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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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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.
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Financial Times:
‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets as Qatar hit by missiles
‘Armageddon scenario’ for gas markets as Qatar hit by missiles
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Al Jazeera, CNBC, Foreign Policy, The American Conservative and France 24
Politico:
Strike on key Iranian gas field is a new phase of the war. Trump blames Israel.
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Bloomberg, New York Post, GB News, Reuters, New York Times and Mediaite
Associated Press:
Iran hits back at multiple Gulf refineries after Israeli strike on its offshore gas field
Iran hits back at multiple Gulf refineries after Israeli strike on its offshore gas field
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Associated Press:
Brent crude nears $115 as energy prices surge after Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities
Brent crude nears $115 as energy prices surge after Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities
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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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The Hill, Bloomberg, UPI, Washington Examiner, Breitbart, Ace of Spades HQ, RedState, The Post Millennial, Blaze Media, CBS News, Mediaite, Raw Story, The Gateway Pundit and NewsMax.com
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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.
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Bloomberg, Associated Press, KEYT-TV, CNBC, Fortune and Washington Post
Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
James Comey subpoenaed in Trump-appointed prosecutor's ‘grand conspiracy’ probe
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Reuters, Democracy Docket and Townhall
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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The Parnas Perspective, New York Magazine, Talking Points Memo, Raw Story, The Independent, The Bulwark, RedState and Mediaite
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Karissa Waddick / USA Today:
Design approved for US Mint's 24k gold Trump coin, despite objections — The design would be for a gold commemorative coin. A separate $1 coin featuring President Donald Trump has attracted even more pushback. — The United States Department of the Treasury has taken a big step forward …
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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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NBC News, Washington Post and New Republic
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gold Coin Moves Forward
Trump Gold Coin Moves Forward
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The Hill, Washington Examiner, Mississippi Free Press, Reuters, New York Times, Forbes, ABC News, Al Jazeera, Newsweek, KVIA-TV, The Independent and New York Sun
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 …
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Politico, Steady, Just Security and ABC News
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Peter Nicholas / NBC News:
Father of service member killed in Iran war said he never told Pete Hegseth to ‘finish’ the job — Hegseth said “family after family” of service members killed urged the administration to “not stop until the job is done.” President Donald Trump made a similar claim earlier this month.
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New York Post, Mediaite, Daily Mail, TMZ.com, Fox News, The Daily Wire and The Floridian
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.
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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The Hill, New York Times, CBS News, Raw Story and The Independent
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Alexandra Marquez / NBC News:
Trump makes Pearl Harbor joke during meeting with Japanese prime minister
Trump makes Pearl Harbor joke during meeting with Japanese prime minister
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Financial Times:
Denmark was ready to blow up Greenland runways if US invaded — Danish soldiers sent to Arctic island in January were also given blood supplies in case of combat — The Danish military sent explosives and blood supplies to Greenland in January as part of contingency planning for a US attack …
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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 …
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KTHV, The Gateway Pundit, Le·gal In·sur·rec·tion, The Daily Wire, NewsMax.com, Raw Story, Washington Times, New York Sun, RedState, The Independent, Not the Bee, The Hill and Mediaite
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 …
Alan Feuer / New York Times:
Lawsuit Accuses Justice Dept. Leadership of ‘Political Retribution’ — The suit filed by two fired F.B.I. agents aimed to hold the Trump administration accountable for the purge of personnel who had worked on the investigations of Mr. Trump or his allies. — Two former F.B.I. agents fired …
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Washington Examiner, Bloomberg, WKZO, Associated Press and Newsweek
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Patel Says Agents Who Worked Mar-a-Lago Case Were Fired for Ethics Violations
Patel Says Agents Who Worked Mar-a-Lago Case Were Fired for Ethics Violations
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WDEF-TV
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.
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 …
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Idaho State Journal, IJR, The Daily Caller, ABC News, TMZ.com, KHOU-TV and Post Register
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.
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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.
J.D. Wolf / MeidasTouch News:
GOP Candidate Wore Confederate Uniform Multiple Times — Brandon Herrera participated in Sons of Confederate Veterans activities for years — Brandon Herrera, the Republican candidate endorsed by Donald Trump in Texas's 23rd congressional district, has faced growing scrutiny …
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 …
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Washington State Standard
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 Hendel / Politico:
Trump's regulators approve TV merger that set off conservative media feud … “By approving this transaction, which allows Nexstar to own less than 15% of television stations, the FCC acts mindful of the media marketplace that [exists] today — not the one from decades past …
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 …
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MS NOW and Digby's Hullabaloo
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 …
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Wisconsin Examiner
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 …
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 …
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The Guardian, New York Times, CBS News, Los Angeles Times, The Post Millennial, Salon and El País
Financial Times:
Stocks and bonds tumble as investors price in ‘protracted energy shock’ — Iranian strikes on Qatari natural gas complex send US and European markets reeling — Bonds and equity markets tumbled on Thursday as investors warned that the region faced a “protracted energy shock” …
Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
DOJ seizes four domains pushing Iranian ‘terrorist propaganda’ psyops in US — The Department of Justice said Thursday it had seized four internet domains accused of spreading Iranian government-backed “terrorist propaganda” as part of a broader effort to disrupt foreign cyber-related psychological operations targeting U.S. audiences.
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.
Kevin Breuninger / CNBC:
Netanyahu says Iran is being ‘decimated’ but revolution requires ‘ground component’ … Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday said “Iran is being decimated” as the U.S. and Israel target its ballistic missile and nuclear programs from the air — but he added that meaningful regime change …
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Dan Gearino / Inside Climate News:
The Vanishing Next Generation of US-Made EVs — Honda's decision to cancel production of three EV models in Ohio continues a grim trend. — Honda is being whipsawed by a decreasing emphasis on electric vehicles in the United States and a rapid shift to EVs in China.
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Electrek and CleanTechnica

