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11:50 PM ET, March 29, 2026

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Wall Street Journal:
Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium  —  The president hasn't made a decision, U.S. officials said, as he considers the risk to U.S. troops  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump is weighing a military operation to extract nearly 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Financial Times:
Donald Trump says US could ‘take the oil in Iran’  —  US president tells the FT he is considering seizing strategic Kharg Island even as negotiations continue  —  Donald Trump has said he wants to “take the oil in Iran” and could seize the export hub of Kharg Island, as the US sends thousands of troops to the Middle East.
David E. Sanger / New York Times:
Trump Says Iran Agreed to Allow 20 More Ships of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz  —  The president, speaking to reporters on Air Force One, cast the permission as a “sign of respect.”  He also asserted that the United States had already achieved “regime change” in Iran.
New York Times:
U.S. Special Operations Forces Sent to Mideast as Trump Weighs Next Move  —  The commandos have not been assigned specific roles.  But President Trump has expressed concern about the now-closed Strait of Hormuz and Iran's store of enriched uranium.  —  Several hundred U.S. Special Operations forces …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Helene Cooper / New York Times:
There Are Now Over 50,000 American Troops in the Mideast  —  The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the region at roughly 10,000 more than usual.  —  The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Chuck McCutcheon / Axios:
Oil prices rise as Iran war escalates with Houthi attacks  —  Oil prices climbed above $116 per barrel after markets opened Sunday, as Iran-backed Houthi militants fired missiles and drones at Israel over the weekend and promised to continue attacks. … - WTI, the main U.S. reference, was also up about 3% to nearly $103 per barrel.
Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
Sen. James Lankford does not rule out supporting ground operations in Iran
Discussion: NewsMax.com, HuffPost and The Guardian
Associated Press:
Pakistan says it will host US-Iran talks, while Iran warns US ground troops would be ‘set on fire’
Francesca Micheletti / Politico:
Iran threatens US campuses in Middle East
New York Times:
U.S. Allows Russian Oil Tanker to Reach Cuba, Despite Blockade  —  The tanker full of crude oil could reach its expected destination by Monday, providing a lifeline to the island amid intense U.S. pressure.  —  The United States Coast Guard is allowing a Russian tanker full of crude oil to reach Cuba …
Bloomberg:
The Strait of Hormuz Oil Shock Is Now Heading West  —  The biggest oil supply shock in history has reached the one-month mark.  Prices have surged, growth forecasts are being cut worldwide, and shortages are emerging across Asia, from Thailand to Pakistan.  —  But the energy industry is warning that the crisis is only beginning.
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Ryan C. Smith / Liberal Currents:   “Worse Than the 1970s”  —  Donald Trump, it seems, has managed to outdo his first term's mismanagement …
Paul Wiseman / Associated Press:
Worries about global economic pain deepen as the war in Iran drags on
Discussion: New York Times and PBS NewsHour
Dona Ora / custodia:
Joint Press Release - The Latin Patriarchate of Jerusalem and the Custody of the Holy Land  —  This morning, the Israeli Police prevented the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, His Beatitude Cardinal Pierbattista Pizzaballa, Head of the Catholic Church in the Holy Land, together with the Custos of the Holy Land …
Kathryn Palmer / USA Today:
Cory Booker says Democrats have ‘failed this moment,’ need new leaders  —  Sen. Cory Booker in a new interview said the Democratic Party has “failed this moment,” urging the left to support new leadership to temper the nation's deep divides.  —  Speaking to NBC News' “Meet the Press” …
Discussion: NBC News and HuffPost
Wall Street Journal:
WNBA Players Had an Ace Up Their Sleeve in Pay Negotiations: A Nobel Laureate  —  Harvard economist Claudia Goldin helped WNBA players win a nearly 400% raise.  Starting this season, players' average salary will top $580,000.  —  After Claudia Goldin became the first woman to win a solo Nobel …
Susan Page / USA Today:
Red flare for Trump: ‘No Kings’ rallies a show of political force  —  The demonstration outside the Minnesota State Capitol for the marquee “No Kings” rally, with Bruce Springsteen and Jane Fonda on the bill, wasn't the most notable development during the day of protests on March 28.
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David Spector / New York Post:
‘No Kings’ protests turn violent in Portland, LA and Dallas — as rally near Mar-a-Lago takes bizarre turn
Axios:
Some Dems' 2028 strategy: a straight, white, Christian man  —  Some top Democrats are quietly debating a fraught question: whether the party's best bet for winning back the presidency in 2028 is to nominate a man — perhaps a straight, white, Christian man.  — Their fear, divulged …
Discussion: Mediaite
New York Times:
Trump's Ballroom Design Has Barely Been Scrutinized  —  The White House fence was redesigned to be taller and more secure.  —  Over nine months of public meetings, the National Capital Planning Commission weighed in on the size of the fence piers, the decorative tops, the thickness …
TMZ.com:
Lindsey Graham Vacationing at Disney World Amid Shutdown  —  I'M GOING TO DISNEY WORLD!! … Lindsey Graham was ineffective talking his colleagues into keeping the government open, but he had a great convo with Mickey Mouse Sunday ... at Disney World!!!  —  The Senator had breakfast …
Discussion: Breitbart and Raw Story
Audra D. S. Burch / New York Times:
As Gas Prices Approach $4 a Gallon, Americans Rethink Vacations  —  Already pinched by the high costs of living, some families have modified how they plan to travel by road and air as the Iran war pushes gas and oil prices higher.  —  Dina Guillen had planned to make the 520-mile drive …
James Romoser / Wall Street Journal:
Birthright Citizenship Case Pushes Trump's Relationship With Supreme Court to Brink  —  President fumes at justices as they prepare to take up his next big case  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump's relationship with the Supreme Court has never been more toxic.  Now, it risks getting worse.
 
 
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Holly Otterbein / Axios:
Left pushes wealth tax as litmus test for 2028 Dems
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Caroline Linton / CBS News:
Tom Homan says ICE will remain assisting TSA “until the airports feel like they are 100%”
Wall Street Journal:
Investigators Examine Contractor Installed at FEMA Under Kristi Noem
Discussion: Raw Story
Ryan King / New York Post:
Choppers scrambled after private plane scare at Palm Beach airport while Trump's Air Force One sat on tarmac
Discussion: NewsMax.com, IJR and The Gateway Pundit
CBS News:
Transcript: Rep. Jim Himes on “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” March 29, 2026
Discussion: The Hill
Bill Barrow / Associated Press:
Midnight train from Georgia: A view of America from the tracks as airports struggle in the shutdown
Ryan King / New York Post:
President Trump is ‘heaven bound,’ Franklin Graham declares: ‘Your soul is secure’
Discussion: NewsMax.com
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Deaths in ICE Custody Are Growing. ‘They Let Him Rot in There.’
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Heather Cox Richardson / Letters from an American:
Almost exactly a year ago, on March 27, 2025, President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order titled …
Dasha Burns / Politico:
Andy Beshear Thinks Democrats Should Start Talking Like People
Discussion: Associated Press
Patrick Marley / Washington Post:
He took Pelosi's lectern on Jan. 6. Now he's running for office.
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