Loud blast heard near US embassy in Oslo with smoke rising, according to Norwegian police and residents.
Large EMS response. No injuries reported.
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Kuwait's Ministry of Defense:
"Kuwaiti air defenses continue to engage a wave of hostile drones that have breached the country's airspace.
Some civilian facilities have sustained material damage as a result of debris and shrapnel falling from the interception operations."
Who is Balendra Shah, the 35-year-old rapper-turned-mayor who looks set to be Nepal's next leader? u.afp.com/SuRM
A large fire is ongoing in the vicinity of Kuwait Airport following Iranian attacks on a fuel storage site.
Pixar CCO Pete Docter says they removed gay elements from ‘ELIO’ after finding some parents didn’t want entertainment forcing conversations with their kids they weren’t ready for.
“We’re making a movie, not hundreds of millions of dollars of therapy.”
(via www.wsj.com/business/med...)
Anderson Cooper: “So it's more expensive to have a chronically homeless person living on the streets than it is to actually subsidize an apartment for them?”
Answer: “Yes, we’re paying more as taxpayers to walk past that person on the street and do nothing.” #HousingFirst #UrbanTruth
New York Dems are reportedly still expected to push for a constitutional amendment that would let them redraw the congressional map in 2028 to counter GOP gerrymanders. Dems could target 3-4 seats currently held by GOP.
Dems must pass it both in 2026 & 2027, then win voter approval in November 2027
INDOPACOM Instagram post explaining how the strike on the IRIS Dena complied with the LOAC.
iNDOPACOM weighs in on Instagram
Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people?
Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran.
Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth?
Hegseth: We’re investigating.
Trump: They are very inaccurate with their munitions. It was done by Iran.
Nepal's rapper-turned-politician Balendra Shah has handily defeated a former prime minister, KP Sharma Oli, in their parliamentary constituency paving the way for the 35-year-old and former Kathmandu mayor to become the Himalayan nation's next leader. nepalitimes.com/news/bells-ri...
A federal judge in DC rules that Kari Lake was not lawfully appointed and that actions she took as the claimed head of USAGM "shall have no force or effect," including last August's RIFs at the Voice of America.
Do you think that changing the line of succession for the Canadian monarchy requires the unanimous consent formula (all provinces plus both houses of parliament)?
Trump Says He Ruled Out Having Kurdish Forces Join Iran Fight
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President Trump says he's ruled out having Kurds join the Iran war. Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One that Kurdish fighters in the region are willing to assist in efforts to topple the Iranian government, but their involvement would make the conflict more complicated.
Israel has begun striking oil storage sites in Iran as part of the next phase of the war, an Israeli source told CNN. The Israeli military said it struck fuel sites in Tehran on Saturday evening that distribute fuel “to various consumers, including military entities in Iran.” “This is a significant strike that constitutes an additional step in deepening the damage to the military infrastructure of the Iranian terrorist regime,” the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) said in a statement.
War update:
Two Toronto-area synagogues were damaged by gunfire late Friday and early Saturday, the third such shooting in the area in less than a week, according to the Canadian authorities. The police said no one was hurt.
Outside Minneapolis City Hall, two protesters blocked a van labeled with “Midwest Plumbing” decals advertising a disconnected phone number. The driver pointed a pistol at them. One of the armed men shot pepperballs into the crowd.
The men weren’t federal agents. They were bounty hunters.
After months of high-profile, militarized immigration raids in major American cities, the Trump administration has scaled back its deportation strategy, leading to a dip in arrests last month, according to federal officials and internal government data.
CNN gas tracker: $3.41
vibe check: CNN now has a gas tracker on their front page
Huge NYT article on the back story of those two weeks in March/April 2025 when DOGE illegally terminated hundreds of NEH grants. Gift link!!
www.nytimes.com/2026/03/07/a...
Trump: "[Iranians] are among the most evil people ever on Earth. They cut babies' heads off. They chopped women in half.
What they did... take a look at October 7th. Take a look at what they've done over the last 47 years."
Kuwait Petroleum Corporation began cutting oil output on Saturday and declared force majeure, adding to earlier oil and gas reductions from Iraq and Qatar as the US-Iran war blocked shipments from the Middle East for the eighth consecutive day bit.ly/4aW0amL
“.. Prince Faisal was also quoted by the sources as saying that if Iranian attacks persisted against Saudi territory or energy infrastructure, Saudi Arabia would be forced to permit U.S. forces to use their bases there for military operations.”
@reuters.com
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The options Trump is weighing include a commando raid on Isfahan and other nuclear sites
www.semafor.com/article/03/0...
Saudi has told Iran not to attack it, warns of possible retaliation
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Reporter: Did the United States bomb a girls elementary school in southern Iran on the first day of the war and kill 175 people?
Trump: We think it was done by Iran. They're very inaccurate, as you know, with their munitions. They have no accuracy whatsoever. It was done by Iran.
Reporter: Did the US bomb an elementary school and kill 175 people? Trump: Based on what I’ve seen, it was done by Iran. Reporter: Is that true Mr. Hegseth? Hegseth: We’re investigating. Trump: It was done by Iran. They are very inaccurate with their munitions.
this is unspeakable
“.. after Spain abandoned plans to buy dozens of F-35 fighter jets ..”
@wsj.com
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Tiptoeing towards a wider war ... "UK preparing aircraft carrier for possible Middle East deployment" www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2026...
So, it's a war afterall? "The United Kingdom, our once Great Ally, maybe the Greatest of them all, is finally giving serious thought to sending two aircraft carriers to the Middle East. That's OK, Prime Minister Starmer. we don't need them any longer - But we will remember."
