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Wall Street Journal:
The Long-Feared Persian Gulf Oil Squeeze Is Upon Us — Traffic through the Strait of Hormuz has ground to a virtual halt, unleashing the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s and threatening the global economy — The chairman of oil producer DNO was flying from New York to Oslo early …
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Alex Harring / CNBC:
Dow futures tumble 900 points as U.S. oil tops $100 a barrel to begin the week's trading: Live updates — Stock futures were plunging to start the week's trading as U.S. oil prices topped $100 a barrel amid the U.S.-Iran conflict, raising fears higher energy prices could dramatically slow the U.S. economy.
Lim Hui Jie / CNBC:
Asia markets tumble as oil nears $120; marks largest one day gain in almost 40 years — South Korea's Kospi triggered its second circuit breaker in four sessions on Monday, … South Korea's Kospi triggered its second circuit breaker in four sessions on Monday, leading a broader regional sell-off …
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Associated Press and Informed Comment
Spencer Kimball / CNBC:
Oil surges above $100 a barrel; Trump says ‘small price to pay’ for defeating Iran
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Washington Examiner, Reuters, New York Times, CNN, UPI, Bloomberg, Raw Story, Breitbart, Associated Press, Al Jazeera and Business Insider
Peter Eavis / New York Times:
Energy Secretary Says Tankers Could Start Moving Soon
Energy Secretary Says Tankers Could Start Moving Soon
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Politico, The Maritime Executive, CNBC, Fortune and DNYUZ
Verity Ratcliffe / Financial Times:
Oil market prepares for $100 a barrel as Middle East producers cut output
Oil market prepares for $100 a barrel as Middle East producers cut output
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New York Times, Associated Press, EconomyNext, Fortune and Crooks and Liars
David J. Lynch / Washington Post:
War with Iran spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets
War with Iran spreading economic damage far beyond oil and gas markets
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New York Times
Punchbowl News:
3/9/26☀️ AM: … The Senate is in this week, the House is out. — House Republicans are in Doral, Fla., at the Trump National Doral for their annual legislative retreat. President Donald Trump will be speaking to House Republicans this evening in, where else, the Donald J. Trump Ballroom at his club.
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The American Spectator
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Reuters:
Iran names Khamenei's son, Mojtaba, as new supreme leader, state media report — Iran's Assembly of Experts has named Mojtaba Khamenei to replace his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, as the country's new supreme leader, state media reported on Sunday. — Mojtaba, a mid-ranking cleric …
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New York Times, RedState, Middle East Monitor, CBS News, The Wrap, Al Jazeera and WTOP News
Associated Press:
Iranian state TV says Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran's supreme leader, has been named his successor
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New York Times:
Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran
Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran
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Washington Post, Forbes, UPI, Salon, Mother Jones and Grabien
Alex Veiga / Associated Press:
Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
Crude oil prices surpass $100 a barrel as the Iran war impedes production and shipping
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Axios, Washington Examiner, CNBC, Reuters, WFAA-TV, New York Times, France 24, The Times of Israel, WXIA-TV, Associated Press, NPR, CoinDesk, NewsMax.com, Fortune and The Guardian
New York Times:
U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Beside Iranian School, Video Shows — The evidence contradicts President Trump's claim that Iran was responsible for a strike at the school that killed 175 people, most of them children. — A newly released video adds to the evidence that an American missile likely hit …
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Washington Post, Bellingcat, The Week and NPR
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Barak Ravid / Axios:
Scoop: U.S. dismayed by Israel's Iran fuel strikes, sources say … - The IDF claimed in a statement that the fuel depots “are used by the Iranian regime to supply fuel to different consumers including its military organs.” — An Israeli military official said the strikes were intended …
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Jacob Magid / The Times of Israel:
Trump to Times of Israel: It'll be a ‘mutual’ decision with Netanyahu regarding when Iran war ends — US president clarifies he'll make final call to end operation ‘at right time’; says in phone interview that he and PM ‘worked together’ against Islamic Republic: 'We've destroyed a country that would have destroyed Israel'
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NewsMax.com, Reuters, Jewish Insider, Wall Street Journal, CBS News and Al Jazeera
Post and Courier:
Fuzzy memories and hard facts: An SC accuser's claims against Epstein, Trump examined — A woman who claims she was abused as a minor by both Jeffrey Epstein and Donald Trump has given the FBI vivid accounts that include aspects of her life corroborated by the The Post and Courier through public records.
Politico:
Explosion at US embassy in Oslo investigated as possible terror act — Police have no suspects in the blast, but are treating it seriously in light of attacks on other American diplomatic sites. — An explosion that rocked the U.S. embassy in Oslo early on Sunday morning could have been terrorism …
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Ryan Dezember / Wall Street Journal:
Oil Prices Are Barreling Toward All-Time Highs — U.S. oil futures have followed their biggest weekly rise ever by surging as much as 20% in Sunday evening trading, vaulting above $100 a barrel for the first time since war in Europe rattled energy markets in 2022.
New York Times:
ICE Detention of Teen Musicians Roils Texas Mariachi Community — Two brothers who were recognized by their congresswoman last year, along with their parents and younger brother, are facing deportation. — Last June, two teenage brothers from South Texas and their high school mariachi bandmates traveled to Capitol Hill.
Anton Troianovski / New York Times:
How Trump's War in Iran Has Echoes of Putin and Ukraine — The many similarities between the White House's justification for war in Iran and Russia's messaging on Ukraine underscore the risks of a vaguely defined, open-ended war. — Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said last Monday that the United States …
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Fox News
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Lawrence Freedman / Comment is Freed:
Making it up as they go along — Where does the war in Iran go from here? — ∙ Paid
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New York Post, Middle East Monitor, twitchy.com, Thinking about and Digby's Hullabaloo
Vladimir Isachenkov / Associated Press:
Russia sits back as the Iran war escalates, expecting long-term gains
Russia sits back as the Iran war escalates, expecting long-term gains
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NOTUS:
Trump Org Files Trademarks to Put the President's Name Front and Center at ‘America 250’ — In one filing submitted on Friday, a “Trump 250” image was trademarked to be used on a variety of merchandise. — Copy — The Trump Organization filed several previously unreported trademark applications …
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New York Sun
Washington Post:
After slashing federal jobs, Trump administration ramps up hiring — The hiring push is unfolding under new rules designed to give the White House greater influence over the government's 2-million person civilian workforce. — A year after Elon Musk and his Department …
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RedState
Sahil Kapur / NBC News:
Ahead of 2028, Sen. Cory Booker to unveil bill to make $75,000 in income tax-free — The bill is a marker for the next time Democrats get a chance to rewrite the tax code. The New Jersey senator told NBC News he's keeping the door open to a 2028 presidential bid.
New York Times:
In Senate Race, Talarico Challenges ‘Heretical’ Right-Wing Christianity … James Talarico, in one of his first interviews since winning the Democratic nomination for Senate in Texas, attacked the use of Christianity to promote conservative politics, saying his candidacy was part of a broader mission …
Anna Young / New York Post:
Hegseth vows US will ‘go as far as we need’ to topple Iranian regime as conflict escalates — including possible ‘boots on ground’ — War Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed he and President Trump will do whatever it takes to topple the Iranian regime - and didn't rule out sending US ground troops into Tehran as Operation Epic Fury rages on.
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Forbes, The Independent, Townhall, IJR, The Hill, Washington Examiner and RealClearPolitics
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Jacob Wendler / Politico:
Israeli ambassador to US declines to rule out putting boots on the ground in Iran
Israeli ambassador to US declines to rule out putting boots on the ground in Iran
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Israpundit, Washington Times and Grabien
