WASHINGTON FREE BEACON: --------------------------- Elsewhere: Thousands of American soldiers and Marines are arriving in the Middle East as the Pentagon preps for “weeks of ground operations in Iran,” the Washington Post reported, citing U.S. officials. Rather than a full-scale invasion, the operations would include Special Operations raids on key Iranian sites like Kharg Island. It’s unclear whether President Trump will give the green light. Remember Fang Fang, the suspected Chinese spy who helped Rep. Eric Swalwell (D., Calif.) with campaign fundraising? FBI director Kash Patel is reportedly pushing for the release of files related to the investigation into Swalwell’s relationship with the intrepid, uh, money honey. Russian satellites took images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia in the days before an Iranian attack on the base, which wounded a number of U.S. service members, according to NBC News. Check out our full Monday lineup below. ‘There Are a Lot of People in Dearborn Who Are Sad’: Democratic Senate Hopeful Abdul El-Sayed Said He Needed To Stay Silent on Khamenei Killing Because Many of Michigan’s Muslim Voters ‘Are Sad’ Columbia Student Union Demands ‘Academic Freedom’ To Protect Political Activism in the Classroom Harvard To Borrow Another $675 Million as Applications Plunge Coups and Consequences You’re Not a Monkey’s Uncle Tyranny Through Technology Brothers in Arms Finish the Job: There’s Only One Way To Lower the Price of Oil Politico Publishes Cartoon Depicting Trump, Republicans Wearing Blood-Covered Jewish Prayer Shawls, Yarmulkes Amid Bags of Money ‘Jobs Don’t Justify Harm’: Spanberger’s Chief Energy Officer Sought To Kill Natural Gas Plant That Needs Approval From Spanberger’s Administration Thanks for reading the Washington Free Beacon! Subscribe for free to receive new posts. Subscribed