Iran, Greenland, Venezuela and … Minnesota?

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The Latest

Tim Walz called on Donald Trump to ‘turn the temperature down’ after the president threatened to send the military to Minnesota. Walz’s own rhetoric has been hot, but he urged Minnesotans to protest peacefully: “We cannot fan the flames of chaos. That’s what he wants.”

• The White House replied by calling the governor “Tampon.”

Israel, Oman, Qatar and Saudi Arabia are urging Trump not to attack Iran. The Treasury Department said it will impose new sanctions on Iranian officials and the “shadow banking networks” it says are helping Iranian elites get money out of the country.

European nations are sending troops to Greenland. France, Germany, the U.K., Netherlands, Finland, Norway and Sweden have dispatched small military contingents to “show the U.S. that NATO is present.” María Corina Machado presented her Nobel Peace Prize to Trump, but that didn’t get her a public appearance with the president. The Venezuelan opposition leader tried to talk with reporters on the Hill, but cheering supporters mostly drowned her out.

Trump told Reuters things are going so well ahead of the midterms that “when you think of it, we shouldn’t even have an election.”

The Administration

The White House unveiled the ‘Great Healthcare Plan,’ which doesn’t include an extension of the expired Affordable Care Act subsidies but does say that more money should go “directly to eligible Americans to allow them to buy the health insurance of their choice.”

Remember those mental health grants HHS cancelled Tuesday? They were uncanceled last night.

The Trump administration may be able to rearrest Mahmoud Khalil after an appeals court ruled that a lower court lacked jurisdiction to hear his case.

The Justice Department’s investigation of Jerome Powell could make its case against Fed governor Lisa Cook more difficult. NOTUS’ Jose Pagliery explains why.

The Hill

The Senate passed several bills to fund the Commerce, Energy, Interior and Justice departments, as well as a number of agencies.

At least 80 House Democrats want to impeach Kristi Noem. Some of them are traveling to Saint Paul tomorrow for a “shadow hearing” on “Trump’s Deadly Assault on Minnesota.”

The No. 2 at ICE is running for Congress in Ohio. ICE’s deputy director, Madison Sheahan, is leaving the agency to run against Rep. Marcy Kaptur.

A woman is suing Kyrsten Sinema for ruining her marriage, alleging the former senator had an affair with her husband. The specific allegations are NSFW.

News You Can Use

NOTUS reporter Ursula Perano tried every item on the Cups lunch menu so you don’t have to.

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