UPDATE: IRAN WAR ESCALATES ON 4th DAY  The U.S.-Israeli conflict with Iran entered its fourth day March 3, marked by intensified Iranian retaliatory strikes across the Persian Gulf, expanded Israeli operations into Lebanon, and mounting casualties. Here are the latest developments.  READ

US VATICAN AMBASSADOR EXPLAINS RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN POPE, TRUMP  U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Brian Burch in a recent interview rejected claims that Pope Leo is at odds with President Donald Trump. “I don’t see a conflict there. I think people want to make it into a personality fight between the Pope and the president. That’s not what it’s about.”  READ

STOCK MARKET, INDUSTRIES REPORT WAR FALLOUT  Global stock markets plunged and oil prices surged March 3 as the U.S. and Israel signaled that military operations in Iran could continue for weeks and Iran expanded its retaliatory strikes in the Persian Gulf.  READ

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SUPREME COURT SIDES WITH PARENTS AGAINST SCHOOLS HIDING KIDS’ ‘GENDER’  The Supreme Court has sided with concerned parents against a California policy that allows school teachers and administrators to hide kids’ “gender transitions” from their families. The high court granted an emergency application to several California parents March 2.  READ

FROM NEO-NAZI TO CATHOLIC  The man whose photograph became one of the most widely circulated images from the 2017 Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, says the photograph that defined him publicly also marked the beginning of his conversion to Catholicism.  READ

TOP LAWMAKER QUESTIONS JUSTIFICATION OF IRAN WAR  Senator Mark Warner, a member of the bipartisan “Gang of Eight” top lawmakers granted access to classified intelligence, said there was no imminent threat to the U.S. when the Trump administration went to war with Iran. Warner also pointed out that administration officials have been inconsistent in stating the war’s objectives, which have ranged from regime change to nuclear disarmament to sinking Iran’s Navy and taking out its non-nuclear missile capabilities.  READ