Trump shifts Iran war aims toward regime surrender - WSJ
President Donald J. Trump oversees Operation Epic Fury at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, FL, March 1, 2026. (White House photo by Daniel Torok)Donald Trump rapidly shifted the stated objectives of the war with Iran—moving from urging Iranians to shape their own future to demanding the regime’s “unconditional surrender” and signaling he may help decide the country’s next leader, according to a report by The Wall Street Journal. "Even as the conflict has escalated into a regional crisis involving more than a dozen countries, President Donald Trump appears to be refining the rationale and endgame of the war on the fly, according to current and former US officials and allied diplomats," the report said. "It will be impossible to replicate the model in Iran, analysts say. Unlike in Venezuela, where the US was dealing with a hollowed-out petrostate, Washington is confronting an entrenched theocracy backed by a vast security apparatus that is built to preserve the system even after the loss of senior leaders," the report added.
Source:Wall Street Journal
March 07, 2026 10:47 UTC
Today's NYT Wordle Hints, Answer and Help for March 7 #1722
Click here for today's Wordle hints, as well as our daily answers and hints for The New York Times Mini Crossword, Connections, Connections: Sports Edition and Strands puzzles. Read more: New Study Reveals Wordle's Top 10 Toughest Words of 2025Today's Wordle hintsBefore we show you today's Wordle answer, we'll give you some hints. 3: First letterToday's Wordle answer begins with V.Wordle hint No. TODAY'S WORDLE ANSWERToday's Wordle answer is VOGUE. Yesterday's Wordle answerYesterday's Wordle answer, March 6, No.
Source:New York Times
March 07, 2026 10:42 UTC
Iranian missile strikes Kurdish base
Inside Iran’s workarounds to the internet blackoutIn the midst of war, Iranians are still dealing with the internet blackout limiting their access to loved ones, information and critical news. CNN's Leila Gharagozlou spoke to Iranians who have created networks of communications among themselves in an effort to work around the blackout.
Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 10:39 UTC
A reporter in Nashville has been covering ICE arrests in her community. Then she was detained herself
Nashville journalist Estefany Rodriguez frequently reports on Immigration and Customs Enforcement action, becoming familiar with the sudden arrests that have become hallmarks of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown. Mario Guevara, a Salvadoran journalist, was deported in October after being arrested while covering a “No Kings” protest in Atlanta. However, according to ICE, “she failed to depart the country and is in violation of the conditions of her visa and currently has no lawful immigration status. Rodriguez received a letter from ICE on January 8 asking her to come to the Nashville field office for “processing and additional information,” according to court documents. Obviously, she’s been through a lot and kept being a journalist despite everything that’s happened, and despite, you know, obviously, the inherent risk of just being near ICE and while she’s covering other arrests,” Coxander said.
Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 10:37 UTC
Why Jane Austen And Brontë Fans Should Read Gaskell
LOADING ERROR LOADINGLast year, fellow Jane Austen fans had a bumper harvest of new shows and audiobooks as part of the 250th anniversary of her birth. To me, that also means we’re long overdue for an Elizabeth Gaskell revival. She also wrote the world’s first controversial Brontë biography, The Life of Charlotte Brontë; she had been friends with the subject. The writer, born in 1810 (six years before Charlotte Brontë, eight years before Emily, and 10 years before Anne; she was seven when Jane Austen died) was a Victorian novelist. Her father, William Stevenson, was a journalist, and her mother, Elizabeth, died when she was just over one.
Source:Huffington Post
March 07, 2026 10:30 UTC
Investigating claims US sank unarmed Iranian ship and refused to rescue survivors
An unarmed Iranian ship was invited, along with the U.S., to be part of an Indian Naval exercise, and its sailors paraded on land before the president. The U.S. at the last minute pulled out of the exercise and instead attacked the Iranian ship with a torpedo. Advertisement AdvertisementAdvertisement Advertisement"Sri Lanka Recovers 87 Bodies from Iranian Warship Sunk off Its Coast by a US Submarine." "Sri Lanka Takes Custody of an Iranian Vessel off Its Coast after US Sank an Iranian Warship." Sank Iranian Warship, Hegseth Announces."
Source:New York Times
March 07, 2026 10:15 UTC
Worker falls down old coal chute outside hotel in Boston
Police responded just before 7 a.m. to a report of a person trapped at the hotel on School Street. A man who was making a delivery at the hotel fell about 20 feet into the chute when a plate covering the sidewalk outside the hotel gave way. Officials said coal used to be dropped down the chute and then shoveled into the basement to feed furnaces for the hotel. The inspector said the sidewalk is owned and maintained by the Omni Parker House. The Omni Parker House is the longest continuously operating hotel in the United States and has been a landmark in Boston since 1855.
Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 09:58 UTC
New York Times (NYSE:NYT) Cut to "Hold" at Wall Street Zen
New York Times (NYSE:NYT - Get Free Report) was downgraded by analysts at Wall Street Zen from a "buy" rating to a "hold" rating in a report issued on Saturday. Get New York Times alerts: Sign UpView Our Latest Stock Report on NYTNew York Times Price PerformanceShares of New York Times stock opened at $80.39 on Friday. New York Times has a 1-year low of $44.83 and a 1-year high of $82.74. New York Times (NYSE:NYT - Get Free Report) last posted its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, February 4th. New York Times News RoundupHere are the key news stories impacting New York Times this week:About New York TimesThe New York Times Company is a publicly traded media organization best known for publishing The New York Times newspaper and operating the NYTimes.com digital platform.
Source:New York Times
March 07, 2026 09:31 UTC
Trump’s demands for ending Iran war shift as US military works through its target list
On Friday, he lumped in the “UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER” of Iran’s current regime as an additional requirement for the war to conclude. “Since this thing went kinetic, we’ve had a number of reach-outs,” a senior Trump administration official said this week, putting the number of nations at nearly a dozen. Kurdish involvementAt the same time, the Trump administration has quietly tried to enlist the help of Iranian and Iraqi Kurdish opposition groups. The group has also told the CIA it wants a political relationship with the US and Trump administration — which includes having a say in who would ultimately become Iran’s next leader. Trump appears to be working to do that, holding multiple calls with the leaders of Iraqi and Iranian Kurdish groups in recent days.
Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 09:31 UTC
Have a Sweet Weekend.
What are you up to this weekend? If Gemma tells me to wear hydrating lipliner, I will wear hydrating lipliner! Tiny love stories: “If he doesn’t come, I’ll marry you.” (NYTimes gift link)Will you watch Steve Carell’s new HBO show, Rooster? !” And what’s the best advice your therapist ever gave you? Heartbreakingly beautiful.”Sarah on what’s the best advice your therapist ever gave you: “Best advice I got from my therapist: smart people ask questions.
Source:New York Times
March 07, 2026 09:29 UTC
BlackRock Fund Limits Withdrawals As Redemptions Rattle Private Credit
LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK, March 6 (Reuters) - BlackRock said on Friday it has limited withdrawals from a flagship debt fund after a surge in redemption requests, as investor worries mount around the $2 trillion private credit industry. AdvertisementSentiment has soured around private credit in recent months, and retail investors are increasingly asking for their money back from funds like BlackRock’s $26 billion HPS Corporate Lending Fund (HLEND), which were designed to be open to wealthy individuals. “It should serve as a warning sign for the industry and the rulemakers about the downside of illiquid funds for retail investors,” said Greggory Warren, senior stock analyst at Morningstar. Blackstone President Jon Gray said last week that institutional investors were continuing to allocate to private credit. Subscriptions to the fund were $840 million in the first quarter, lower than the $1.2 billion that investors originally sought to withdraw.
Source:Huffington Post
March 07, 2026 09:24 UTC
Justice Department posts FBI interview memos related to Trump sex abuse allegation
- Andrew Caballero-Reynolds/AFP/Getty ImagesThe Justice Department has posted online three FBI memos describing interviews related to unverified sexual assault allegations against President Donald Trump that had been missing from the massive trove of Epstein files released by the Department of Justice. He then unzipped his pants and put her head “down to his penis,” she told agents. The Justice Department also republished images to the Epstein files library on Wednesday that had been temporarily taken down after being flagged for potential nudity. Three months after their release, Justice Department employees are still spending several hours a week on the files, fixing redaction and posting mistakes, a senior Justice Department official told CNN. No active US investigation into people tied to EpsteinThe Justice Department is not currently investigating any individual connected to Jeffrey Epstein, a senior Justice Department official said Thursday.
Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 09:07 UTC
LeBron James breaks another Kareem Abdul-Jabbar record, but hurts his elbow in loss
LeBron James, the king of NBA milestones, broke another record held by Lakers legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar on Thursday night. Unfortunately, his reward for such an achievement was a sore elbow — and a Lakers loss. After scoring over Denver center Nikola Jokic in the fourth quarter, James fell to the court and immediately grabbed his left elbow. James tied the mark when he dunked off a lob pass from Doncic with 6:35 left in the first quarter. James set the mark with a fadeaway jumper near the Lakers’ bench with 12.3 seconds left in the quarter.
Source:Los Angeles Times
March 07, 2026 08:44 UTC
‘Joy at the death of the dictator and sadness that the war has begun’: Iranian democracy activist speaks to CNN from Tehran
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Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 07:57 UTC
Iran Update Evening Special Report, March 6, 2026
The morning update will focus on US and Israeli strikes on Iran and Iran and the Axis of Resistance’s response to the strikes. The US-Israeli combined force has continued strikes targeting Iranian ballistic missile infrastructure in order to degrade Iranian missile capabilities and ultimately destroy the Iranian ballistic missile program. A campaign that destroys Iran’s ballistic missile launchers, stockpiles, and production facilities would accomplish the US stated objective to “raze or level Iran’s ballistic missile industrial base” and systematically dismantle Iran’s missile production capability. Iran has launched at least six waves of ballistic missile attacks in the previous six days. [63] Iran has launched at least six waves of ballistic missile attacks per day in the previous six days.
Source:CNN
March 07, 2026 07:52 UTC