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Sunday, March 08, 2026

When asked if he believes the map of Iran will "look the same after all this is done," Trump said initially, "I can't tell you," but quickly added, "Probably not." read more


Republican Sen. Lindsey Graham is taking all the credit for pushing President Trump to launch his unauthorized war with Iran. read more


Donald Trump wore a campaign baseball hat that sells for $40 on his website to the dignified transfer of six US military members who were killed in the war with Iran. read more


President Donald Trump on Saturday denied U.S. involvement in a strike that killed more than 165 people at a girls' elementary school in Southern Iran, instead placing the blame on Iran. read more


U.S. military investigators reportedly believe American forces were likely responsible for a strike on an Iranian school in Minab, in what analysts and human rights officials believe is the deadliest incident for civilian casualties since Donald Trump's administration and Israeli forces began attacking the country. read more


Climate breakdown is occurring more rapidly with the heating rate almost doubling, according to research that excludes the effect of natural factors behind the latest scorching temperatures. read more


Fishing crews face horrifying burns from dredging the dumped chemical weapons. read more


[Danbury Fire Department Capt. Kevin Lunnie] noticed a big jump in his heart rate when the alerts went off, which isn't a good thing in a profession where heart problems are the leading cause of on-duty deaths.


Statement of Cardinal Blase J. Cupich, archbishop of Chicago: "As more than 1,000 Iranian men, women and children lay dead after days of bombardment from U.S. and Israeli missiles, the official White House X account on Thursday evening posted a video of scenes from popular action movies spliced with actual strike footage from their war on Iran. The clip was captioned: "JUSTICE THE AMERICAN WAY." A real war with real death and real suffering being treated like it's a video game " it's sickening. Hundreds of people are dead, mothers and fathers, daughters and sons, including scores of children who made the fatal mistake of going to school that day. Six U.S. soldiers have been killed. They are also dishonored by that social media post. Hundreds of thousands displaced, and many millions more are terrified across the Middle East." read more


"Under serious consideration for complete destruction and certain death," he says. read more


The US Customs and Border Protection says it currently can't comply with an order to process billions of dollars in refunds stemming from tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. In a filing on Friday, CBP executive director Brandon Lord says the agency's digital import processing system is "not well suited to a task of this scale," as reported earlier by CNBC. read more


"On behalf of a grateful Congress, this plaque honors the extraordinary individuals who bravely protected and defended this symbol of democracy on January 6, 2021. Their heroism will never be forgotten," the plaque reads. read more


Documents show how A.I. was used to cancel most previously approved grants by the National Endowment for the Humanities as the agency embraced President Trump's agenda. read more


Few drugs, uneven savings mark early days of Trump's discount medicines website read more


Measles patients in Utah are developing severe complications, health officials say, including potentially life-threatening anemia and liver inflammation. read more


Saturday, March 07, 2026

Trump, who came to office promising to keep the U.S. out of "stupid" military interventions (and end inflation on Day One), is now pursuing what many experts see as an open-ended war of choice unprompted by any imminent threat to the U.S. from Iran, despite claims to the contrary by the president and his aides. read more


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