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Watch CBS News Tulsi Gabbard, John Ratcliffe field questions on Iran threat at Senate hearing; Israelis brace for more Iranian cluster bombs.

Power is being restored to Cuba after a total blackout hit the island earlier in the week. Democratic Rep. Jim McGovern of Massachusetts, who recently introduced a bill to repeal the embargo on Cuba, joins “The Takeout” with his perspective on the Trump administration’s approach to the island nation.

GOP Rep. Marlin Stutzman says it’s “too soon” to imagine scenario of U.S. boots on ground in Iran – CBS News Watch CBS News Sources tell CBS News that President Trump has yet to decide on sending U.S. ground troops into Iran. Republican Rep. Marlin Stutzman of Indiana joins “The Takeout” to discuss.

The matchup is set for November’s general election to replace longtime Sen. Dick Durbin in Illinois. CBS News projects that Lieutenant Gov. Juliana Stratton will come out on top in the Democratic Party’s primary election. She will face off against former Republican State Party Chair Don Tracy. CBS News’ Aaron Navarro reports.

A month after three of Colin Dorgan’s family members were killed in a shooting at a Pawtucket, Rhode Island, hockey arenahe helped his team win the state championship. As Dorgan stood before a deafening crowd exploding in pride for his high school hockey team’s championship win, secured by a goal in an exhausting yet exhilarating …

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2/26: The Takeout: The Iran Question – CBS News Watch CBS News In a special edition of “The Takeout,” Major Garrett speaks with experts about escalating tensions over Iran’s nuclear program and the potential political consequences of U.S. intervention as President Trump considers strikes if no deal is reached.

The FBI is investigating former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent in connection with alleged leaks of classified information, multiple sources with direct knowledge of the matter tell CBS News. The probe began before Kent resigned this week over the Trump administration’s handling of the war with Iran, the sources said. The FBI’s Criminal Division …

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Costa Rica on Wednesday closed its embassy in Havana and told Cuba’s communist government to pull its diplomats from San José. “We have to clean out communists from the hemisphere,” Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves declared after the diplomatic rupture. The Cuban Embassy in the U.S. responded to the closure by alleging in a social …

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President Trump touts economy, immigration policies in State of the Union address; Virginia Gov. Abigail Spanberger hits Trump on affordability in Democrat response.

3/18: The Takeout with Major Garrett – CBS News Watch CBS News Sen. Markwayne Mullin faces tense confirmation hearing for DHS secretary job; DNI Tulsi Gabbard discusses Iran war on Capitol Hill.