President Donald Trump said he should have a say in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader, and fighting between Israel and Hezbollah in Lebanon intensified Thursday as the U.S.-Israeli assault on Iran entered its sixth day. “Save your lives and evacuate your homes immediately,” Israeli forces warned residents across southern Lebanon and Beirut’s southern suburbs on Thursday. Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi said the United States would “bitterly regret” sinking the Iranian frigate IRIS Dena in the Indian Ocean. Iran denied firing a missile toward Turkey a day after Turkey said NATO air defenses shot down an Iranian ballistic missile heading toward its airspace. Targeting Turkey, a NATO member, would be a major escalation in the conflict.

Share LinkedIn Pin EmailAlberto E. Rodriguez / Getty Images / TNSBritney Spears was arrested Wednesday night in Ventura on suspicion of DUI, according to online records from the Ventura County Sheriff’s Office, with the singer’s representative calling the incident “inexcusable.”Spears, 44, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol around 9:30 p.m. Wednesday and booked around 3 a.m. Thursday. The pop star’s occupation was listed as “celebrity.”“This was an unfortunate incident that is completely inexcusable,” a representative for Spears told The Times in a statement on Thursday. “Her boys are going to be spending time with her,” the statement continued. The pop singer was previously arrested in 2007 in Los Angeles County, shortly after her divorce from Kevin Federline was finalized. —Christie D’Zurilla; Los Angeles Times; (TNS) | ©2026 Los Angeles Times.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGWASHINGTON — Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth was slated to be a special guest at a campaign fundraiser for Rep. Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) later this month, but the event has been postponed. Declan Coady, a 20-year-old from Iowa, plus three others who, like Coady, were assigned to a base in Des Moines. Nunn, a former Air Force officer, touted Hegseth as his “wingman” for the “Top Gun”-themed event at an airport in Ankeny, Iowa. Several Democrats in Congress said they thought it was inappropriate for Hegseth to join the fundraiser. “It doesn’t bother me at all,” Sen. Joni Ernst (Iowa) told HuffPost.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGSen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) said Wednesday that randos off the street could manage the war in Iran better than the Trump administration. (Watch the video below.) AdvertisementPsaki noted how “flippantly” and “inconsistently” the administration has approached the conflict, which threatens to mire the United States in a prolonged war without Congressional approval. Kelly harkened back to Operation Desert Storm in which he flew dozens of missions. “You could just feel in his core that he understood how significant of an issue this was that some of us might die,” Kelly said.

Advertisement“Our answer should just be simply, ‘No, you’re not getting money to fund an illegal, unpopular, potentially world-altering war,’” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told HuffPost. Invest in the American people, not in an endless war,” added Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who caucuses with Democrats. Advertisement“I would like to understand the goals of the war before I decide how I feel about the funding of the war,” Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) told HuffPost. AdvertisementSen. Ruben Gallego (D-Ariz.), an Iraq War veteran, called Trump’s military strikes against Iran a “dumb” war. They just now stand for whatever they’ve been told they’re supposed to stand for that day.”“It saddens me, actually,” he added.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGEverywhere you look both in the real world and online, people have big opinions about the state of the country right now. And primary election season is now kicking off in the U.S. AdvertisementWhen it comes to pushing forward change, “the primary elections is really where the action is,” one expert said. Research shows that legislators also are more responsive to the demands of primary election voters. Advertisement“The National Conference of State Legislatures, which is ncsl.org, is a resource where you can find out what type of primary your state has and what the most up-to-date state laws and rules are around who can vote in your primary,” Sheehan said.

- jade gao/Agence France-Presse/Getty ImagesJD.com posted its first quarterly loss in nearly four years as the food-delivery subsidy war in China continued to take a toll on the e-commerce giant. The hit to its bottom line underscored the intense pressure the Beijing-based company has faced as it vies for market share in a competitive industry. The company aims to grow its share of the food-delivery market to 30% in 2026 from the more than 15% it has gained, it said last month. The online retailer on Thursday swung to a fourth-quarter net loss of 2.71 billion yuan, equivalent to $392.9 million, its first since the first quarter of 2022. Revenue was better than expected, rising 1.5% to 352.28 billion yuan.

PoliticsProtester dragged out of hearing by police and senatorMarch 5, 2026 | 5:43 PM GMTProtester Brian McGinnis, who says he's a Green Party political candidate that served in the Marines, and three U.S. Capitol Police officers were treated for injuries in a Senate office building on March 4 after McGinnis resisted arrest for disruptive behavior, getting his arm stuck in a doorway as the officers and Sen. Tim Sheehy (R-Montana) tried to drag him out of the room.

The tiny town of West Goshen, Calif., was exactly the kind of place that community solar was designed for. AdvertisementOver the last 11 years, New York, Maine, Minnesota, Massachusetts and other states have built thriving community solar programs. Energy and climate experts agree California must add much more clean energy to its grid, some 6 gigawatts by 2032, the California Public Utilities Commission said in a new plan last week. Energy and climate experts agree California must add much more clean energy to its grid, some 6 gigawatts by 2032, the California Public Utilities Commission said in a new plan last week. “All the other states in our country that have adopted similar community solar program models, they are working,” said Ward, adding that 22 states have programs comparable to the one solar advocates want in California.

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Current and former Homeland Security officials had privately questioned how much longer the secretary would remain in the post following what they perceived as a series of missteps. CNN has previously reported that some top White House officials have long been frustrated with Corey Lewandowski, Noem’s top aide and the subject of some pointed questioning during this week’s congressional hearings. White House officials maintained that the two were in lockstep with each other. Complaints inside DHSHomeland Security officials were stunned by the president’s announcement Thursday afternoon, though some saw her ouster as inevitable. And special government employees work for the White House and the administration.

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Sunday marks four weeks since the Seattle Seahawks thumped the New England Patriots in Super Bowl LX 29-13, laying claim to the title of World Champions. Specifically, fifth year options are fully guaranteed at exercise, and in the present case of JSN and Witherspoon, the options cover the 2027 NFL season. That means that exercising the options means Witherspoon and JSN would have fully guaranteed salaries in a future league year, which would, of course, trigger the funding rule. However, given the cash spending obligations of the Seahawks in 2026 under the minimum spending requirements of the CBA that Field Gulls covered Wednesday, exercising the fifth year options adds tens of millions more in cash obligations for 2026. The signing bonuses of contract extensions alone would likely put the team close to, if not in excess of the 2026 cash spending requirements.

Discovery, Paramount CEO David Ellison is seeking to reassure them that the independence of the venerable news brand will be kept alive. Ellison gave his first interview about the WBD deal (aside from his call with Wall Street analysts earlier this week) to CNBC, where CNN’s future was the subject of intense interest from David Faber. “CNN is an incredible brand with an incredible team, and we absolutely believe in the independence that needs to be maintained for those incredible journalists, and we want to support that going forward,” Ellison said. “Editorial, independence will absolutely be maintained. It is maintained at CBS, it will be maintained at CNN.”Of course, Bari Weiss’ run at CBS is one of the reason that CNN staff are so concerned.

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