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GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war

1h Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. Why it matters: New efforts to rein in health programs are sure to be controversial and open the GOP up to election-year attacks that they're cutting health care to pay for an unpopular war. Driving the news: Top House Republicans are looking at health care offsets addressing fraud in federal programs, as they ...

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Lindsey Graham takes grilling after being spotted at Disney World amid shutdown

March 29, 2026 6:04PM ET Amid the ongoing partial government shutdown that has sparked chaos and long lines at airports nationwide, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was spotted at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida dining at Chef Mickey’s, and having a “grand ol’ time,” TMZ reported on Sunday, sparking immediate backlash from several notable critics. “Divas still need vacation,” reads a social media post from California Gov. Gavin Newsom’s press office in response to Graham’s Disney World getawa ...

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Trump reportedly wants to 'take the oil in Iran' as Tehran targets water, power facilities in Kuwait

Published Sun, Mar 29 2026 8:56 PM EDT Updated An Hour Ago U.S. President Donald Trump said he could “take the oil in Iran” and seize Iran’s export hub of Kharg Island, as hostilities in the Middle East continue for a fifth week. Trump told the Financial Times on Sunday that his “preference would be to take the oil,” comparing it to the U.S. military operation in Venezuela earlier this year where the U.S. effectively gained control of the Latin American country’s oil industry, following the c ...

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Rep. Jim Himes accuses Trump of "flat-out lying" about negotiating with Iran

March 29, 2026 / 3:37 PM EDT Democratic Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday accused President Trump of "flat-out lying" about negotiating with Iran last week amid market turmoil and the ongoing war. "Last Sunday, he realized, 'I've got a financial cataclysm in the market,' so he just made that statement up," Himes said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" after Brennan asked if he thought Mr. Trump hadn't been en ...

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Burchett calls for new Senate leadership after DHS vote

03/29/26 4:25 PM ET Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday his party needs new leadership in the Senate after the GOP-controlled upper chamber passed a partial funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the dead of night. Burchett called the package a “huge mistake” and said House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) should have been informed about the legislation sooner. “Obviously, the leadership in the Senate, and that’s on both sides of the aisle, has a real disgust for this ...

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Looking to limit birthright citizenship, Trump turns to an 1884 Supreme Court ruling against a Native American man

March 29, 2026, 5:00 AM EDT / Updated March 29, 2026, 9:15 AM EDT WASHINGTON — In a moment that could take on new significance almost 150 years later, Omaha election official Charles Wilkins on April 5, 1880, refused to register John Elk to vote on the grounds that he was Native American, and therefore not an American citizen. Elk — believed to have been a member of what is now known as the Winnebago Tribe of Nebraska — objected, saying he had severed all ties with his tribe and had willingly ...

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Anger at Iran war is growing among 'more-right wing White House staffers,' insider claims

Sunday 29 March 2026 08:25 EDT As the Iran war stretches into its second month, anger is mounting among some White House officials, according to a new report. Discontent over the Middle East conflict is concentrated among younger, “more-right wing” staffers, an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter told Politico. “They’re very frustrated,” the individual said. “They didn’t love the war to start with, and since it began, the constantly contradictory messaging from the president himself, ...

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Eli Lilly reaches $2.75 billion deal with Insilico to bring AI-developed drugs to the global market

Biotech and Pharma Eli Lilly reaches $2.75 billion deal with Insilico to bring AI-developed drugs to the global market Published Sun, Mar 29 2026 9:36 AM EDT Evelyn Cheng @chengevelyn @in/evelyn-cheng-53b23624 KEY POINTS * Hong Kong-listed Insilico Medicine has reached a deal with U.S. pharma giant Eli Lilly for AI-discovered drugs. * The two companies have worked together since 2023. * Insilico's CEO, Alex Zhavoronkov, said Eli Lilly has a competitive edge in certain aspects of AI. BEIJING ...

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Behind the Curtain: AI's looming cyber nightmare

Top AI and government officials tell Axios CEO Jim VandeHei that Anthropic, OpenAI and other tech giants will soon release new models that are scary good at hacking sophisticated systems at scale. The one to watch: Anthropic is privately warning top government officials that its not-yet-released model — currently branded "Mythos" — makes large-scale cyberattacks much more likely in 2026. The model allows agents to work on their own with wild sophistication and precision to penetrate ...

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The Pope's Sermon This Morning Was a Rebuke of Pete Hegseth

On Sunday, Pope Leo said that God refuses the prayers of leaders who have “hands full of blood,” in what appeared to be a direct rebuke to many Trump administration officials, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who have invoked religious rhetoric to justify their war with Iran. “This is our God: Jesus, King of Peace, who rejects war, whom no one can use to justify war,” Leo said to thousands of people attending his Palm Sunday mass at St. Peter’s Square. “He does not listen to the prayer ...

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'Womp womp': Trump's 'obsession' with crowd sizes rubbed in his face over low CPAC turnout

27 sec ago - March 29, 2026 9:03PM ET MS NOW host Catherine Rampell took a sharp jab at President Donald Trump on Sunday for skipping the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) convention for the first time in nearly a decade, suggesting he did so ... (Raw Story)

House Democrat warns of 'boots-on-the-ground quagmire' in Iran

32 min ago - 11h Rep. Jake Auchincloss (D-Mass.) on Sunday warned against putting American boots on the ground on Iran’s mainland and Kharg Island, noting it could lead to future requests that suggest the possibility of a longer war. President Trump hasn ... (NewsNation/The Hill)

Striking Portland Staff Reach Agreement; Faculty Remain on Strike

1 hr ago - March 30, 2026 By Emma Whitford Portland Community College reached a tentative agreement with its 700 classified employees Wednesday, ending a 16-day strike for the group. The community college faculty union remains on strike and is still negotiatin ... (Inside Higher Ed)

Spain closes airspace to US planes involved in Iran war, defence minister says

1 hr ago - March 30, 2026 4:48 AM EDT Updated 11 mins ago MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved ​in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its ‌previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Mi ... (Reuters)

GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war

1 hr ago - 1h Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. Why it matters: New efforts to rein in health programs are sure to ... (msn/Axios)

Haifa refinery said hit in latest Iranian missile barrage

2 hrs ago - MARCH 30, 2026 11:54 (IDT) Updated: MARCH 30, 2026 12:09 (IDT) An impact was reported in Haifa during the latest Iranian missile barrage on Israel on Monday, with initial indications pointing to a strike or falling debris in the city’s industria ... (The Jerusalem Post)

Lindsey Graham takes grilling after being spotted at Disney World amid shutdown

2 hrs ago - March 29, 2026 6:04PM ET Amid the ongoing partial government shutdown that has sparked chaos and long lines at airports nationwide, Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was spotted at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida dining at Chef Mickey’s, and havi ... (Raw Story)

TSA officers still calling out sick after Trump's directive to pay them

2 hrs ago - March 29, 2026, 5:39 PM Some of the nation's airports are still seeing long wait lines as Transportation Security Administration officers continued to call out sick over the weekend, despite President Donald Trump signing a presidential memorandum or ... (ABC News)

Trump reportedly wants to 'take the oil in Iran' as Tehran targets water, power facilities in Kuwait

3 hrs ago - Published Sun, Mar 29 2026 8:56 PM EDT Updated An Hour Ago U.S. President Donald Trump said he could “take the oil in Iran” and seize Iran’s export hub of Kharg Island, as hostilities in the Middle East continue for a fifth week. Trump ... (CNBC)

Raskin slams Justice Department for not releasing Trump classified documents report

3 hrs ago - Mar. 29, 2026, 4:37 PM EDT Rep. Jamie Raskin, D-Md., on Sunday slammed the Department of Justice for not releasing former special counsel Jack Smith’s report on top secret documents that Trump took to his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida in 2021. &# ... (MS NOW News)

Burchett calls for new Senate leadership after DHS vote

4 hrs ago - 03/29/26 4:25 PM ET Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) on Sunday his party needs new leadership in the Senate after the GOP-controlled upper chamber passed a partial funding package for the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) in the dead of night. Burche ... (The Hill)

Israel reports second attack from Yemen as Middle East conflict escalates

4 hrs ago - March 29, 2026 11:42 PM EDT Updated 10 mins ago WASHINGTON/ISLAMABAD, March 30 (Reuters) - The Israeli military said on Monday that Iran launched multiple waves of missiles at ​Israel, and an attack had also been launched from Yemen for only th ... (Reuters)

Rep. Jim Himes accuses Trump of "flat-out lying" about negotiating with Iran

5 hrs ago - March 29, 2026 / 3:37 PM EDT Democratic Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday accused President Trump of "flat-out lying" about negotiating with Iran last week amid market turmoil and the ongoing war. "Last ... (CBS News)

Photos show heavily damaged US radar jet at Saudi base

5 hrs ago - Verified pictures show a US command and control aircraft has been destroyed at an air base in Saudi Arabia. The pictures appear to have been first shared by a Facebook page carrying US military news. They show the E-3 Sentry aircraft appears to have ... (BBC)

Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium

6 hrs ago - exclusive National Security Trump Weighs Military Operation to Extract Iran's Uranium The president hasn't made a decision, U.S. officials said, as he considers the risk to U.S. troops By Alexander Ward, Lara Seligman, Annie Linskey and Michael R. Go ... (The Wall Street Journal.)

U.S. will let Russian oil tanker reach Cuba, breaking Trump's effective fuel blockade

6 hrs ago - With a Russian tanker loaded with crude oil nearing Cuba, President Donald Trump said late Sunday he would not enforce his effective blockade against fuel supplies to the island. “If a country wants to send some oil into Cuba right now, I have n ... (Washington Post)

Oil rises above $115 and Asia stocks slide as Iran war escalates

9 hrs ago - Global oil prices jumped and stocks fell sharply on Monday morning in Asia as the US-Israel war with Iran escalates. The price of Brent crude rose by more than 3% to above $115 (£86.77) a barrel, while US-traded oil climbed to $103 after gainin ... (BBC)

Trump Says Iran Agreed to Allow 20 More Ships of Oil Through Strait of Hormuz

9 hrs ago - President Trump said on Sunday night that Iran had agreed to release 20 more cargo ships of oil through the Strait of Hormuz starting on Monday, in what the president insisted was a "tribute" to the United States and a "sign of respect." Speaking to ... (NYT)

White House Blasts Scathing New York Times Analysis Of Ballroom That Found 'Stairs Lead Nowhere'

11 hrs ago - Breaking * Business * Breaking News White House Blasts Scathing New York Times Analysis Of Ballroom That Found 'Stairs Lead Nowhere' By Zachary Folk, Forbes Staff. I cover breaking news. Mar 29, 2026, 05:13pm EDT Topline White House press secretary K ... (Forbes)

New Political Group to Push Trump's A.I. Agenda in Midterms

11 hrs ago - The group, called Innovation Council Action, said on Sunday that it would spend at least $100 million this year on its activities. That will include a major advocacy push behind new A.I. policy guidelines unveiled by the White House this month that s ... (NYT)

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