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Edward Luce / Financial Times:
Donald Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran — US president tells the FT in an interview that China summit could be delayed — Donald Trump has warned that Nato faces a “very bad” future if US allies fail to assist in opening up the Strait of Hormuz …
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New York Post, Axios and Grabien
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New York Times:
Entering War's Third Week, Trump Faces Stark Choices … Two weeks into a war against Iran that he chose to launch, President Trump faces a stark choice — stay in the battle to achieve the dauntingly ambitious goals he has set, or try to extract himself from an expanding and intensifying conflict …
Will Weissert / Associated Press:
Two weeks into war with Iran, Trump has been knocked back on his political heels — In the two weeks since the U.S. and Israel launched strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump increasingly has been knocked on his political heels. He's grown more agitated with news coverage and has failed …
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Fortune, Digby's Hullabaloo, KHOU-TV and WTOP News
Ravi Mattu / New York Times:
Nations Respond With Caution to Trump's Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz — President Trump has urged China, Britain, France, Japan and South Korea to send warships to help reopen the waterway, even though they were not involved in the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran.
Se Young Lee / Bloomberg:
Trump Floats Delaying Xi Summit If No Help for Hormuz, FT Says — Donald Trump said he could delay his planned summit with Chinese President Xi Jinping if Beijing doesn't help unblock the Strait of Hormuz, the Financial Times reported, citing an interview with the US president.
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Reuters, France 24, News Talk 105.9, Townhall and Little Green Footballs
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump is eager to declare victory, but a battered Iran still has cards to play
Trump is eager to declare victory, but a battered Iran still has cards to play
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Man Who Spat on Allies For a Year Demands the World Clean Up His Catastrophe
Man Who Spat on Allies For a Year Demands the World Clean Up His Catastrophe
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BBC and Al Jazeera
Josh Marcus / The Independent:
Afghan who fought with US special forces dies in ICE custody as Trump on track for deadliest year of detention in more than two decades — Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal served with U.S. forces in Afghanistan and legally evacuated the country, then died within a day of being taken into ICE custody, according to his family
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Joey Roulette / Reuters:
Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says — An Afghan immigrant who previously worked with the U.S. military in Afghanistan and later sought asylum in the United States died this weekend in Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody less than 24 hours after being detained in Texas …
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The Texas Tribune
Alexander Ward / Wall Street Journal:
Exclusive: Trump Administration Plans to Announce Coalition to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz — The Trump administration as soon as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along the Iranian coast, U.S. officials said.
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Axios, Fortune, Washington Examiner, CNBC, Mediaite, The Independent and NewsMax.com
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The Guardian:
Trump says US may strike Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’
Trump says US may strike Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’
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Breitbart, No More Mister Nice Blog, Middle East Monitor and Washington Examiner
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump's energy chief: “No guarantees” gas prices will fall in weeks
Trump's energy chief: “No guarantees” gas prices will fall in weeks
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HuffPost and NewsMax.com
Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump urges US allies to send warships to Strait of Hormuz
Live updates: Trump urges US allies to send warships to Strait of Hormuz
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Bloomberg, MS NOW, KEYT-TV and Honolulu Star-Advertiser
Edward Wong / New York Times:
Energy Secretary Says ‘No Guarantees’ Oil Prices Will Fall Soon
Energy Secretary Says ‘No Guarantees’ Oil Prices Will Fall Soon
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ABC News, Townhall, NewsMax.com, Bloomberg and Semafor
Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Energy secretary says Americans could feel relief on gas prices ‘in a few more weeks’
Energy secretary says Americans could feel relief on gas prices ‘in a few more weeks’
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Straight Arrow News, ABC News, The Daily Caller, Washington Times, Politico, The Gateway Pundit and NewsMax.com
Washington Post:
Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers — The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building's front entrance — For nearly two centuries, the White House's main entrance …
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Raw Story, NewsMax.com, The Independent, Newsweek, Althouse and Mediaite
Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters' Licenses Over War Coverage — The comment from Brendan Carr came on the heels of a social media message from President Trump criticizing the news media's coverage of the war with Iran. — Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …
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Bloomberg, CNBC, RedState, The Gateway Pundit, NOTUS, The Independent, Salon, Straight Arrow News, The Guardian, France 24, WTTG-TV, Reason, Newsweek, CBS News, Deadline, The Post Millennial, The Hill, Mother Jones, USA Today, NewsMax.com, MS NOW, Variety, Raw Story, Mediaite, Fortune, Reuters, The Hollywood Reporter, Al Jazeera and UPI, more at Mediagazer »
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Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Family of Fallen Airman Rages at Trump's ‘Uncalled For’ War — ‘NIGHTMARE’ — While Trump was golfing, families were mourning. — The families of a servicemember killed in Donald Trump's war are pleading with the president to end the conflict in Iran—the same day he was seen golfing in West Palm Beach.
Axios:
Democrats face a post-Trump identity crisis for 2028 — Democrats are barreling toward an identity crisis: When Donald Trump is gone, they're not sure what they'll stand for. — Top party strategists are warning they can't win back the White House in 2028 by coasting on voters' dissatisfaction with the president and MAGA.
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Breitbart
New York Times:
How Trump's Homeland Security Pick, a Prolific Investor, Got a Lot Wealthier in Congress — Markwayne Mullin's financial dealings take on new importance as the Senate considers his nomination to lead an agency whose budget has vastly expanded. — A few days after Christmas …
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Washington Examiner
John B. Judis / NOTUS:
Trump as Alexander the Great: A Theory That Explains Iran (And Everything Else) … It's tough to pinpoint when exactly it happened, but gradually, as President Donald Trump has entered the second year of his second term, a sense of optimism has returned to the Democratic side.
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Digby's Hullabaloo
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers … For years, the agricultural sector has faced a tight labor market as farmworkers age and fewer new immigrants and younger Americans are willing to toil in the fields. Top Trump administration officials vowed …
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The Parnas Perspective, The Independent and New Yorker
Wall Street Journal:
Hack on U.S. Medical Company Shows Reach of Iran's Cyber Capabilities — U.S. officials say more cyberattacks on the homeland should be expected after global disruption forced tens of thousands of Stryker employees offline — WASHINGTON—Iran pulled off likely the most significant wartime cyberattack …
Politico:
Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near island … Taiwan didn't report any Chinese military planes that went beyond the median line and entered the zone for a week from Feb. 27 to March 5. After two were detected on March 6, the next four days had none.
Kelly Hooper / Politico:
The Trump health care policy red and blue states are embracing … That offer is now finding more takers, among Republicans and Democrats, as state lawmakers look for ways to keep the uninsured rate down. Obamacare enrollment has already dropped by more than 1 million this year, with further decline expected.
Andy Haldane / Financial Times:
Trump's ‘shock and war’ makes this economic crisis different — Conflict with Iran will leave deeper and more lasting scars than last year's tariffs crisis — The writer, an FT contributing editor, is a former chief economist at the Bank of England — Since the US and Israel attacked Iran …
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