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President Trump is demanding Iran's unconditional surrender after 10 days of military strikes that have killed at least seven American service members, while at home a 24-day partial government shutdown over DHS funding is causing massive airport delays and GOP senators are pushing a filibuster strategy to force through the SAVE Act's proof-of-citizenship voting requirement. The conflict's domestic fallout is intensifying — gas prices are rising, Congress is deadlocked over war powers, and the U.S. military is investigating a strike on an Iranian girls' school that reportedly killed 175 people.
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Senate Deadlock Over DHS Funding Threatens Government Shutdown
The Push for the SAVE America Act: Mandating Citizenship Proof for Voting
GOP Senators Push for SAVE Act with New Filibuster Strategy
Two Detained After Suspicious Devices Found Near Gracie Mansion

Two Arrested Following Explosives Plot Near Gracie Mansion
FBI agents apprehended Ibrahim Kayumi and Emir Balat after a raid on their Pennsylvania homes linked them to a failed attempt to detonate an improvised explosive device near Gracie Mansion.

Iran Accuses U.S. and Israel of Deadly School Bombing in Minab
Iranian officials have blamed the U.S. and Israel for an airstrike on a girls' school in Minab that resulted in 175 deaths. The U.S. military is currently investigating the incident amid claims of a failed joint operation.




Mojtaba Khamenei Named Iran's New Supreme Leader
In a historic transition of power, Iran's Assembly of Experts has appointed Mojtaba Khamenei to succeed his father as the nation's third Supreme Leader. This move consolidates his control over the country's military strategy and the Revolutionary Guard.


Ayatollah Ali Khamenei Killed in Joint U.S.-Israel Strike
The death of Iran's long-standing supreme leader in a joint U.S.-Israel operation has triggered immediate retaliatory strikes from Tehran. This escalation has sparked widespread concerns regarding the future of regional stability and geopolitical security.
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U.S. and Iran Predicted a Very Different War Than the One Now Being Waged
Trump's hope, according to U.S. officials, was that the Feb. 28 decapitating strike on the Iranian leadership -- including the killing of the country's supreme leader, Grand Ayatollah Ali Khamenei -- would trigger either a collapse of the Iranian regime or the repeat of the Venezuela scenario, in which more pragmatic officials chose to cooperate with Washington. Neither of these scenarios has materialized so far. Khamenei's hard-line son Mojtaba Khamenei took over from his father, vowing ...

Exclusive: Trump's Gaza plan on hold as Iran war pauses disarmament talks, sources say
JERUSALEM/CAIRO, March 9 (Reuters) - Talks to advance President Donald Trump's plan to end the Gaza war have been on hold since last week when the U.S. and Israel jointly attacked Iran, sparking a broader Middle East war, three sources with direct knowledge of the negotiations said. The pause threatens to stall implementation of Trump's flagship Middle East peace initiative, which he has cast as a major foreign policy objective. It comes less than a month after he secured billions of dollars...

Who is Mojtaba Khamenei, selected to replace father as Iran leader?
Mojtaba Khamenei was selected to lead Iran on Monday after his father, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, was killed in U.S.-Israeli airstrikes. Mojtaba was elected by a body of 88 Iranian clerics known as the Assembly of Experts. Father-to-son succession is traditionally frowned upon in the Shiite Muslim clerical establishment in part due to an intent to separate the government from a hereditary monarchy, which the Iranian revolution overthrew in 1979. President Trump has already described Mojtaba ...

Trump's War Becomes World's Latest Economic Hazard
The president insists conflict with Iran will be brief, but world leaders are preparing for severe economic blowback. Fuel prices could soar, and stay elevated for months. That could make groceries and other shipped goods more expensive. And consumers and businesses, stung by the rising costs, could choose to spend less, constraining economic growth. In the eyes of economists, that is the increasingly real and dire picture from the U.S.-led war with Iran, now in its second week. It may be a...
Congressional Focus
The biggest legislative battles right now
The Push for the SAVE America Act: Mandating Citizenship Proof for Voting



Senate Deadlock Over DHS Funding Threatens Government Shutdown



Congress Moves to Ban Lawmaker Stock Trading and Mandate Divestment



Escalating Conflict: U.S. and NATO Engage Iran in Major Military Offensive



Democratic Leaders Gather in Chicago to Honor Rev. Jesse Jackson



Congress Proposes Extending ACA Tax Credits and 2026 Enrollment Window



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RT: https://truthsocial.com/users/PressSec/statuses/116199505015527839"The United States, under my leadership, has demonstrated a sustained commitment towards achieving the dismantlement of cartels and foreign terrorists operating in the Western Hemisphere. My Administration has designated a number of cartels and transnational gangs as foreign terrorist organizations and has since dedicated unprecedented resources towards their destruction. These international entities control territories and commerce, extort political and judicial systems, wield arms and field military capabilities, and use assassinations and terrorism to achieve their ends. In furtherance of our efforts, the Secretary of War established the Americas Counter Cartel Coalition, a pledge from military leaders and representatives from 17 countries demonstrating that the region is ready to operationalize hard power to defeat these threats to our security and civilization. We will address these grave dangers by use of any necessary resources and legally available authorities, together with our partner nations.NOW, THEREFORE, I, DONALD J. TRUMP, President of the United States of America, by virtue of the authority vested in me by the Constitution and the laws of the United States, do hereby proclaim as follows:(1) Criminal cartels and foreign terrorist organizations in the Western Hemisphere should be demolished to the fullest extent possible consistent with applicable law.(2) The United States and its allies should coordinate to deprive these organizations of any control of territory and access to financing or resources necessary to conduct their campaigns of violence.(3) The United States will train and mobilize partner nation militaries to achieve the most effective fighting force necessary to dismantle cartels and their ability to export violence and pursue influence through organized intimidation.(4) The United States and its allies should keep external threats at bay, including malign foreign influences from outside the Western Hemisphere." - President Trump

This morning, public reporting said it is likely that US airstrikes struck a girl’s elementary school and killed nearly 170 people. Many of them were children. This is heartbreaking and it is critical that our government immediately conduct a full investigation. When presidents launch us into a war without a plan, mistakes multiply, civilians and servicemembers get hurt, and conflicts spiral out of control.
Great Job by hard working Scott Pressler on Fox & Friends talking about using the Filibuster, or Talking Filibuster, in order to pass THE SAVE AMERICA ACT, an 88% issue with ALL VOTERS. It must be done immediately. It supersedes everything else. MUST GO TO THE FRONT OF THE LINE. I, as President, will not sign other Bills until this is passed, AND NOT THE WATERED DOWN VERSION - GO FOR THE GOLD: MUST SHOW VOTER I.D. & PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP: NO MAIL-IN BALLOTS EXCEPT FOR MILITARY - ILLNESS, DISABILITY, TRAVEL: NO MEN IN WOMEN’S SPORTS: NO TRANSGENDER MUTILIZATION FOR CHILDREN! DO NOT FAIL!!! President DONALD J. TRUMP

Keeping Americans safe isn’t some talking point — it’s one of the most basic responsibilities of our government. The threats against our nation are real. Democrats MUST stop the political games and reopen the Department of Homeland Security.

The day President Donald J. Trump came down the escalator in 2015, he made a clear promise: “I will stop Iran from getting nuclear weapons.” Today, he is KEEPING that promise. 🇺🇸 https://t.co/kby70vzMqG

SECRETARY RUBIO: The goals of the mission against the Iranian regime are clear: - Destroy their ability to launch missiles - Destroy factories making these missiles - Destroy their navy https://t.co/KPUpMGNtDf














