AM Update for 3/5/26: Lawmakers grill Gov. Tim Walz and Attorney General Keith Ellison over what prosecutors say could be $9 billion in fraud across Minnesota’s welfare programs, with many of the cases tied to schemes involving members of the state’s Somali community. The U.S.–Israel military campaign against Iran intensifies, with American forces striking more than 2,000 targets in the first hundred hours and officials claiming Iran’s navy and air force have been largely destroyed. Texas Democrats coalesce around State Representative James Talarico after Jasmine Crockett concedes the primary, while Republicans brace for a bruising Cornyn–Paxton runoff and a looming Trump endorsement. DHS Secretary Kristi Noem returns to Capitol Hill for a second day of testimony as lawmakers clash over immigration enforcement, DHS spending, and the administration’s tactics in Minnesota.
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