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Washington Post:
Russia is providing Iran intelligence to target U.S. forces, officials say  —  The targeting information has included the locations of American warships and aircraft in the Middle East, the officials said.  —  Russia is providing Iran with targeting information to attack American forces in the Middle East …
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Reuters:
Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say  —  U.S. military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached …
Eric Cortellessa / Time:
Trump's War  —  Trump arrives at the White House on March 1, during the conflict's opening weekendJose Luis Magana—AP  —  President Donald Trump had just arrived at Mar-a-Lago on Friday night, Feb. 27, when he got word from U.S. intelligence officials: they believed they had located Iran's Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
All the polls on the U.S. war in Iran so far
Discussion: The Hill, Raw Story, IJR and Newsweek
Dan Lamothe / Washington Post:   Cancellation of Army exercise fuels speculation about Mideast troop deployments
New York Times:
Analysis Suggests School Was Hit Amid U.S. Strikes on Iranian Naval Base
Justin Lahart / Wall Street Journal:
U.S. Lost 92,000 Jobs in February  —  The U.S. lost 92,000 jobs in February, the Labor Department said Friday, missing expectations.  —  That was short of January's gain of 126,000 jobs, and worse than the gain of 50,000 jobs that economists polled by The Wall Street Journal had expected to see.
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Jeff Cox / CNBC:
U.S. payrolls unexpectedly fell by 92,000 in February; unemployment rate rises to 4.4%  —  The U.S. economy lost jobs in February, a month marred by severe winter weather and a strike at a major health care provider, the Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Friday.
Alicia Wallace / CNN:
The US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February and the unemployment rate rose to 4.4%  —  Hiring at US businesses unexpectedly plunged last month as employers shed an estimated 92,000 jobs, according to new data released Friday by the Bureau of Labor Statistics.  —  The unemployment rate edged higher to 4.4% from 4.3%.
Steve Kopack / NBC News:
The U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, stoking labor market worries  —  The economy has remained a mixed bag, in part because of a government shutdown and a lack of clarity over the Trump administration's tariff agenda.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
Sam Sutton / Politico:
‘Ugly’: Trump's job market shrinks as oil fears mount
Discussion: Reason
Ben Casselman / New York Times:   Big Revisions Are a Reason to Question Jobs Numbers, Not Dismiss Them
Dana Bash / CNN:
Trump tells CNN Cuba is soon going to fall: 'I'm going to put Marco over there'  —  President Donald Trump told CNN Friday morning that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.”  —  “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too.
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Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Trump says he wants Iran's leadership structure gone and has preferences for a ‘good leader’
Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing / Politico:
Trump's war aim: Iran's ‘unconditional surrender’
NPR:
Justice Department publishes some missing Epstein files related to Trump  —  The Justice Department has published additional Epstein files related to allegations that President Trump sexually abused a minor after an NPR investigation found dozens of pages were withheld.
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CNN:
Justice Department posts FBI interview memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation
emptywheel:   The Alleged Trump Victim's Claims about Blackmail Are as Important as Her Claims about Rape
Meredith Lee Hill / Politico:
Massive war price tag could be a massive problem for GOP leaders … Senior Republicans privately expect President Donald Trump's administration to request tens of billions of dollars for the Middle East conflict and other military needs from Congress in the coming days …
Discussion: MS NOW and Raw Story
Hafiz Rashid / New Republic:
The Most Chilling Detail in the U.S. Attack on an Iranian Naval Ship  —  The U.S. Navy's attack on an Iranian frigate, the IRIS Dena, on Wednesday was the first time an American submarine has sunk an enemy ship since World War II.  But the Dena may not have been armed because it was returning …
CNN:
GOP lawmakers push for charges against former White House aide for Jan. 6 testimony  —  Congressional news January 6th Donald Trump Federal agencies  —  Republicans on Capitol Hill are asking the Justice Department to consider bringing criminal charges against Cassidy Hutchinson …
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Financial Times:
Qatar warns war will force Gulf to stop energy exports ‘within days’  —  Gas producer says it will take ‘weeks to months’ to restore deliveries after Iranian drone strike  —  Qatar's energy minister has warned that war in the Middle East could “bring down the economies of the world” …
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Jeet Heer / The Nation:
A Conflict Without Reason Has Become a Dangerous Holy War  —  Lacking a clear rationale for the attack on Iran, Trumpists are increasingly talking like crusaders.  —  Pocket  —  Donald Trump has often praised William McKinley, a White House predecessor who shared the current president's love of tariffs and territorial expansion.
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Peter Wehner / The Atlantic:   Pete Hegseth's Troubled Soul
Garrett Haake / NBC News:
Trump says he 'wasn't thrilled' with Kristi Noem's $220M ad campaign on self-deportation  —  Trump indicated in a phone call with NBC News that Noem's dismissal was less about her performance and more about elevating Sen. Markwayne Mullin to his Cabinet.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
Politico:
Tony Gonzales drops reelection bid among pressure from GOP … Gonzales was facing extensive criticism after he admitted to a sexual relationship with a staffer who later died by suicide. … POLITICO has not independently confirmed the texts.  —  Gonzales had previously denied the accusations as …
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Paul Krugman:
Renewable Energy and National Security  —  Donald Trump's attack on Iran will have many unintended and unforeseen consequences.  One consequence even I wasn't thinking about, but which is already clear after less than a week, is that Trump has made a strong new case for renewable energy.
Discussion: Raw Story and Kpler Blog
Tom Hals / Reuters:
US customs agency says it cannot comply with tariff refund order  —  The U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency is unable to comply with a court order directing it to refund tariffs that the Supreme Court has ruled illegal, the agency said in a court filing with the U.S. Court for International Trade on Friday.
Discussion: CNBC and GV Wire
Jason Leopold / Bloomberg:
Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein  —  A Department of Justice document combined with interviews reveal that a long-running investigation into organized crime led law enforcement to suspect the serial sex abuser of money laundering …
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Judges keep ordering immigration hearings — but say the results are often a sham … It happened last month in Rhode Island, where U.S. District Judge John McConnell, an Obama appointee, ordered the release of a man who was denied bond even though the administration presented no evidence against him.
Discussion: Raw Story and MS NOW
New York Times:
Senate Democrat Pushes to Investigate Noem for Perjury  —  Senator Richard Blumenthal of Connecticut said Democrats had evidence to suggest Kristi Noem lied under oath during a Senate hearing on Tuesday.  —  Senator Richard Blumenthal, Democrat of Connecticut, said on Thursday evening …
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Alexandra Alper / Reuters:
Pentagon taps former DOGE official to lead its AI efforts  —  The Pentagon on Friday named as Chief Data Officer a computer scientist who aided billionaire Elon Musk's efforts to overhaul the government last year and who has boosted white supremacists and misogynists online.
Natalie Allison / Washington Post:
In Texas, Trump flirts with defying his own movement  —  The president is looking to endorse a senator he once called a “RINO” over a staunch ally who worked to try to overturn the 2020 election results, dismaying many in his MAGA base.  —  President Donald Trump is preparing to endorse …
 
 
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Reid J. Epstein / New York Times:
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ICE is paying ‘eye-popping’ prices for warehouse detention centers
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✝️ A Holy War Against Iran?
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Trump's mini-me ambassadors are insulting and alienating U.S. allies
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Ben Dummett / Wall Street Journal:
Axel Springer agrees to buy the Telegraph for £575M, ending the proposed acquisition by the DMGT, and plans to “turbocharge” the Telegraph's presence in the US

Alex Weprin / The Hollywood Reporter:
SEC filing: Byron Allen buys a 10.7% stake in Starz for $25M from investment fund Liberty 77, led by former Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin

Anhata Rooprai / Reuters:
Filing: ex-US trade rep Robert Lighthizer resigns from Trump Media & Technology Group's board; TMTG has been shifting its focus from media toward nuclear fusion
 
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