Trump news at a glance: Generational divide over Iran war emerges at key conservative conference | Trump administration

Maga’s concern about Iran war on display at CPAC

CPAC is often a place for optimism, if not victory. But for the first time in a decade, the president, seemingly fed up with the war in Iran, did not attend the meeting. In his absence, audiences gathered in a cavernous ballroom to hear well-known but less powerful Maga figures discuss where their movement was heading. Chief among his concerns is how a president who campaigned on ending wars could find himself planning a ground attack on Iran.

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Iran publicly accuses US of planning ground attack while seeking talks

As the war that has killed thousands of people and caused the biggest ever disruption to global energy supplies enters its second month, Iran has warned the United States that it is ready to oppose any ground attack and accused Washington of secretly planning a ground attack while seeking public talks.

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Lawmakers reacted to the news that the Pentagon was preparing for ground operations in Iran

US lawmakers have responded to reports that the Pentagon is preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran as thousands of US troops gather in the Middle East and the conflict shows signs of entering a more dangerous phase.

Republican senator James Lankford told NBC’s Meet the Press that he wasn’t ruling out supporting troops on the ground but “we need to know what the targets are and what they’re actually doing.”

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DHS is now the longest partial government shutdown in US history

The shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), the fourth largest agency of the US government, became the longest partial shutdown in US history on Sunday. If the six-week partial shutdown continues after the weekend, it would be the longest of all the shutdowns, surpassing the 43-day stalemate late last year.

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According to the report, the abortion rate in the USA remains stable despite the bans

Abortion rates remain stable in the US despite full and partial bans in some states, according to a new report; This is largely due to a significant increase in interstate travel and telehealth appointments.

The number of abortions in the United States increased slightly last year, from 1.124 million to 1.126 million, according to the Guttmacher Institute. report. There is also a shift from travel to telehealth, where providers can prescribe mail-order pills.

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What else happened today:

• Pope Leo says God ignores prayers of leaders who wage war and have “hands full of blood”As a clear rebuke to the Trump administration. The pope made the comments on Sunday as thousands of US troops arrived in the Middle East.

• More than 8 million people protested the Trump administration at more than 3,300 No Kings events Saturday across the U.S. and more than a dozen countries, according to organizers.