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Nearly half of the players in attendance for Tuesday's first day (46 of 103) were either freshmen or redshirt freshmen. "There's a lot of new guys," Riley said Tuesday. Still, it may take some time for that young talent to show through, with USC also breaking in both a new defense and special teams concepts. "We've never had a spring practice, none of us in all of our years, that we've had this high of a percentage of your full roster already here for spring," Riley said. Cornerbacks Jontez Williams and Chasen Johnson and safety Christian Pierce won't participate this spring, either, Riley said Tuesday.
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AdvertisementThe meeting underscores the urgency felt in Washington to shore up weapons stocks after the Iran operation drew heavily on munitions. The sun sets behind a plume of smoke rising after a U.S.–Israeli military strike in Tehran, Iran, on March 3, 2026. AdvertisementLockheed, the Pentagon and White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment. The Pentagon currently plans to buy 57 of the missiles in 2026 at an average cost of $1.3 million each. AdvertisementThe administration has been steadily ratcheting up pressure on defense contractors to prioritize production over shareholder payouts.
For nearly a century, U.S. military advantage has depended on partnerships between the armed forces and civilian research universities. The 2018 National Defense Strategy acknowledged that professional military education had stagnated and emphasized the need for broader intellectual exposure. At traditional higher-ed institutions, officers sit alongside diplomats, technologists, journalists, entrepreneurs and public servants. It will simply remove an American military presence from classrooms and networks that other nations value. But dismantling long-standing partnerships in the name of a culture war risks eroding the very ecosystem that has sustained American defense innovation for generations.
Foreign policy expert talks about rivalry between Iran and Israel “The Israelis need the United States to be squarely on the side of Israel in this geopolitical rivalry that they have with Iran,” Trita Parsi, president of the Quincy Institute, told ABC News.
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In the latest mark of how much the conversation among Democratic leaders around Israel is shifting, California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Tuesday night blamed Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for pushing the US into war with Iran and said the United States must reconsider future military aid to its longtime ally. Netanyahu has dismissed claims that he pushed Trump into approving the strikes on Iran, telling Fox News this week, “That’s ridiculous. Donald Trump is the strongest leader in the world.”Newsom and other prominent Democratic voices have expressed growing opposition to pro-Israel forces and policies. He’s got folks, the hard line, that want to annex the West Bank,” Newsom said.
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NationalTravelers left stranded across Middle East as war continuesMarch 4, 2026 | 7:16 PM GMTAirspace closures across the Middle East have stranded travelers worldwide, though limited flights resumed at Dubai’s airport as of March 4.
The revolutionaries established the Islamic Republic of Iran, dedicated to destroying Israel and spreading their radical Islamic theology around the world. During his first term, President Trump warned Iran repeatedly to end its nuclear weapons program or face severe consequences. As he promised during the campaign, President Trump immediately put Iran on notice that it would not be allowed to obtain nuclear weapons. But the Iranians continued to develop ballistic missiles and were beginning to rebuild their nuclear weapons program, hidden in deep underground bunkers. In February, President Trump instructed US envoys to try again to negotiate with Iran over its nuclear weapons and its ballistic missile programs.
“I’m more convinced now that this is going to be open-ended and forever,” Sen. Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) told reporters on Tuesday. Rubio defended President Donald Trump’s decision to launch massive missile strikes against Iran over the weekend authorization from Congress before he met with lawmakers. Advertisement“Iran is run by lunatics, religious fanatic lunatics,” Rubio told reporters. AdvertisementAsked if Israel forced his hand in attacking Iran, as Rubio suggested, Trump said the opposite might be true. “Everything that I’ve heard in there, to me, there’s no new, shocking kind of news,” Fetterman said after the briefing.
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Israel targets Iranian internal security forces in overnight strike The Israel Defense Forces announced Wednesday morning that it has begun "broad scale strikes targeting" the Iranian regime in Tehran.
