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US troops in Iran racing against the clock before running out of ammo: report

March 1, 2026 3:31PM ET U.S. troops in Iran are staring down a difficult situation in the wake of strikes that killed Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, according to a new report. The Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday that U.S. troops are racing to destroy Iran's ballistic and nuclear missile facilities before they run out of interceptors to defend from Iranian retaliatory strikes. The exact size of the military's ammunition base is classified, but analysts and former officials who spoke to ...

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Trump Parties With Millionaires as American Troops Die

AS THE WORLD BURNS Millionaires, Republican Party elites and big-spending donors were at Mar-a-Lago to party while Trump’s war raged across at least 10 countries. Nico Hines Updated Mar. 1 2026 10:17AM EST President Trump hosted yet another glitzy fundraiser at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night as the Middle East was lit up by Iranian missiles targeting the U.S. and its allies in the region. Video posted on Instagram appeared to show Trump greeting wealthy visitors at his West Palm Beach club ...

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Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, Iran's ex-president who said 'Israel must be wiped off the map,' killed in Israeli airstrikes

Former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad — a polarizing hardliner who became the face of Tehran’s nuclear defiance and incendiary anti-Israel rhetoric — was reportedly killed in Israeli airstrikes at the outset of the military operation inside Iran. A report by the Israeli media outlet Ma’ariv stated that Ahmadinejad was under house arrest at the time and was killed in a targeted strike on his residence. Ahmadinejad served as Iran’s sixth president from 2005 to 2013, rising from relative ...

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'He had a radiating aura': Chicagoans say goodbye to hometown civil rights hero Jesse Jackson

Sun 1 Mar 2026 08.00 EST Last modified on Sun 1 Mar 2026 08.02 EST Some were older, some were younger and some were strangers, but many more were friends – they had lined up down the blocks of Chicago in mercifully mild weather for a chance to say goodbye to the civil rights leader Jesse Jackson. Friday was the last day of public visitation as Jackson lay in repose at the headquarters of his Rainbow/Push political activism coalition in the city he called home. Jackson died in Chicago on 17 F ...

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Just 27% of Americans approve of Iran strikes, poll finds

Only one in four Americans approves of the US strikes that killed Iran's leader on Saturday, while about half -- including one in four Republicans -- believe Trump is too willing to use military force, according to a Reuters/Ipsos poll that concluded on Sunday. About 27% of respondents said they approved of the strikes, while 43% disapproved and 29% were not sure. About nine in 10 respondents said they had heard at least a little about the strikes, which began early on Saturday. About 56% of A ...

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Iran day one: Three U.S. service members killed, five seriously wounded

(CENTCOM) "As of 9:30 am ET, March 1, three U.S. service members have been killed in action and five are seriously wounded as part of Operation Epic Fury. Several others sustained minor shrapnel injuries and concussions -- and are in the process of being returned to duty. Major combat operations continue and our response effort is ongoing..."

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Sen. Tom Cotton says U.S., allies looking at "weeks, not days, of joint efforts" in Iran

(CBS News) Sen. Tom Cotton, the chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, said Saturday that he believes that there could be "weeks, not days, of joint efforts" by the U.S. and its allies in Iran after the massive military mission launched overnight. The U.S. and Israel announced a major military attack called "Operation Epic Fury" against Iran early Saturday. Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei is presumed dead after the mission, U.S. and Israeli officials said.

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Counter strikes continue at U.S. Naval base in Bahrain

(Stripes) Iranian missiles and drones struck the headquarters of U.S. Naval Forces Central Command and residential buildings elsewhere in the island nation, as retaliatory attacks that began midday Saturday continued into early Sunday. Shortly after the U.S. announced major combat operations in Iran this morning, military personnel and residents were warned about an incoming missile attack. Within minutes, explosions could be heard across the city and plumes of smoke were seen rising from the U.S. base.

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Explosions rock Dubai, Bahrain, Jordan and Kuwait as war spreads across Middle East

(The Guardian) Iran struck the world-famous Fairmont hotel in Dubai, setting the hotel alight, as the war launched by the US and Israel on Iran quickly spread to the rest of the Middle East on Saturday. Residents watched in shock as an Iranian missile hit the five-star hotel in Dubai's luxurious Palm Jumeirah area. Social media videos showed fires breaking out near the entrance of the hotel, which led to four people being injured. Later Dubai authorities said debris from an intercepted drone caused a fire at the city's famous luxury hotel the Burj Al Arab and Dubai's international airport.

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Middle East airports closed and thousands of travelers stranded after attack on Iran

(AP) The attack on Iran by the United States and Israel disrupted flights across the Middle East and beyond as countries around the region closed their airspace and key airports that connect Europe, Africa and the West to Asia were directly hit by strikes. More than 3,400 flights were canceled Sunday across seven airports in the Mideast, according to flight tracker Flightradar24. Airports in Dubai and Abu Dhabi in the United Arab Emirates, and Qatar’s capital, Doha, and Manama in Bahrain were among those closed.

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