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9:20 PM ET, March 7, 2026

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New York Times:
In War's First Week, a Punishing Military Campaign With No Coherent Endgame  —  The U.S. and Israel have pounded Iran's leadership and undercut its defense capabilities, but President Trump has offered wildly different explanations for what he hopes to achieve.
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Reuters:
Strikes Land Near Airport in Iranian Capital  —  President Trump traveled to Delaware to be present for the arrival of the remains of the six U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war.  He vowed earlier to expand the aerial assault on Iran to new targets.  —  Dover A.F.B.  —  Tehran  —  Tehran
Reuters:
As Iran's retaliation began, US officials scrambled to arrange evacuations  —  As the first explosions from Iran's retaliatory attack sounded across the United Arab Emirates last Saturday, the State Department was still scrambling to finalize a key bureaucratic task - securing approvals …
Reuters:   Exclusive: Saudi has told Iran not to attack it, warns of possible retaliation, sources say
Associated Press:
Iran's president apologizes for strikes on neighbors even as missiles and drones target their cities
Colin P. Clarke / The Atlantic:
What Iran Might Do When It Has Nothing to Lose
Discussion: Reuters
Zeteo:
Sources: Trump Is Dangerously Close to Sending Troops to Iran  —  Advisers are urging the president ‘to go bigger to end this once and for all.’  —  Donald Trump is much closer to sending US troops to invade Iran than people realize.  —  In recent days, US officials and other close allies …
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Josh Dawsey / Wall Street Journal:
Lindsey Graham's Quest to Sell Trump on Striking Iran  —  Few others in Trump's ear argued for the attack as effectively as the South Carolina Republican senator  —  As Lindsey Graham tried to sell Donald Trump on bombing Iran, he liked to play a little word-association game with the president.
Discussion: DNYUZ and The Daily Caller
María Paula Mijares Torres / Bloomberg:
Trump Says Iran Launched Deadly Strike That Hit Girls' School
Zachary Basu / Axios:   Trump's risky business
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CNN:
January 6 commemorative plaque appears in Capitol after years of delay  —  Congressional news January 6th Donald Trump  —  A plaque honoring the heroism of police officers during the January 6, 2021, attack by a mob supportive of President Donald Trump has quietly been installed at the US Capitol after years of delay.
Politico:
Judge says Kari Lake's tenure atop US media agency was improper, voids actions as ‘acting CEO’ … “The Court finds that these expansive delegations were an unlawful effort to transform Lake into the CEO of U.S. Agency for Global Media in all but name,” the judge wrote.
Discussion: DNYUZ
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Scott Nover / Washington Post:
Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran U.S. media agency, voiding layoffs  —  Kari Lake, the Trump appointee in charge of Voice of America and other international broadcasters, has used dubious authority in her effort to dismantle the agency.  —  A federal judge in Washington ruled Saturday …
Discussion: Mediaite
Washington Post:
Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran's regime  —  A classified U.S. report doubts that Iran's opposition would take power following either a short or extended U.S. military campaign.  —  A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault …
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David Rothkopf / Need to Know:
Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters  —  Let's be honest about the roots, costs and consequences of the Iran War  —  Not since Adolf Hitler blew his brains out in a bunker beneath the garden of the German Reich Chancellery on April 30, 1945, have the lives of so many people around …
Katie Herchenroeder / Mother Jones:
At Largest ICE Detention Camp, Staff Bet on Detainee Suicides, AP Reports  —  Camp East Montana has received several 911 calls in the span of five months about immigrants trying to harm themselves. … Staff at the nation's largest Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facility …
Discussion: El Paso Times
ABC News:
Trump warns of imminent action against Cuba at ‘Shield of Americas’ summit  —  Trump hosted leaders from 12 nations across the Western Hemisphere.  —  President Donald Trump attends the “Shield of the Americas” Summit in Doral, Fla., March 7, 2026.  —  President Donald Trump joined leaders …
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The White House:
Commitment to Countering Cartel Criminal Activity
Discussion: DNYUZ and Breitbart
Camilo Montoya-Galvez / CBS News:
Bodycam video contradicts ICE claims in fatal shooting of U.S. citizen Ruben Ray Martinez in Texas  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Video of the March 2025 fatal shooting of American citizen Ruben Ray Martinez obtained by CBS News appears to contradict claims by federal officials that Martinez …
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Katie Herchenroeder / Mother Jones:
New Footage Yet Again Contradicts DHS Claims About Its Killing of a US Citizen
Discussion: CBS News and Raw Story
Andrew Ramos / CBS News:
Suspicious devices ignited during protests near Manhattan's Gracie Mansion, Mamdani's official residence  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  New York City police said suspicious devices were ignited Saturday during clashing protests outside Gracie Mansion, the official residence of Mayor Zohran Mamdani on Manhattan's Upper East Side.
Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
Trump's Iran options include special operations raid on nuclear sites  —  The Scoop  —  Know More  —  Shelby's View  —  Room For Disagreement  —  Notable  —  THE SCOOP  —  As the Trump administration weighs whether to send ground troops into Iran, one option at the president's disposal …
Discussion: New York Times
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New York Times:
There Is One Crucial Reason We're Talking About Boots on the Ground
Discussion: Fox News and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Julie K. Brown / The Epstein Files:
DOJ docs, FBI interview, raise new questions about Epstein's “suicide”  —  Notes from an FBI interview indicate that prison guards discussed “cover-up”  —  An FBI 302 interview with an inmate in the Metropolitan Correctional Center where Jeffrey Epstein was found dead on August 10 …
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Joe Wilkins / Futurism:
Evidence Grows That Google's AI Overviews Have Eviscerated the Media Industry  —  Sign up to see the future, today  —  Media workers aren't so much being replaced by AI systems as fed to one: Google's gluttonous AI Overviews, which summarize articles and present them to users in one easy-to-read digest.
Daily Mail:
White House blocks intelligence report warning of rising US homeland terror threat linked to Iran war  —  Donald Trump's White House is blocking top US intelligence agencies from warning law enforcement across the country about rising threats to the homeland tied to his war with Iran, the Daily Mail can reveal.
Politico:
Trump's week: Poor jobs numbers, high gas prices and Noem's ouster … “Don't drag this war out,” the person said.  “That's my best advice for the administration.  The country is in no mood for a prolonged war.”  —  The Iran conflict has put immense upward pressure on oil and gas …
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Alyce Collins / Newsweek:
Diabetic Woman Arrested by ICE Almost Died After Being Refused Insulin  —  A diabetic Norwegian woman who was arrested by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) has told Newsweek that she feared she might die in detention as her requests for insulin were repeatedly ignored.
Discussion: BizPac Review
 
 
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