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First Thing: Iran escalates attacks on infrastructure and transport networks across the Gulf

Oil prices again rise over $100 a barrel as Iran threatens long ‘war of attrition’. Plus, San Francisco slashes air pollution

The Guardian - UK

Senate again fails to pass homeland security funding as department shutdown nears one month – as it happened

Democratic senator John Fetterman breaks with party in support of reopening department but vote fails 51-46

The Guardian - US

Trump news at a glance: Trump says war is won but ‘we don’t want to leave early’ as oil prices rise again

Trump continues contradictory messaging on Iran; US will release 172m barrels of oil from strategic supplies. Key US politics stories from 11 March

The Guardian - US

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Thune eyes marathon sessions to ease MAGA anger over SAVE Act

It's a gambit by Thune to let off some of the MAGA steam over an issue President Trump and his supporters say is central to democracy.

Axios

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

Filibuster becomes flashpoint in Texas Senate primary

Texas is more than a thousand miles away from Capitol Hill, but the race between Sen. John Cornyn and Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton for the state’s Senate seat Wednesday centered on a D.C.-centric topic: the filibuster. The fight is the latest chapter in both men’s quest to earn an…

Roll Call

Senate Democrats’ calls for public Iran hearings grow louder

Senate Democrats stepped up pressure on Republicans to conduct public hearings on the conduct of the Iran war, but senior GOP senators were noncommittal on whether they would do so. The partisan tension comes as the Pentagon announced Tuesday that approximately 140 troops have been injured since the U.S. and…

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Senate leadership doesn’t budge on filibuster

Senate Republican leadership is not budging against pressure to use a so-called talking filibuster to pass the party’s voter identification legislation, despite President Donald Trump’s adding weight to that dogpile this week. “We don’t have the votes either to proceed to get on a talking filibuster, nor to sustain one if…

Roll Call

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

The Independent UK

Trump lays down law on Iran and SAVE Act in GOP pep talk

Trump rallies House Republicans

Axios

Donald Trump’s big SAVE Act ultimatum just hit a wall—and the wall is his own Senate Majority Leader

The Democrats aren’t worried.

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Trump calls Iran war ‘short term,’ says it could ‘be ended soon’

President Donald Trump on Monday tried to assuage concerns his war with Iran could become another prolonged military campaign, calling it a “little excursion” that could be wrapped up “soon.” He also urged House Republicans to add several white-hot social issues to a voting overhaul measure as a trap for…

Roll Call

Donald Trump will have his SAVE Act, even if he has to rely on extortion

It is clear that he will do anything to try to maintain the House majority come midterms.

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Trump is the GOAT in swaying GOP races — and prediction markets say he’ll decide Texas this way

IN FOCUS: Betting markets think Trump’s will decide who to back in Texas soon enough. But, Eric Garcia flags, his batting average has significant caveats.

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The Guardian - US

Trump skirts Congress over Iran war as Republicans simply step aside

Senate blocks war powers measure and House follows suit – now president can bomb Iran free from congressional interference

Roll Call

Democrats say immigration fight won't ease with Noem's departure

The ouster of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem appeared to have no immediate impact on her department's partial shutdown.

Axios

Senate GOP cheers Trump's decision to dump Noem

Mullin is "pretty well vetted around here," Majority Leader John Thune said of Noem's replacement.

Axios

Trump expected to endorse Cornyn in brutal Texas Senate runoff

Trump has held off calls to endorse, saying he views Cornyn and Paxton as allies.

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With Trump endorsement looming, Cornyn and Paxton prepare for “knife fight” in Senate runoff

The president could scramble the traditional assumptions about a runoff if he carries out his promise to make an endorsement “soon” and urge whoever he snubs to drop out.

The Texas Tribune

Trump says he will soon endorse in runoff between John Cornyn and Ken Paxton

The president also said he would call on whomever he does not endorse to drop out of the race — though he did not specify whether he would back Cornyn or Paxton.

The Guardian - UK

First Thing: Senate to vote on resolution that would prevent Trump continuing Iran war

Vote to come after Israel launches wave of strikes on Tehran. Plus, why a ChatGPT boycott could work

The Guardian - US

Senate votes down resolution to prevent Trump from continuing war with Iran

War powers vote broke along party lines with almost all Democrats in support and most Republicans opposed

Axios

GOP insiders fretting about Texas Senate primary

Competitive races in both parties' primaries Tuesday — and the national headwinds facing Republicans — have blown up all assumptions.

The Texas Tribune

Texas’ Republican Senate primary is a battle of conservative titans

U.S. Sen. John Cornyn, Attorney General Ken Paxton and U.S. Rep. Wesley Hunt are competing to be the Republican nominee come November, with stakes that will be felt across Texas and in Washington.

Axios

Democrats demand war powers vote after U.S. strikes Iran

"The Senate should immediately return to session and vote on my War Powers Resolution," Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) said in a statement.

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