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Bryan Getchius was arrested, jailed, and spent seven months on house arrest before eventually being cleared by official lab results.

What happens if both political parties come to distrust the Court’s judgment?

President Donald Trump and top administration officials have offered statements explaining their thinking behind the war with Iran that often shift or contradict one another.

The Trump administration’s plan to end drug cartels in Latin America is another interventionist boondoggle.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Iran’s new Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei is wounded and ‘likely disfigured.’ But he did not elaborate or provide details on how the U.S. made that determination.

https://apnews.com/article/us-iran-tanker-aircraft-crash-iraq-kc135-c337359a58be6280dc96fdbf1cb48a5b

https://apnews.com/article/heat-dome-snow-blizzard-cold-polar-flooding-55e3baf6877e81ee1961aade3cb361c3

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/3/11/iran-war-live-tehran-says-us-israel-hit-nearly-10000-civilian-sites

https://nypost.com/2026/03/11/us-news/dhs-restarts-key-program-used-by-frequent-fliers-amid-ongoing-shutdown/

UN humanitarian chief says mass displacement is accelerating as Lebanon’s shelters are already overcrowded, lack resources.

American forces on Tuesday sunk several Iranian ships, including 16 minelayers, near the Strait of Hormuz, according to the U.S. Central Command, amid reports that Tehran was seeking to mine the waterway critical to global energy supplies.

About half of registered voters — 53% — oppose U.S. military action against Iran, according to a new Quinnipiac Poll conducted over the weekend. Only 4 in 10 support it, and about 1 in 10 are uncertain. A new Ipsos poll also found more disapprove than approve of the strikes.

https://www.wmar2news.com/news/region/baltimore-city/officer-suspect-shot-during-active-shooter-incident-in-northwest-baltimore

President Donald Trump on Monday said he’s expecting more American service members to be killed in the ongoing aerial campaign against Iran for as long as U.S. forces can “finish the job.”

https://nypost.com/2026/03/10/us-news/hegseth-says-the-us-is-overwhelmingly-winning-in-iran/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/iran-war-trump-hegseth-oil.html

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/10/iran-war-cuba-crisis-fuel-energy-trump-us-havana.html

IRGC says oil blockade will continue, FM rejects Trump’s claim war could be over ‘soon’ and asserts US and Israel failed to meet aims; Tehran continues to lob missiles at neighbors

North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un called women “physically weak” with “plain faces” while also thanking them for being “the strong pillars of the revolution” in a bizarre speech on International Women’s Day.

“I am sitting at home with a headache and my mouth tastes bitter,” one resident of the Iranian capital told NBC News.

Munitions experts said the footage appeared to show a Tomahawk strike near the school in Minab, where scores of children were killed last month, according to Iranian officials.

https://apnews.com/live/iran-war-israel-trump-lebanon-03-06-2026

https://apnews.com/article/suicide-ice-detention-centers-b2d1cb0e4b579e0d89caabd00aa04e34

The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran, multiple people familiar with the plan told CNN.

https://apnews.com/article/cuba-blackout-power-outage-havana-western-island-f7d1a4927bbcefb774ccf34dbbc9a794

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - A shadowy militia believed to be linked to powerful Iran-backed Iraqi armed groups on Wednesday claimed responsibility for a fresh wave of intense drone and missile attacks on Erbil, as the Kurdistan Region’s capital city continues to endure days of sustained bombardment that have caused civilian casualties and material damage.

ERBIL, Kurdistan Region - Doha said Wednesday it captured two cells comprising around a dozen suspects reportedly working for Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) in Qatar, the peninsula’s state-run news agency relayed, noting that the purported operatives were assigned to carry out “espionage and subversion missions.”

Republican strategists hope the endorsement will make the Texas Senate race less expensive and less competitive.

Since 9/11, the US has engaged in three full-scale wars, bombing at least 10 countries under four presidents.

Sen. John Cornyn’s allies say his performance in Tuesday’s primary can help him make the case for Trump’s backing as he prepares for a runoff with Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/texas-primary-results-congressional-district-23-2026-midterm-elections-tony-gonzales-brandon-herrera/

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/us-air-defenses-iran-attack-drones-challenge

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cvg11pne0rro?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

https://www.aljazeera.com/news/liveblog/2026/3/4/iran-live-news-us-embassy-in-dubai-hit-israel-pounds-tehran-beirut

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y4458d9jdo?at_medium=RSS&at_campaign=rss

The camp, which held about 24,000 people, mainly from Syria and Iraq along with more than 6,000 foreign nationals from about 40 countries, was visited in August last year by Dr Lilla Schumicky-Logan, deputy executive director of the Geneva-based Global Community Engagement and Resilience Fund (GCERF).

Talarico’s campaign was “highly professional but also very modern,” one Democratic strategist said. Rep. Jasmine Crockett’s campaign, he added, “was very modern but not very professional.”

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/03/8023724/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

https://apnews.com/article/fact-check-iran-war-khamenei-misrepresented-images-787b6a21a4fef4cc32ccca9bc59980f0

China says it was unacceptable to ‘kill leader of sovereign state’

https://apnews.com/article/lebanon-israel-hezbollah-airstrikes-beirut-rockets-troops-f3b27b80b54699f58deebf35c7b09fd2

https://apnews.com/article/iran-israel-us-03-03-2026-8755877b603e46ed3df8107689c1ee23

https://www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/supreme-court-skeptical-of-law-banning-drug-users-from-possessing-firearms/

https://www.sabcnews.com/sabcnews/sa-father-pleads-for-help-as-daughter-uncontactable-in-iran/

US president also ‘very disappointed’ in Keir Starmer over UK government’s deal to hand Chagos Islands to Mauritius

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj4zlnezrl7o

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603023446

https://www.war.gov/News/Transcripts/Transcript/Article/4418959/secretary-of-war-pete-hegseth-and-chairman-of-the-joint-chiefs-of-staff-gen-dan/

https://www.pravda.com.ua/eng/news/2026/03/02/8023528/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=mastodon

https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/trump-tells-cnn-big-wave-war-with-iran-is-yet-come-2026-03-02/

https://www.cnbc.com/2026/03/02/sanders-khanna-billionaires-wealth-tax.html?taid=69a59b66db273300018e331a&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_content=main&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter

The former secretary of state appeared for hours behind closed doors in New York before members of the Republican-led House Oversight Committee.

WASHINGTON — Iran left talks with the US on Thursday without a deal to end its nuclear program as President Trump escalated his military buildup in the Middle East to prepare for war.

Tehran, Iran – Another round of indirect talks between Iranian and United States officials ended with a mediator claiming “significant progress” but still no clear evidence that either side was willing to concede enough on their positions to avoid war.

Soweto-based ActionSA Councillor Mandla Nyaqela and five of the party’s branch chairpersons and members have defected to the Democratic Alliance (DA) and were welcomed into the blue party on Thursday by DA Johannesburg mayoral candidate Helen Zille.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.mad.282404/gov.uscourts.mad.282404.241.0.pdf

In a 32-minute address to Israel’s Parliament, the PM also said the India-Israel free trade agreement under negotiation will unlock the vast untapped potential.

https://www.justice.gov/usao-nh/pr/manchester-resident-charged-attempted-murder-federal-officer

U.S. officials did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

High court judge accepts material distributed without legally required imprint due to inadvertent printing mistake

Raising the rainbow Pride flag instead of the more inclusive Progress flag excludes the trans community, activists say

Iran’s January massacre of protesters has left scars far beyond the streets. In cemeteries and hometowns, families are transforming centuries-old mourning rites into defiant celebrations of lives cut short.

Sunday’s killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, “El Mencho,” triggered roadblocks and unrest across western Mexico.

Procedure dictates that Palestinian produce gets tested in labs before going to market. In practice, the toxic produce is sent to Israeli shelves several days before lab results even come back.

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/trump-tears-into-supreme-court-in-truth-social-tirade-predicts-it-will-rule-against-him-on-birthright-citizenship/

https://www.mediaite.com/media/news/us-citizens-in-mexico-warned-to-shelter-in-place-after-cartel-leader-killed/

Tehran’s posture increasingly resembles that of an embattled state that sees greater odds of survival in confrontation than in compromise—one that views a decisive clash not as catastrophe, but as a potential turning point.

The United States has sent 100 military personnel to northern Nigeria to train and advise local forces, as deadly threats rise from armed groups such as Boko Haram and ISIL (ISIS)-linked factions.

Hungary will block a 90 billion euro ($106bn) EU loan for Ukraine until it resumes oil shipments to the country via ⁠the Druzhba pipeline, its foreign minister said on Friday after Budapest said it would tap strategic reserves to tackle a shortage.

Venezuelan authorities have granted amnesty to 379 political prisoners, according to a lawmaker, after a new law was enacted by interim authorities following the United States’ abduction of President Nicolas Maduro.

Iranians hate the Mojahedin-e Khalq not only because it is a corrupt cult that helped bring Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini to power, but also because of their subsequent behavior as mercenaries for Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.

The USS Gerald R. Ford, the US Navy’s most cutting-edge aircraft carrier and the world’s largest warship, transited the Strait of Gibraltar on February 20 and entered the Mediterranean Sea amid escalating tensions with Iran.

US President Donald Trump lashed out in unusually personal terms against the six Supreme Court justices who handed him one of the biggest setbacks of his second term in office by striking down the administration’s global tariffs.

Iran is entering a phase of persistent unrest, driven by decentralized “minor triggers” and deepening economic and legitimacy pressures that repression alone may no longer contain, senior analysts said at Iran International’s townhall in Washington DC.

In 2022, a Ukrainian commando blew up the Nord Stream natural gas pipeline. DER SPIEGEL has learned that the CIA may have spoken to the saboteurs during the planning stage.

Friedrich Merz remains chairman of the CDU. At the party conference in Stuttgart, he received 91.17 percent of the votes. The approval rating for the party leader was thus higher than in the last election.

A federal appeals court put a temporary hold Thursday of California’s new law that would require ICE and other federal law enforcement officers to wear something on their uniforms that either identifies them by name or badge number.

The Israel Defence Forces have told CBC News that they dug 20 to 30 metres deep in a Gaza war cemetery where 22 Canadian soldiers are buried in order to destroy a Hamas tunnel.

The Israel Defence Forces have told CBC News that they dug 20 to 30 metres deep in a Gaza war cemetery where 22 Canadian soldiers are buried in order to destroy a Hamas tunnel.

https://www.palmbeachpost.com/story/news/2026/02/19/how-to-watch-trump-state-of-the-union-address-history/88738771007/

US fighter jets tracked as heading towards the Middle East could be laying the groundwork for a major bombing campaign.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Washington, D.C., Mayor Muriel Bowser declared an emergency on Wednesday and requested that President Donald Trump provide federal resources to help the city fight a sewage system leak that dumped 250 million gallons of raw sewage into the Potomac River in its early stages.