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Trump says he won't sign bills until Congress overhauls voting

(NPR) President Trump threatened to withhold his signature on all bills until Congress passes stricter federal voting requirements — a move that escalates his efforts to change election rules ahead of the 2026 midterms. In a social media post Sunday, Trump said he won't sign any bills into law until Congress passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act. "I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed," Trump wrote.

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Trump Blasted for Golfing as More Die in His War

(Daily Beast) The president’s love of golf has once again found him under fire. President Donald Trump was spotted playing golf at his Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on Sunday morning, as updates about the devastation in the Middle East due to his surprise war that began last week continue to roll in. In a video shared to X by the user PatriotTakes, Trump, 79, is seen returning from a round of golf on his favorite course, wearing the same baseball cap he sported during Saturday’s dignified transfer of remains for the six American service members killed in his war with Iran.

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Key Details of 13-Year-Old Trump Accuser's Accounts Are Verified

(Daily Beast) She said Epstein began abusing her and trafficked her to several men when she was between 13 and 15 years old, after he responded to an advertisement for babysitting services her mother, a real estate agent in South Carolina, placed in a packet she provided to her clients. The woman named one Ohio businessman as one of her abusers, describing him as a man with grey hair and “big ears.” She told agents she believed he was affiliated with a Cincinnati-based college.

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Protestors gather outside of Epstein's Zorro Ranch demanding justice

(KRQE-TV) Outside of the gates of Jeffrey Epstein’s infamous “Zorro Ranch” near Stanley, New Mexico, hundreds of protestors gathered together, demanding justice. “I’m on this bus today in solidarity with women all over the world,” said Diane McCash, who joined hundreds on this National Women’s Day in the heart of Albuquerque. Cars were lined up for miles, as supporters made the journey to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein’s “Zorro Ranch,” located south of Santa Fe. “We are here to say all voices will be heard,” said New Mexico Congresswoman Teresa Leger Fernandez, before the crowd echoed a shout of support.

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G7 to discuss release of emergency oil reserves as price tops $100

(The Guardian) G7 finance ministers are preparing to discuss the release of emergency oil reserves, according to reports, after the US-Israel war with Iran sent the price of crude above $100 (£75) for the first time since 2022. The ministers will discuss the release of the reserves in a call coordinated by the International Energy Agency (IEA), according to a report in the Financial Times.

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U.S. State Department Orders Non-essential Diplomats Out Of Saudi Arabia

(Huff Post) The U.S. State Department said on Sunday it ordered non-essential U.S. diplomats and U.S. government employee family members to leave Saudi Arabia due to safety risks. The United States began to pull out non-essential staff from Gulf Arab countries last Monday, three days into the war.

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Pentagon Announces Seventh U.S. Death in War With Iran

(New York Times) Another American service member has died in the war with Iran, the Pentagon said on Sunday, bringing the number of American troops killed in the conflict to seven. The service member, who was not publicly identified while the military notifies relatives, was seriously injured on March 1 when Iran struck a Saudi military base where American troops were stationed, U.S. Central Command said in a statement. The service member died from those injuries while military health officials were preparing a transfer for more advanced medical care at an U.S. military hospital in Germany, officials said.

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Fox News apologizes for showing old video of a hatless Donald Trump at a dignified transfer ceremony

(AP) Fox News apologized for airing old video of a hatless President Donald Trump during coverage Sunday of his attendance at the dignified transfer ceremony for U.S. soldiers killed in the Middle East war, insisting it was an honest mistake. In a polarized time, some online critics suggested without evidence that it wasn’t an error — that the network was trying to make Trump look better by not showing him wearing a baseball cap during what is considered one of the most solemn duties of a commander in chief.

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'A very dangerous person': alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war

(The Guardian) Hegseth, 45, a former Fox News TV host who now commands the world’s most powerful military, has this week become the face of Donald Trump’s war in Iran. That has set off for alarm bells for critics who warn that the Secretary of Defense – pointedly rebranded “Secretary of War” – has rapidly transformed the Pentagon into the staging ground for an ideological and religious crusade. With machismo, Christian nationalism and callousness toward the lives of US troops, they say, Hegseth’s puerile displays on TV are aimed at sating Trump’s desire for a warmonger worthy of the manosphere.

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Trump's cable-news Cabinet tries to sell a war

(Salon) In the first week of the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, the Trump administration has revealed something extraordinary about how it intends to wage war: not just with missiles and drones, but with narrative control so aggressive it borders on parody. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth‘s turn at running the most powerful military in human history increasingly resembles one of his “Fox & Friends Weekend” segments.

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Trump announces sanctions relief to ease oil prices, says Iran war to end 'very soon'

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