News On Tap For Thursday, March 5, 2026

A Wobbling Regime Stumbles On

The orange jackass shook up today’s ‘News On Tap’ & now there’s drops of Noem all over the place. So while we’re cleaning things up, read up on today’s news, including updates from Trump’s war on Iran, the costs of war, and Congress’ failure to act. We also have more news on Trump’s firing of Noem, and we’ve got more news from the Trumpstein scandal too. Even more news - Trumponomics is failing, like his immigration wars. And there’s still more news from Election Land. Plus we’ve got media and entertainment news too. And John Fugelsang will be in the bar tonight to tal about all of it with us. Read up, get informed, & we’ll see you at the bar tonight!

First Round - Trump's Illegal Iran War

Updates From Operation Epic Failure

• Live Updates: Europe Ramps Up Response As Iranian Crisis Spills Beyond Mideast

• Airstrikes Hit Iran-Iraq Border As US And Israeli Plan To Mobilize Kurds Gathers Pace

• Iraq Plunged Into Nationwide Blackout As U.S. Tells Its Citizens To Leave Region Immediately

• No Help From U.S. State Dept. & Few Options For U.S. Citizens Stranded By Trump’s War With Iran

The Costs Of War

• Final Two U.S. Soldiers Identified, Who Were Killed In Iran Attack On Kuwait Outpost

• The Fiscal Cost Of Trump’s Iran War? $5 Billion And Counting - & We’re Only On Day 6

• New NBC News Poll Shows Majority Of Voters Disapprove Of How Trump Is Handling The Iran War

• Ana Marie Cox: Prediction Markets Are Turning War Into Yet Another Racket, As The Suffering Of Many Becomes A Windfall Payday For The Few Who Hit The Dystopian Jackpot

Congress Fails To Do Its Job

• Senate Republicans Vote Down Legislation To Halt Iran War In Congress’ First Vote On The Conflict

• Small Handful Of Democrats In Congress Refuse To Rule Out Giving Trump More Money For His Illegal War In Iran

Informed Commentary

• Jarvis Deberry: Trump’s BS Claim That Iran Was Close To A Nuclear Weapon Included An Obvious Tell That It Was A Lie: “Two Weeks”

• Greg Sargent: It’s Not Enough For Democrats To Say Trump & Hegseth’s War Rationales Haven’t Been Fully Explained. Democrats Need To Say They’re BS.

• Adam Serwer: The American King Goes To War - And This Is Not What The Founders Intended [Gift Link]

Second Round - TrumpLand In Trouble

Trump Removes His DHS Noem

• Trump Fires DHS Sec. Kristi Noem, Says He’ll Replace Her With Markwayne Mullin, Republican Senator From Oklahoma

• Trump Privately Furious With Noem Over Disastrous Senate Testimony, Was Considering Mullin As Replacement For A While

• Flashback, Feb 2026: Kristi Noem Says $200 Million DHS Ad Campaign Thanking Trump Was His Idea

• Noem Flails At House Hearing When Asked Under Oath If She Had “Sexual Relations” With DHS Adviser

• Sec. Noem, At House Oversight Hearing, Refuses To Admit Renee Good, Alex Pretti Were Not ‘Domestic Terrorists’

• Internal DHS Records Show Sec. Noem Lied To Congress About Corey Lewandowski’s Role In DHS Contracts

The Trump/Epstein Scandal

• House Oversight Committee Votes To Subpoena Pam Bondi Over Missing Epstein Files

• Trump DOJ Now Plans To Release New Batch Of Documents From Epstein Files

• More Epstein Accountability Coming Goldman Sachs’ Fmr. Lawyer Ruemmler, Bill Gates, Leon Black Will Testify To House Oversight Committee

Third Round - Trump's Failing Government

Trumponomics Is Failing

• U.S. Crude Oil Tops $80 Per Barrel After Iran Attacks Tanker

• America’s Average Gas Price Just Saw Its Largest Single-Day Jump In 4 Years, Due To Trump’s War In Iran

• Federal Trade Court Judge Orders Trump Regime To Begin Paying Refunds For More Than $130 Billion In Illegal Trump Tariffs

• Trump Formally Nominates Kevin Warsh As Federal Chair

Trump’s Failing Immigration Wars

• Internal Document Shows ICE Now Taking Steps To Close Detention Center At Fort Bliss, TX [Gift Link]

• New Records Review Debunks Right-Wing Lie: No Deportation Officer Has Been Killed In The Line Of Duty Since ICE’s Creation

War In The Courts

• Trump Regime Dealt Another Loss As Trump’s DOJ Is Unable To Build A Case Against Fmt Pres. Biden’s Use Of Autopen

• Trump DOJ Now Pushing To Sideline Ethics Investigations From State Bars Into Trump DOJ Lawyers

Fourth Round - More News To Drink About

Election Land

• Texas Republican Rep. Tony Gonzales Admits Sexual Relationship With Former Staff Member Who Killed Herself

• House Speaker Johnson Calls On Texas Rep. Gonzales To Drop Reelection Bid – But Not To Resign

• Republican Sen. Steve Daines Of Montana Suddenly Announces He Won’t Seek Re-Election

• Steve Benen: Montana’s Sen. Daines’ Last-Minute Retirement Was Part Of A Cynical Gambit To Ignore Voters & Let Party Elite Pick Their Candidate

• Utah Republican, U.S. House Rep. Burgess Owens Announces Retirement From Congress After Redistricting Shakeup

• Voting Rights Advocates Slam Chaos And Confusion That Happened In Texas’ Democratic Primaries

• Legal Expert Flags ‘Flat-Out Voter Suppression’ That Happened During Texas Primaries

• Ken Paxton Puts Trump On Notice He Won’t Drop Out Of Texas Race, Even If Trump Endorses Cornyn

• New Emerson Poll: Georgia Senator Ossoff Starts Re-Election Near 50% While Solidly Outpacing Republican Field

Foreign Affairs

• Spain Categorically Denies Trump Admin. Claim They Will Cooperate With U.S. On Iran War

• Russia Is Big Winner As Trump & Netanyahu’s War On Iran Drains Supplies That Ukraine Needs

• Pres. Zelenskiy Announces Ukraine To Bring Back 200 POWs In Latest Swap With Russia

Fifth Round - Media, Entertainment, & More

Rest In Peace

• Legendary Notre Dame College Football Coach Lou Holtz, Dead At Age 89

Media Matters

• Savannah Guthrie Makes First ‘Today’ Show Visit Since Mom Nancy’s Disappearance, Thanks Staff For Support

• Trial That Could Lead To The Breakup Of Ticketmaster’s Parent Company Live Nation, Gets Underway

• Trump-Approved CBS Boss Bari Weiss Going Full ‘Propaganda-Palooza’ Over Iran War

• ‘CBS Mornings’ Executive Producer Shawna Thomas To Depart Network

Entertainment & More

• Billy Crystal And Meg Ryan To Reunite At Oscars For Rob Reiner Tribute

• Britney Spears Arrested On Suspicion Of DUI

• Jamie Lee Curtis Confirms FX’s The Bear Ending With Season 5

• Steve Kerr & Doc Rivers Among Coaches To Sign Letter Standing With Student-Athletes Concerned With ‘Political Interference’ In Their Sports At Collegiate Level

• Seven Countries To Boycott Paralympics Opening Ceremony Over Flag-Flying Russians

• Live World Baseball Classic Updates: Australia And Korea Win Openers; USA Plays Friday Vs. Brazil

Tonight’s Bar Regular:

John Fugelsang, our friend, broadcaster, podcaster, comedian, Host of “Tell Me Everything with John Fugelsang” weeknights on Sirius XM and author of the bestselling book “Separation of Church and Hate” is back with us at the bar tonight for more news, drinks, and fun. We’ll talk about Trump’s insane and illegal new war - or as John calls it “Operation Epic Epstein Evasion” - as well as the primary elections this week, that include a real Christian being elected the Democratic nominee to run for U.S. Senate in Texas. We’ll also draw a few rounds from the News On Tap too. Grab a drink & join us tonight!

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