Jackson Richman

Professional news: Today is my first day as a Washington correspondent at @EpochTimes. I'm also covering the intersection of sports + politics/sports+culture. Please send scoops, tips, press releases, praise (hate mail goes straight to trash) to jackson.richman@epochtimes.us

.@EpochTimes: Netanyahu Says Israel Will Hold Off on Any Further Attacks on Iran’s Giant Natural Gas Field theepochtimes.com/world/netanyah…

.@EpochTimes: US Looking to Seize Iranian Defectors’ Money: Bessent theepochtimes.com/us/us-looking-…

James Gracey, a University of Alabama student missing in Spain, has been found dead, police say cnn.it/4dwIMXi

NEW: Hegseth confirms the Pentagon would ask Congress for more money to wage war in Iran. axios.com/2026/03/19/200…

MUST READ: A bombshell NYT investigation shows that Cesar Chavez sexually abused young girls. Dolores Huerta also discloses for first time that that Chavez raped her. So much more from Manny Fernandez and Sarah Hurtes —> nytimes.com/2026/03/18/us/…

NEW from me Rama Duwaji — the wife of NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani— shared several posts glorifying Palestinian terrorism on old social media accounts that remain active. Duwaji also used the N-word. freebeacon.com/democrats/zohr…

SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress

Thune says he’ll bring Mullin’s DHS nomination to the floor early next week if HSGAC reports him out favorably tomorrow. Says the Senate can pivot to other business despite the SAVE Act debate: “I think if he comes out tomorrow, we'll try and execute on getting him up on the floor early next week.”

SCOOP: Vice President JD Vance is planning to visit Hungary in the coming days in a show of support for the country's long-time nationalist prime ​minister Viktor Orban, who is facing a difficult election next month, sources familiar ‌with the planning tell me & @JonathanLanday

BREAKING: The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday at its first meeting since the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran drove up gasoline prices and risked a wider bout of inflation. abcnews.link/7xIJ36D

.@EpochTimes: Democratic Field Set for 2026 House Races in Illinois theepochtimes.com/us/democratic-…

Two wins (Miller, Bean) and two losses (Fine, Conyears-Ervin) for AIPAC-supported candidates in Illinois. And a loss on their original goal of blocking Biss. But important to note: they managed to block all 6 of the far-left Squad-type candidates they wanted to.

#BREAKING @EpochTimes: Juliana Stratton Wins Senate Democratic Primary in Illinois theepochtimes.com/us/juliana-str…

IT'S OV-AH! LG Juliana Stratton has beaten Rep. Raja Krishanmoorthi for the Democratic Senate nomination in IL. She was massively outspent, but Raja's soft sell, more moderate campaign was outclassed in the end by Stratton's strident anti-Trump ads and machine support.

IT'S OV-AH! CD 9 - All but 5 precincts are reporting in Chicago and Kat Abugazaleh has not picked up the pace as she needed to. That means Daniel Biss has a large enough lead to be called the winner. He's middle course between the AIPAC-backed Laura Fine and Kat.

Melissa Conyears-Ervin concedes to LaShawn Ford in #IL07 Dem primary Conyears-Ervin was backed by AIPAC-allied groups. Ford was backed by retiring Rep. Danny Davis

IT'S OV-AH! CD 8 - Melissa Bean has taken the lead in DuPage, and that cements her return to Congress. She was leading in suburban Cook and Kane, and this takes away Ahmed's last path to victory. AIPAC 2 for 2 so far, but will definitely not win CD 9 with Fine.

IT'S OV-AH! CD 2 - Cook County Commissioner Donna Miller has defeated former Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and state Senator Robert Peters and will go on to win the all-important Democratic nomination in one of the safest seats in the US. She's easily winning city and burbs.

First report from Chicago - Senate - Stratton leads 41-26, which isn't enough. Kelly's 22% hurts her a lot. CD 2 - Peters is out of the running. He needed to carry Chicago big but instead he's 3d and Miller leads Jackson. CD 7 - Conyears-Ervin leads Ford by under 100 votes.

(Reuters) - Iran's security chief Ali Larijani has been killed, Iranian media confirmed on Tuesday.