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Intense Israeli strikes target Iran and Lebanon as US warns bombardment to ‘surge dramatically’

By JON GAMBRELL, RUSS BYNUM and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Mar 05, 2026 9:33 pm - Intense Israeli airstrikes pounded the capitals of Iran and Lebanon early Friday as the U.S. apparently struck an Iranian drone carrier at sea, intensifying its campaign targeting the Islamic Republic’s fleet of warships.Iran launched new retaliatory attacks in the Middle East at the end of a full week of bombardment, which U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned was “about to surge dramatically.”
Israel strikes Beirut’s southern suburbs after issuing a blanket evacuation order

By ABBY SEWELL and FADI TAWIL
Mar 05, 2026 7:53 pm - Israel launched a series of strikes on the southern suburbs of Beirut on Thursday after ordering all residents of the densely populated area to evacuate.
Iran’s regime maintains its grip, despite devastating losses

By Susannah George and Júlia Ledur
Mar 05, 2026 7:41 pm - The U.S. and Israeli air campaign against Iran has decimated the highest ranks of political and military leadership, destroyed critical military command-and-control infrastructure and fighting capability, and damaged civilian buildings across the country.
House narrowly rejects war powers resolution to halt Trump’s attacks on Iran

By LISA MASCARO, STEPHEN GROVES and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Mar 05, 2026 7:30 pm - The House narrowly rejected a war powers resolution Thursday to halt President Donald Trump's attacks on Iran, an early sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad.
Montana Republican US Sen. Steve Daines drops reelection bid in surprise move

By MATTHEW BROWN
Mar 05, 2026 4:36 pm - BILLINGS, Mont. — Republican U.S. Sen. Steve Daines of Montana dropped his bid for a third term on Wednesday in a surprise withdrawal just minutes before a filing deadlin...
House Republican leaders urge Gonzales to end reelection bid after he admitted to affair with aide

By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING
Mar 05, 2026 4:30 pm - House Speaker Mike Johnson and the GOP leadership are calling for Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales of Texas to withdraw from his reelection race after he admitted having an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide.
Thousands of public comments slam Trump’s ballroom: ‘I did not vote for this’

By Dan Diamond, Aaron Schaffer and Jonathan Edwards
Mar 05, 2026 4:12 pm - President Donald Trump has spent months touting his planned White House ballroom, but this week the public gets its first chance to formally offer him their thoughts.The verdict: They don’t like it.
Capitol rioter who was pardoned by Trump gets a life sentence for molesting 2 children in Florida

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Mar 05, 2026 2:07 pm - A Florida handyman who was sentenced on Thursday to life in prison for molesting two children had been convicted of storming the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, but was pardoned by President Donald Trump.
More than 20 states sue over new global tariffs Trump imposed after his stinging Supreme Court loss

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST and PAUL WISEMAN
Mar 05, 2026 2:05 pm - Some two dozen states challenged President Donald Trump’s new global tariffs on Thursday, filing a lawsuit over import taxes he imposed after a stinging loss at the Supreme Court.
Trump fires Homeland Security Secretary Noem after mounting criticism over her leadership

Mar 05, 2026 12:53 pm - President Donald Trump on Thursday fired his embattled Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, after mounting criticism over her leadership of the department, including the handling of the administration’s immigration crackdown and disaster response.

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