News...

Glenn Beck: I fixed the WaPo's Khamenei obituary
Mere hours after the Ayatollah's death, WaPo published this baffling obituary that bears no resemblance to the tyrant who oppressed the people of Iran for decades.

Social media believed to be tied to Austin shooter is full of antisemitic, anti-Christian posts
Last April, when tensions between Israel and Iran were spiking, one post read: "THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION IS ETERNAL … you Zionist and islamophobes can be angry all you want but you can't do a damn thing about it no matter what."

Soros-backed DA backs down after Gov. Abbott threatens to override charges against cops who stopped terror attack
Travis County District Attorney José Garza said he will not seek charges against the Austin officers who killed the gunman in what authorities described as a terror attack that left three dead and 13 injured over the weekend.

Georgia father found guilty after son’s deadly high school shooting
A jury convicted Colin Gray of second-degree murder and involuntary manslaughter after prosecutors said he gave his 14-year-old son the rifle used to kill four at Apalachee High School in 2024 despite repeated warning signs, marking one of the latest cases holding parents criminally responsible for a child’s mass shooting.

NYC’s new "free" 2-K program costs taxpayers far more than private child care
Gov. Kathy Hochul and Mayor Zohran Mamdani unveiled a 2-year-old pilot that will cost more than $36,000 per child — about $13,000 above private-sector costs.

Illinois Black Lives Matter chapter founder caught on video fighting staffer over missing funds
Clyde McLemore, founder of Black Lives Matter Lake County in Illinois, was caught on video in a fight with a female project manager at the group’s office after she confronted him over unpaid work and alleged he mishandled grant money, including spending it on “girls” and gambling.

Minnesota cop dies less than 24 hours after receiving brain infection diagnosis
Sgt. Cody Siebert, a 33-year-old K-9 officer from East Range and a devoted father of two toddlers, died less than a day after doctors discovered a fast-moving brain infection that had spread from his nasal passage.


Epstein...

Clinton denies he ‘likes them young’ — then comes the Lewinsky question
Bill Clinton paused and appeared rattled when asked why Epstein allegedly said he “likes them young,” denying any interest in underage girls as his attorney repeatedly stepped in to reframe the question. When asked "is an intern young," Clinton answered "yes," before quickly adding, “at my age, anybody younger than I am is young.”

Clinton walks back claim that JB Pritzker flew on Epstein plane
Former President Clinton clarified remarks from his House Oversight deposition after appearing to suggest his billionaire buddy Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker joined him on a flight aboard Jeffrey Epstein’s jet, with a spokesman insisting Pritzker traveled on separate Clinton Foundation trips but never on Epstein’s aircraft or with Epstein or Ghislaine Maxwell.

Lutnick agrees to testify before House in Epstein probe
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has agreed to appear voluntarily before the House Oversight Committee as it investigates Jeffrey Epstein, after newly released Justice Department files showed he remained in contact with Epstein and visited his Caribbean island in 2012 despite previously claiming he had distanced himself years earlier.

Whoopi Goldberg defends Bill Clinton's friendship with Jeffrey Epstein
"Have any women come out and said this is what Bill Clinton did," Whoopi asked.

Politics...

CBS News poll finds most Americans say Trump hasn’t explained Iran war goals
A new survey shows most Americans disapprove of the military action against Iran, believe the conflict could drag on for months or years, and say the administration has not clearly defined its objectives.

MAGA unity: Polls show Republicans opposed to Trump’s Iran strikes are small minority
While critics of President Trump’s foreign policy push the narrative that his Iran strikes are dividing MAGA, a closer look at the data suggests that any cracks are at the surface rather than deep in the president’s Republican base.

CBS News poll analysis on Hispanics, a key group, as primary season kicks off
Trump's overall approval rating has declined among Hispanics over the course of this past year. Like the broader public, most Hispanics feel his administration has not focused enough on lowering prices, and most disapprove of how he is handling the economy and inflation.

Jasmine Crockett suggests GOP rigged election: 'We're not going to have election results tonight'
“We need to see the Dallas County votes to see where they are,” she said, accusing the GOP of having “specifically targeted” Democratic voters.

Texas GOP battle between Cornyn and Paxton will head to runoff
Rep. Wesley Hunt, who was also campaigning for the seat, was in a distant third place as of Tuesday night.

In divided North Carolina, Whatley and Cooper emerge for Senate battle that could tip Washington
Democrat Roy Cooper and Republican Michael Whatley will advance to November’s general election for an open U.S. Senate seat in North Carolina. Predication markets give Democrats the advantage.

Voter ID appears headed for California's November ballot
Proponents say they have collected more than 1.3 million voter signatures on petitions supporting the ballot measure, far more than required under California law, and plan to submit them to county elections officials Monday for verification.

Voter ID laws are widely backed by Americans, including Hispanics
The main argument of its opponents is that voter ID laws would place an unfair burden on minority voters. Consider Puerto Rico, the poorest jurisdiction in the U.S., and with a 99 percent Hispanic population. Despite its economic challenges, Puerto Rico mandates voter ID, yet it consistently achieves some of the highest voter turnout rates in the nation.


Economy...

Ex-Goldman CEO Lloyd Blankfein sounds alarm on private credit — warning it ‘smells’ like 2008
He compared the situation to the subprime mortgage crisis, noting that these investments are increasingly being offered to individual investors through retirement accounts.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says stablecoin issuers paying interest should be regulated as banks
Dimon argued stablecoin issuers paying interest should meet bank standards as talks continue in Washington about the CLARITY Act.


Immigration...

Utah and Idaho move to rein in illegal immigration after years of strain
Lawmakers in Utah and Idaho are advancing bills to roll back pro-illegal alien policies, expand E-Verify, and curb benefits after rapid population growth strained schools, roads, and social services, though business groups and establishment Republicans are resisting the tighter enforcement measures.

Soros backed Minneapolis prosecutor targets federal agents after ICE crackdown
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty said her office is investigating 17 incidents involving federal immigration agents, including Border Patrol Chief Gregory Bovino, for possible criminal charges tied to Operation Metro Surge, launching a public tip portal as the administration ended the Minneapolis enforcement effort and withdrew officers.

Noem says Biden administration paid sponsors who trafficked migrant children
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem told senators the Biden administration paid sponsors for unaccompanied minors despite cases where those sponsors trafficked and abused children, saying the current administration has located 145,000 of the previously untracked minors and vowed to find “every single one.”

Oregon moves to penalize landlords who reveal tenants' immigration status
"This is a balanced approach that protects tenant privacy without burdening housing providers."


WAR News...

'I might have forced Israel's hand': Trump denies being pressured by Netanyahu into war
A common talking point on the left and even some of the right is that Israel tricked, or forced, Trump into attacking Iran.

WaPo: How Trump assassination attempts played into his decision to attack Iran
President Trump for the first time acknowledged a personal dimension to his decision to attack Iran, citing the country’s efforts to assassinate him in 2024 as a factor in ordering the joint U.S.-Israeli operation that killed Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. “I got him before he got me,” Trump said in an interview on Sunday night with ABC News. “I got him first.”

Trump: ‘Worst case’ in Iran would be new leader ‘who’s as bad as’ Khamenei; warns Iranians against street protests while attacks are still happening
Asked about Reza Pahlavi, the son of the late exiled former Iranian shah, Trump says that he seems like a nice guy but that someone currently living in Iran would probably be a more suitable candidate to take over the country.

Ayatollah Khamenei’s oldest son elected as supreme leader to replace his dad: report
The son of Iranian Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was selected to replace him as supreme leader, according to a report in Iranian opposition media. Mojtaba Khamenei, 56, was tapped to assume control of the country by Iran’s Assembly of Experts, Iranian International reported Tuesday.

How Iran’s ‘mosaic regime’ endures after Khamenei’s killing
Experts say Iran’s dispersed power structure was built to withstand leadership decapitation and prolonged confrontation.

WSJ: Inside the operation that killed Khamenei
WSJ analysis of video and satellite imagery shows how events unfolded on the ground.

Stop the count: Israel levels building where clerics gathered to select Iran's new supreme leader
It is unclear how many regime officials from the so-called Assembly of Experts were gathered in the building, but the body includes a Khamenei confidant who serves on Iran's interim leadership council.

CNN: CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran
The Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish leaders in Iraq about providing them with military support, the sources said.

Trump orders insurance backstop and possible Navy escorts for Gulf shipping
President Trump announced he has directed the U.S. Development Finance Corporation to provide political risk insurance for maritime trade in the Gulf and said the Navy will escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz if necessary to guarantee the free flow of global energy supplies.

Rubio loses patience with reporters while explaining Trump’s attack
"Listen, let me explain to you guys in simple English: Iran is run by lunatics! Religious fanatic lunatics!" Rubio told the gathered press.

Ending a campaign of violence is not starting a war
Article 51 of the U.N. Charter is not a suicide pact.

Report: Iranian drones hit CIA station at U.S. embassy in Riyadh
Both the U.S. and Saudi governments confirmed the attack, though neither has confirmed the CIA station being hit.

F-15E pilots shot down over Kuwait got aid from locals — after decades of ‘blood chits’ that promised reward for help
Kuwait has long been a strong ally of the U.S. since Iraq’s 1990 invasion of the country sparked the first Gulf War. But U.S. pilots may have had another trick up their sleeves — so-called “blood chits,” papers that American pilots have carried for decades that promise a reward for anyone who provides assistance.

Lebanese army reportedly arrests 12 armed members of Hezbollah
Their arrest comes after Lebanese Prime Minister Nawaf Salam declared the Iran-backed terror group’s military operations “illegal acts” following its recent attacks on Israel amid the US-Israeli strikes on Iran.

Syria sends thousands of troops to Lebanon border, sources say
Syrian officers said the move was aimed at preventing arms and drugs smuggling as well as blocking Iran-backed Lebanese Hezbollah or other terrorists from infiltrating Syria.


Latin America...

U.S. launches joint strike on narco-terror targets in Ecuador
SOUTHCOM announced American and Ecuadorian forces carried out operations against designated terrorist gangs including Los Choneros and Los Lobos, escalating from training to direct engagement as President Daniel Noboa deepens military cooperation with Washington amid soaring cartel violence and record homicide rates.

U.S. turns up heat on Venezuela with threat to indict new leader Delcy Rodriguez
After a summary of the report was published on the Reuters World News morning podcast, Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche wrote on X, “completely FALSE from @reuters. Not sure ​how such fake news makes its way to publication.”


China...

Attack on Iran could buoy Trump in talks with China's Xi
The U.S. military campaign against Iran has put Chinese leader Xi Jinping on the back foot ahead of an expected summit with President Trump, who for the second time in as many months has turned America's military against one of Beijing's close partners.

Trump's Asian allies fear Iran war will sap defenses against China
About 40% of U.S. Navy ships ready for operations are currently stationed around the Middle East. The only U.S. carrier deployed in Asia, the George Washington, is undergoing maintenance at its base in the Japanese city of Yokosuka. "The U.S. Navy ​is stretched thin," said a former U.S. defense official.


Europe...

Trump cuts off trade with Spain after base access dispute
President Trump announced the U.S. will end all trade with Spain after its government refused to allow American forces to use Spanish bases for strikes on Iran, blasting Madrid’s leadership and its refusal to meet NATO’s 5% defense spending target.

Trump tells British newspaper he’s ‘very disappointed’ in Prime Minister Keir Starmer
President Trump told the British news outlet The Telegraph that Starmer originally blocking U.S. forces from use of a key base on Diego Garcia in the Chagos Islands, located in the Indian Ocean, was not like anything that had “happened between our countries before.”

How Starmer and Macron taught Iran that Europe is safe to hit
The honest version of what Starmer and Macron are doing is outsourcing hard power to allies while claiming the authority to restrain those allies.

Macron says U.S.-Israel strikes on Iran are ‘outside international law’
Addressing the French public in a national broadcast, President Macron said that while Iran “bears primary responsibility for this situation,” his government also disapproves of the strikes taken by the United States and Israel against the regime in Tehran.


Media...

Chris Hayes compares Iran strikes to 9/11 in on-air tirade
MS Now’s Chris Hayes said Americans rarely experience “death from above” like other nations do, claiming the terror felt on 9/11 is “commonplace” elsewhere because of “the kinds of war of aggression that Donald Trump just started.”

In anti-Trump rant, Politico finally admits Biden administration was 'dysfunctional'
Politico senior editor Alexander Burns described Joe Biden’s White House as “slow-moving, self-admiring” and “politically dysfunctional,” writing that it failed to repair Washington or build a bridge to the past despite Biden’s promises to restore norms and effective governance.


Travel...

United Airlines can now boot passengers who refuse to use headphones with their devices
Any passenger listening to music, watching a video or scrolling a social media feed that emits sound must wear headphones, states the revised contract of carriage, which United quietly updated on Friday.


Environment...

It once rained meat in Kentucky
Residents of Olympia Springs watched red chunks described as beef drift down on a clear March day. Men who tasted it at the time said it tasted like mutton. Scientists of the day were baffled until a credible explanation surfaced: vultures flying overhead had projectile-vomited partially digested animal tissue, scattering it across fences and fields in what became known as the Kentucky ‘meat shower.’