Special Election in Georgia Is a Test of Trump’s Base

乔治亚州特别选举是对特朗普基础的考验

WSJ What’s News

2026-03-11

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P.M. Edition for Mar. 10. Today Georgia's 14th congressional district holds a special election to fill the congressional seat left vacant by former Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene. WSJ national politics reporter Sabrina Siddiqui speaks with reporters Aaron Zitner and Cameron McWhirter about Republican voters’ stance on President Trump’s military campaigns. Plus, the Senate has introduced a new provision in its housing bill that would force large investors to sell homes within seven years of them being built. We hear from Journal reporter Rebecca Picciotto about how the industry is responding. And oil prices continue their slide as investors hope the world’s biggest economies will release strategic oil reserves. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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  • Tehran experiences some of the heaviest bombardment since the start of the conflict,

  • while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth says Iran is quote, badly losing.

  • Plus, oil prices slide on investors' hope for the release of strategic oil reserves.

  • And what today's special election in Georgia shows about what MAGA voters think of the Trump administration's military operations.

  • This isn't just an issue of foreign policy for MAGA.

  • It's an issue of identity.

  • If Make America Great meant anything, it meant a rejection not just of Obama and Joe Biden,

  • but a rejection of George Bush, Mitt Romney, that old Republican Party, and now here we are.

  • It's Tuesday, March 10th.

  • I'm Alex Osula for The Wall Street Journal.

  • This is the PM edition of What's News,

  • the top headlines and business stories that move the world today.

  • In a press conference this morning, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Iran is quote,

  • badly losing and that the military operation would continue until Iran is decisively defeated.

  • Today will be yet again.

  • Our most intense day of strikes inside Iran.

  • The most fighters, the most bombers, the most strikes.

  • Tehran is experiencing some of the heaviest bombardment since the start of the war.

  • Recent strikes on oil facilities around the outskirts of the city caused huge dark clouds of smoke.

  • Earlier, Iran's foreign minister said negotiations with the U.S.