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9:15 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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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.
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 …
Discussion: Politico, Steady, Just Security and ABC News
Associated Press:
Iran hits back at multiple Gulf refineries after Israeli strike on its offshore gas field
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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Ryan J. Reilly / NBC News:
James Comey subpoenaed in Trump-appointed prosecutor's ‘grand conspiracy’ probe
Discussion: Reuters, Democracy Docket and Townhall
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 …
Richard Rubin / Wall Street Journal:
Trump Gold Coin Moves Forward
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
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
Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon weighs sending more troops to Middle East
Discussion: Daily Mail
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.
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.
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Matthew Adams / Stars & Stripes:
US F-35 makes emergency landing in Middle East  —  A U.S. F-35 fighter jet made an emergency landing at a U.S. air base in the Middle East after flying a combat mission over Iran.  —  “The aircraft landed safely, and the pilot is in stable condition.  The incident is under investigation …
Discussion: Mediaite
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 …
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, Daily Kos, WNYW-TV and MPR News
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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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Patel Says Agents Who Worked Mar-a-Lago Case Were Fired for Ethics Violations
Discussion: WDEF-TV
TMZ.com:
Chuck Norris Hospitalized After Medical Emergency  —  EXCLUSIVE  —  Chuck Norris has been hospitalized in Hawaii ... TMZ has learned.  —  Sources with direct knowledge tell us ... some medical emergency occurred in the last 24 hours on the island of Kauai that landed Chuck in the hospital.
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.
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.
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.
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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.
Discussion: Electrek and CleanTechnica
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
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 …
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 …
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.
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
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 …
Discussion: Reuters
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 …
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” …
Discussion: GB News and Semafor
 
 
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Maria Curi / Axios:
Scoop: Anthropic meets with House Homeland Security behind closed doors
Discussion: NewsMax.com
David Gelles / New York Times:
The Weather Is Getting Wilder, and Some See a Dire Signal in the Data
Discussion: CT Mirror
Politico:
Republicans balk at going it alone on Iran war funding
Claire Carter / Washington Examiner:
DOJ seizes four domains pushing Iranian ‘terrorist propaganda’ psyops in US
Discussion: NBC News and KVIA-TV
Cameron Peters / Vox:
The people dying in ICE custody
Megan Messerly / Politico:
The GOP is dismissing Joe Kent. They might come to regret it.
New York Times:
What One Key Loss in Illinois Signals for Pro-Israel Lobby in Midterms
Discussion: The Hill
 Earlier Items: 
Alexander Bolton / The Hill:
White House seeks to circumvent Schumer on potential DHS funding deal
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Skyrocketing Gas Prices Could Lose the Senate for Trump
Discussion: Bloomberg and Raw Story
Media Matters for America:
On Fox News, billionaire CEO John Catsimatidis suggests that homeless should “live in Uganda”
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FBI Braces for Blowback in Joe Kent Investigation
Javier Blas / Bloomberg:
The White House Is Using the Wrong Oil Price for the Iran War
Discussion: WKZO
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Six U.S. allies back potential Strait of Hormuz coalition
Discussion: RedState and The Hill
Lisa Mascaro / Associated Press:
Pentagon seeks $200 billion in additional funds for the Iran war, AP source says
 

 
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The Hollywood Reporter:
Nexstar says it has closed its Tegna acquisition after the DOJ and FCC approved it; CEO Perry Sook says Nexstar is grateful to Trump and the FCC's Brendan Carr

Alexandra Alter / New York Times:
Hachette cancels the US release of the novel Shy Girl and is discontinuing its UK edition after readers claimed the author relied heavily on AI to write it

Alyssa Ray / The Wrap:
The ProPublica Guild, representing ~150 employees, voted 92% in favor of a strike authorization after negotiating for over two years for its first contract

 
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