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Washington Post:
Trump threats, U.S. troop build-up raise specter of battle for Hormuz — Israelis said securing the strait for energy shipments could become the war's main goal now that regime change and ending Iran's ability to obtain a nuclear weapon seem out of reach. — TEL AVIV — A surge …
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New York Times:
Israel Thought It Could Spur Rebellion Inside Iran. That Hasn't Happened. — President Trump's hopes that an Israeli plan to ignite an internal uprising against Iran's theocratic government could bring the war to a swift end have so far been dashed. — As the United States and Israel prepared …
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The Times of Israel and Lawyers, Guns & Money
Paul Krugman:
Iranian Oil, Still Shipping — The willingness of the Trump administration to let Iran keep selling oil shows that we're not willing to endure pain in a war that it all about enduring pain. — For more like this, see my YouTube channel — Transcript — If you want to understand …
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Raw Story
Gold and Geopolitics:
March, 19-21: God is a comedian — It is a well-established fact that the universe has a sense of humour. It is less well-established, but increasingly obvious, that the humour is of the kind best enjoyed from a great distance, like, let's say the moon. — Three weeks into the Iran war …
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Collin Binkley / Associated Press:
Trump's changing course on Strait of Hormuz strategy raises questions about US war preparation — At war with Iran, President Donald Trump is cycling through an increasingly desperate list of options as he searches for a solution to the crisis in the Strait of Hormuz.
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Reuters:
Oil prices to rise further on Monday as Mideast war escalates
Oil prices to rise further on Monday as Mideast war escalates
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The Guardian, Honolulu Star-Advertiser, gCaptain, Semafor and OutsideTheBeltway
Victor Nava / New York Post:
Scott Bessent suggests Trump may ‘escalate to de-escalate’ Iran war — says ‘50 days’ of higher prices will be worth it
Scott Bessent suggests Trump may ‘escalate to de-escalate’ Iran war — says ‘50 days’ of higher prices will be worth it
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Associated Press:
Live updates: Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iran's power plants if it doesn't open Strait of Hormuz
Live updates: Trump says US will ‘obliterate’ Iran's power plants if it doesn't open Strait of Hormuz
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New York Times, KSTP-TV, The American Conservative, Al Jazeera, Los Angeles Times, Fortune, Reuters, Bloomberg and Politico
David Cohen / Politico:
NATO leader says he expects Europe will come together on Iran
NATO leader says he expects Europe will come together on Iran
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David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
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Raw Story and The Times of Israel
Washington Post:
Trump installs Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds — The president has condemned efforts to take down statues of Columbus and other historical figures, saying the removals are an “assault on our collective national memory.” — President Donald Trump has installed a statue …
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The Conference …, The Post Millennial and New York Times
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Brian Witte / Associated Press:
Trump places statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House — A statue of Christopher Columbus has been placed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House, the latest effort by President Donald Trump's administration to recognize the controversial explorer.
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Rick Hasen / Election Law Blog:
“A California sheriff seized 650,000 ballots. Election experts say it's a big deal” — SF Chronicle: — Election security expert Gowri Ramachandran said the seizure by Bianco, a Republican candidate for governor investigating a group's disputed claim of a 45,000-vote miscount …
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Lawrence Hurley / NBC News:
Supreme Court tackles dispute over mail-in ballots ahead of November elections — Spurred on by Trump's hostility to mail-in voting, the Republican National Committee says states can't count ballots that are sent by Election Day but arrive later. — WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court …
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Associated Press:
California sheriff running for governor seizes more than a half million ballots from 2025 election — A California sheriff running for governor has seized more than half a million ballots cast in a November special election from county election officials, saying he's investigating a ballot count discrepancy.
Politico:
Pressure builds on Congress as DHS shutdown threatens to drag into April … Trump threw a curveball into the rekindled talks Sunday night when he declared on Truth Social he would not back any deal unless it includes the GOP's partisan elections bill, the SAVE America Act.
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Zach LaChance / Washington Examiner:
Trump open to $5 billion ICE funding cut if SAVE Act package passes
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NBC News:
Tom Homan says ICE agents will assist at crowded airport security points amid TSA staffing shortages
Tom Homan says ICE agents will assist at crowded airport security points amid TSA staffing shortages
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John Perry / Association of Flight Attendants-CWA:
U.S. Flight Attendants Demand Pay for TSA to Keep Airports Secure, Not Create Havoc with ICE — Washington, DC—As U.S. airports suffer long security delays, Flight Attendant Union leaders representing more than 100,000 of aviation's first responders released the following joint statement …
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Erica L. Green / New York Times:
ICE to Augment Security at Airports Amid Partial Shutdown, Border Czar Says
Riane Lumer / CNN:
Immigration agents deploying to airports under border czar as TSA staffing falls short
Immigration agents deploying to airports under border czar as TSA staffing falls short
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Kathleen Hunter / Axios:
Senate votes to advance Mullin's nomination to lead DHS — The Senate voted 54-37 on Sunday to advance Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security. … - Mullin, a first-term senator, won approval from the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee …
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Jordain Carney / Politico:
Senate advances Mullin's DHS nomination
Senate advances Mullin's DHS nomination
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Lakshya Jain / The Argument:
Americans would trade jobs for cheaper eggs — Trump is losing the only thing that ever saved him — What do you get when you cross a cost-of-living crisis with an unpopular war and tariff policies from the 1930s? — For Donald Trump, the answer is “a disaster.”
Liz Goodwin / Washington Post:
Republicans fear this Democrat in Georgia Senate race: 'This guy's no slouch' — Behind closed doors, Republicans have tamped down their hopes of unseating Jon Ossoff, a 39-year-old powerhouse fundraiser, as he seeks another term. — Rep. Buddy Carter warned a crowd of Republicans in Roberta …
Politico:
‘When will it end?’ The ‘elevator pitch’ oil executives and diplomats are making to the White House in Houston … If there's one message the industry wants to deliver to the administration, according to interviews with half a dozen energy industry executives and foreign diplomats planning …
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Reuters
Washington Examiner:
Arson attack on Jewish community ambulance service being investigated as hate crime — Four ambulances at a Jewish community rescue service in London were set ablaze on Monday morning in what local law enforcement authorities are investigating as an antisemitic hate crime.
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Gursimran Kaur / Reuters:
Air Canada Express plane hits ground vehicle at New York's La Guardia airport, FlightRadar24 says — An Air Canada (AC.TO) Express plane flying from Montreal collided with a ground vehicle upon landing at New York's La Guardia Airport, according to flight tracking website FlightRadar24.
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New York Times, UPI, CBS News and The Post Millennial

