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10:30 PM ET, March 30, 2026

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Financial Times:
Pete Hegseth's broker looked to buy defence fund before Iran attack  —  Morgan Stanley wealth manager approached BlackRock about multimillion-dollar investment on behalf of US defence secretary  —  A broker for Pete Hegseth, the US defence secretary, attempted to make a big investment …
Discussion: CNBC, Raw Story and Mediaite
Wall Street Journal:
Trump Tells Aides He's Willing to End War Without Reopening Hormuz  —  Administration officials assess that forcing the waterway back open would mean extending the military mission  —  WASHINGTON—President Trump told aides he's willing to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran …
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Brian Bennet / Time:
White House Signals Willingness to End Iran War Without Reopening Strait of Hormuz … Trump said in a social media post on Monday that “great progress” had been made to end the war, but warned that he was prepared to fully destroy Iran's “Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island …
Associated Press:
Gulf allies privately make the case to Trump to keep fighting until Iran is decisively defeated  —  Gulf allies of the United States, led by Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates, are urging President Donald Trump to continue prosecuting the war against Iran, arguing that Tehran …
Sidney Blumenthal / The Guardian:
Trump's Iran war is holding him hostage
Discussion: New York Times, BBC and The Mahablog
Peter Sullivan / Axios:
GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war  —  Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. … - “There's other items we're looking at right now …
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NBC News:   Trump's disconnect in DHS stalemate fuels Republican infighting: From the Politics Desk
Nikki McCann Ramirez / Rolling Stone:
Republicans Flirt With Kicking Americans Off Health Care to Fund Iran War
Discussion: New Republic and CBS News
ABC News:
Trump urging Congress to come back from recess to fund DHS as shutdown drags on, White House says
Nathan Taylor Pemberton / New York Times:
‘I Think That MAGA Is Dying’: Inside the Youth Movement at CPAC  —  At a sparsely attended Conservative Political Action Conference, young Republicans were eager to start the post-Trump era.  —  As the first day of the Conservative Political Action Conference wound to a close …
Discussion: MS NOW
Courtney Kube / NBC News:
ICE agents will be stationed outside Marine Corps graduation events in South Carolina  —  As the U.S. continues to fight the war in Iran, the Marine Corps has boosted protection measures on bases, requiring everyone to present REAL IDs, passports or birth certificates to access any sites.
Discussion: Raw Story
Associated Press:
Army investigating after helicopters hovered alongside Kid Rock's swimming pool as he saluted  —  The Army has launched an administrative review after two AH-64 Apache helicopters on a training run hovered near the hillside home of Kid Rock as the outspoken supporter of President Donald Trump saluted their crews.
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Phil Williams / WTVF-TV:
U.S. Army opens investigation into attack helicopter activities at Kid Rock's home, No Kings protest
Washington Post:
Rep. Eric Swalwell sends cease-and-desist letter to FBI director  —  The Democratic lawmaker's move comes after report in The Post that Kash Patel was preparing to release investigative files related to the congressman.  —  Attorneys for Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) …
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Nate Silver / Silver Bulletin:
Trump approval just hit the 30s.  Can his numbers get any lower?  —  $4 gas is a big problem for Trump.  But broken campaign promises and series of self-inflicted wounds are eroding support even among Trump's base.  —  ∙ Paid  —  The last time I did a check-in on President Trump's popularity …
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Noa Shpigel / Haaretz:
Israel Passes Bill Mandating Death Penalty for Palestinians Convicted of Lethal Acts of Terrorism  —  The bill's wording creates a distinction designating it almost exclusively for Palestinian terror, while the ideological burden of proof it sets is expected to make its application to Jewish nationalist terror difficult to impossible
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Chantal Da Silva / NBC News:
Vital U.S. radar aircraft was destroyed by Iranian strike on U.S. base in Saudi Arabia, photos show  —  Images geolocated by NBC News showed a command and control E-3 Sentry jet heavily damaged after the Iranian strike that also wounded soldiers.  — ADD NBC NEWS TO GOOGLE
James Whitbrook / Gizmodo:
Andy Weir Says Paramount Rejected His ‘Star Trek’ Pitch, Proceeds to Blast Modern ‘Trek’  —  Given the ‘Project Hail Mary’ writer's past comments about his ‘Star Trek’ hopes, it's perhaps not hard to imagine why they were turned down.  —  Andy Weir is perhaps one of the biggest names in Hollywood right now …
Cameron Adams / The Daily Beast:
New Evidence Corroborates Claims of Trump Sex Accuser, 13  —  CONNECTING THE DOTS  —  More information given by the woman has been backed up.  —  A new investigation has backed up evidence given by a woman who has accused Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was 13, according to a report.
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Post and Courier:
Three years on Hilton Head leave trail of mysteries in alleged Jeffrey Epstein affair
Discussion: New Republic
Kyle Cheney / Politico:
Members of Jan. 6 mob sue police who fended off Capitol attack … Fischer and the Sullivans are looking to represent a class of plaintiffs that includes dozens of others present that day on the Capitol's West Front, the scene of the most violent confrontations between rioters and police.
Greg Sargent / New Republic:
Pete Hegseth Just Revealed the Real Roots of His Sadism and Rage  —  When Pete Hegseth talks to God, he asks the Almighty to help him kill people—as violently and ruthlessly as possible.  —  In a potential violation of the separation of church and state, Hegseth has ordered monthly prayer meetings …
Claire Giangravé / RNS:
Israel apologizes after barring cardinal from Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday  —  VATICAN CITY (RNS) — Following outcry from political and religious leaders for barring Catholic leaders in the Holy Land from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday (March 29) …
Karl Bode / The Fine Print*:
“CEO Said A Thing!”  Journalism  —  Even before our dim authoritarian overlords came to town, the U.S. press generally existed to prop up the interests of corporate power and the extraction class.  This used to be a subject of some debate whenever academics brought it up, but at some point any pretense of subtlety evaporated.
New York Times:
After Months of Threats, Trump Softens His Stance on Blocking Oil to Cuba  —  The White House press secretary said the United States would evaluate oil shipments to Cuba on a “case-by-case basis,” after a Russian tanker full of crude reached the island.  —  The United States on Monday signaled …
Aaron Pellish / Politico:
Trump's skyscraper presidential library looms over Miami in newly released images … The renderings depict a skyscraper that would loom over Biscayne Bay, emblazoned with Trump's name in large block letters in a similar style to construction projects his company helped develop prior to his entrance into politics.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Judge appears skeptical of Pentagon's latest press restrictions: ‘Is this a Catch-22?’ … “How weird is that?” the judge said.  “Is this a Catch-22?  Is this Kafka?”  —  Justice Department attorney Sarah Welch told Friedman that the information given to the Times may have preceded …
Discussion: Associated Press and NewsMax.com
Gabe Kaminsky / CBS News:
JD Vance appears at secretive conservative donor summit as 2028 presidential speculation grows  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  Nashville, Tennessee — A line snaked around the first floor of the posh Four Seasons hotel in Nashville Monday evening as wealthy conservative donors eagerly waited …
Sean Hannity / Media Matters for America:
Sean Hannity predicts Iran war will end “no later than three weeks from today”  —  Nick Fuentes: In 2024, Trump “was everything to everybody because he needed every vote, every nickel, every dime to get elected by any cost to get out of jail”  —  Megyn Kelly: The goal for Iran war changed from …
River Akira Davis / New York Times:
This Is What Happens When the Gas Runs Out  —  With a cutoff in shipments imminent, Asian countries, the biggest importers of liquefied natural gas from the Middle East, are already burning more coal and reducing consumption.  —  Countries across Asia are bracing for a complete cutoff …
Discussion: Washington Post
Michael C. Bender / New York Times:
Trump Administration Sues Minnesota Over Transgender Student Athletes  —  Last year, the state said it would not follow President Trump's directive on transgender athlete participation in girls' sports.  —  The Trump administration sued the Minnesota Education Department and the state group …
Jake Offenhartz / Associated Press:
Feds probe whether NYC Council member, Hochul aide took bribes to help migrant shelter provider  —  Federal prosecutors are investigating whether a New York City Council member and her sister, an aide to Gov. Kathy Hochul, accepted bribes or kickbacks in connection with the appropriation …
Discussion: Politico and WNYW-TV
David W. Chen / New York Times:
A Democratic Electrician Nabs a State Senate Seat in Republican Florida  —  With Brian Nathan's victory certified, Democrats won two of three state legislative races in this month's special elections, all in Republican-leaning districts.  —  Democrats on Monday officially claimed a second upset …
Discussion: New Republic
New York Times:
Iran's Fractured Leadership Is Struggling to Coordinate, Officials Say  —  As leaders are killed and replaced, Iranian negotiators may not know what their government is willing to concede in any negotiations.  —  The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has fractured the Iranian government …
Discussion: NewsMax.com
Jennifer Bendery / HuffPost:
Anonymous Artists Mock Trump With Giant Gold Toilet By Lincoln Memorial  —  The 10-foot-tall throne hails Trump for not focusing on the economy, but on “what truly mattered: remodeling the Lincoln Bathroom in the White House.”  —  WASHINGTON — Anyone visiting the Lincoln Memorial this week …
TMZ.com:
Lindsey Graham Lives It Up at Disney World During Partial Government Shutdown  —  LINDSEY GRAHAM LIVING IN FANTASYLAND AS GOVERNMENT SHUTDOWN DRAGS ON … Lindsay Graham said he was doing business in Florida, and just made a short pit stop at Disney World, but based on this new photo ... he was a full-blown tourist.
 
 
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Tom Perkins / The Guardian:
Trump to revoke protections for endangered species in Gulf of Mexico
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Jeanne Whalen / Wall Street Journal:
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Trump Orders War Crimes. Then What?
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José Olivares / The Guardian:
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Megan Lebowitz / NBC News:
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Devlin Barrett / New York Times:
Justice Dept. Watchdog Has Gone Silent, Lawyers for Whistle-Blower Say
David Smith / The Guardian:
‘Battle of the titans’: Trump's distorted reality on Iran war runs into a brick wall
Discussion: Raw Story
Justin Jouvenal / Washington Post:
Trump officials cite white supremacists in bid to end birthright citizenship
 

 
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