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5:45 PM ET, March 3, 2026

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Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Pete Hegseth's Crazed, Angry Tirades on Iran Give Dems a Big Opening  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth knows that playing a decisive tough guy on television is the way to keep Donald Trump happy, so he did just that while addressing reporters Monday about the U.S. bombing of Iran.
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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Weighs Backing Militias to Dislodge Iran's Regime  —  The president, who hasn't made a decision, also says ‘somebody from within’ would be the best option to lead the country  —  President Trump is open to supporting groups in Iran willing to take up arms to dislodge the regime …
Discussion: Fox News and Reuters
CNN:
CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say  —  The Middle East Donald Trump Federal agencies National security  —  The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN.
Discussion: Axios
Axios:
Rubio's war remarks blow open MAGA's Israel divide  —  MAGA's ascendant “America First” wing erupted after Secretary of State Marco Rubio effectively blamed Israel for drawing the U.S. into war with Iran. … “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action” against Iran, Rubio told reporters on Capitol Hill on Monday.
Paul Krugman:
War Is Expensive for the Little People  —  Operation Epic Fury will cost billions that could have been put to much better use  —  On Sunday, according to the U.S. military, Kuwaiti forces shot down three U.S. F-15s in a “friendly fire” incident.  Fortunately, the crews were able to safely eject and survived.
Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump to POLITICO: Iran is ‘running out of launchers’ … The president's assertion is new, and had not been mentioned during a Monday Pentagon briefing or publicly by any other administration officials.  —  The president's comments come as the U.S. and the Middle East brace for continued missile …
Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Donald Trump's dangerous ‘war of whim’
Lisa Needham / Public Notice:
Trump's Iran War and the Article One crisis
Discussion: Drezner's World
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump has cornered himself with his war in Iran
Discussion: Washington Examiner
Zack Beauchamp / Vox:
How does the Iran war end?
Discussion: The Guardian
Sophia Cai / Politico:
Trump to POLITICO: 'I really don't care' if Iran plays in World Cup
Discussion: Fox News
New York Times:
Trump Administration, in Reversal, Tries to Continue Fight Against Law Firms  —  The administration told a court on Monday that it was abandoning its defense of executive orders targeting the firms.  But on Tuesday, the Justice Department abruptly changed its position.
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NBC News:
Live updates: U.S. shuts embassies in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait after drone attacks; Israeli troops stage incursion into Lebanon  —  President Donald Trump indicated the conflict could last weeks and said wars can be fought “forever” with America's stock of munitions.
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emptywheel:
“Squirter:” The Catastrophic Stupidity that May [Have] Set Off a Larger Religious Conflict
Discussion: The Guardian and MPR News
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Jonathan Larsen / Jonathan Larsen's Substack:
U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus  —  To support my reporting and keep it free for everyone, you can become a paid subscriber.  Thank you.  —  A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God's plan …
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Brandi Buchman / HuffPost:
Military Commander Tells Troops Bombing Iran Is 'Part Of God's Divine Plan'
Discussion: DNYUZ
NOTUS:
Americans Stranded in the Middle East Are Having a Hard Time Getting Help From the State Department  —  The Trump administration told Americans trying to evacuate the Middle East that they cannot “rely” on U.S. government assistance, despite urging Americans to “depart now” …
Mike Allen / Axios:
Scoop: Lutnick volunteers to testify on Epstein ties  —  Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, once a Manhattan neighbor of Jeffrey Epstein, voluntarily agreed to an interview with the House Oversight Committee over past ties to the convicted sex offender, Axios has learned.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Israel bombs council choosing Iran's next supreme leader, official says  —  The Israeli Air Force on Tuesday struck the building housing Iran's Council of Experts in the holy city of Qom in an attempt to disrupt the process of appointing a new supreme leader, an Israeli defense official said.
Eric Bazail-Eimil / Politico:
Tillis threatens to hijack Senate business amid frustrations with Noem … The announcement from Tillis, who has called repeatedly for Noem to leave her post, would represent a rare escalation from any senator — in particular one from the president's party — in the face of frustrations with a member of the Cabinet.
Hannah Rabinowitz / CNN:
Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say  —  Just days before the United States launched a major military operation in Iran, FBI Director Kash Patel fired a dozen agents and staff members from a counterintelligence unit tasked …
David Strom / HotAir:
Trump Trashes Traitorous ‘Allies’  —  Tell us how you really feel, Mr. President.  —  In a press gaggle with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz sitting next to him, President Trump made clear exactly how unhappy he is with our supposed “allies”, Spain and the United Kingdom.  —  Very.
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Joe Patrice / Above the Law:
Law School Tells Students, ‘You MUST Be Aligned Politically With President Trump,’ For Summer Job  —  In The Hunt for Red October, we learn that Soviet submarine carried a “political officer,” a Communist Party appointee whose job wasn't navigating or torpedoing things, but making sure everyone …
Ari Berman / Mother Jones:
Justice Alito's Latest Opinion Is a Very, Very Bad Sign for Voting Rights  —  A decision upholding a New York GOP congressional district could be a prelude to killing the Voting Rights Act.  —  The Supreme Court on Monday evening overturned a New York state court ruling that found …
Graeme Wood / The Atlantic:
Pete Buttigieg in the Wilderness  —  In May 2001, at Harvard's Institute of Politics, a 19-year-old freshman named Peter Buttigieg asked David Gergen, a Harvard professor and horse whisperer to five presidents, a question that he might have reserved for himself, a couple of decades later.
Rusty Hicks / California Democratic Party:
Open Letter to the Democratic Candidates for Governor:  —  California Democrats have no shortage of strong candidates to consider in the race for Governor - current and former Congressmembers, statewide elected officials, State Legislators, Mayors and leaders of Democratic causes.
Nathaniel Meyersohn / CNN:
Target's plan to win you back  —  The new Target CEO believes adding new, buzzy brands can win back shoppers after a brutal few years.  —  CEO Michael Fiddelke said Tuesday that Target will improve its products and redesign stores to draw shoppers and “get Target back to growth.”
Rebecca Davis O'Brien / New York Times:
Labor Secretary's Top Aides Forced Out  —  The two aides to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer had been on leave during an investigation of misconduct at the department.  —  Two top aides to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer were forced out Monday night amid an internal investigation …
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
How you word a poll question can have a large impact on results  —  Our new poll finds question wording can swing opinion by 20-60 points on immigration, the budget, and transgender rights.  That's a problem for people who use polls to tell politicians what voters want  —  ∙ Paid
William Jackson / Straight Arrow News:
SCOTUS pauses California student gender-privacy protections, for now  —  The Supreme Court temporarily stopped a California law and related school policies that prohibit schools from automatically notifying parents when students change pronouns or gender expression.
Steve Rose / The Guardian:
'The Epstein files won't knock him out': what Anthony Scaramucci learned in Trump's inner circle  —  He lasted just 11 days as White House communications director, before being fired from the Trump administration.  The financier and broadcaster discusses working for the president - and becoming his biggest critic
Discussion: Raw Story
Joseph Cox / 404 Media:
CBP Tapped Into the Online Advertising Ecosystem To Track Peoples' Movements  —  Customs and Border Protection (CBP) bought data from the online advertising ecosystem to track peoples' precise movements over time, in a process that often involves siphoning data from ordinary apps like video games …
 
 
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AnnaMaria Andriotis / Wall Street Journal:
House Committee Wants Goldman Sachs General Counsel to Testify on Epstein
Discussion: CNBC
Nick Reisman / Politico:
Democratic state lawmakers in New York to back tax hike on rich
Discussion: Radio Iowa
New York Times:
Inside the Underground Safe Houses Sheltering Immigrants From ICE
Discussion: Documented
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Georgia father Colin Gray found guilty in son's alleged deadly school shooting
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Discussion: The Hill and Politico
New York Times:
Despite Promises, Veterans Affairs Department Cut Thousands of Roles for Doctors and Nurses
Discussion: The Independent
New York Times:
Congestion Pricing Wins in Court After Lengthy Battle With Trump
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