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‘What are we trying to accomplish?’: Trump faces pressure from lawmakers over clear Iran war strategy as costs and casualties mount

Three weeks into a military campaign against Iran, President Trump faces congressional scrutiny over strategy and funding. Lawmakers demand clear objectives as 13 US service members have been killed. Trump is considering winding down operations, but the War Powers Act necessitates a clear exit strategy or authorization after 45 days.

The Times of India

Trump started a battle with Jerome Powell, but the Fed chairman is winning the war: He won't leave until probe is 'well and truly over'

"If my successor is not confirmed by the end of my term as chair, I would serve as chair until he is confirmed. That is what the law calls for."

Fortune

Fed keeps rates on hold, Powell says he will remain in place until successor confirmed

The Iran war's oil shock is creating uncertainty for Fed policymakers.

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Democrats are eyeing a midterms wave and Republicans are feeling blue over this recent voting trend

ANALYSIS: Democratic voters can’t wait to kick out the Republicans in this November’s congressional races, primary turnout indicates. Eric Garcia explains why that is a terrible sign for the GOP

The Independent UK

Trump pushes Senate Republicans to the brink with voter ID demands

ANALYSIS: Donald Trump is fracturing his party’s Senate caucus while Democrats are finally speaking in unison. The SAVE Act’s failure may be more trouble than it’s worth for Republicans, writes John Bowden

The Independent UK

March Fed Meeting: Updates and Commentary

The March Fed meeting marked the second central bank gathering of 2026, with Fed Chair Powell & Co. voting to keep interest rates unchanged.

Kiplinger

Senators unable to detect any Trump exit strategy from Iran war

President Trump called Iran a "paper tiger" but said he was not ready to declare victory as senators fret over his lack of an exit strategy.

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‘I’m sick of stupid’: from excoriating Noem to breaking with Trump, Thom Tillis goes for fiery final act in Congress

The Republican senator from North Carolina will not seek re-election after Trump threatened to primary him

The Guardian - US

Subpoenas against Fed chair Powell tossed in scathing opinion

The judge accused the Trump administration of using the criminal investigation to pressure the head of the world's most important central bank to lower interest rates.

Axios

Judge blocks grand jury subpoena in Jerome Powell investigation

The Trump administration vowed Friday to appeal a ruling from a federal judge that an investigation into Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell was likely politically motivated and blocked a grand jury subpoena. Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, made the announcement at a news conference as…

Roll Call

Trump hits back at Republican Senate majority leader over Save America act

John Thune refusing to alter rules to force a vote as US president says he won’t sign any legislation until bill is passed

The Guardian - US

Skeptical Republicans are falling in line behind Trump’s Iran War push with this three-word mantra

IN FOCUS: Republicans’ biggest fear now, writes Eric Garcia is that someone will ‘panic and leave before the job is done’

The Independent UK

The Jan. 6 plaque now hangs in a quiet hallway. Some say it’s not enough.

Now that a long-delayed plaque honoring officers who defended the Capitol during the Jan. 6, 2021, attack has been given a temporary place on the Senate side, some say they aren’t giving up their fight for a permanent home. A resolution adopted in January and led by Sens. Jeff Merkley,…

Roll Call

This Republican put a nail in the coffin for Kristi Noem. His next target: Stephen Miller

IN FOCUS: Thom Tillis may be on his way out. But, writes Eric Garcia, he’s not leaving quietly and has taken on Trump by going on the attack against members of his White House

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GOP senator criticizes Stephen Miller’s ‘outsized influence,’ says it’s time he joins Kristi Noem in the trash

Thom Tillis wants to see some changes before he steps down this midterms.

The Independent UK

Trump holds the Senate hostage over citizenship proof to vote

ANALYSIS: Trump has turned the Senate into the latest battleground for his agenda with the filibuster in play, Eric Garcia writes

Latin Times

GOP Senator Says Stephen Miller Is 'Big Problem' in the Trump Administration, Says He 'Should Go'

Republican Sen. Thom Tillis said that senior White House adviser Stephen Miller "should go," arguing that the official has exerted excessive influence over the administration and describing him as "a big problem" inside the government.

The Guardian - US

Trump claims Democrats ‘probably won’t win an election for 50 years’ if strict voter ID bill passes – as it happened

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Trump news at a glance: White House adviser Stephen Miller ‘should go’, says Republican senator

Thom Tillis says he believes Miller has ‘outsized influence’ over operations of Trump’s cabinet – key US politics stories from Sunday 8 March at a glance

The Independent UK

Republican senator says Stephen Miller is ‘out of his depth’ in Trump’s White House

Tillis blames Miller for embarrassing White House with tough talk about Greenland and immigration conspiracies

The Guardian - US

Stephen Miller a ‘big problem’ for Trump administration, says Republican senator

Thom Tillis, who called for the resignation or firing of DHS secretary Kristi Noem, says White House adviser ‘should go’

The Independent UK

From Minnesota ‘terrorists’ to a ‘worst-kept secret’ — Five ways ‘ICE Barbie’ Kristi Noem spelled her own doom at DHS

IN FOCUS: Puppy-killing former South Dakota governor made history as the first Cabinet secretary ousted in Trump's second term, but the writing had been on the wall for months, reports Rhian Lubin and Brendan Rascius

The Independent UK

DHS staff ‘crying out of happiness’ over Trump firing Noem: ‘Anyone is better than that dog murderer’

DHS staff, White House allies, and Democrats alike are celebrating Noem’s imminent departure

The Independent UK

Everyone will be so sad to hear about the humiliating way Kristi Noem just got fired

ANALYSIS: We all saw this coming, writes Holly Baxter — and yet it was still an exercise in public embarrassment, especially so recently after being quizzed about her sex life and having a fellow Republican compare her ICE tenure to the time she shot her dog

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Donald Trump ‘furious’ with Kristi Noem, privately asking Republicans if he should fire the Homeland Security Secretary

Her big week on Capitol Hill may have just jeopardized her career.

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