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Reuters congressional correspondent focused on foreign policy and national security. (Signal: PZReuters.94) Don't ban books. YNWA https://www.reuters.com/authors/patricia-zengerle/

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If a U.S. role were to be confirmed, the strike would rank among the worst cases of civilian casualties in decades of U.S. conflicts in the ​Middle East.

06.03.2026 13:06 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1
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This is honestly one of the most anti-Jewish things I’ve ever seen from the United States government.

05.03.2026 23:19 πŸ‘ 11946 πŸ” 3044 πŸ’¬ 1960 πŸ“Œ 511
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Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike, sources say Military investigators believe it is likely that U.S. forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed scores of children on Saturday, two U.S. officials told Reu...

Exclusive: US investigation points to likely US responsibility in Iran school strike - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

06.03.2026 13:01 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 1

It is so funny that so many of you take this statement of fact as a criticism. Why do you think that’s a criticism? It could be an asset. My husband teaches at community college and loves many of his students.

05.03.2026 23:52 πŸ‘ 5 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Mullin would be the first cabinet member since the 1950s without at least a bachelors degree.

05.03.2026 22:37 πŸ‘ 50 πŸ” 19 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 5

It'll be interesting to see whether Mullin confidently resigns his Senate seat or nervously waits to see how confirmation hearings go.

05.03.2026 22:35 πŸ‘ 239 πŸ” 35 πŸ’¬ 12 πŸ“Œ 5
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β€œ.. Johnson, 45, tried to keep the children quiet by telling them he would share millions of dollars in restitution money he expected to receive from the Trump administration in connection with his Jan. 6 case.”

@npr.org
www.npr.org/2026/03/05/n...

05.03.2026 19:26 πŸ‘ 559 πŸ” 315 πŸ’¬ 38 πŸ“Œ 34

Notable - Trump's pick to be DHS secretary, MarkWayne Mullin is the only serving U.S. senator without at least a bachelor's degree. In 1997, at age 20, Mullin took over his father's business, Mullin Plumbing, when his father fell ill.

05.03.2026 19:19 πŸ‘ 2 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

Under the war powers act - and I know I know there are so many rules that just don't ... exist in this climate - Trump has to either end the Iran war in 60 days (so late April) or come to Congress for authorization.

05.03.2026 17:59 πŸ‘ 13 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 1

All the best people

05.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 63 πŸ” 23 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 0
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Documents Reveal a Web of Financial Ties Between Trump Officials and the Industries They Help Regulate ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who d...

New: ProPublica is releasing a trove of disclosure records that detail the finances of more than 1,500 Trump appointees, including former lobbyists, industry executives and at least a dozen officials who declined to identify former clients.

05.03.2026 17:52 πŸ‘ 392 πŸ” 221 πŸ’¬ 13 πŸ“Œ 9
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Starmer says UK's relationship with US still special after Trump criticism The "special relationship" between Britain and the United States remains intact and they continue to share intelligence, Prime Minister Keir Starmer said ​on Thursday, after Donald Trump rebuked him for hesitating to support U.S. strikes on β€ŒIran.

Starmer says UK's relationship with US still special after Trump criticism reut.rs/4aUgrbS

05.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 14 πŸ” 2 πŸ’¬ 9 πŸ“Œ 8

It does start to all feel a bit like - Iran, an "imminent threat" to America since 1979.

05.03.2026 17:15 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0

I keep seeing the "OUR 50 YEAR WAR WITH IRAN" headlines and think, dang, really? Then maybe we should've come down harder on those Reagan administration guys for selling arms to Iran and using the proceeds to seed an illegal slush fund for far-right counterrevolutionaries in Central America

05.03.2026 16:07 πŸ‘ 166 πŸ” 49 πŸ’¬ 5 πŸ“Œ 1

The video of a United States Senator joining the violent removal of U.S. marine from a hearing and hideously breaking his arm in a door is an example of what has been unleashed in this country. They’re tapping in to get in on the violence.
And then he bragged about it on X later.

05.03.2026 13:14 πŸ‘ 11807 πŸ” 3786 πŸ’¬ 480 πŸ“Œ 176
From NRO's Audrey Fahlberg: SCOOP: Trump's furious that Noem said under oath in her Senate Judiciary hearing that the he had advance knowledge of the $220M DHS ad campaign & approved its release

He's privately floated Markwayne Mullin as prospective replacement, 
@NRO has learned

From NRO's Audrey Fahlberg: SCOOP: Trump's furious that Noem said under oath in her Senate Judiciary hearing that the he had advance knowledge of the $220M DHS ad campaign & approved its release He's privately floated Markwayne Mullin as prospective replacement, @NRO has learned

Looks like DHS isn't getting more trustworthy any time soon. This does explain Mullin's TV tour β€”Β or maybe the tour explains Trump's interest in him.

05.03.2026 14:05 πŸ‘ 447 πŸ” 110 πŸ’¬ 46 πŸ“Œ 24
Return to the Draft : Selective Service System

So in theory, it would take an act of Congress to reinstate the draft, but since in theory it also takes an act of Congress to do many things that have been done without Congress …

www.sss.gov/about/return...

05.03.2026 14:27 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran crisis tests Trump standing with young men who helped power 2024 win When Michael Leary learned the US had struck Iran, he questioned whether the move honored the "America First" pledge that earned his vote for Trump and feared it could pull ​the country into another M...

Looking up whether the draft can be restarted via executive order - www.reuters.com/world/us/ira...

05.03.2026 14:18 πŸ‘ 1 πŸ” 0 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0

And meanwhile in the House.

05.03.2026 04:40 πŸ‘ 23 πŸ” 10 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran launches wave of missiles at Israel; US Republicans block measure to halt US air campaign The attacks sent millions of Israeli residents into bomb shelters as the war with Iran entered ​its sixth day, just hours after moves to halt the U.S. air assault were blocked in Washington.

Iran launched a wave of missiles at Israel early on March 5, sending millions of residents into bomb shelters as the US-Israel war with Iran entered its sixth day and just hours after moves to halt the US air assault were blocked in Washington reut.rs/3Pi9EjJ

05.03.2026 04:36 πŸ‘ 330 πŸ” 146 πŸ’¬ 30 πŸ“Œ 8
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US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers The Senate voted 53 to 47 not to advance the resolution, largely along party β€Œlines, with all but one Republican voting against the procedural motion and all but one Democrat supporting it.

US Senate backs Trump on Iran strikes, blocks bid to limit his war powers - www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

05.03.2026 04:01 πŸ‘ 8 πŸ” 5 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Moskowitz: I want to end on a happy note. I got you a new Coast Guard blankie, the one you lost.

04.03.2026 20:24 πŸ‘ 11482 πŸ” 2305 πŸ’¬ 482 πŸ“Œ 240
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Capitol rioter arrested for Metro assault as livestreams show rider touching women's hair One woman says the suspect has stalked her and threatened her for a couple of years.

Not the first Jan 6 participant to be arrested for something else, but this might be the weirdest one:

www.nbcwashington.com/news/local/c...

05.03.2026 02:57 πŸ‘ 69 πŸ” 20 πŸ’¬ 4 πŸ“Œ 1
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Syria - which has already been through so much.

05.03.2026 03:28 πŸ‘ 3 πŸ” 1 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line, sources say Iran’s Revolutionary Guards have tightened their grip on wartime decision‑making despite the loss of top commanders, senior sources say, driving a hardline strategy that is propelling Tehran's drone‑a...

Iran's Revolutionary Guards take wartime lead, ensuring harder line, sources say - www.reuters.com/world/middle...

04.03.2026 23:48 πŸ‘ 4 πŸ” 3 πŸ’¬ 0 πŸ“Œ 2
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CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say | CNN Politics The CIA is working to arm Kurdish forces with the aim of fomenting a popular uprising in Iran and the Trump administration has been in active discussions with Iranian opposition groups and Kurdish lea...

The CIA track record on stuff like this is … not great. www.cnn.com/2026/03/03/p...

04.03.2026 01:13 πŸ‘ 21 πŸ” 6 πŸ’¬ 1 πŸ“Œ 0
Four people, with their hands up, standing behind 2 people sitting. 

The four people standing are US citizens who were detained, the two people are families whose family members were killed by migrants.

Four people, with their hands up, standing behind 2 people sitting. The four people standing are US citizens who were detained, the two people are families whose family members were killed by migrants.

Jayapal is now introducing 4 US citizens who were detained for at least 6 hours merely for observing ICE.

Kristi Noem sent a much-delayed list of USCit detained by ICE yesterday. None of these four were on the list.

04.03.2026 17:24 πŸ‘ 1639 πŸ” 486 πŸ’¬ 11 πŸ“Œ 13

I didn't expect the "then they came for..." to hit me QUITE so specifically, but lesson learned.

04.03.2026 15:07 πŸ‘ 2690 πŸ” 300 πŸ’¬ 81 πŸ“Œ 6

Curious how going after Dunkin will play with the American public

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…..

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