Israel Strikes Beirut After Hezbollah Attacks www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

France will bolster its military presence in the Middle East after an Iranian counterattack hit a French naval base in the region. www.politico.eu/article/fran...

U.S. and Israel delayed original Iran strike by a week, officials say www.axios.com/2026/03/02/i...

US gasoline prices to rise after attack on Iran, analysts warn www.reuters.com/business/ene...

Texas GOP Rep. Tony Gonzales faces primary challenge amid allegations of affair www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n... via Fiper.net / NPR Topics: National

Democratic Sen. Mark Warner describes intelligence on Iran www.npr.org/2026/03/01/n...

‘Very Ugly’: Federal Judge Who Defied Trump Tells 60 Minutes He’s Never Encountered Vitriol Like MAGA Fury www.mediaite.com/media/news/v...

Trump ‘Completely Ignored’ Reporters After Iran Attack: CNN www.mediaite.com/media/news/c...

Democrats Denounce Trump’s Iran Attack, but Subtle Divisions Emerge www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Loud explosions heard in Beirut as Israel attacks locations across Lebanon www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

Trump’s attack on Iran and the plot against your vote www.democracydocket.com/opinion/trum...

A big part of the authoritarian playbook is war. War takes over the news. War blots out criticism. War divides a nation’s people, subjecting those against it to being called unpatriotic. War grants leaders all sorts of emergency powers. War consumes everything else. We mustn’t let this war do so.

This should be expected. To include potentially stateside. No battle plan survives enemy contact. And the enemy always gets a vote. Be prepared for anything. And stay vigilant.

Trump Says War Could Last Weeks and Offers Contradictory Visions of New Regime www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Pentagon Undercuts White House's Iran Preemptive Strike Claim: Report www.newsweek.com/pentagon-und...

Spanish Prime Minister condemns war on Iran as breach of international law www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

U.S. cities step up security measures amid Iran tensions www.axios.com/2026/03/02/i...

Huge fire at Bahrain port home to US Navy’s Fifth Fleet www.aljazeera.com/video/newsfe...

‘Skin color as the enemy’: Trump’s ICE raids face legal action in LA www.dailykos.com/story/2026/3...

Trump’s Iran Attack Was Illegal, Former U.S. Military Officials Allege theintercept.com/2026/03/01/t...

China Is Ready For War. We Aren’t. Conversation With Seth Jones, CSIS www.thebulwark.com/p/china-is-r...

The Plan to Stop Trump From Scaring Hispanics Into Not Voting www.thebulwark.com/p/election-2...

Why the Iran Crisis Could Make $100 per Barrel Oil a Reality www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/...

Iranian Strikes on Gulf States Reach the Hundreds www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

Oman says diplomacy still possible despite US-Israel assault on Iran www.middleeasteye.net/live-blog/li...

Iran unleashed hundreds of drone strikes this weekend on Gulf Arab states, damaging U.S. bases and critical infrastructure and presenting a serious challenge to the Middle East’s air-defense system. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

House Democrats, who hope to regain the majority in the November midterms, are charting an aggressive strategy of investigating the Trump administration next year. wapo.st/4aIdScV

Dow futures drop 500 points as oil prices spike following U.S. attack on Iran: www.cnbc.com/2026/03/01/s...

Global week ahead: Operation Epic Fury means new risks for markets www.cnbc.com/2026/03/02/g...

Oil prices rose sharply when market trading began Sunday, as and retaliatory strikes against Israel and U.S. military installations around the Gulf sent disruptions through the global energy supply chain. apnews.com/article/iran...

USS Lincoln aircraft carrier ‘not hit’ in Iranian missile attack, says Pentagon, refuting Iran claims www.straitstimes.com/world/middle...

Cuba Is Next www.theatlantic.com/national-sec...

On the role of Congress in the decision to take the nation to war. Read the final paragraph of Justice Neil Gorsuch's opinion in the Supreme Court tariffs case.⤵️ "[M]ost major decisions affecting the rights and responsibilities of the American people ... 🧵1/

Trump Says He Is the ‘Least Racist’ President. But His Term Echoes a Grim Past www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/u...

Allies of US in the Gulf bear brunt of Iran attacks www.bbc.com/news/article...

Trump’s Iran Strikes Usher in an Era of Unrestrained American Power www.bloomberg.com/news/feature... via Fiper.net / Bloomberg Politics

Iran strikes show how Trump’s foreign policy bucks norms on war www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

Fighting intensifies between Afghanistan and Pakistan www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

Downloads of Anthropic’s Claude surge after Pentagon spat www.semafor.com/article/03/0...

US gasoline prices to rise after attack on Iran, analysts warn www.reuters.com/business/ene...

AP: Gaza’s ceasefire had some momentum. Now, some fear a new war will distract the world apnews.com/article/gaza...

How the Assault on Iran Unfolded www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/w...

Gavin Newsom wants to reintroduce himself www.economist.com/united-state...

Where Does the Iran War Go From Here? www.thebulwark.com/p/where-does...

Killing Khamenei Is Not the Same as Regime Change www.thebulwark.com/p/killing-kh...

Trump Says Strikes To Continue in Iran Until Objectives Are Met www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Bored of peace? Trump keeps choosing war nordot.app/140093771098...

Trump says conflict with Iran could last four weeks, Daily Mail reports www.straitstimes.com/world/united...

Iranian Drones Challenge Gulf’s Air Defenses www.wsj.com/world/middle...