REUTERS
— At CPAC, Republicans close ranks behind Trump on Iran
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/cpac-republicans-close-ranks-behind-trump-iran-war-2026-03-26/
CNN
— Takeaways from Day 1 of CPAC 2026
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/26/politics/cpac-2026-takeaways-day-1
WASHINGTON EXAMINER
— Gaetz warns Iran escalation would ‘make our country poorer and less safe’ at CPAC
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/4505727/gaetz-warns-iran-escalation-would-make-our-country-poorer-and-less-safe-at-cpac/
— CPAC 2026 cools on Trump 2028 campaign
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/campaigns/presidential/4505639/cpac-2026-cools-on-trump-2028-campaign/
WASHINGTON POST
— As Trump skips CPAC, MAGA’s rifts over Iran war are on display. At the annual gathering of conservative activists, opinion of the war is mixed. Most are cautiously waiting to see what the president will do next.
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/03/26/trump-iran-war-cpac/
NEWSWEEK
— Evangelist Franklin Graham urged participants at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) on Thursday to “do everything” they can try to get President Donald Trump reelected. CPAC Speaker Clarifies He Wants Trump’s ‘Policies’ Reelected After Speech.
https://www.newsweek.com/cpac-crowd-urged-to-do-everything-we-can-to-get-trump-reelected-11743902
CPAC
— Friday Main Stage at CPAC USA 2026
https://www.cpac.org/post/friday-main-stage-at-cpac-usa-2026
— Thursday: 11:20 – 11:40 AM Commies Go Home: The Stories of the American Heroes of Gotion. Speakers: Gordon Chang, CPAC Board Member, Jeanne Ives, CEO & Founder, Breakthrough Ideas, Lori Brock, No Gotion Michigan Activist, Jillian Rojas, No Gotion, Illinois Activist
https://www.cpac.org/post/thursday-main-stage-at-cpac-usa-2026
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
ABC7
— Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal
https://abc7chicago.com/post/trump-says-hell-sign-order-pay-tsa-agents-congress-struggles-reach-funding-deal/18783104/
— Army extends maximum recruitment age to 42, allowing older recruits to join. The Army will also now allow recruits with one marijuana-related conviction.
https://abc7chicago.com/post/army-extends-maximum-recruitment-age-42-allowing-older-recruits-join/18773789/
CBS2
— Large crowds take over downtown Chicago streets in situation alderman calls out of control
https://www.cbsnews.com/chicago/news/large-crowds-take-over-downtown-chicago-streets/
WGN9
— Curfew enforcement order issued after teen takeover in Loop overnight
https://wgntv.com/news/chicago-news/curfew-enforcement-order-issued-after-teen-takeover-in-loop-overnight/
FOX32
— Proposal would limit Social Security benefits to $100K a year for wealthy couples. The “Six Figure Limit,” written by the centrist Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget, would also cap Social Security payments at $50,000 a year for a single person.
https://www.fox32chicago.com/news/proposal-would-limit-social-security-benefits-100k-year-wealthy-couples
WTTW
— DD: Democrat leaders ever-increasingly promote their No Kings protests.
https://news.wttw.com/2026/03/26/no-kings-protests-return-chicago-area-saturday-here-s-what-know
CHICAGO TRIBUNE
— Don’t surrender Chicago to ‘teen takeover’ chaos
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opinion-chicago-teen-takeover-chaos/
— Sheridan Gorman’s family blast officials for using her name in ‘political arguments’ about Loyola student’s death
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/loyola-sheridan-gorman-brandon-johnson-trump/
— US Treasury plans to put Donald Trump’s signature on new paper currency in first for sitting president
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/treasury-trump-signature-paper-currency/
— As premiums overwhelm Illinoisans, health care insurers are flush with cash
https://www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/26/opinion-illinois-health-care-premium-costs-blue-cross-blue-shield-salaries/
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES
— Ex-federal prosecutors in Chicago taking on Trump’s ‘troubling’ DOJ: ‘We feel compelled to speak and act’ An email from 14 former prosecutors seeks the support of hundreds of fellow alums following more than a year of Justice Department controversies, including claims that President Donald Trump has used the agency to retaliate against political foes. The signatories include three former Chicago U.S. attorneys: Dan Webb, Scott Lassar and Patrick Fitzgerald. DD: In Diersen v. GAO, Patrick Fitzgerald Represented the Democrats who ran GAO.
https://chicago.suntimes.com/donald-trump/2026/03/26/chicago-trump-justice-department-doj-webb-lassar-fitzgerald
DAILY HERALD
— How the war in Iran is landing with Republicans
https://www.dailyherald.com/20260326/nation-and-world-politics/how-the-war-in-iran-is-landing-with-republicans-according-to-a-new-ap-norc-poll/
CENTRAL ILLINOIS PROUD
— Cannabis can blur, reshape your memory
https://www.centralillinoisproud.com/news/national/cannabis-can-blur-reshape-your-memory-washington-state-university-study-finds/
CAPITOL FAX
— Afternoon roundup
https://capitolfax.com/2026/03/26/isabel%e2%80%99s-afternoon-roundup-495/
FROM ILLINOIS CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
CENTER SQUARE ILLINOIS
— White House calls on Pritzker to cooperate with ICE
https://www.thecentersquare.com/national/article_e210c6ef-404b-4cfb-bc89-c85bc4a3b5c5.html
ILLINOIS REVIEW
— Jeanne Ives Power Grab Targets IL GOP Chair – Pushes Disgraced Insider Who Attacked Grassroots
https://www.illinoisreview.com/illinoisreview/2026/03/jeanne-ives-power-grab-targets-il-gop-chair-pushes-disgraced-insider-who-attacked-grassroots.html
MCHENRY COUNTY BLOG
— Looking Like Max Solomon Will Get 5,000 Write-In Votes, Putting Him on the Republican Ballot for State Treasurer
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/looking-like-max-solomon-will-get-5000-write-in-votes-putting-him-on-the-republican-ballot-for-state-treasurer/
— McHenry County Growing a Tiny Bit
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/mchenry-county-growing-a-tiny-bit/
— Republican State Reps. Talk about Bears Situation
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/republican-state-reps-talk-about-bears-situation/
— Republican U.S. Senate Candidate Don Tracy Attacks Democratic Party Opponent Juliana Stratton on Loyola Student’s Murder by Illegal Alien
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/26/republican-u-s-senate-candidate-don-tracy-attacks-democratic-party-opponent-juliana-stratton-on-loyola-students-murder-by-illegal-alien/
— Pritzker Press Release on Mars Adding Jobs Has Link to $42.8 Million Subsidy That Doesn’t Work
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/pritzker-press-release-on-mars-adding-has-link-to-42-8-million-subsidy-that-doesnt-work/
— If Oak Manufacturing Were Still in Business…
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/if-oak-manufacturing-were-still-in-business/
— Danish Politician Has Same Problem Voting That I Had
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/danish-politician-has-same-problem-voting-that-i-had/
— Illinois’ GOP Candidate for State Comptroller Agrees with Incumbent Democrat on Opting in to Federal Scholarship Program
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/illinois-gop-candidate-for-state-comptroller-agrees-with-incumbent-democrat-on-opting-in-to-federal-scholarship-program/
— Atlantic Magazine Says People Moving to the Midwest
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/atlantic-magazine-says-people-moving-to-the-midwest/
— Check Sought on Assisted Suicides
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/25/check-sought-on-assisted-suicides/
— Bailey Weighs In on Loyola Student’s Death at Hands of Illegal Alien
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/bsiley-weighs-in-on-loyola-students-death-at-hands-of-illegal-alien/
— State Senator’s Constituents Don’t Favor Any Subsidy for Chicago Bears
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/state-senators-constituents-dont-favor-any-subsidy-for-chicago-bears/
— Republican Senators Want to Go “Back to the Future”
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/republican-senators-want-to-go-back-to-the-future/
— Counterfeit Bill Passed in Lake in the Hills, Guess How Big
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/100-counterfeit-bill-passed-in-lake-in-the-hills-guess-how-big/
— Another No Kings Demonstration Planned in McHenry on March 28
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/24/another-no-kings-demonstration-planned-in-mchenry-on-march-28/
— Commerce Commission Issues Utility Diversity Buying Report
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/commerce-commission-issues-utility-diversity-buying-report/
— State Senators Push “Affordability” in Newsletters
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/state-senators-push-affordability-in-newsletters/
— McLaughlin Daycare Center Child Safety Gets Out of Committee
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/mclaughlin-daycare-center-child-safety-gets-out-of-committee/
— Most McHenry County Townships Assessed More Evenly That Those in Cook County
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/23/most-mchenry-county-townships-assessed-more-evenly-that-those-in-cook-county/
— Film Subsidy a Net Negative for the State’s Balance Sheet
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/22/film-subsidy-a-net-negative-for-the-states-balance-sheet/
— Voters Favor Accepting Federal Scholarship Money in All Referendums
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/22/voters-favor-accepting-federal-scholarship-money-in-all-referendums/
— State Rep. Jeff Keicher Seeks Interns, Pay $17.50 per Hour
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/21/state-rep-jeff-keicher-seeks-interns-pay-17-50-per-hour/
— Public Radio Tries to Emulate Christian Radio Listener Financing
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/21/public-radio-tries-to-emulate-christian-radio-listener-financing/
— Stepping into the Covid Vaccine Debate for the First Time
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/20/stepping-into-the-covid-vaccine-debate-for-the-first-time/
— Kat Carries McHenry County, Erupts After District Loss
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/20/kat-carries-mchenry-county-erupts-after-district-loss/
— Huntley’s Jennifer Davis To Face Off Against Melissa Bean in District South of McHenry County Line
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/19/huntleys-jennifer-davis-to-face-off-against-melissa-bean-in-district-south-of-mchenry-county-line/
— 56% Approve Referendum Seeking Opinion on Illinois’ Participation in Federal Scholarship Program
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/18/56-approve-referendum-seeking-opinion-on-illinois-participation-in-federal-scholarship-program/
— Pritzker Labels Bailey “Too Extreme for Illinois” in First TV Ad of the Fall Campaign
https://www.mchenrycountyblog.com/2026/03/18/pritzker-labels-bailey-too-extreme-for-illinois-in-first-tv-ad
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-RIGHT SOURCES
NEW YORK POST
— Sheridan Gorman’s family slams Chicago Mayor and Illinois governor over student’s killing
https://nypost.com/2026/03/26/us-news/sheridan-gorman-family-calls-out-chicago-mayor-brandon-johnson-and-illinois-governor-jb-pritzker-over-killing/
AMERICAN THINKER
— Democrats’/leftists’ bizarre love of crime and Islam endangering the U.S., West
https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2026/03/democrats_leftists_bizarre_love_of_crime_and_islam_endangering_the_u_s_west.html
BREITBART
— Democrats Sacrifice American Lives to Protect Illegals
https://www.breitbart.com/economy/2026/03/26/gop-message-democrats-prefer-illegals-to-americans/
FOX NEWS
— Blagojevich warns justice system is ‘broken,’ says his case was blueprint for Trump prosecutions. Former Illinois gov joins Hannity podcast, warns of ‘Soviet-style’ tactics and ‘greatest constitutional crisis’ since Civil War.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/blagojevich-warns-justice-system-broken-his-case-blueprint-trump-prosecution
FROM NATIONAL CENTER-LEFT SOURCES
NBC NEWS
— DD: Duckworth ever-increasingly promotes more hatred against Trump.
https://www.nbcnews.com/meet-the-press/video/trump-using-troops-as-cannon-fodder-in-illegal-war-with-iran-sen-duckworth-says-260058181777
CBS NEWS
— RNC considering Dallas to host special convention ahead of the midterm elections
https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/news/republican-national-committee-convention-2026-midterms-dallas/
— Amendment to require photo ID to vote fails in Senate as Democrats object
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/save-america-act-photo-id-amendment-senate-vote/
WALL STREET JOURNAL
— Republicans Want National Emergency Declared to Pay TSA Agents
https://www.wsj.com/business/republicans-want-national-emergency-declared-to-pay-tsa-agents-dcd12638
