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7:35 PM ET, March 19, 2026

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Reuters:
Exclusive: Iran attack wipes out 17% of Qatar's LNG capacity for up to five years, QatarEnergy CEO says  —  Iranian attacks have knocked out 17% of Qatar's liquefied natural gas (LNG) export capacity, causing an estimated $20 billion in lost annual revenue and threatening supplies to Europe and Asia …
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William Kristol / The Bulwark:
Someone Needs to Tell Trump the Truth About the War  —  The average price of a gallon of gasoline is now about $3.88, according to AAA.  In eight states, it's over $4/gallon.  Happy Thursday.  —  What Nobody's Telling Trump  —  by William Kristol  —  I doubt anyone on the inside …
Financial Times:
‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets as Qatar hit by missiles  —  Traders and analysts warn of lasting disruption after damage to facility that supplies a fifth of the world's LNG  —  As emergency workers sifted through the smouldering wreckage at Qatar's Ras Laffan complex on Thursday morning …
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israeli Officials Said U.S. Was Told About South Pars Attack  —  President Trump first said the United States “knew nothing” about an attack on the gas field in Iran, which sent global oil and gas prices soaring.  He then said he cautioned Israel against it.
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon weighs sending more troops to Middle East
Discussion: Daily Mail
Associated Press:
Iran hits back at multiple Gulf refineries after Israeli strike on its offshore gas field
Associated Press:
Brent crude nears $115 as energy prices surge after Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Six U.S. allies back potential Strait of Hormuz coalition
Discussion: RedState and The Hill
Anne McElvoy / Politico:
UN chief suggests both sides may be committing war crimes in US-Israel conflict with Iran
Discussion: The Guardian
Marc Caputo / Axios:
James Comey subpoenaed in alleged “grand conspiracy” against Trump  —  Former FBI Director James Comey has been subpoenaed in the wide-ranging “grand conspiracy” case against the ex-officials who investigated and prosecuted President Trump, two sources with knowledge of the situation tell Axios.
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Victoria Guida / Politico:
Trump digs in on Powell, suggesting DOJ probe should continue … But Trump is suggesting the DOJ probe should continue, despite a ruling by a federal judge that the administration's subpoenas were a “mere pretext” to pressure the Fed to lower interest rates.
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
James Comey subpoenaed in Trump-appointed prosecutor's ‘grand conspiracy’ probe
Discussion: Reuters, Democracy Docket and Townhall
Bloomberg:   DOJ, White House Clear Way for Pirro to Keep Powell Probe
NBC News:
Some DHS contractors told White House officials they were asked to pay Corey Lewandowski  —  Some companies complained to the Trump administration that Lewandowski has stood to personally profit from the DHS contracting process.  Lewandowski denies the allegations.
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Daniel Lippman / Politico:
Political operatives with Trump ties raked in millions of dollars in commissions from DHS ad campaign
Discussion: New Republic
Javier C. Hernández / New York Times:
Trump Jokes About Pearl Harbor in Meeting With Japan's Leader  —  Breaking a taboo, President Trump needled Japan's prime minister about the World War II attack, as she widened her eyes and appeared to take a deep breath in the Oval Office.  —  For decades, American presidents …
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump makes Pearl Harbor joke during meeting with Japanese prime minister
Julianne McShane / MS NOW:
Fine arts panel urges Mint to make Trump gold coin ‘as large as possible’  —  President Donald Trump personally reviewed and approved the proposed design for the coin, a U.S. Mint official told the panel.  —  Members of a federal arts commission voted on Thursday to create …
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Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gold Coin Moves Forward  —  Federal advisory panel backs design featuring president on commemorative coin  —  WASHINGTON—A federal panel approved a commemorative gold coin design featuring President Trump, endorsing the rare step of putting a living, sitting president on American money.
Discussion: KVIA-TV
GOV.UK:
Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan on the Strait of Hormuz: 19 March 2026  —  Joint statement from the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, the Netherlands and Japan on the Strait of Hormuz.
Fox News:
Sarah Sanders flipped off, kicked out of restaurant that claims employees were ‘uncomfortable’  —  Both Sanders and the restaurant released statements about the incident  —  Republican Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders is speaking out over an incident in a restaurant in her home state …
CBS News:
People of Twin Cities awarded JFK Profile in Courage Award over resistance to ICE surge  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  The people of Minneapolis-St. Paul are being honored with a John F. Kennedy Profile in Courage Award for their response to the federal immigration enforcement operation this winter …
Discussion: The Hill, WNYW-TV and MPR News
Chris Bradford / New York Post:
Newly elected Idaho mayor Rick Hogaboam, 47, dies after collapsing mid-speech during town hall  —  A newly elected Idaho mayor died after he collapsed mid-speech during a town hall meeting — as another elected leader tried to save his life.  —  Nampa Mayor Rick Hogaboam suffered a …
Joseph Choi / The Hill:
Most ACA enrollees cutting back on food, household needs to pay for health care: Poll  —  A little more than half of Affordable Care Act (ACA) marketplace enrollees reported cutting back on spending for food, clothing and other basic household items to afford health care, which has become more expensive.
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David Kurtz / Talking Points Memo:
EXCLUSIVE: Trump Admin Wrongfully Deported More Than 100 Asylum Seekers  —  BALTIMORE—In surprise testimony in federal court Thursday, an immigration officer revealed that more than 100 asylum seekers were wrongfully deported in violation of a court-ordered settlement agreement in a long-running case that has gotten national attention.
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, AP source says  —  The Pentagon is seeking $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, a senior administration official says.  The department sent the request to the White House, according to the official …
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New York Times:
Pentagon Seeks $200 Billion to Fund Iran War
Finya Swai / Politico:
New Washington state law bans law enforcement from covering face … The bill passed unanimously by Democrats, who hold a majority in the state's Legislature, and received no votes from Republicans, who called the bill unconstitutional.  The Supremacy Clause in the Constitution mandates …
Regina Medina / MPR News:
Judge ends asylum claims for Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, orders family's removal  —  An immigration judge has ended the asylum claims of Liam Conejo Ramos and his family, according to their Minneapolis lawyer.  —  The 5-year-old boy from Columbia Heights received national attention …
Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
I was intending to take tonight off, but there's big news—I mean, aside from all the other big news—that I want to make sure gets attention.  —  Back on February 23, Daniel Ruetenik, Pat Milton, and Cara Tabachnick of CBS News reported on a newly uncovered document in the Epstein files showing …
Discussion: MS NOW and Digby's Hullabaloo
Matt Ford / New Republic:
There Will Be No Post-Presidential Peace for Donald Trump … Donald Trump spent the first year of his second term trying to signal his strength, his impunity, and his permanence in American public life.  When House Republicans gathered at the Kennedy Center in early January for a policy summit, he struck a much more vulnerable tone.
John Bowden / The Independent:
'Trump's favorite Democrat' Fetterman bails out pick to replace Noem at DHS in Senate cliffhanger  —  Sen. John Fetterman crossed party lines on Thursday to save the nomination of Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump's pick to replace Kristi Noem as DHS secretary.
CNN:
US F-35 damaged by suspected Iranian fire makes emergency landing, sources say  —  By Haley Britzky and Oren Liebermann  —  A US F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at US air base in the Middle East after it was struck by what is believed to be Iranian fire, according to two sources familiar with the matter.
Scott Bauer / Associated Press:
Second top Republican retires in battleground Wisconsin, fueling Democratic hopes  —  A second Republican leader in the Wisconsin Legislature announced on Thursday he will not seek reelection this fall, another sign of the seismic shift in politics in the key battleground state as Democrats …
Discussion: Wisconsin Examiner
Megan Messerly / Politico:
The GOP is dismissing Joe Kent.  They might come to regret it. … And the White House was doing what it has done since the war began — insisting that the critics amount to little more than a loud, online fringe with no real purchase in Trump's MAGA party.  —  But there is a clear risk in dismissing Kent.
Jason Lange / Reuters:
Exclusive: Americans believe Trump will send troops into Iran, and don't like the idea, Reuters/Ipsos poll finds  —  Some 65% of Americans believe U.S. President Donald Trump will order troops into a large-scale ground war in Iran but only 7% support the idea, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that closed on Thursday.
Sabato's Crystal Ball:
Six Gubernatorial Rating Changes in Favor of Democrats, but Republicans May Still Come Out Ahead  —  KEY POINTS FROM THIS ARTICLE  — We are making six gubernatorial race rating changes this week, all in favor of Democrats.  — The most notable ones come in Arizona, Georgia, and Ohio …
Benjamin Weinthal / Fox News:
Mojtaba Khamenei regime executes champion wrestler as Iran intensifies brutal crackdown during war  —  Human rights activists call for international sports boycott after Saleh Mohammadi's execution alongside two other protesters in Qom  —  The Islamic Republic of Iran's judiciary …
 
 
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New York Times:
What One Key Loss in Illinois Signals for Pro-Israel Lobby in Midterms
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Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House seeks to circumvent Schumer on potential DHS funding deal
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Washington Examiner:
Thune says Trump ‘absolutely’ needs Congress for NATO withdrawal
Discussion: Raw Story and NewsMax.com
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Netanyahu says Iran is being ‘decimated’ but revolution requires ‘ground component’
Discussion: Reuters
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Skyrocketing Gas Prices Could Lose the Senate for Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
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Javier Blas / Bloomberg:
The White House Is Using the Wrong Oil Price for the Iran War
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Discussion: Commentary Magazine
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Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
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