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Top U.S. & World Headlines — March 19, 2026
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"Iran Is Playing the Long Game": What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East
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The End of the Petrodollar? How Iran War Is Reshaping the Global Economy: Author Laleh Khalili
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From Epic Fury to Epstein Fury: Rep. Ro Khanna on the Betrayals of the Trump Administration
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Headlines for March 19, 2026
Fuel Prices Soar as Israeli Strike on Iranian Gas Field Triggers Retaliatory Attacks; Pentagon Seeks $200 Billion More for Iran War as Senate Rejects War Powers Resolution; Tulsi Gabbard Dodges Questions About Trump’s Claim of “Imminent Nuclear Threat” from Iran; Capitol Hill Protest Demands “Not One Dime More for Trump’s Illegal Iran War”; Lebanese Health Ministry: Israeli Attacks Kill 45 People Across Lebanon in the Past Two Days; Iranian Missiles Kill Civilians in Israel and Occupied West Bank; Markwayne Mullin Grilled by Senate Colleagues in Combative DHS Confirmation Hearing; ProPublica: DHS Demanding Access to Federal Parent Locator Service; CBS News: FBI and IRS to Probe Nonprofits over Possible Links to “Domestic Terrorism”; Democrats Walk Out of Briefing with AG Pam Bondi on DOJ’s Handling of Epstein Files; Cesar Chavez Accused of Abusing and Molesting Multiple Women and Girls
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“Iran Is Playing the Long Game”: Prof. Vali Nasr on What to Expect from Protracted War in Middle East
In a major escalation in the war in the Middle East, Israel has bombed Iran’s South Pars gas field, the largest known natural gas reserve in the world, leading Iran to attack energy sites across the Gulf. Iranian American professor of international affairs Vali Nasr says that Iran is prepared for a much longer war than the U.S. and Israel anticipated. “The longer this war goes on, the more Iran is building leverage, and the more the strategic calculations of Israel and the United States appear to be falling short,” he says. Iran “thinks the longer that the war goes on, the less Israel and the United States will be able to defend against Iranian missiles, because they’re going to run out of interceptors.”
In the latest sign the war on Iran could be just beginning, Reuters is reporting President Trump is considering deploying thousands of more U.S. troops to the Middle East. The Pentagon has also asked for $200 billion from Congress.
The Iranian president has proposed terms for the end of the war including reparations and guarantees against future war. Nasr suggests that the Iranians are “confident” that some of their terms may be met. “President Trump may have to accept the fact that he has started a war that is not going to give him what he expected, and he has to settle for an exit in order to be able to go back to the agenda that it had before.”
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