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8:50 AM ET, March 16, 2026

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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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Axios:
Behind the Curtain: Trump's escalation trap  —  For five years in office, President Trump has operated with intuition, impulse and improvisation.  — The Iran war, now entering Week 3, is the first time Trump's style has made it impossible for him to easily talk or improvise his way out.
Discussion: Semafor
Ravi Mattu / New York Times:
Trump's Threat to Delay Summit With Xi Casts New Shadow Over China Relations  —  President Trump warned that he could postpone a meeting set to begin in just over two weeks if China refuses to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz.  —  President Trump threatened to postpone a long-planned summit …
Discussion: CNN, Al Jazeera, Fortune and CNBC
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 …
Discussion: Associated Press and The Wrap
Politico:
Trump's Sunday night crashout  —  With help from Eli Okun, Ali Bianco, Irie Sentner and Makayla Gray  —  Good Monday morning.  This is Jack Blanchard, loading up on bottled water and cans of beans and heading to the basement.  Good luck out there.  Get in touch.  —  Yes, we're still talking about the weather.
Paul Krugman:
No, America is Not Respected  —  Thanks to Trump, we're held in contempt even by our closest allies  —  There's a real Baghdad Bob feel to pronouncements from the Trump administration these days.  The war is going great!  We've been totally victorious!  Also, other countries …
Wall Street Journal:
White House Tries to Build Coalition on Iran to Address Energy Crisis
Discussion: UPI
Ravi Mattu / New York Times:
Nations Respond With Caution to Trump's Call to Send Warships to Strait of Hormuz
Milena Wälde / Politico:
Trump warns NATO (again) of ‘very bad future’ if allies don't secure Strait of Hormuz
Discussion: Washington Examiner and Fortune
Politico:
'We're going to have a problem': Republicans want Trump to move on from 2020 … “I'm always one to believe you should look forward, not backward,” said Charlie Gerow, a Pennsylvania-based GOP strategist and Trump convention delegate who hosted a meeting of fake electors in 2020 at his Harrisburg-based public affairs firm.
Discussion: Raw Story
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Axios:
Democrats face a post-Trump identity crisis for 2028
Washington Post:
Young voters helped elect Trump, but some have regrets over the Iran war
Wall Street Journal:
Oil Industry Warns Trump Administration That Fuel Crunch Will Likely Worsen  —  Oil executives told officials in White House meetings the closure of the Strait of Hormuz may push up oil prices further  —  American oil executives delivered a bleak message to Trump officials in recent days …
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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
Discussion: The Texas Tribune
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
As states scrap for congressional seats, Virginia could tip the scales  —  The party's well-funded canvassing and advertising campaign for a referendum that could add four blue seats to Congress has Republicans scrambling to respond.  —  RICHMOND — Karen Taylor Dantzler heard the arguments …
Discussion: Axios
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Washington Examiner:   Spanberger tells rural Virginia to drop dead
New York Times:
Trump's Effort to Target Rivals Stall as Judges Cut Short Basic Investigative Steps  —  A ruling Friday that derailed an investigation into the Federal Reserve chair at an exceptionally early stage showed the limits of President Trump's campaign of legal retribution.
Discussion: Mediaite and Raw Story
Ruth Maclean / New York Times:
What Do Africans Think of Trump's Travel Ban List?  —  The restrictions on half the continent have been called racist and unfair.  “We don't come to the United States because we're running away,” one N.B.A. fan said.  —  For three years, Mouhameth Fall saved up for the trip of a lifetime.
Constance Grady / Vox:
Me Too revealed a lot of villains.  Why is Epstein the one we still care about?  —  As part of its ongoing release of the Epstein files, the Department of Justice has released three FBI memos relating to accusations of sexual assault against President Donald Trump.
Discussion: New York Times
Becket Adams / The Hill:
‘Lobstergate’ shows just how far our media have sunk  —  It is a terrible time to be a news consumer.  Sadly, the only way to explain today's media is to write them off as either malicious or hopelessly incompetent.  —  Consider “lobstergate,” one of the more achingly idiotic so-called controversies in recent years.
Discussion: Townhall
Ian Millhiser / Vox:
The Supreme Court case attempting to sabotage voting by mail, explained  —  The premise of the Republican Party's arguments in Watson v. Republican National Committee is that, nearly 200 years ago, Congress banned the states from counting thousands of the ballots that are cast every year …
Lauren Egan / The Bulwark:
What Life's Like for the Muslim Constituents of Congress's Nastiest Islamophobe  —  A SHORT FIFTEEN-MINUTE DRIVE from Kid Rock's Big Ass Honky Tonk and Jason Aldean's Rooftop Bar—just two of the many country music celebrity-branded establishments that dot Nashville's lower Broadway—sits Little Kurdistan.
Politico:
‘I think she will be loyal’: Jeffrey Epstein's role in Peter Attia's rise … Several days later, the model was invited to meet Attia and “several friends” for drinks at the five-star Baccarat Hotel in Midtown Manhattan, alongside “two additional top candidates,” according to an email that she forwarded to Epstein.
Zach Montague / New York Times:
Kennedy Center Board to Vote Monday on Trump's Proposed Closure  —  The planned vote to close the center for renovations was listed on an agenda circulated to the center's board of trustees on Sunday, less than a day before the meeting.  —  President Trump is set to convene the board …
 
 
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Robert Draper / New York Times:
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Zoe Hussain / New York Post:
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 Earlier Items: 
Wall Street Journal:
Hack on U.S. Medical Company Shows Reach of Iran's Cyber Capabilities
John B. Judis / NOTUS:
Trump as Alexander the Great: A Theory That Explains Iran (And Everything Else)
Discussion: Digby's Hullabaloo
Laura Esposito / The Daily Beast:
Family of Fallen Airman Rages at Trump's ‘Uncalled For’ War
Politico:
Taiwan reports large-scale Chinese military aircraft presence near island
Discussion: UPI, Semafor and Reuters
Avery Lotz / Axios:
Trump officials target media over Iran war reporting
New York Times:
How Trump's Homeland Security Pick, a Prolific Investor, Got a Lot Wealthier in Congress
Discussion: Washington Examiner
 

 
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