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Trump defends war with Iran as conflict widens
Israel sent troops into Lebanon as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran widened, and some of Iran's Gulf neighbors warned that Iran's retaliatory fire could draw them into the spreading conflict.
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Trump denies that Israel forced US’s hand in launching strikes against Iran
US president attempts to counter simmering anti-Israeli backlash in Congress and among Maga supporters
5 min readThe Guardian
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Military families anxious about unknowns of Iran war, proud of their service members
In the military-heavy communities surrounding Fort Campbell, a sprawling U.S. Army base that straddles the Tennessee-Kentucky line, the war in Iran is on a lot of people's minds. The base is home to the 101st Airborne Division, known as “the Screaming Eagles,” which has been a key force in America’s major conflicts since World War II. After Sept. 11, 2001, tens of thousands of troops from the post started regular deployments to Afghanistan and Iraq. During troop surges in those countries, yearly combat casualties in the division surpassed some of its deadliest years in Vietnam.
Associated Press4 min read - US
Epstein-linked Leon Black waged bid to ‘silence’ law firm and accusers, suit says
Wigdor LLP accuses billionaire of trying to ‘destroy those who seek to hold him to account for alleged sexual assault’
6 min read - World
Howard Lutnick agrees to interview with House committee in Epstein probe
Documents released by the Justice Department provided a look into Howard Lutnick's ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein.
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Howard Lutnick agrees to appear before US House panel on Epstein network
Donald Trump’s commerce secretary has acknowledged visiting convicted sex offender on private island in 2012
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The rationale for striking Iran was already a mess. Trump just made it worse.
The Trump administration’s stated justifications for going to war with Iran were already a jumbled and self-contradictory mess before the president’s latest comments Tuesday.
5 min readCNN
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OpenAI CEO says it’s amending its ‘sloppy’ and ‘opportunistic’ Pentagon deal
Plus, questions swirl around Paramount’s attempt to purchase Warner Bros. Discovery, USA Today highlights online “sexpionage” and SCOTUS shuts down an AI bot’s copyright claims in this week’s Tuesday Tech Drop.
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The task force that shapes Americans’ preventive care has not met in a year. Doctors now worry it’s being ‘abandoned’ by HHS
There’s growing concern that the US Department of Health and Human Services is abandoning the US Preventive Services Task Force – or pushing it into “quiet paralysis.”
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Lutnick to appear voluntarily before House Oversight Committee about relationship with Epstein
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee about his relationship with Jeffrey Epstein, setting up a clash between congressional Republicans and the Trump administration who has tried to downplay Lutnick’s ties to the convicted sex offender.
2 min read - Health
California woman shares struggle finding estrogen patch for menopause amid shortage
As more women seek hormone replacement therapy, or HRT, the shortage of estrogen patches increases, forcing them to look for other options.
3 min read - World
Trump administration considering looser protections for North Atlantic right whale
March 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration on Tuesday took the first step toward loosening regulations that protect the endangered North Atlantic right whale from vessel strikes.
1 min readReuters
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Officials say fire caused by drone strike on US consulate in Dubai has been extinguished
No injuries have been reported in the strike and fire, Dubai’s media office said on Tuesday
2 min read - US
Lawmakers revive push for veterans disability reform bill
The measure would allow medically retired military personnel to receive both their full retirement pay and VA disability compensation.
4 min readMilitary Times
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Despite Protected Status, 261 DACA Recipients Have Been Arrested and 86 Deported
Federal agents have arrested 261 people covered by the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, or DACA, and deported 86 of them, according to the Department of Homeland Security. The apprehensions and removals occurred in a 10-month period between Jan. 1 and Nov. 19, 2025, according to figures released by DHS in response to a […]
5 min readThe 74
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Let them eat liver: RFK Jr. takes Republicans’ messaging on beef in a weird direction
Higher beef prices have not gone unnoticed among GOP officials, though they’re struggling with what to say about it.
3 min read - US
Takeaways from Kristi Noem’s combative Senate Judiciary Committee hearing
Senators grilled Noem about her early descriptions of two US citizens who were killed by federal officers in Minneapolis, her use of executive jets and whether ICE will be sent to polling places
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Everything we know on day 4 of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
Israel exchanged further strikes with Iran overnight into Tuesday while it continues its assault on Lebanon, intensifying a conflict which has already killed hundreds, caused Washington to warn Americans to leave much of the region and threatens to spark a global energy crisis.
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Trump says ‘worst case scenario’ in Iran is new leader worse than Khamenei
President Trump on Tuesday said the worst-case scenario in Iran would be if their new leader turns out to be worse than deceased Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “I guess the worst case would be we do this and then somebody takes over who’s as bad as the previous person, right? That could happen, we…
2 min readThe Hill
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Military questioned use of makeshift office space where U.S. troops were killed
The first American service members to die in the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran were killed in an apparent Iranian drone attack on a makeshift office space in Kuwait, sources told CBS News.
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Key GOP senator criticizes Pentagon strategy in Colby hearing
Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) criticized the Pentagon’s National Defense Strategy (NDS) blueprint Tuesday, saying it ignores the implications of the Russia-Ukraine war and does not say much about Washington’s interests in the Middle East given the emergent war in Iran. Wicker, in opening remarks at a hearing with Pentagon policy chief Elbridge…
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Opinion - Trump shifting goals, expectations for Iran war: dangerous!
If the mission is defense, say that. If it’s deterrence, define it. If it’s regime change, own it. But shifting goals in real time, while lives and markets hang in the balance, is not strategy, it’s uncertainty. And uncertainty is a dangerous place to wage war.
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Ethics panel opens investigation of Rep. Nancy Mace over housing costs
The House Ethics Committee has opened an investigation into allegations that Rep. Nancy Mace overcharged a congressional program intended to help defray housing costs for lawmakers who have residences in Washington. Mace, a South Carolina Republican now in her third House term, denies the allegations, decrying a “partisan” process and saying officials had “ignored” her rebuttal evidence. The Office of Congressional Conduct, after an investigation, said it believes that “there is substantial reason to believe that Rep. Mace engaged in improper reimbursement practices," according to a report released Monday.
Associated Press2 min read - US
FBI agents Patel fired worked in counterintel, including on cases involving Iran
Many of the agents who were fired last week by FBI Director Kash Patel were assigned to a squad that worked on global counterintelligence cases, including those involving Iran, sources said.
2 min read - World
Inside Iran’s long history of attacks on US: A timeline
Since the 1979 Islamic Revolution, the clerical regime in Tehran and its proxies have committed a range of attacks against Americans.
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US and Israel offer shifting justifications for Iran war: what we know on day four
Donald Trump said the US and Israel are hitting Iran ‘where it is much more appropriate’
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Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain after it disallowed US use of joint bases in Iran war
President Donald Trump on Tuesday threatened to end trade with Spain, citing a lack of support over the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran and the European nation's resistance to increasing its NATO spending. “We’re going to cut off all trade with Spain,” Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz. “We don’t want anything to do with Spain.”
Associated Press4 min read - Politics
Opinion - Bill and Hillary Clinton’s Epstein testimony revealed!
The House Oversight Committee released more than eight hours of testimony yesterday that depicts Bill and Hillary Clinton testifying as to their relationship, or lack there of, with Jeffrey Epstein.
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Republicans can’t even agree on whether the war in Iran is an actual ‘war’
When the question is “Is the United States currently at war?” and the answer is “It depends on whom you ask,” there’s a problem.
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DOJ says it will keep defending Trump’s attacks on law firms, 24 hours after saying it wouldn’t
In a reversal, the Justice Department said it would continue defending Trump’s executive orders targeting law firms.
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Democrat mocks Mullin for remarks on ‘smell’ and ‘taste’ of war: ‘Call of Duty doesn’t count’
Rep. Pat Ryan (D-N.Y.) went after Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.) over comments he made about the U.S. operation against Iran, asking the senator “what the actual f—” he was “talking about.” During a Monday appearance on Fox News’s “America Reports,” Mullin said, “The loss of life, when the president first came out and he talked…
2 min read - US
Anthropic's Claude AI being used in Iran war by U.S. military, sources say
Two sources familiar with the U.S. military's use of artificial intelligence confirm that the U.S. used Anthropic's Claude AI model over weekend for the attack on Iran — and is still using it.
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Trump critiques European allies amid the Iran war escalation
The president pushed for Spain and the United Kingdom to join the U.S.-Israel war against Iran.
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Trump on lack of Middle East evacuation plan: ‘It happened all very quickly’
President Trump on Tuesday said there was no evacuation plan for Americans in the Middle East because the joint strikes launched on Iran by the U.S. and Israel “happened very quickly.” “We thought and I thought, maybe more so than most, I could ask [Secretary of State Marco Rubio], but I thought we were going…
4 min read - Politics
DoJ renews fight against law firms that stood up to Trump in abrupt reversal
Move comes day after department said it would drop fight against law firms that stood up to Trump’s executive orders
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Noem defends her leadership of DHS amid sharp questioning from senators
An unexpected Republican joined in holding Trump’s embattled DHS chief to the fire.
5 min read - World
MAGA strategist details ‘utterly surreal’ escape from Middle East
Alex Bruesewitz, an adviser to President Trump, is describing his “utterly surreal” escape from the Middle East amid the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. Bruesewitz was in Doha, Qatar, “just as the Iranian attacks erupted, leaving me stranded amid the chaos,” he wrote in a Monday post on the social platform X that included video…
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Trump administration can’t stop New York's congestion pricing, court rules
Gov. Kathy Hochul declared victory: “Congestion pricing is legal, it works, and it is here to stay. “
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How much is Trump’s base on board with war with Iran? It’s complicated
Prominent conservatives are balking at President Donald Trump’s war with Iran in ways they didn’t when he struck Iran’s nuclear facilities last year and Venezuela two months ago.
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Watch live: Jeffries speaks amid DHS funding fight, Iran strike fallout
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D) will speak with reporters Tuesday as Democrats feel pressure from Republicans to support legislation to fund the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) following the U.S. strikes in Iran over the weekend. Democrats have thus far held firm to their demands for reforms within U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)…
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Hacked traffic cameras and US intelligence: How a plot to kill Iran’s supreme leader came together
The US and Israel worked together for weeks to plan the strike that killed Iran’s leader
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Trump threatens to cut off trade with Spain over air bases
Spain is a member of the European Union, a 27-country bloc that operates a common trade policy, so any attempt to single out Madrid would create friction with other member states, like Germany, France and Italy.
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Republican initiative for voter ID in California gathers enough support for ballot measure
Proponents of the measure announce they have collected 1.3m signatures to put the issue on the midterm ballot
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After abandoning law firm executive orders, Trump administration reverses course and pursues fight
A day after abandoning its efforts to enforce executive orders that targeted some of the world's most elite law firms, President Donald Trump's administration abruptly reversed course on Tuesday and said it would proceed with the court fight. The unexplained about-face represents the latest development in a yearlong effort by the Republican administration to impose sanctions against major law firms whose attorneys had done legal work Trump opposed or had been associated with prosecutors who investigated him. Judges who received challenges to the executive orders from targeted firms uniformly ruled against the government, prompting an appeal from the Justice Department.
Associated Press2 min read - Politics
Democrats say they won't relent on DHS funding demands because of Iran war
Republicans tried to use the Trump administration’s attack on Iran to pressure Democrats to relent on funding for the shutdown Department of Homeland Security.
4 min readNBC News
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Florida flummoxed by ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ funding
The federal funds that Gov. Ron DeSantis said would reimburse his state for its anti-immigration efforts haven’t materialized, and lawmakers are beginning to sweat.
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