News from the Note…
A round up of the day’s news that might be of interest to you.
This is an OPEN THREAD, folks. Chat about any of the stories listed, share links to stories that caught your eye today, and generally have a good time discussing whatever you want.
President Trump says the United States does not need help with securing the Strait of Hormuz amid the conflict with Iran.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 17, 2026 at 4:00 PM
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Number of US troops wounded in war against Iran rises to about 200 reut.rs/4sIYz9W
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 16, 2026 at 7:40 PM
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Kent said he "cannot in good conscience" back the Iran war. In his resignation letter, he says Iran "posed no imminent threat to our nation." n.pr/4beHDST
— NPR (@npr.org) March 17, 2026 at 10:44 AM
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UN body investigating fatal strike on Iranian girls school reut.rs/4716I19
— Reuters (@reuters.com) March 17, 2026 at 8:25 AM
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Iran’s effective shutdown of the Strait of Hormuz has locked up 20% of the world’s oil and restricted access to other goods. And those could raise prices beyond the gas pump for consumers and businesses, creating an inflation double whammy. https://cnn.it/4cLEOtI
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 17, 2026 at 2:33 PM
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The Army general in charge of U.S. assistance to Ukraine in 2024 left classified maps marked "SECRET" describing the war in Ukraine on a train, a Pentagon watchdog found.
— CBS News (@cbsnews.com) March 17, 2026 at 3:00 PM
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Rubio says the current Cuban government is unable to fix the country's struggling economy and "needs new people in charge" to repair it.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 17, 2026 at 12:38 PM
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Senate launches debate on SAVE America Act with endgame uncertain
— Politico (@politico.com) March 17, 2026 at 4:04 PM
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Rescue crews are digging bodies out of the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in Afghanistan's capital. Officials there say that an overnight Pakistani airstrike killed at least 400 people in a dramatic escalation of a conflict between the two neighbors.
— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) March 17, 2026 at 9:16 AM
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Pentagon says lethal boat strikes are ‘just the beginning’ in South, Central America
— Politico (@politico.com) March 17, 2026 at 3:51 PM
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A rookie ICE agent fresh out of the Trump administration’s abbreviated basic training program made critical errors in paperwork that became the government’s justification for detaining a California man for days in December, federal court records show.
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) March 17, 2026 at 9:30 AM
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About 200,000 immigrant truckers will begin to lose their commercial driver’s licenses under a Trump administration rule that takes effect today, straining the industry responsible for moving goods across the U.S. as energy costs surge amid the war in Iran. https://wapo.st/40ALq6V
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost.com) March 16, 2026 at 11:00 PM
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Meteorologists are reaching for superlatives to describe an oncoming heat wave so intense and rare for this time of year that it could leave some locations shattering their all-time temperature records for April before that month has even begun.
— CNN (@cnn.com) March 17, 2026 at 2:01 PM
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