News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
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FCC Chair Brendan Carr threatened to revoke news networks' licenses amid President Trump's criticism of coverage of the Iran war.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 14, 2026 at 3:34 PM
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Trump was told by his top general that a war with Iran risked closing the Strait of Hormuz. He went ahead anyway.
— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) March 13, 2026 at 10:54 PM
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US President Donald Trump stepped up calls to reopen the vital Strait of Hormuz, saying warships will “hopefully” be sent to the area near Iran’s coast to help commercial vessels sail through safely.
— Bloomberg News (@bloomberg.com) March 14, 2026 at 12:30 PM
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Exclusive: President Trump has rebuffed efforts by Middle Eastern allies to start Iran ceasefire talks reut.rs/4cIII6A
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 14, 2026 at 12:52 PM
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President Trump says U.S. forces "obliterated" military targets on Iran's Kharg Island, warns oil infrastructure there could be next.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 13, 2026 at 7:27 PM
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SCOOP: Trump rejected Putin offer to move Iran's uranium to Russia
— Axios (@axios.com) March 13, 2026 at 5:03 PM
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Pentagon deploying roughly 5,000 more Marines and sailors to Middle East, U.S. officials tell NBC News.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 13, 2026 at 4:43 PM
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Two weeks into Operation Epic Fury, much of the White House's online messaging has been gleefully trollish — a stream of videos splicing real missile strikes with footage from Call of Duty, Wii Sportsand Hollywood blockbusters.
— Axios (@axios.com) March 14, 2026 at 11:45 AM
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says Russia's assistance to Iran amid war runs deeper than previously reported.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 14, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Russian attacks cause casualties, injuries in Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk, Zaporizhzhia regions, local officials say reut.rs/4baCxak
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 13, 2026 at 11:50 PM
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About 1 in 3 U.S. adults say they’ve made trade-offs to afford health care in the past year, including rationing or skipping medications or borrowing money, according to a new poll.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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The announcement will be a devastating blow for those who believed the court would uphold Italy’s 160-year history of citizenship by descent, or ius sanguinis. https://cnn.it/4b8p0Qy
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 14, 2026 at 8:00 AM
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Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 14, 2026 at 12:00 PM
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