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5:35 PM ET, March 19, 2026

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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 … The March 3 DHS memo noted there was only a “limited competition” for the awarded contracts because of the “urgent and compelling need” for the ad campaign.
Discussion: New Republic
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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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 …
Associated Press:
Brent crude nears $115 as energy prices surge after Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities
Associated Press:
Iran hits back at multiple Gulf refineries after Israeli strike on its offshore gas field
Isabel Kershner / New York Times:
Israeli Officials Said U.S. Was Told About South Pars Attack
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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Paul McLeary / Politico:
Pentagon weighs sending more troops to Middle East
Discussion: Daily Mail
Nia-Malika Henderson / Bloomberg:
The White House Is Lost in the ‘Weave’
Discussion: Axios
Paul Waldman / Public Notice:
The cost of Trump's Iran war is quickly spiraling upward  —  PN is supported by paid subscribers.  Become one ⬇️  —  💰 Subscribe to PN 💰  —  Speaking to Sky News last week, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent was asked if there was some point at which the Iran war …
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Dave Lawler / Axios:
Hegseth on seeking $200 billion for Iran war: “That number could move”
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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Rachel Frazin / The Hill:
Trump ribs Japanese prime minister on Pearl Harbor in Oval Office talk on Iran
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 …
Discussion: ABC News, WKZO and New York Sun
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Dan Diamond / Washington Post:
Trump's hand-picked panel votes to put his face on a U.S. gold coin
Discussion: New Republic and The Independent
Bloomberg:
DOJ, White House Clear Way for Pirro to Keep Powell Probe  —  Top leaders at the Justice Department are rallying behind a US attorney's legal fight with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell and the White House isn't opposing it, amping up the clash with major implications for who will lead the central bank.
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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 …
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 …
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.
Jay Michaelson / The UnPopulist:
Progressive Jews Are Deeply Distressed by the Rising Antisemitism on Their Own Side  —  Discourse about antisemitism in America has become a hopeless, meaningless mess.  Particularly in the last few years, pro-Israel and right-wing organizations and politicians have insisted that anti-Zionism …
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Wall Street Journal:   Democrats Are Too Cozy With Hasan Piker
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 …
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 …
KFF:
Cost Concerns and Coverage Changes: A Follow-Up Survey of ACA Marketplace Enrollees  —  Authors: Lunna Lopes, Isabelle Valdes, Grace Sparks, Mardet Mulugeta, and Ashley Kirzinger  —  News Release: KFF Follow-Up Survey of Marketplace Enrollees: Following End of Enhanced Credits …
Discussion: The Hill, NewsMax.com, Fortune and MS NOW
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Niamoni Watson / WRDW-TV:
TSA callout rate reaches nearly 40% at Atlanta airport as partial shutdown continues  —  ATLANTA, Ga. (WRDW/WAGT) - Nearly 40% of TSA agents called out of work Thursday at the world's busiest airport as the partial government shutdown dragged on for another day.
Barak Ravid / Axios:
Six U.S. allies back potential Strait of Hormuz coalition  —  Six U.S. Western allies announced in a joint statement on Thursday their support for a potential coalition to reopen the strait of Hormuz for commercial ships and oil tankers. … For now, it's largely a gesture to placate President Trump …
Discussion: Politico, The Hill and RedState
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
Wall Street Journal:
A U.S. Citizen Now Runs Mexico's Top Drug Cartel—and Targeting Him Is Complicated  —  The California-born stepson of the late kingpin ‘El Mencho’ enjoys constitutional protections other capos could only dream of  —  TAPALPA, Mexico—An American citizen now appears to be in charge of Mexico's …
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.
Joe Perticone / The Bulwark:
Skyrocketing Gas Prices Could Lose the Senate for Trump  —  Republicans worry about the midterms but insist it will all be worth it in the long run.  —  ∙ Paid  —  Gas, break, dip  —  The skyrocketing price of gas is one of the most ubiquitous and easy-to-grasp financial difficulties …
Discussion: Raw Story
Lisa Friedman / New York Times:
24 States Sue the E.P.A. for Renouncing Its Power to Fight Climate Change  —  The suit accuses the agency of illegally repealing the endangerment finding, the scientific assessment that required it to regulate greenhouse gases.  —  A coalition of 24 states, along with a dozen cities and counties …
Aaron Mak / Politico:
Congress moves to scrutinize AI use in federal court  —  A group of lawmakers are set to introduce legislation Thursday to examine the use of artificial intelligence in federal courts, according to bill text obtained by POLITICO.  Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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 …
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 …
 
 
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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: NewsMax.com
New York Times:
California to Rename Chavez Holiday as ‘Farmworkers Day’
Media Matters for America:
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Jacob Knutson / Democracy Docket:
‘Like a bomb threat’: Election chiefs decry SAVE America Act, Trump's attacks on voting
NBC News:
Trump's DHS pick Mullin advances by one vote after Sen. Fetterman votes yes
Calen Razor / Politico:
Bernie Sanders to force disapproval votes over U.S. arms sales to Israel
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