The reasons other U.S. presidents avoided war with Iran are becoming all too evident.
A court hearing for Cher's son Wednesday over allegations he broke into a New Hampshire home this month has been canceled. Elijah Allman's arrest on March 1 was his second in New Hampshire in a matter of days. Allman, the 49-year-old son of the iconic singer and actress, was also detained Feb. 27, accused of acting belligerently at a prestigious prep school in Concord. It is unclear if Allman, of Malibu, California, has any connection to the home in Windham, New Hampshire. He is being held in the Rockingham County Department of Corrections, Superintendent Jonathan Banville said.
Donald Trump has caused a stir with his most recent speech. The president, 79, caught backlash over a statement he made at a Republican conference in Florida on March 9, where he said that daughters 6 years old and up are "of age." Read more
USAG Pam Bondi has reportedly been moved to secure housing on a Washington, DC area military base after she allegedly received threats from drug cartels and those angry over her handling of the Jeffrey Epstein case.
Freeloading Off the Hardworking American Taxpayer
Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump's planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year. Sens. Elizabeth Warren (Massachusetts) and Richard Blumenthal (Connecticut) and Rep. Melanie Stansbury (New Mexico) wrote Monday to the leaders of ABC, Meta, Paramount and X, requesting information about the terms of their agreements and the status of the funds they pledged to hand over to the president's representatives. The letters were shared with The Washington Post.
Widening the conflict is a classic tactic for outgunned combatants, and has cost the US dearly in the past.
White House Deputy Chief of Staff James Blair privately urged House Republicans on Tuesday to stop emphasizing "mass deportations" and instead focus their messaging on removing violent criminals, according to sources in the closed-door briefing.
11 March 2026 12:10pm GMT Three cargo ships have been hit by projectiles in the Strait of Hormuz. The Thailand-flagged bulk carrier Mayuree Naree was struck and damaged about 11 nautical miles north of Oman, according to the United Kingdom Maritime Trade Operations (UKMTO). Twenty sailors were rescued, but three remain missing, Thai authorities said. A second ship, the Marshall Islands-flagged bulk carrier Star Gwyneth, was hit by a projectile 50 miles north-west of Dubai. The vessel suffered hull damage but all crew members are safe. A third vessel, a Japan-flagged container ship, sustained minor damage near the United Arab Emirates. Read more
According to a whistleblower, a former DOGE employee with access to highly sensitive Social Security databases planned on sharing data with his private employer. As a result, reports the Washington Post, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is investigating what would be among the biggest security breaches in the agency's 80-year history. In letters from the agency's acting inspector general, Congress and the Government Accountability Office were notified of the disclosure and investigation, and the latter has launched its own audit of DOGE's data access. Per the whistleblower, an ex-DOGE software engineer bragged to coworkers that he not only possessed two highly restricted databases containing information for some 500 million Americans both dead and alive, but that he had one database on a thumb drive that he planned on using to provide data to a private company.
Donald Trump has appointed Erika Kirk, the widow of murdered rightwing activist Charlie Kirk, to a key advisory board of the US Air Force Academy. The 37-year-old joins a number of other loyalists to the president on the 16-member panel of the academy's board of visitors...
Approximately 150 American troops have been wounded during the United States' conflict with Iran, Reuters reported on Tuesday. "The figure has not been previously reported and is far higher than the Pentagon's publicly disclosed figure of 8 seriously wounded U.S. forces," noted reporters Phil Stewart and Idrees Ali. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that the number of service members wounded was in that "ballpark" during a briefing on Tuesday afternoon.
The World Health Organization (WHO) warned that the "black rain" and toxic compounds in the air in Iran after Israel attacked its oil facilities could cause grave respiratory and skin problems for the Iranian people.
Iran is Another Gaza
There are increasing indications El Nino is likely to form and strengthen into potentially a significant event during the next several months, throwing weather patterns worldwide out of whack. El Nino could affect the Atlantic hurricane season (if the timing is right) and heat the planet even further, making another record warm year much more likely than it otherwise would be either this year or next.
Texas Republicans have suffered a double blow in a new poll that shows Democratic Senate candidate James Talarico running ahead of both of the GOP candidates heading to a primary runoff.
The rising threat of notably strong tornadoes has prompted the highest severe thunderstorm risk in months to be issued in parts of the Midwest. It's all part of a more widespread potential outbreak of powerful storms across the Central US on Tuesday as a new storm system develops and strengthens over the region. A Level 4 of 5 risk of severe thunderstorms is in place for more than 2 million people in northern Illinois and northwest Indiana, including Peoria and Bloomington, Illinois.
While all eyes look up to the sky for more bimvs to fall on Iran, another object may fall on Iran. With a 1 in 4,200 chance of falling on Iranian child or teenager, Trump will be blamed for it. Read more
