Kaine: Trump calling Iran war an 'excursion' is 'deeply disrespectful' to service members

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 3:06 am

Sen. Tim Kaine (D-Va.) slammed President Trump for referring to the war in Iran as an “excursion” on Monday. “You can’t watch that and feel that that way of characterizing this is [not] deeply disrespectful,” Kaine told host Kaitlan Collins on CNN’s “The Source,” after watching the dignified transfer of Sgt. Benjamin N. Pennington at...

Paul hopes for Mullin's DHS confirmation hearing next week

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 2:26 am

Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.), the chair of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said Monday he hopes to hold a confirmation hearing next week for Sen. Markwayne Mullin (R-Okla.), President Trump’s nominee to head the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “We’re shooting for a week from Wednesday,” Paul told reporters as he stepped...

Trump says he’ll strike Iran ‘20 times harder’ than before if oil flow halted in Strait of Hormuz

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 1:35 am

President Trump on Monday threatened the Iranian regime against halting the flow of oil through the Strait of Hormuz, as gas prices back home rise amid the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. “If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of...

Public trust in NIH, FDA and CDC continues to fall 

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 12:49 am

Presented by the Coalition to Strengthen America's Healthcare {beacon}   Health Care Health Care The Big Story Public trust in NIH, FDA and CDC continues to fall New polling released last week found that public trust in federal agencies and authorities regarding health information has continued to fall over the past year, even as Health and...

5 takeaways from Trump’s Iran presser at Doral

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 12:36 am

President Trump suggested the war with Iran could be coming to a close during a press conference at his Miami resort on Monday, which immediately followed his address to House Republicans at their annual retreat. “Very soon,” Trump said when asked when the war would end. “Look, everything they have is gone, including their leadership.”...

Rubio designates Afghanistan as 'state sponsor of wrongful detention'

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 12:27 am

Secretary of State Marco Rubio on Monday designated Afghanistan as a “state sponsor of wrongful detention” and urged the ruling Taliban to release two U.S. citizens he said are “unjustly detained.” “Today, I am designating Afghanistan as a State Sponsor of Wrongful Detention. The Taliban continues to use terrorist tactics, kidnapping individuals for ransom or...

Trump tells Republicans the SAVE America Act will 'guarantee the midterms'

By: The Hill

Published on: March 10, 2026, 12:03 am

DORAL, Fla. - President Trump on Monday pushed for the passage of a GOP voting requirements bill, telling House Republicans that enacting the legislation will “guarantee the midterms” and reiterating that he won’t sign any other bills until it gets passed. “It will guarantee the midterms. If you don’t get it, big trouble,” Trump said...

Democrats vow to shut down Senate over Iran conflict

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 11:50 pm

A group of Senate Democrats are threatening to use every procedural tool at their disposal to hold up business on the Senate floor unless Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other senior officials testify before key committees under oath on the military conflict with Iran. “We have collectively agreed that...

Trump calls Iran war 'excursion' that will be done 'very soon' 

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 11:26 pm

President Trump on Monday described the war against Iran as an “excursion” that would be over soon, as the president contends with spiking oil prices, troop casualties, allies under attack and low support among the American public.  “This was just an excursion into something that had to be done. We're getting very close to finishing...

Trump, Pentagon give conflicting signals on end to Iran war

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 11:22 pm

President Trump and the Pentagon are offering conflicting signals on how long the U.S. war with Iran will last, as officials in Tehran prepare to dig in for a longer fight and with the economic fallout from the clash hurting the U.S. and global economy. Trump on Monday suggested victory is in sight but with...

Trump's denial on Iran school bombing cuts against mounting signs of US responsibility 

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 10:36 pm

President Trump’s remarks blaming Iran for the recent bombing of an all-girls school in southern Iran, where more than 160 people were killed, run counter to the mounting evidence that the U.S. military is likely responsible for the attack.  The Shajarah Tayyebeh elementary school, located in Minab, Iran, in the nation’s southern Hormozgan Province, was...

Roughly 3 in 4 oppose sending US ground troops into Iran: Survey

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 10:31 pm

Nearly three-quarters of respondents to a new Quinnipiac University poll do not support the U.S. sending ground troops into Iran, as the conflict in the Middle East hits 10 days on Monday. The survey, released Monday, found that 20 percent of respondents support such a move, while 74 percent oppose it. Just 3 percent of...

Democrats seek to impose political pain of Iran war on Trump

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 10:31 pm

Democrats are pouncing on a spike in gas prices and expected soaring airline fares, blaming President Trump’s handling of the war in Iran for deepening economic pain on Americans. In interviews, statements and in a flurry of social media posts, Democrats have sharpened their arguments — repeatedly linking Trump’s decision to enter the Iran conflict...

Ogles defends anti-Muslim remark by slamming Dems for DHS shutdown

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 10:05 pm

Rep. Andy Ogles (R-Tenn.) defended his Islamophobic comments on Monday by blaming Democrats for shutting down the Department of Homeland Security (DHS). “To Hakeem Jeffries, Gavin Newsom, and the high-ranking Democrats flooding X to condemn me: A Muslim shot and killed three Americans in Texas. Two Muslims tried to blow up New York City...again,” Ogles...

UK lawmaker wants King Charles to cancel US visit over Iran war

By: The Hill

Published on: March 9, 2026, 10:01 pm

Ed Davey, the leader of the U.K.’s Liberal Democrats, is calling on King Charles III to postpone his state visit to the U.S. amid President Trump’s war in Iran. Davey wrote Sunday on the social platform X that U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer “should advise the King to call off April’s state visit to the...