March 4th, 2026

• Marco Rubio Says U.S. About to "Unleash Chiang" on Iran - Warns Scope and Intensity of Strikes Will Surge in Coming Hours and Days
• US strikes 1,700 Iranian targets in 72 hours, pace nearly doubles
• CENTCOM: Tehran's Gulf of Oman Fleet Wiped Out - 'ZERO' Ships Remain as U.S. Hits 1,250+ Targets
• US Sinks 17 Iran Ships, Hits 2K Targets; Trump Says Its Forces Largely 'Knocked Out'
• CIA working to arm Kurdish forces to spark uprising in Iran, sources say
• Israel Is Blowing Up Iran's Police State to Clear the Way for a Revolt
• IDF Forces Strike Iranian Supreme Council as Group Gathers to Choose Successor to Late Ayatollah
• Mojtaba, Son Of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, Named Iran's Supreme Leader Amid Escalating Middle East Tensions: Report
• US officials say diplomatic path was at dead end when Trump approved Iran strikes - Top Trump officials accuse Iran of trying to drag US along during three rounds of talks, claiming it wouldn't seek a nuclear weapon while insisting on maintaining the means to do so
• Top US Negotiator Steve Witkoff Says Iranian Officials Claimed to Have Enough Enriched Uranium To Build 11 Nuclear Bombs
• Russia halts construction work at Iran's Bushehr nuclear plant due to strikes nearby
• Israeli Air Force strikes secretive nuclear site near Tehran
• IDF says it destroyed secret underground site where Iran moved nuclear project after June war
• Arizona senator says US no longer 'world power' over handling of Iran conflict - Sen Ruben Gallego says 'Netanyahu now decides when we go to war'
• Israel's critics erupt after Rubio suggests it dragged US into war with Iran
• Trump Sets the Record Straight: Says Israel Didn't Force My Hand on Iran - "If Anything, I Might Have Forced Israel's Hand"
• Trump says he may have 'forced' Israel's hand into war with Iranian 'lunatics'
• Top Israeli military official reveals operation against Iran involved 'strategic and operational deception' - Brig Gen Effie Defrin says cooperation between the US and Israeli militaries has been 'amazing'
• An Emboldened Israel Is Seizing Opportunities to Remake Region - With the war against Iran underway, and the U.S. military as a powerful ally, the Israeli government is seizing its chance to move against other adversaries
• Israel hacked Iran's traffic cams for years so Mossad 'knew Tehran like we knew Jerusalem' before Ayatollah assassinated
• Iran's drone swarm attacks unleash 'exponential costs' on US, prolonging war: 'Asymmetric capability'
• Loose Cannons: Iranian Foreign Minister Araghchi Admits That the Civilian Government of Iran Is No Longer in Control of the Military
• "He Is a Liberator" Free Iranians Thank Trump, But Shia Muslims Chant "Death to America"
• CIA station in Saudi capital hit in drone attack
• State Department Issues "Depart Now" Alert for Americans Across Middle East as War Spillover Hits US Interests
• White House Called Out for Chaos as Thousands of Americans Forced to Flee
• Amid Iran strikes, three U.S. embassies close in Middle East; airspace closes in six countries
• Israel partially evacuates UAE embassy staff after 2 attempted Iranian terror attacks - official
• Trump's Iran Strikes, Not a War, No Congressional Approval Needed
• Tensions flare as lawmakers question Iran war's costs, risks and strategy
• Democrat candidate for Congress Jack Schlossberg calls for 'regime change' in US after Iran attack - "Remove this president. Ever day gets more dangerous and expensive," wrote Schlossberg, the grandson of former President John F. Kennedy
• Macron orders France's nuclear-powered aircraft carrier to the Mediterranean
• Britain scrambles warship to Cyprus after France deploys aircraft carrier - Navy will send HMS Dragon, a Type 45 destroyer, to region after RAF base attacked by Iranian drones
• Trump, Disappointed in UK's Starmer, Says He Is 'Pandering to Muslim Voters' by Skipping Iran Attacks, While Secretary Hegseth Slams His 'Hand-Wringing, Pearl-Clutching'
• Spain Breaks with European Powers, Bars American Use of Bases in Escalating Middle Eastern Conflict
• President Trump Cuts Off All Trade With Spain After Far-Left Spanish Government Refuses to Let America Use Bases in their Country to Strike Iran
• Thousands of Cruise Passengers Trapped in Gulf Due to Iran Conflict
• Iran Threatens to 'Burn' Oil Tankers, Launches 'Indiscriminate' Strikes Across Gulf of Oman
• Trump offers assistance to oil shippers to halt price spike from Iranian threat
• Trump offers military support, escort for vulnerable oil supplies in Strait of Hormuz
• New satellite images confirm damage and thick smoke rising at Ras Tanura, one of the world's largest oil refining and export facilities in Saudi Arabia - The images document yesterday's Iranian drone attack on the strategic complex
• Iran Conflict Could Turn Canada Into the Market's Most Reliable Oil Supplier
• Iraqi Supply Loss Could Expose the Real Limits of OPEC Spare Capacity
• $280M daily loss: Iraq faces production cut as Hormuz closes
• Oil prices leap higher as Iraq shuts down production at giant oil fields
• Oil Surges, Stocks Plunge as Iran War Escalates on Fourth Day
• As Oil Surges To $80, China's Stockpiles Become Strategic Leverage
• China Pleads with Iran to Keep Strait of Hormuz Open for Oil Shipments
• Gulf State Allies Urge Swift De-Escalation as Energy Shock Ripples Across the Globe
• Global Economy Is Facing the Prospect of Another Profound Shock - A protracted conflict in the Middle East risks a spike in energy prices and broader inflation
• Trump Bets That 'Energy Dominance' Will Make War in Iran Less Costly
• U.S. banks have been placed on high alert for cyberattacks following a U.S. intelligence assessment that warns Iran is preparing strikes as the war escalates
• Kash Patel gutted FBI counterintelligence team tasked with tracking Iranian threats days before US strikes, sources say
• White House shows Iran's 'Decades of Terrorism' aimed at U.S, but omits IEDs and arms for Taliban - The Iranian Revolutionary Guard for years covertly worked with the Taliban to kill U.S. troops in Afghanistan
• Rumors: Iranian General Who Survived Bombing Is an Israeli Spy
• Investigating claim US troops were told Iran war is for 'Armageddon,' return of Jesus
• US commanders tell troops Trump 'anointed by Jesus' to start Iran war sparking hundreds of complaints - A nonprofit U.S. military watchdog said it has received hundreds of complaints about commanders providing religious reasons for starting the Iran war
• Anti-Semitic Trump Hater Gets Lit Up by Iranian Women After Calling Them "Hookers" for Celebrating America Taking Out the Evil Ayatollah Khamenei
• Spanish Actor Aldo Comas Calls Out Celebrities Wearing 'Free Palestine' Pins While Staying Silent on Iran
• Michigan Imam Mourns 'Beloved' Khamenei, Says He Was Martyred by 'Wretched Hands,' Slams U.S. Strike as 'War Against Justice'
• Shots fired at Toronto synagogue after Purim celebration; none injured - Toronto mayor condemns 'unacceptable act of antisemitism and intimidation' at Temple Emanu-El, the latest in a string of attacks against Jewish institutions in Canada
• Isolationist US right-wing commentators decry Iran war; Trump says he doesn't care - Tucker Carlson, Megyn Kelly claim Israel is dragging the US into a damaging war; president says that's not true, and that he alone represents MAGA
• Qatar Knocks Down Tucker Carlson's Claim Mossad Agents Were Arrested for Planning Bombing
• Qatar said to carry strikes in Iran over past 24 hours, spokesman denies 'joining campaign'
• Qatar says it has captured 10 suspected Iranian Revolutionary Guard members from two sleeper cells
• Trump: 'Bad Seed' Iran's 'Evil Ideology' Is Unifying Countries Against It
• Hezbollah fires on Tel Aviv as Israel threatens Iranian officers in Lebanon - Lebanese terror group carries out first long-range attack since start of Iran war; IDF says 'no safe place' for Iranian regime in Lebanon
• IDF sends troops further into south Lebanon and strikes Beirut amid Hezbollah attacks
• Syria deploys thousands of troops to border with Lebanon, officials say - Move aimed at preventing smuggling of arms, drugs and to block Hezbollah from infiltrating, Syrian officers say, after Iran-backed terror group attacked Israel in support of Tehran
• Schweizer: Trump's Strikes on Iran 'Disaster for China on Multiple Stages'
• Zelensky Worried World Could Forget About Ukraine, Stop Donating Missiles, Because of Iran Operation
• Russian Magnat Dzhabrailov, Who Said Ghislaine Maxwell Was His 'Soulmate', Found Dead in Yet Another Suspected Suicide - Just Days After His Name Appeared in the Epstein Files
• House Asks Bill Gates, Leon Black and Goldman Lawyer to Testify on Epstein - Oversight Committee chair sent letters seeking testimony from seven Epstein associates; Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has also agreed to testify
• Election Denier! Jasmine Crockett Suggests Cheating in Senate Primary as Confusion Causes Voters to be Turned Away at Polls
• Measure to require voter ID in California gets over 1 million signatures
• Meta Workers Say They're Seeing Disturbing Things Through Users' Smart Glasses - "In some videos you can see someone going to the toilet, or getting undressed." - Regardless of the wearer's intention, much of the footage being recorded by the glasses is being sent to offshore contractors for data labeling, a widely-used preprocessing step in training new AI models
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits the Pagan region, Northern Mariana Islands
• 5.3 magnitude earthquake hits near Bluff, New Zealand
• 5.2 magnitude earthquake hits near Attu Station, Alaska
• Sabancaya volcno in Peru erupts to 28,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecudor erupts to 20,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 15,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Mayon volcano in the Philippines erupts to 11,000ft
• Lewotobi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 10,000ft
• Destructive cold lahar at Mount Merapi sweeps away vehicles following heavy rain, Indonesia
• World's largest acidic geyser erupts again in Yellowstone after years of silence
• Two subtropical systems active simultaneously in South Atlantic, first such overlap documented in modern monitoring era
• Heavy snowfall across northern China triggers emergency responses
• Canada records lowest temperature in decades and record snowfall in winter 2025–26
• U.S. Expands Fight Against Latin American Drug Gangs With Ecuador Operation
• "They Can't, Because They're Dead!" - Sen. Eric Schmidt Calls for Dead Victims of Illegals to Stand and Tears Into Dems After Democrat Richard Blumenthal Invites ICE Detainees to Stand
• Leftists Scream Again in Kristi Noem Hearing, Woman Ejected While Blaming ICE for Death of Woman who Was Killed by an Illegal Alien - "Say Their Names! Their Black Lives Matter!"
• Michael Jackson estate sued for child sex trafficking by former friends
• California Elementary School Counselor Accused of Child Sex Crimes Made $70,000 on Paid Leave
• Nashville teacher has record cleared after refusing to read same-sex marriage book to first-graders - School reportedly backed down after discipline triggered legal warning
• New York AG orders Manhattan hospital to resume gender-transition treatment for transgender youth - New York Attorney General Letitia James says NYU Langone violated state anti-discrimination laws after ending its Transgender Youth Health Program
• Arizona Child Comes Back to Life After Being Declared Dead for Over Five Hours Following Drowning