Correction: An earlier version of this story misstated the date of the primary. It is tonight, March 3.
Today’s notice: The reasons for Trump’s war with Iran seem to be somewhat fluid. Some are debating whether to even call it a war. Plus: Insights on tonight’s big primaries. Centrist Democrats do not remember Biden fondly. And: Inside the aviation officials group chat after El Paso’s airspace was shut down.
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Ir-rationale? Yesterday began with the main question for Donald Trump’s team being, how long? As in, when will the war with Iran end? “Four weeks, two weeks, six weeks,” Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told reporters.
But a bigger question has taken over: why? Secretary of State Marco Rubio appeared to change the story after briefing members of Congress. “We knew that there was going to be an Israeli action,” he told reporters. “We knew that that would precipitate an attack against American forces, and we knew that if we didn’t preemptively go after them before they launched those attacks, we would suffer higher casualties.”