Today’s Headlines: The first cabinet firing of Trump 2.0 has arrived. After two rough days testifying before Congress, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is out. Her replacement is Oklahoma Senator Markwayne Mullin — a rancher, MMA fighter, and former ethics investigation subject who had to repay $40K in "mistaken" payments. So, a lateral move. DHS remains unfunded for a third week, and Democrats say swapping Noem out isn't enough. On the war front, the House voted 212-219 against a War Powers resolution that would have required Trump to seek congressional approval before continuing strikes in the Middle East. The US embassy in Kuwait has been shuttered after retaliatory strikes killed six American soldiers. Trump, meanwhile, told Axios he wants to personally pick Iran's next leader — though he noted most of his preferred candidates are already dead, which is a sentence that actually happened. In a memo reported by The Information, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei went off on the Trump administration, stating plainly that the White House's beef with his company comes down to Anthropic refusing to donate, refusing to flatter, and refusing to play along with what he called "safety theater." OpenAI, he implied, has been less principled. Elsewhere: Trump's White House ballroom plans hit a snag after 35,000+ public comments — 97% of them hostile — delayed a federal vote until next month. RFK Jr. got 50+ medical schools to adopt his nutrition curriculum framework, though notably none of the schools that already settled with the Trump administration signed on. And a new anti-corruption group sued Trump and Pam Bondi over the TikTok deal, arguing the administration ignored Congress's national security mandate to hand the app to political allies instead.



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WSJ: Trump Ousts Kristi Noem

Axios: Democrats say Kristi Noem's ouster isn't enough to end DHS shutdown

AP News: March 5 updates on the Iran war

AP News: Hegseth says firepower over Tehran ‘about to surge dramatically’

Axios: Exclusive: Trump says he must be involved in picking Iran's next leader

Axios: Exclusive: Trump demands immediate pardon for Netanyahu to focus on Iran

THe Information: Anthropic CEO: Trump Disliked Company For Not Giving ‘Dictator-Style Praise’

WaPo: Federal commission delays vote on Trump’s White House ballroom project

WaPo: Thousands of public comments slam Trump’s ballroom: ‘I did not vote for this’

NYT: 50 Medical Schools Back Kennedy Plan on Nutrition After Pressure

NPR: President Trump, Pam Bondi sued over sale of TikTok assets



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