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Talarico wins Texas Senate Democratic nomination while Cornyn and Paxton head to Republican runoff

Updated 3:51 AM EST, March 4, 2026 DALLAS (AP) - State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November. Who Talarico will face depends on a May runoff between longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn and MAGA favorite Ken Paxton - a race expected to get increasingly nasty over coming months and could hinge on whether or not President Donald Trump offer ...

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Kristi Noem Grilled in Senate Hearing Over DHS Allegedly Giving Former Associates Massive Government Contract

Mar 3rd, 2026, 3:47 pm Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took heat from several lawmakers over former associates of hers alleged receiving a massive government contract for an ad campaign. Noem on Tuesday faced the Senate Judiciary Committee to testify on Department of Homeland Security funding. Throughout the hearing, numerous senators confronted Noem about the $220 million that DHS spent on an ad campaign in which she stars. The ads focused on the department’s deportation efforts in ...

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Gallego on Israel allegedly leading Iran operation: 'An absolute abdication of leadership'

03/03/26 4:16 PM ET Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) slammed Israel allegedly leading the recent U.S. operation in Iran, calling it “an absolute abdication of leadership.” “We lost six men and women so far, and I’m not sure there was, what kind of preplanning and planning was actually created in enough time to actually be able to even execute this correctly. Like, right now I’m hearing that our stockpiles are running low, and it takes forever for us to redo and rearm ourselves, all because Israel ...

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Exclusive: Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles

March 3, 2026 8:04 PM EST Updated 7 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to meet with executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss ‌accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to replenish supplies after strikes on Iran and several other recent military efforts, five people familiar with the plan told Reuters. Companies including Lockheed Martin (LMT.N), opens new tab and Raytheon paren ...

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Gulf countries 'raging' they're 'collateral damage' in Trump's Iran bombing campaign

March 3, 2026 4:00PM ET Gulf countries targeted by Iran after the U.S. and Israel attacks were reportedly frustrated by the escalating regional conflict, an analyst revealed Tuesday. CNN's political and national security analyst David Sanger described how Iran's objective is to put financial pressure on the countries allied with the United States and Israel in the fallout over the military strikes, all while midterm elections loom for President Donald Trump. "Look, the Iranians have one ...

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Trump Threatens to Take Over Spain's Air Bases Without Permission

Donald Trump is attacking Spain over the country’s refusal to let the U.S. use its air bases to bomb Iran. “Spain has been terrible. In fact, I told [Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent] to cut off all dealings with Spain,” Trump said Tuesday while in a meeting with German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, before going off on a tangent about how Spain refuses to pay 5 percent of its GDP to NATO, unlike other countries in the alliance. “And now Spain actually said that we can’t use their bases and that’s ...

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US considering military support for Middle East oil and gas supplies

03/03/2026 01:32 PM EST The Trump administration is considering providing military protection to oil and gas tankers traversing the Strait of Hormuz in a bid to cool energy prices that have surged since Iran warned it would attack ships at the choke point, two people said Tuesday. “Military support for oil and gas supplies,” a person familiar with the discussion who was granted anonymity to discuss internal conversations said when asked about the potential for U.S. naval vessels to escort shi ...

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White House Submits Iran War Powers Report to Congress

Tuesday, March 3, 2026, 12:02 PM On March 2, President Trump submitted his war powers report notifying Congress of the Feb. 28 U.S.-Israeli joint strikes he authorized against Iran. The report comes a few days after the military action that killed Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei. President Trump’s report does not address why the military carried out the attack without prior congressional authorization. The war powers report references threats posed by the Iranian regime, including state ...

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Iran-US war latest: Trump says British prime minister is 'no Winston Churchill' in latest attack on ally

The US president told reporters in Washington that the UK had been “very, very uncooperative”, after London only permitted Washington to use its airbases for “defensive” strikes on Iranian missile strikes. Trump said it took “three or four days to work out whether or not we can land there”, apparently referring to Diego Garcia, adding: “This is not Winston Churchill that we’re talking about”. -snip- Trump assessed Sir Keir appeared to be “worried about the legality”. “They ruin relationships ...

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Iran war triggers talk of supplemental defense funding

Posted March 3, 2026 at 6:45am Top lawmakers began weighing the potential need for an emergency defense spending package as they returned to Washington on Monday for a briefing on the U.S. and Israeli military offensive against Iran. Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., told reporters that the need for supplemental funding for munitions was “brought up in discussion” following a “Gang of Eight” briefing with Trump officials, as well as top lawmakers on the Armed Services, Foreign Relations and Approp ...

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Roy Cooper and Michael Whatley clinch US Senate in North Carolina, setting up high-stakes fall fight

22 min ago - Updated 11:29 PM EST, March 3, 2026 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Former Democratic Gov. Roy Cooper and ex-Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Whatley each won their party’s U.S. Senate nominations in North Carolina on Tuesday, setting th ... (AP)

Exclusive: Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles

52 min ago - March 3, 2026 8:04 PM EST Updated 7 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 3 (Reuters) - The Trump administration plans to meet with executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss ‌accelerating weapons p ... (Reuters)

'We May Be Putting Boots on the Ground': Senator Alarmed by Iran Briefing With Trump Officials

1 hr ago - Mar 3rd, 2026, 6:26 pm Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) said he is worried that the U.S. may deploy soldiers in Iran amid its ongoing bombing campaign against the country. The U.S. and Israel began striking targets across Iran on Saturday. Dozens of h ... (MEDIAite)

Republican initiative for voter ID in California gathers enough support for ballot measure

1 hr ago - Tue 3 Mar 2026 14.08 EST Last modified on Tue 3 Mar 2026 18.05 EST Republican organizers in California announced they have gathered enough signatures to place a measure that would require voters in the state to present identification every time they ... (The Guardian)

US turns up heat on Venezuela with threat to indict new leader Delcy Rodriguez

2 hrs ago - March 3, 2026, 5:17 p.m. ET The Trump administration is quietly building a legal case against Venezuelan interim president Delcy Rodriguez including readying a draft criminal indictment, one of several tools it is using to strengthen its leverage wit ... (USA Today)

Gallego on Israel allegedly leading Iran operation: 'An absolute abdication of leadership'

3 hrs ago - 03/03/26 4:16 PM ET Sen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.) slammed Israel allegedly leading the recent U.S. operation in Iran, calling it “an absolute abdication of leadership.” “We lost six men and women so far, and I’m not sure there was, ... (The Hill)

Gulf countries 'raging' they're 'collateral damage' in Trump's Iran bombing campaign

3 hrs ago - March 3, 2026 4:00PM ET Gulf countries targeted by Iran after the U.S. and Israel attacks were reportedly frustrated by the escalating regional conflict, an analyst revealed Tuesday. CNN's political and national security analyst David Sanger describe ... (Raw Story)

Kristi Noem Grilled in Senate Hearing Over DHS Allegedly Giving Former Associates Massive Government Contract

3 hrs ago - Mar 3rd, 2026, 3:47 pm Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem took heat from several lawmakers over former associates of hers alleged receiving a massive government contract for an ad campaign. Noem on Tuesday faced the Senate Judiciary Committee t ... (MEDIAite)

Talarico wins Texas Senate Democratic nomination while Cornyn and Paxton head to Republican runoff

3 hrs ago - Updated 3:51 AM EST, March 4, 2026 DALLAS (AP) - State Rep. James Talarico topped Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett in an expensive and fiercely contested Texas Senate Democratic primary that once again has the party dreaming of a big upset in November. ... (AP)

Kristi Noem gets law and history wrong before giving up on trying to answer questions about ICE

4 hrs ago - Mar 3rd, 2026, 3:28 pm Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem struggled to answer questions about repeat violations of court orders by immigration agents during a congressional hearing on Tuesday. Appearing before the Senate Jud ... (Law & Crime)

Nebraska U.S. Senate race filled with alleged 'plants,' campaigns say

6 hrs ago - Ricketts and Osborn deny involvement with other parties’ primary candidates By: Juan Salinas II - March 3, 2026 10:20 pm LINCOLN — There are dueling allegations of planted candidates in Nebraska’s U.S. Senate race and plenty of denials ... (Nebraska Examiner)

US launches operations in Ecuador?

7 hrs ago - On March 3, Ecuadorian and U.S. military forces launched operations against Designated Terrorist Organizations in Ecuador. The operations are a powerful example of the commitment of partners in Latin America and the Caribbean to combat the scourge of ... (https://www.lawyersgunsmoneyblog.com/2026/03/us-military-launching-operations-in-ecuador)

Alexander brothers used wealth to lure, drug and rape women and girls, prosecutor says

7 hrs ago - By MICHAEL R. SISAK and LARRY NEUMEISTER Updated 5:26 PM CST, March 3, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — The wealthy Alexander brothers used the same tactics of luring, drugging and humiliation to sexually assault numerous women and girls, bragging about the ... (AP)

Pritzker denies traveling on Epstein's plane after Bill Clinton's since-recanted testimony

9 hrs ago - Gov. JB Pritzker denied a since-recanted comment by former President Bill Clinton that Clinton thought the pair may have traveled together on a plane owned by convicted sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. His denial was in response to a 90-second video c ... (CBS News)

DHL Express Teamsters Authorize Strike

9 hrs ago - Thousands of DHL Workers Prepared to Take Action if Deal Isn’t Reached by March 31 (WASHINGTON) – Thousands of Teamsters at DHL Express have voted by a 96 percent margin to authorize a strike if the logistics giant fails to present a fair c ... (Teamsters)

With SAVE Act Stalled in Senate, Red States Carry Water for Trump's Non-Citizen Voting Myth

9 hrs ago - 03.03.26 | 3:57 pm Taking a cue from the Trump administration amid its ongoing efforts to suppress the vote and perpetuate the myth of non-citizen voting, red state lawmakers are introducing restrictive proof of citizenship bills in their state legi ... (Talking Points Memo)

Pentagon identifies four of the Army Reserve troops killed Sunday in Kuwait

10 hrs ago - The Defense Department has identified four Army Reserve soldiers who died in Operation Epic Fury, the U.S. and Israeli campaign against Iran: • Capt. Cody A. Khork, 35, of Winter Haven, Fla. • Sgt. 1st Class Noah L. Tietjens, 42, Bellevue, ... (Stars and Stripes)

Internal DHS watchdog: Noem is obstructing our work

10 hrs ago - 03/03/2026 07:58 PM EST The Department of Homeland Security has hindered internal investigations amid scrutiny for its handling of President Donald Trump’s aggressive crackdown on immigration, the agency’s official watchdog warned in a lett ... (Politico)

Diplomat claims Trump's special envoy undermined Iran talks

10 hrs ago - "President Donald Trump¿s special envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, said Monday on Fox News that Iranian negotiators bragged to him that Iran had enough enriched uranium to make nearly a dozen nuclear bombs." "The account fits a key pie ... (MS NOW)

Iran Reportedly Chooses New Supreme Leader With Familiar Name

10 hrs ago - The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly chosen its new supreme leader. According to Iran International, a Persian-language outlet based out of London, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was been selected for the role b ... (Mediaite)