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11:00 AM ET, March 21, 2026

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New York Times:
Trump Is Hiding the Truth About the War in Iran  —  From his first announcement of the attack on Iran on Feb. 28, President Trump has issued a stream of falsehoods about the war.  He has said Iran wants to engage in negotiations, though its government shows no sign of it.
Discussion: Michael-In-Norfolk
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Yaroslav Trofimov / Wall Street Journal:
Iran Believes It's Winning—and Wants a Steep Price to End the War  —  Tehran sees an opportunity to control the Mideast's energy as it bets on outlasting Trump's will—a risky gamble  —  DUBAI—Three weeks into the war, the Iranian regime is signaling that it believes it is winning …
Laura Kelly / The Hill:
Heritage president: MAGA tensions over Iran war ‘good’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Matthew Zeitlin / Heatmap News:
The Energy Supply Shock of the Iran War Changes Everything  —  The effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz and destruction of Gulf fossil fuel assets is already having effects we'll be dealing with in months and years to come.  —  No matter how much longer the United States and Israel's war …
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Evan Halper / Washington Post:
Trump administration lifts sanctions on millions of barrels of Iranian oil  —  As oil prices soar, Treasury Department has lifted sanctions on Iranian crude already loaded onto vessels — giving Iran's war effort against the U.S. a boost.  —  As the cost of oil continues to soar …
Wall Street Journal:
Iran Targeted Diego Garcia Base With Ballistic Missiles  —  Iran fired two intermediate-range ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia, a joint U.S.-U.K. military base in the middle of the Indian Ocean, according to multiple U.S. officials.  Neither of the missiles hit the base …
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Telegraph:
LIVE Iran fired ballistic missiles at Diego Garcia
Daniel Bush / BBC:   Iranian strikes on bases used by US caused $800m in damage, new analysis shows
Erik Wemple / New York Times:
Judge Rules Pentagon Restrictions on Press Are Unconstitutional  —  A federal judge tossed parts of the Pentagon's restrictions on news outlets, saying they violated the First Amendment, in a lawsuit brought by The New York Times.  —  A federal judge on Friday ruled that the Pentagon's restrictions …
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Michael Kunzelman / Associated Press:
Judge sides with New York Times in challenge to policy limiting reporters' access to Pentagon
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Federal judge reverses Pentagon press restrictions
Discussion: France 24, NPR and HotAir
Lisa Lerer / New York Times:
High Gas Prices, Driven Up by the Iran War, Loom Over the Midterms  —  The war has complicated the Republican message on affordability.  Democrats see an opportunity to drive their economic message while tying President Trump to an unpopular overseas conflict.
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Matt Peterson / CNBC:   Trump's unshackled presidency puts him at the center of the economy
Lora Kolodny / CNBC:
Elon Musk misled Twitter investors ahead of $44 billion acquisition, jury says … A jury in California found that Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders during the runup to his $44 billion acquisition of the social media company, according to a verdict issued on Friday.
Wall Street Journal:
Growing Frustration With Chuck Schumer Spurs Talk of Replacing Him  —  Some Capitol Hill Democrats are discussing how to get the N.Y. senator to step aside as minority leader amid concerns about his negotiating style and midterms strategy  —  Sen. Chris Murphy was dining with progressive activists …
Discussion: NewsMax.com, Raw Story and NRSC
Reuters:
Trump Administration Sues Harvard, Claiming University Failed To Protect Jewish And Israeli Students  —  Friday's lawsuit came less than two months after Trump said his administration was seeking $1 billion from Harvard to settle probes into school policies.
Catherine Belton / Washington Post:
To tilt Hungarian election, Russians proposed staging assassination attempt  —  To aid Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban, a friend of Russia, in his election, operatives proposed “the Gamechanger” — a staged assassination attempt to stir supporters.  —  BUDAPEST — In the run …
Discussion: Reuters and France 24
Clyde Haberman / New York Times:
Chuck Norris, Black-Belt Action Star of Movies and Television, Dies at 86 … Chuck Norris, who channeled his skills as a martial arts black belt into a durable acting career that left film critics largely unimpressed but delighted millions of fans savoring his good-guy triumphs and fortune-cookie musings, died on Thursday.
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CBS News:
CBS News Radio to shut down after nearly a century of broadcasting  —  Go Deeper With The Free Press  —  The U.S. Needs More Weapons.  Can This Company Supply Them?  —  The new defense entrepreneurs think America's preparedness suffers from two problems: a lack of modern warfighting tools …
Wall Street Journal:
The Threats and Bare-Knuckle Tactics of MAGA's Top Antitrust Fixer  —  Mike Davis pushed DOJ officials to approve his deals—and went over their heads if they pushed back  —  Gail Slater, then-head of the Justice Department's antitrust division, was reviewing Hewlett Packard Enterprise's $14 billion bid …
Politico:
White House revises its DHS offer as talks to end shutdown pick up  —  The White House offered additional immigration enforcement concessions to Democrats Friday evening as border czar Tom Homan met a second time with a bipartisan group of senators seeking to end the Homeland Security shutdown, according to lawmakers who attended.
Discussion: Washington Times and CBS News
Ben Adler / USA Today:
Nas, Jay-Z, Notorious B.I.G. Politics and the rap choices of NYC Mayor Mamdani  —  Mamdani chooses uber-capitalists Biggie, Nas and Jay-Z among his five favorite rappers.  Is it a pivot to center?  Are Common and Lupe Fiasco a nod to his base?  —  While New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani …
New York Times:
Denmark Was Ready to Blow Up Airfields to Stop a U.S. Invasion of Greenland  —  The Danes brought blood supplies, explosives and live ammunition to Greenland as part of contingency plans in case President Trump acted on his threats to seize the island.  —  As tensions with President Trump peaked …
Washington Post:
Super PAC spending passes $200M, with some groups hiding their cause  —  Special interest groups, including the pro-Israel AIPAC, have sometimes veiled spending, using what appear to be unrelated organizations to support or attack candidates.  —  The political arm of the American Israel …
Discussion: NBC News
Nicholas Kristof / New York Times:
The $1.3-Million-a-Minute War  —  Let's ponder for a moment the vast sums that we're pouring into the war with Iran.  —  The Pentagon has requested $200 billion (more than $1,400 per American household) to fund the war, but even that understates the total cost.
Gregory S. Schneider / Washington Post:
Underground Railroad museum says Trump administration cut funds over race  —  The founders of an Underground Railroad history site in Albany, N.Y., claim the Trump administration's funding cuts were aimed at marginalizing Black history.  —  An Underground Railroad museum in Albany, N.Y. …
Discussion: Raw Story
Jordain Carney / Politico:
‘This is about attention’: Mike Lee's MAGA crusade is driving his colleagues crazy … “That seems to be a self-serving attempt at elevating yourself at the expense of your Republican colleagues, and I don't have any patience for that sort of stuff,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) said in an interview about Lee's social media strategy.
Discussion: Raw Story and Human Events
Courtenay Brown / Axios:
Iran war's economic shocks could reverberate for a while … - “But attacks on South Pars and Iran's retaliation raise the risk that the conflict is shifting toward physical damage of production capacity.” … - “Productive capacity will be offline for an uncomfortably long time …
Discussion: Straight Arrow News
New York Times:
Polymarket Says It Predicts the Truth.  Its Social Feeds Are Filled With Falsehoods.  —  A review of the betting market's social media feeds found it has published hundreds of false and misleading posts.  —  Polymarket, the betting website that accepts wagers on everything from who wins …
 
 
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CNN:
US furiously seeks to avert potential monthslong closure of Strait of Hormuz