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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 24th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Trump administration deploys ICE agents at airports across US United States immigration agents have begun deploying to major airports across the US to help ease long security lines as a government funding standoff leaves many airport security staff off work. The partial government shutdown affects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which oversees the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), meaning ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
According to Article 1, Section 4, of the U.S. Constitution, "the Times, Places and Manner of holding Elections for Senators and Representatives, shall be prescribed in each State by the Legislature thereof; but the Congress may at any time by Law make or alter such Regulations." Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments in a high-profile case that asks whether the federal law that established a uniform ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
Hopes rose that the Iran war could begin winding down as U.S. President said that his government was holding productive talks with Tehran, but fighting showed no signs of slowing and Iran denied there were talks. Trump extended his deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on Monday, saying the U.S. will for five more days to allow U.S. envoys to hold talks with a "respected" Iranian leader. Iranian ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
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Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Stories of survival emerge from deadly New York airport collision as officials investigate its cause
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
NEW YORK – Moments after an Air Canada jet at New York's LaGuardia Airport, killing the pilots and hurling a flight attendant from the aircraft, the passengers took their escape into their own hands. With the smell of fuel in the air and debris dangling from the obliterated cockpit, passengers tore open emergency exit doors, jumped off the plane's wings and then turned around to catch others coming up behind ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
By March 23 (UPI) -- The Trump administration closed a deal with the French energy company TotalEnergies to pay it nearly $1 billion to end construction of wind farms off the shores of New York and North Carolina. TotalEnergies will be paid $928 million after it invests the same amount of money in oil, natural gas and liquefied natural gas production in the United States, the Department of the Interior announced on ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's reported plan to slash the state's estate tax exemption threshold to $750,000 highlights a real problem—the US under-taxes inherited wealth. And the plan has triggered a familiar round of backlash. Beneath the reflexive outrage to an admittedly flawed plan lies a central tension: Why does the tax code treat inherited wealth more generously than income earned through work? ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
March 24 (UPI) -- The Department of Defense has announced new restrictions on reporters, including removing their office space from the Pentagon, after a judge last week struck down a Trump administration policy that threatened journalists' credentials for obtaining unauthorized information. Under the new policy announced Monday, reporters will be required to work from new office space outside the Pentagon but in ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
A county sheriff's office in Maryland said Monday that professional cornhole player who's also a quadruple amputee fatally shot a passenger in the front seat of a car he was driving during an argument. Dayton James Webber, 27, was arrested and charged as a fugitive from justice by police in Albemarle County, Virginia, the Charles County Sheriff's Office said in a statement. Charles County is seeking his extradition ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
The storage industry has a long and undistinguished history of companies reinventing themselves right before someone else makes them irrelevant. Pure Storage is not doing that. When it announced on February 23 that it was changing its name to Everpure and acquiring AI data intelligence startup 1touch , it was pivoting toward a fight it had already quietly won the right to enter. The distinction matters. ...
Source: cdotrends.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Arson attack on Jewish charity ambulances investigated by counter-terror police An arson attack on Jewish charity-owned ambulances in north London is being treated as an antisemitic hate crime and is being investigated by counter-terror officers, the Metropolitan Police has said. Four Hatzola ambulances were set ablaze in Golders Green in the early hours of Monday, causing several explosions - caused by gas ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
March 23 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Sunday said there will be no end to the partial government shutdown until Congress passes the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. "I don't think we should make any deal with the Crazy, Country Destroying, Radical Left Democrats unless, and until, they Vote with Republicans to pass 'THE SAVE AMERICA ACT,'" Trump posted on Truth Social . "It is far more important than ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Washington — The Senate confirmed Markwayne Mullin as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on Monday, finalizing President Trump's shakeup of DHS following months of scrutiny of Kristi Noem's leadership . In a 54-45 vote, the Senate confirmed Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican who's been in the Senate since 2023. Democratic Sens. John Fetterman of Pennsylvania and Martin Heinrich of New Mexico voted ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
The Earth is close to breaching the key warming threshold of 1.5C - beyond which increasingly severe and compounding climate impacts are triggered. The Earth's climate is in a "state of emergency", according to the United Nations which has warned it is more out of balance than at any other time in observed history. The World Meteorological Organisation (WMO), which is the UN's weather agency, predicted that ...
Source: news.sky.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Elon Musk, famously a man with big ideas, is building a semiconductor plant vast enough to power those ambitions. Musk on Saturday announced what he calls the "Terafab," a semiconductor manufacturing plant to be located in Austin, Texas, that will produce chips for Tesla vehicles, SpaceX spaceships and Optimus humanoid robots. Currently, Musk's companies rely on other semiconductor manufacturers, including Samsung, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
A bill introduced in the Senate on Monday would ban prediction markets like Kalshi and Polymarket from accepting or listing transactions related to sports events and casino-style games. The bill, co-sponsored by Sens. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., and John Curtis, R-Utah, is the first bipartisan legislation introduced in the Senate targeting the rise of sports betting on services like Polymarket and Kalshi. While ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
While the results represent hope in fight to prevent Lyme, they could also be a source of controversy An experimental vaccine from Pfizer and Valneva reduced the risk of developing Lyme disease by more than 70%, according to newly released data. Though results appear to have missed a key statistical bar, the companies said they would still be approaching regulators in hopes the vaccine would be approved. The ...
Source: statnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
France's Socialists tightened their grip on four major cities following municipal elections over the weekend while the far right fell short of a wider breakthrough ahead of the mayoral race on Sunday, succeeding fellow party member in the French capital. The results of the final round of municipal elections showed clear gains for the traditional left and right, and one major win for the far-right in the The vote ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
The US has banned new foreign-made consumer internet routers over national security concerns. In an update on Monday to a list of equipment seen as not secure enough for use, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) added all consumer-grade routers made outside the US. It puts routers - which are used widely in homes and businesses to connect computers, phones, TVs and other devices to the internet - on a par ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Bill Cosby drugged and sexually assaulted a former waitress in 1972 after escorting her to one of his shows, a civil jury in California concluded Monday, awarding the woman $19.25 million in damages. The verdict was the latest turn in a series of legal battles the disgraced entertainer, now 88, has faced since allegations that he repeatedly drugged and raped women exploded publicly about a decade ago. He served ...
Source: latimes.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
RAMALLAH, West Bank — At least 10 Palestinians were injured Sunday night in attacks in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, who rampaged through nearby villages after holding a funeral for a settler killed in a car crash a night earlier. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the wounded in Deir al-Hatab included a 45-year-old man shot in the foot and a woman suffering from smoke inhalation. Videos ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
March 23 (UPI) -- More than 40 energy sites in the Middle East have been damaged since the United States and Israel launched a war with Iran, the head of the International Energy Agency said Monday. Fatih Birol said at the National Press Club in Canberra, Australia, that energy assets across nine countries have been "severely or very severely" damaged. The breadth of the damage and the closure of the Strait of ...
Source: upi.com
Iowa beats No. 1 seed and defending champ Florida in March Madness on Folgueiras' 3 in final seconds
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alvaro Folgueiras told Bennett Stirtz he'd be ready for the ball, and he delivered in the clutch. Folgueiras nailed a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds remaining and Iowa eliminated defending national champion Florida, sending the top-seeded Gators home with a 73-72 victory on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Under first-year coach Ben McCollum, the Hawkeyes reached the Sweet 16 ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? President Donald Trump has had a statue of Christopher Columbus installed on the grounds of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building adjacent to the White House after the ...
Source: huffpost.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
Cause of the fire that killed Pierce, who had covered the Minnesota hockey team for a decade, is under investigation NHL reporter Jessi Pierce and her three children were killed on Saturday in a weekend house fire in Minnesota , the league announced on its sports website Sunday. Pierce, 37, covered the Minnesota Wild as the correspondent for NHL.com for the past decade. "The entire NHL .com team is devastated and ...
Source: theguardian.com