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NPR (Nina Totenberg) - Supreme Court ponders law making it a crime for gun owners to use marijuana

The law, the same one used to prosecute Joe Biden's son for illegal gun possession, has united an array of strange bedfellows, from conservative gun rights groups to liberal civil liberties groups.

NPR (The Associated Press) - Hezbollah strikes Israel as American and Israeli planes pound Iran

Iran and Iranian-backed militias fired missiles at Israel and Arab states, apparently hitting the U.S. Embassy compound in Kuwait, while Israel and the United States pounded targets in Iran on Monday.

WASHINGTONPOST (Matthew Choi, Theodoric Meyer, Molly Hennessy-Fiske) - Why John Cornyn, a Senate GOP stalwart, could lose his Texas primary

The four-term senator is determined to prevail Tuesday against two challengers who view him as a relic of the George W. Bush era. The race could go to a runoff in May.

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - Scoop: Trump's Iran strikes inject new chaos into 2026 Democratic primaries

President Trump's strikes on Iran have emerged as a potent issue in Democratic congressional primaries just days after the start of military operations in the region. Why it matters: The new internal divide threatens to add even more upheaval to a midterm campaign that has been marked by severe fractures in the Democratic coalition. - In North Carolina, progressive House candidate Nida Allam is seizing on the issue as an 11th-hour appeal against Rep. Valerie Foushee (D-N.C.) before their March 3 primary. - Graham Platner, the firebrand left-wing Senate candidate in Maine, organized an "emergency protest" against war in Iran on Sunday. - Several other candidates in contested Democratic primaries have sent out fundraising appeals and…

AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Trump campaign peace promises loom large over wartime presidency

No president in the modern era has ordered more military strikes against as many different countries as Donald Trump . - He's attacked seven nations, three of which — Iran , Nigeria and Venezuela — had never been targeted by U.S. military strikes. He authorized more individual air strikes in 2025 than President Biden did in four years. Why it matters: Trump explicitly ran as the anti-war candidate. The White House argues he still is — that he always exhausts diplomacy before acting, and that projecting overwhelming force is itself a path to lasting peace. - The death of three U.S. service members in the first 24 hours of Trump's Iran strikes is putting that argument to its most brutal test. - "Sadly, there will likely be more…

AXIOS (Alex Isenstadt) - GOP insiders fretting about Texas Senate primary

GOP operatives tell Axios they're worried that their worst possible scenario is unfolding in the Texas Senate primaries . Why it matters: Sen. John Cornyn 's seat has long been a virtual lock for the GOP. But competitive races in both parties' primaries Tuesday — and the national headwinds facing Republicans — have blown up all assumptions. Zoom out: Top Republican campaign operatives believe James Talarico , a state House member and seminary student, has a slight edge over his Democratic rival, Rep. Jasmine Crockett , heading into Tuesday. - Republicans widely believe Talarico and his "progressive Christian" campaign pitch would be a tougher general election opponent than Crockett, a liberal who's drawn national attention with her…