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Trump's Club Cited by Health Inspectors for Rat and Insect Infestations

CLASSY Officials also flagged food contamination risks. Tom Latchem Updated Mar. 4 2026 12:21PM EST .................. The Westchester County Department of Health conducted its inspection of Trump National Golf Club Westchester in Briarcliff Manor, New York, on Nov. 20, 2025. Authorities issued five health code violations following the visit, which also found dirty surfaces, “poorly constructed” rooms in disrepair, and inadequate lighting and ventilation, according to state health data ...

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'We're not at war right now': House Speaker Johnson makes stunning claim after Trump's barrage on Iran

House Speaker Mike Johnson rejected the idea that the United States is at war with Iran despite President Donald Trump and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth both saying the U.S. is at war. The speaker delivered his weekly press conference, his first since Trump and Israel launched strikes on Iran over the weekend, and rejected the notion that the House needed to have a vote on the War Powers Act as the U.S. Senate was expected to later Wednesday. “We’re not at war right now, we’re four days into ...

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CNN Reports Trump Coordinating With Kurdish Leaders to Support a Ground Operation Into Western Iran

Mar 4th, 2026, 2:39 pm CNN Chief International Correspondent Clarissa Ward joined anchor Wolf Blitzer on Wednesday to detail her latest bombshell report out of the Middle East. Ward reported that President Donald Trump has been in talks with Iranian Kurdish leaders about the U.S. supporting a Kurdish ground assault inside Iran, working toward the ultimate goal of regime change in Iran. “Sources now telling CNN the CIA is working to arm and assist Kurdish forces. The goal we are told is to fu ...

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Majority of US Senate votes to block bid to rein in Trump Iran war powers, voting continues

WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - A majority of ​the U.S. Senate ‌on Wednesday backed President Donald Trump's military ​campaign against Iran, ​voting to block a ⁠bipartisan resolution ​aiming to stop ​the air war and require that any ​hostilities against ​Iran be authorized by Congress. As ‌voting ⁠continued, the tally in the 100-member chamber ​was ​52-47 ⁠not to advance the war ​powers resolution. ...

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White House says Spain has agreed to cooperate but Madrid denies

The White House said on Wednesday that Spain has agreed to cooperate with the U.S. military after ​President Donald Trump threatened to cut off trade, but Spain denied ‌making such a deal. -snip- Spanish Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares denied Spain had made such an agreement. "I categorically deny it. I heard about these statements on my way here, and I've had time ​to look into them and listen to them a little," Albares told ​Spanish radio station Caden ...

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Trump's strikes on Iran could cost the American economy up to $210B, report says

(The Independent) The U.S. war with Iran could cost the American economy as much as $210 billion, according to fiscal analyst Kent Smetters, director of the widely used Penn Wharton Budget Model. The ongoing conflict is already driving disruption to trade, global energy markets, and gasoline prices, though it is difficult to precisely estimate how much the war will impact the economy, Smetters told Fortune. His predictions currently estimate a $115 billion economic loss, though that figure could range between $50 billion and the upward bound of $210 billion depending on the nature and duration of the conflict.

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'We May Be Putting Boots on the Ground': Senator Alarmed by Iran Briefing With Trump Officials

(Mediaite) The U.S. and Israel began striking targets across Iran on Saturday. President Donald Trump has said the campaign could last a month or longer. On Tuesday, senators attended a closed-door briefing with Trump administration officials, who apparently did nothing to ease Democratic senators’ concerns. Addressing reporters on Capitol Hill after the briefing, (Sen. Richard) Blumenthal said he believes the deployment of soldiers to Iran is a real possibility: "I just want to say that I am more fearful than ever after this briefing that we may be putting boots on the ground and that troops from the United States may be necessary to accomplish objectives that the administration seems to have."

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Iran Reportedly Chooses New Supreme Leader With Familiar Name

(Mediaite) The Islamic Republic of Iran has reportedly chosen its new supreme leader. According to Iran International, a Persian-language outlet based out of London, Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late supreme leader Ali Khamenei, was been selected for the role by the regime’s Assembly of Experts “under pressure from” the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps on Tuesday. CNN had previously reported that the younger Khamenei “is known to wield significant influence behind the scenes and has strong links with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the most powerful military body in the country, as well as its Basij volunteer paramilitary force.”

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Defense executives plan to meet at White House as strikes on Iran diminish stockpiles

(Reuters) The Trump administration plans ​to meet with executives from the biggest U.S. defense contractors at the White House on Friday to discuss ‌accelerating weapons production, as the Pentagon works to replenish supplies after strikes on Iran and several other recent military efforts, five people familiar with the plan told Reuters. Companies including Lockheed Martin (LMT.N) and Raytheon parent RTX (RTX.N), along with other key suppliers, have been invited to ​attend the meeting, the people said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the discussions are private.

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Gulf countries 'raging' they're 'collateral damage' in Trump's Iran bombing campaign

(Raw Story) Gulf countries targeted by Iran after the U.S. and Israel attacks were reportedly frustrated by the escalating regional conflict, an analyst revealed Tuesday. CNN's political and national security analyst David Sanger described how Iran's objective is to put financial pressure on the countries allied with the United States and Israel in the fallout over the military strikes, all while midterm elections loom for President Donald Trump.

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Pentagon IDs remaining 2 American troops killed in Kuwait

9 min ago - Mar 04, 2026, 7:28 PM CST Pentagon IDs remaining 2 American troops killed in Kuwait https://abcnews.com/International/live-updates/iran-live-updates-idf-targets-iranian-internal-security/?id=130743836&entryId=130774600 The Pentagon on Wednesday i ... (abc news)

DOJ quietly shelves Biden autopen investigation that Trump demanded

21 min ago - March 4, 2026, 7:21 PM EST The Justice Department shelved an investigation into former President Joe Biden's use of an autopen, a person briefed on the matter told NBC News on Wednesday. Justice Department pardon attorney Ed Martin, the former “ ... (NBC News)

China Tells Top Refiners to Halt Diesel and Gasoline Exports

42 min ago - Thu, March 5, 2026 at 4:34 AM EST 2 min read (Bloomberg) -- China's government has told the country’s top oil refiners to suspend exports of diesel and gasoline as an escalating conflict in the Persian Gulf disrupts the arrival of crude from one ... (Yahoo! Finance/Bloomberg)

Rep. Burgess Owens won't seek reelection

1 hr ago - 11 hours ago Rep. Burgess Owens (R-Utah) will not seek reelection this November, he said in a social media post on Wednesday. Why it matters: Utah's newly drawn 1st Congressional District is widely expected to flip to Democrats, meaning one of Utah's ... (Axios)

US agency considers limits on telecom foreign call centers, requiring English proficiency

1 hr ago - March 4, 2026 5:41 PM EST Updated 11 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The Federal Communications Commission said ​on Wednesday it is considering limits on U.S. telecom firms' ‌use of foreign call centers and requiring foreign-base ... (Reuters)

Kristi Noem defends ICE's deadly conduct during second day of hearings

2 hrs ago - Posted 5:06 PM, Mar 04, 2026 and last updated 5:55 PM, Mar 04, 2026 Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem faced a second day of questions on Capitol Hill Wednesday. House Judiciary Committee members grilled Noem about the aggressive and sometimes d ... (Scripps News)

James Comey catches DOJ saying one thing to bury Jack Smiths report on Trump and another to clean up a mess of Pam Bondi

2 hrs ago - Mar 4th, 2026, 5:28 pm James Comey accused the DOJ of hypocrisy on Tuesday, as the former FBI director told a three-judge panel that efforts to revive his "fatally flawed" false statement and obstruction prosecution cannot succeed. The brief at the ... (Law & Crime)

Bard faculty call for 'transition' plan for college president linked to Epstein

3 hrs ago - Wed 4 Mar 2026 15.55 EST Last modified on Wed 4 Mar 2026 15.57 EST Members of Bard College's faculty have called on the group’s board of trustees to develop a "transition in leadership" plan for Leon Botstein but stopped short of calling for the ... (The Guardian)

IRS' new CEO dodges questions over why the agency gave taxpayer info to ICE

3 hrs ago - Wednesday 04 March 2026 15:08 EST The head of the IRS largely refused to answer questions about unlawful disclosures of taxpayer data as he was questioned by lawmakers Wednesday. IRS CEO Frank Bisignano faced the House Ways and Means Committee to sp ... (The Independent)

She's sheltering in her cruise amid Iran war: 'I want to go home'

8 hrs ago - Travelers on Mein Schiff 4 are stuck in Abu Dhabi as Middle East fighting disrupts cruises and flights. Nathan Diller Updated March 4, 2026, 5:30 p.m. ET Nicole Gurske was exploring Abu Dhabi over the weekend with her boyfriend as part of a Middl ... (USA today)

Daines Drops Re-election Bid in Montana, Upending a Senate Race

9 hrs ago - March 4, 2026, 8:47 p.m. ET Senator Steve Daines, Republican of Montana, said on Wednesday that he would not seek re-election this year, a surprise announcement that could offer Democrats a long-shot chance to flip a seat in their uphill fight to win ... (New York Times)

Judge rules companies are entitled to refunds for Trump tariffs overturned by the Supreme Court

10 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — In a defeat for the Trump administration, a federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that companies that paid tariffs struck down last month by Supreme Court are due refunds. Judge Richard Eaton of the U.S. Court of Internatio ... (AP)

ICE confirms a measles outbreak in the nation's largest detention facility in Texas

10 hrs ago - March 4, 2026, 2:15 PM EST At least 14 cases of measles have been confirmed at the nation’s largest ICE detention facility, an agency spokesperson told NBC News in a statement. People who tested positive for the highly contagious disease at Camp ... (NBC News)

US may not have capacity to take down full barrage of Iranian drones, officials warn

10 hrs ago - Top military officials told lawmakers in a closed door briefing on Tuesday that they may not be able to shoot down every Iranian drone being launched against US military installations and assets in retaliatory attacks, according to two people familia ... (The Guardian)

US submarine sinks Iranian warship as conflict spreads beyond Middle East

10 hrs ago - Update: 87 Bodies recovered, still around 70 missing. Only 32 survivors of the Iranian frigate sunk this morning by a U.S. Submarine off Sri Lanka. A torpedo fired by a US submarine sank an Iranian warship off the south coast of Sri Lanka as the ... (The Guardian)

US government workforce shrinks by 12% since September 2024

11 hrs ago - March 4, 2026 10:44 AM EST Updated 6 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 4 (Reuters) - The U.S. government's civilian workforce shrank by ‌12% between September 2024 and January 2026, according to government data published on Wednesday, reflecting Presi ... (Reuters)

Trump officially nominates Kevin Warsh as Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell

11 hrs ago - Mar. 4, 2026, 3:19 PM EST President Donald Trump officially asked the Senate to consider Kevin Warsh, a former Federal Reserve governor, to ‌be the central bank’s next chair. The formal nomination is the first step in what could be an uphil ... (MS NOW News)

'Insane': Texts reveal El Paso airport's shock over FAA closure

11 hrs ago - 03/04/2026 02:00 PM EST On the night of Feb. 10, the operations manager at El Paso International Airport had urgent news. The Trump administration was imposing a 10-day airspace closure over the Texas border city, and a federal transportation securit ... (Politico)

Lou Holtz, Who Coached Unbeaten Notre Dame to a Title, Dies at 89

11 hrs ago - Lou Holtz, Who Coached Unbeaten Notre Dame to a Title, Dies at 89 Known for reviving football programs, he led six major colleges to bowl games, winning a national championship in 1989 after restoring the Irish to greatness. Lou Holtz with Notre Dame ... (New York Times)

Exclusive: Bennet pushes back on Polis, urges governor not to 'capitulate' to Trump on Peters sentence

12 hrs ago - 03/04/26 3:17 PM ET Sen. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) is urging Colorado Gov. Jared Polis (D) not to “capitulate” to President Trump and commute the sentence of Tina Peters, a former county clerk who was convicted of tampering with voting machi ... (The Hill)

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