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Video in question: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HQy8qV8unHg

https://dailymontanan.com/2026/03/04/montana-sen-sheehy-gets-in-altercation-with-anti-war-protester/

Montana Sen. Tim Sheehy got into an altercation with an anti-war protester during an Senate Armed Services Subcommittee meeting that appears to have left the protester with a broken arm.

In a video shared by CBS News’ Alan He, three Capitol Police officers are working to subdue and eject Brian McGinnis, a Marine Corps veteran and Green Party candidate for the U.S. Senate in North Carolina, who shouts, “No one wants to fight for Israel.”

Sheehy is seen rushing in to help subdue McGinnis, grabbing his lower leg as the Capitol Police attempt to carry him through the hearing room door.

McGinnis hooks one of his arms around the door frame, and Sheehy moves to wrap an arm around McGinnis’ shoulder and pry him away from the door. An audible snap is heard on the video, and it appears that either McGinnis’ lower arm or wrist broke.

Sheehy reposted the video on his own social media account with a statement.

“Capitol Police were attempting to remove an unhinged protestor from the Armed Services hearing. He was fighting back. I decided to help out and deescalate the situation. This gentleman came to the Capitol looking for a confrontation, and he got one. I hope he gets the help he needs without causing further violence.”

House Oversight panel votes to subpoena AG Pam Bondi in Epstein probe

https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/04/politics/bondi-epstein-files-subpoena-oversight-committee

The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted to subpoena US Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony about her role in the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files as part of the committee’s probe into the late convicted sex offender.

GOP Rep. Nancy Mace moved to subpoena the attorney general and it passed 24-19, with bipartisan support. Mace was joined by Democrats and fellow Republicans Tim Burchett, Michael Cloud, Lauren Boebert and Scott Perry.

CNN has reached out to the Justice Department for comment.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/white-house-uses-call-duty-002900633.html

Following the recent escalation of the United States and Israel's joint military campaign against Iran, the White House has taken to X to share a video promoting its ongoing operations. In addition to real footage from recent attacks, the video includes a killstreak animation from 2023's Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

The video begins with a Call of Duty player activating an MGB (Mass Guided Bombs) killstreak--a hidden killstreak that can only be issued by players who get 30 kills without dying. Once activated, players have only 10 seconds before the match ends, with the team that launched the attack emerging victorious. The remainder of the White House video features numerous clips from the United State's recent military strikes against Iran with accompanying kill scores. This video was shared the same day that thousands in Iran attended a funeral mourning the estimated 175 civilians who were killed in these attacks, which demolished an elementary school. The White House denies responsibility for this particular attack, but is reportedly looking into it, per The Guardian.

GameSpot reached out to Activision for comment, but has yet to hear back from the company.

It remains unclear if Activision or its parent company, Microsoft, consented to the White House using footage from Call of Duty. Microsoft has come under scrutiny in recent years for its alleged support of Israel's involvement in what has widely been recognized as a genocide in Palestine. Last year, The Guardian reported that Israel's military surveillance agency heavily relies upon Microsoft's cloud and Azure services to extensively monitor Palestinians. Microsoft denied this accusation, writing in a blog post that it conducted both internal and external reviews and "found no evidence to date that Microsoft’s Azure and AI technologies have been used to target or harm people in the conflict in Gaza."

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https://apnews.com/article/pakistan-afghanistan-fighting-ground-attacks-military-posts-e057780413f84b222c2fe30b3cbcf172

ISLAMABAD (AP) — Afghan forces attacked Pakistani military positions along the border early on Tuesday, triggering intense clashes that left 67 Afghan troops and one Pakistani soldier dead, officials in Islamabad said as cross-border fighting between the two countries entered its fifth day.

The Taliban defense ministry in Kabul, the Afghan capital, rejected Pakistan’s claim. A ministry spokesman said Afghan forces in the past 24 hours repelled Pakistani attacks, destroying about a dozen military posts and killing four Pakistani soldiers.

The latest Afghan-Pakistan escalation erupted last week with Afghanistan launching attacks on Thursday in retaliation for Pakistani airstrikes the previous weekend. Since then, Pakistan has carried out operations along the border and declared it was in an “open war” with Afghanistan, alarming the international community.

On Tuesday, Pakistan said Afghan forces attacked Pakistan’s military in two sections of the two countries’ border.

It said 16 locations were attacked along the southern part of the border, in the southwestern districts of Qilla Saifullah, Nushki and Chaman in Pakistan’s Balochistan province.

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>Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

https://asiatimes.com/2026/03/us-troops-were-told-iran-war-is-for-armageddon-return-of-jesus/

>A combat-unit commander told non-commissioned officers at a briefing Monday that the Iran war is part of God’s plan and that President Donald Trump was “anointed by Jesus to light the signal fire in Iran to cause Armageddon and mark his return to Earth,” according to a complaint by a non-commissioned officer.

>From Saturday morning through Monday night, more than 110 similar complaints about commanders in every branch of the military had been logged by the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF).

>The complaints came from more than 40 different units spread across at least 30 military installations, the MRFF told me Monday night.

>The MRFF is keeping the complainants anonymous to prevent retribution by the Defense Department. The Pentagon did not immediately respond to my request for comment.

>One complainant identified themselves as a non-commissioned officer (NCO) in a unit currently outside the Iran combat zone but in Ready-Support status, deployable at any time. The NCO said they were Christian and emailed the MRFF on behalf of 15 troops, including at least 11 Christians, one Muslim and one Jew. (Full email printed below.)

>The NCO wrote to the MRFF that their commander “urged us to tell our troops that this was ‘all part of God’s divine plan’ and he specifically referenced numerous citations out of the Book of Revelation referring to Armageddon and the imminent return of Jesus Christ.”

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>Justice Department expects to restore missing documents that were taken offline for review

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/missing-epstein-files-justice-department-b2931925.html

>The Department of Justice has withheld from the public nearly 48,000 files stemming from investigations into Jeffrey Epstein, after publishing more than 2 million pages of documents under the Epstein Files Transparency Act.

>The initial legally mandated releases of documents comprised more than 3 million pages, though that figure is now roughly 2.7 million, according to an analysis of the files by CBS News and The Wall Street Journal.

>A spokesperson for the Justice Department told the outlets that “47,635 files were offline for further review and should be ready for re-production by the end of the week.”

>Those offline files include materials connected to unverified allegations against President Donald Trump, The Independent previously reported.

>“Our team is working around the clock to address victim concerns, redact personally identifiable information and any images of a sexual nature,” according to Justice Department spokesperson Natalie Baldassarre. “All responsive documents will be repopulated online once proper redactions are made.”

>The Justice Department was compelled by federal law to release millions of files, including emails, court documents, photos and videos, many of which include images or references to high-profile figures, including the president.

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Bafta Film Awards host Alan Cumming has described this year's ceremony as a "trauma triggering" debacle following a furore that blew up after a Tourette's campaigner involuntarily shouted a racial slur while two black actors were on stage.

Cumming said: "I'm so sorry for all the pain Black people have felt hearing the word echoed around the world. I'm so sorry the Tourettes community has been reminded of the lack of understanding and tolerance that abounds regarding their condition."

He added: "We were all let down by decisions made to both broadcast slurs and censor free speech."

The slur was audible when the BBC broadcast the ceremony on a two-hour delay, and the corporation's executive complaints unit is now investigating.

Cumming wrote: "The only possible good that could come of this is a reminder that words matter, that rushing to judgement about things that we are not fully cognisant is folly, that all trauma should be recognised and honoured."

He went on to congratulate "all the artists whose work was overshadowed by the night's events".

In a statement issued on the same day, Bafta said it wanted to acknowledge the "harm this has caused, address what happened and apologise to all".

Cumming had already apologised to the audience from the stage at the time for the language heard during the ceremony.

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https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2026/03/02/macron-france-nuclear-umbrella-europe/

France will bring European nations into nuclear military drills and could allow its neighbors to host nuclear-capable fighter planes for the first time, President Emmanuel Macron announced Monday, as growing mistrust in the United States propels once-taboo plans for the French nuclear arsenal to protect Europe.

European capitals have never gone this far in making contingencies for a homegrown nuclear umbrella independent of U.S. guarantees. Macron’s announcements, in a speech at a military base that hosts France’s nuclear submarines, amount to the first key steps toward developing a European deterrent.

Some of Macron’s predecessors in the Élysée Palace had resisted extending the French nuclear umbrella further across Europe, and other European nations were even more reluctant, for fear of alienating the United States, which possesses a far larger atomic arsenal.

But as a more militarized, polarized world has prompted an increasing number of nations to eye nuclear weapons — and as President Donald Trump has injected tension into the transatlantic relationship — Macron is now going further than any French president in negotiating with other European leaders on extending France’s protection.

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> 3/2/2026
Convenient: Map shows all the places bombs were dispersed.
> https://www.the-express.com/news/200821
3 US fighter pilots were gunned down in ‘friendly fire’ in Kuwait.
> https://metro.co.uk/2026/03/02/three-us-f-15-fighter-jets-shot-kuwait-friendly-fire-incident-27184276/
No warning - no siren.
> https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/02/politics/six-soldiers-killed-in-iranian-strike-kuwait
Death toll climbs to six.
> https://www.the-sun.com/news/16015396
Why did Trump start the war?! They’re bad!
> https://reason.com/2026/03/02/the-goalposts-of-the-iran-war-keep-shifting/
Trump has shifting goals…
> https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/01/us/politics/trump-iran-war-interview.html?unlocked_article_code=1.QFA.Aoo5.t6CcSZYiAsHw&smid=url-share
Trump won’t rule out boots on the ground (Red Text)
> https://nypost.com/2026/03/02/us-news/trump-wont-rule-out-sending-us-troops-into-iran-if-necessary-tells-the-post-i-dont-care-about-polling/

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https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/california-supreme-court-transgender-students-schools-b2930652.html

This order temporarily blocks a law stopping automatic parental notice of students’ pronouns or gender expression

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for California schools to inform parents if their children identify as transgender without student approval, granting an emergency appeal from a conservative legal group.

This order temporarily blocks a state law that prohibited automatic parental notification when students change their pronouns or gender expression at school.

The ruling follows challenges from religious parents and educators against California school policies preventing schools from outing students to their families. Catholic parents, represented by the Thomas More Society, claimed schools misled them and secretly facilitated their children's social transition despite their objections.

California officials countered that students have a right to privacy regarding their gender expression, especially if they fear family rejection, and that school policies aimed to balance this with parental rights.

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https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/top-border-patrol-official-other-federal-agents-being-investigated-by-2026-03-02/
March 2 (Reuters) - A Minnesota prosecutor on Monday said her office is investigating the "potentially unlawful behavior" of federal agents during a crackdown earlier this year on undocumented immigrants that met widespread resistance and in which agents shot and killed two U.S. citizens, sparking nationwide outrage.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty, whose jurisdiction includes Minneapolis, said at a press conference that her office had created a portal that would allow the public to send in videos and other evidence of incidents they witnessed in which they think Gregory Bovino, who once called himself the "commander at large" of the U.S. Border Patrol, and other federal agents committed a crime.

"We will investigate and pursue charging where appropriate, and we’ll seek collaboration with local law enforcement wherever and whenever needed," Moriarty said. "Make no mistake, we are not afraid of any legal fight."
While acknowledging the difficulty of successfully prosecuting federal agents, who enjoy strong legal protections against being charged for their actions, and saying that the federal government had not provided any information to her office, Moriarty added: "There is no absolute immunity for federal agents."

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Mojtaba Hosseini Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has reportedly been chosen as Iran's new supreme leader. Daily Mail reported on the development, citing Iranian TV network. It comes after Khamenei was killed in a joint US, Israel strike on his Tehran compound.

Mojtaba, 56, is Khamenei's second-oldest son and is known to have strong links to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC). He was reportedly chosen by Iran's Assembly of Experts 'under pressure from the Revolutionary Guards', as per Iran International, Mail reported.

While many long believed Mojtaba would be a frontrunner to replace Khamenei, experts had differed in their opinion. Khamenei himself, reportedly, did not include him in a list of potential successors he made last year. In Iran's Shiite muslim clerical establishment, a father-son succession is not seen positively.

https://www.msn.com/en-in/news/world/mojtaba-khamenei-family-net-worth-all-about-wife-zahra-haddad-adel-and-kids-as-iran-gets-new-supreme-leader/ar-AA1XsNhJ

>Place your Kalshi bets now, will he make it a week?

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US and Israeli forces struck the office of Iran’s Assembly of Experts in the city of Qom on Tuesday, Iran’s Tasnim news agency reported, in the latest attack on senior state institutions.

Tasnim, which is affiliated with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, also cnfirmed that the Assembly’s compound in Tehran – located at the former parliament building – had also been struck overnight.

Separately, a Telegram channel known as Zed TV reported that an airstrike had targeted a formal session of the Assembly of Experts convened to select the Islamic Republic’s next supreme leader.

The channel claimed that many members of the body had been killed or wounded.

The Assembly of Experts is the clerical body responsible under Iran’s constitution for appointing and overseeing the supreme leader.

https://www.iranintl.com/en/202603031369

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The impact of the deadly and unpredictable conflict in the Middle East on the global economy will be felt most immediately, and keenly, through the rising cost of oil.

Prices jumped on Monday, as markets had their first opportunity to digest the weekend’s tit-for-tat attacks. A barrel of Brent crude oil was trading at about $79 (£59) by lunchtime in London, up about $6 or 8.5% on the day.

Central bankers typically “look through” short-term supply shocks such as a temporary surge in the oil price; but some – including the Bank of England in the UK – remain concerned about elevated inflation expectations.

If oil prices shoot up to $90-100 a barrel and stay there, however, inflation in developed markets would be up to 8% higher than expected, central banks could find themselves forced to start raising interest rates once more, and consumers would be squeezed, putting the brakes on growth.

https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/mar/02/middle-east-crisis-oil-prices-inflation-us-iran-interest-rates-growth

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https://www.businessinsider.com/us-embassies-say-they-cannot-evacuate-americans-middle-east-iran2026-3

American citizens across the Middle East are attempting to follow official advice and evacuate as conflict escalates in the region following US and Israeli attacks on Iran on Saturday.

But multiple US embassies have said they are unable to help citizens trying to leave.

"The US Embassy is not in a positionat this timeto evacuate or directly assist Americans indepartingIsrael," the US Embassy in Jerusalem said in a post on X on Tuesday.

The embassy shared that the Israeli Ministry of Tourism was operating shuttles to a border crossing between Egypt and Israel at the town of Taba.

"If you choose to avail yourself of this option to depart, the US government cannot guarantee your safety," said the US embassy, adding that they were sharing the information "as a courtesy to those wishing to leave Israel."