eye.

Supreme Court Upholds Trump Mail-In-Vote Restrictions

Supreme Court allows Trump to move forward with order restricting mail-in voting — Amy Howe, SCOTUSblog

Supreme Court Upholds President Trump’s Executive Order Restricting Mail-in Voting Ahead of Midterms — Gateway Pundit

SCOTUS Helps Preserve a Modicum of Sanity in Mail-In Ballot Madness — Stephen Kruiser, PJ Media

What Trump’s Supreme Court win means for mail ballots — CNN

What the Supreme Court’s order means for mail-in voting — Lauren Irwin, Deseret News

Blue states have no standing to sue before the election — Brittany Rae, X

U.S.-Canada Trade War Heats Up

Canada announces new tariffs on over 700 U.S. goods — CNN

Council on Foreign Relations President Says Trump Gave Mark Carney an Ultimatum, USA or China? Carney Chose China — Conservative Tree House

Ontario’s Ford warns US power could be cut to 1.5 Mil Americans as he trades insults with Trump — The Hill

U.S. ‘Seriously Considering’ Changing Name Of Lake Ontario — Truth Social

U.S. Sanctions On Iran Start To Pinch

Trump ‘Zero Tolerance’: All Mines Now Removed From Strait Of Hormuz — Truth Social

Bessent unveils sanctions designed to cripple Iran — Axios

I was a U.S. diplomat for 20 years. Now I see how the Iran war could be won — Ludovic Hood, Washington Post

United Arab Emirates cuts off trade with Iran, nixing billions — why it could have ‘crippling effect’ on Tehran — Ronny Reyes, New York Post

Iran Puts $10 Million Bounty on Barron Trump in Twisted New Video — RedState

Secret Service aware of Iranian state media video threatening life of Barron Trump — CNN

Battle To Reverse Illegal Immigration Into U.S. Kicks Into High Gear

Trump administration eyes largest visa revocation in U.S. history targeting up to 200,000 foreigners — AP, via CTV News

ICE Reports Highest Monthly Arrest Totals Of Trump’s Second Term — Trending Politics

Over 1,300 Illegal Aliens Nabbed by ICE in 2-Week Operation in Maryland and Virginia — American Greatness

Trump Confirms ICE Enforcement Proceedings Underway Against Ilhan Omar Over Immigration Fraud — Jim Hoft, Gateway Pundit

Trump DOJ SUES Blue States for Giving Discounted Tuition to Illegal Aliens — WLT Report

No End To Waste, Fraud, Abuse, Lies And Corruption

The Case for Executive Action to End Identity-Based Preferences in Federal Grantmaking — Report, Legal Insurrection Foundation and Defense of Freedom Institute

Report: Taxpayers Funding $230 Million in Federal Grants Tied to ‘Intersectionality’ — American Greatness

The International Criminal Court Is a Woke NGO. Shut It Down — American Greatness

Trump’s bill prompts steep SNAP enrollment decline — including over 50% in one state — AP, via NY Post

New UNICEF-Led Data Undermines Claims of Gaza Famine — The Free Press

Miscellaneous, But Very Important, Stuff . . .

Dolly Parton, legendary country music superstar, dead at 80 — Business Insider

Trump Directs U.S. Flag Be Lowered in Honor of Parton: ‘Has Never Been Anyone Like Her’ — Breitbart

The September Effect: Is a Treasury Bond Crisis Coming? — Red Jahncke, Real Clear Policy

CIA Director Ratcliffe Travels To Russia For Unannounced Talks — Trending Politics

America’s murder rate hasn’t been this low in 70 years — Bryan Walsh, Vox, via Yahoo News

Growing Opposition to Data Centers Halts Projects Nationwide, May Impact Midterms — Bryan Hyde, American Greatness

CCP Spies Inside USDA? How Americans Paid By China Gave Chinese Operatives Access To U.S. Government Labs — Natalie Winters, Substack

Clarence Thomas scorches racial litmus tests policing thought: ‘Stay Black and die’ — Fox News

GOP Challenges Extreme Absentee Voter Law Spreading Around the Country — Daily Signal

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