›Across the nation, states face high costs to prepare for the Jan. 1 kickoff of new Medicaid eligibility mandates affecting millions of lower-income adults. The detailsThe new Medicaid eligibility mandates will require participants to work, volunteer, or enroll in school for at least 80 hours per month. The new Medicaid eligibility mandates will take effect on January 1, 2027. The federal government will start penalizing states with too many Medicaid payment errors in October 2029. Jason Reilly A partner at Guidehouse, a firm that is advising several states on the Medicaid requirements.

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“We’re very clear-eyed,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth assured Monday about the Trump administration’s war with Iran. The nuclear threatPerhaps most stunning has been the evolution in how the administration has described the nuclear threat Iran poses. “All I want is freedom for the people,” Trump told the Washington Post. “The attack was so successful it knocked out most of the candidates,” Trump told ABC’s Jonathan Karl. The big one is coming soon,” Trump told Tapper in a phone interview.

What Do We Know About The U.s. Embassy In Kuwait? According to the Associated Press, fire and smoke were seen rising from inside the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait after Iran carried out an aerial attack on the country. It is unclear if an Iranian projectile struck the U.S. Embassy compound. What Do We Know About Israel’s Strikes On Lebanon? The Israeli military conducted strikes in Lebanon early on Monday, targeting the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah, marking an expansion of its conflict against Tehran.

At least one NBA player objects to the Atlanta Hawks paying tribute to the famous Magic City adult entertainment club during their game March 16 against the Orlando Magic. Regardless of how a woman finds her way into the adult entertainment industry, many in this space experience abuse, harassment, and violence to which they should never be subjected.”The Hawks announced its “Magic City Monday” promotion last week. Hawks principal owner Jami Gertz was a producer on the docuseries “Magic City: An American Fantasy” that aired last year on Starz. In 2020, while he was playing for the Clippers during the pandemic, Williams made headlines for visiting Magic City during an excused absence for personal reasons to return home to Atlanta. The celebration of a strip club is not conduct aligned with that vision.”

›The St. Louis Cardinals are introducing an 'all-you-can-eat' concessions package called 'Coca-Cola Unlimited' starting at $29 per ticket. The 'Coca-Cola Unlimited' package will be available starting with the 2026 MLB season. The players St. Louis Cardinals A professional baseball team based in St. Louis, Missouri and a member of the National League Central division of Major League Baseball. Vicki Bryant The Vice President of Event Services and Merchandising for the St. Louis Cardinals. '” — Vicki Bryant, Vice President of Event Services and Merchandising, St. Louis Cardinals (nytimes.com) “This is not one of the Cardinals' eras of best performance.

NationalHegseth on casualties, U.S. military objectivesMarch 2, 2026 | 3:08 PM GMTDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth held a rare on-camera media briefing on March 2, where he spoke on the Iran strikes.

Allison Benis White’s most recent collection of poetry, “A Magnificent Loneliness,” is a finalist for the 2025 Los Angeles Times Book Prize. “I’m thrilled to be included in this list of astonishing writers and their books,” said White, a professor of creative writing at UC Riverside. “And I’m grateful for the attention this will garner for my collection, as there are so few stages where books of contemporary poetry are celebrated and honored.”Allison Benis WhiteThe Los Angeles Times Book Prizes cover 13 subject categories, including poetry, fiction, and biography. (A novel by White’s UCR colleague Tod Goldberg was nominated in the fiction category.) Her poems have appeared in The American Poetry Review, New England Review, Ploughshares and the anthologies “Pushcart Prize XLI” and “Pushcart Prize: XLVII.”

At least one NBA player objects to the Atlanta Hawks paying tribute to the famous Magic City adult entertainment club during their game Monday against the Orlando Magic. The Hawks announced its "Magic City Monday" promotion last week. Hawks principal owner Jami Gertz was a producer on the docuseries "Magic City: An American Fantasy" that aired last year on Starz. In 2020, while he was playing for the Clippers during the pandemic, Williams made headlines for visiting Magic City during an excused absence for personal reasons to return home to Atlanta. "I and others throughout the league were surprised by and object to the Hawks' decision," Kornet wrote.

President Donald Trump will attend the White House Correspondents’ Association’s annual dinner for his first time in office, ending a boycott over the gathering of journalists he has repeatedly derided as unfair and biased against him. In a Monday post on Truth Social, Trump said the WHCA asked him “very nicely” to be the honored guest at the dinner and he accepted. In a statement, WHCA president Weijia Jiang wrote that she is glad that the president accepted the invitation. He’s also taken aim at specific White House reporters, such as former CNN correspondent Jim Acosta, who successfully sued the government after his White House credential was revoked during Trump’s first term. And at the start of his second term, Trump booted the Associated Press from the White House for refusing to call the Gulf of Mexico the “Gulf of America”; however, the news organization sued and regained some access.

Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina), a longtime Trump supporter, professed that no U.S. plan was needed. But these efforts, and more recent wars of regime change, included troops on the ground — something the Trump White House has pledged will not happen. The country soon plunged into a civil war that the United States often seemed powerless to quell during a near-decade-long occupation. Trump, then a New York businessman, initially supported the Iraqi invasion but quickly turned against it. After an overwhelming display of U.S. and proxy forces prompted Taliban leaders to flee, the United States spent the next two decades struggling to pacify the country.

At first glance, it looks like nothing more than a charming Spanish-revival, quintessentially Californian home — but this Pacific Palisades rebuild is constructed like a tank. An exterior sprinkler system can pump 40,000 gallons of water from giant tanks hidden behind the shrubs in the property’s yard. Water tanks form part of a backup water supply in a newly built fire-resistant home in Pacific Palisades. A sprinkler on the roof is part of a house-wide sprinkler system. AdvertisementTavangarian also hopes to see insurers increasingly consider the home-hardening measures property owners take when writing policies, which he said could potentially offset the extra cost in a decade or less.

Some prominent conservatives normally allied with the Trump administration are questioning the new war on Iran. "So far we’ve heard that although we killed the whole Iranian regime, this was not a regime change war. And although we obliterated their nuclear program, we had to do this because of their nuclear program," Walsh wrote. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt responded that the goal was to end the nuclear program and generally destroy the Iranian regime's military capabilities. Though he did not signal he would vote for a resolution ending the war.