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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 31st 2026
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
A Russian oil tanker was set to deliver the first crude shipment to Cuba since January on Tuesday after Washington gave the crisis-hit island a reprieve from an effective fuel blockade. The Anatoly Kolodkin, a tanker under US sanctions, was on its way to the port of Matanzas, east of Havana, with 730,000 barrels of crude. US President Donald Trump's decision to let Russia deliver the oil avoids a confrontation with ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
The Justice Department is urging the Supreme Court to limit birthright citizenship for the first time since the justices famously rejected the government's attempt to deny citizenship to a man born in the US to Chinese immigrants. That decision, in US v Wong Kim Ark in 1898, is regarded as a landmark precedent affirming citizenship for virtually everyone born on US soil under the Constitution. Over a century later, ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
The average U.S. price of a gallon of gasoline rose above $4 a gallon Tuesday for the first time in more than three years, according to AAA, the latest sign of how the Iran war is driving up fuel costs for U.S. motorists. The average price was $4.018 a gallon, , up from $3.990 on Monday. Gas prices have surged since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran on February 28 , jumping more than a dollar per gallon over ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
This year's RSAC delivered on its anticipated emphasis on AI but with some surprises as to how CISOs should rethink approaches to governance, team structure, and reporting to the board. Writing a conference preview is an act of professional speculation. You read the agenda, map the schedule session density, and make your personal best call about where the intellectual energy will concentrate. From my perspective ...
Source: csoonline.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
NASA's Artemis II mission will be the first time humans have been around the moon in half a century, and its next launch window opens on 1 April Four astronauts are preparing to see the moon as it has never been seen before. NASA's Artemis II mission, which could launch as soon as 1 April, will send astronauts looping around the moon for the first time since 1972, taking in areas of the far side that no human eyes ...
Source: newscientist.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Instagram is testing a new subscription that gives paying users access to several features, including the ability to view another user's Story in stealth mode. Other perks include creating audience lists beyond "Close Friends" and extending a Story by an additional 24 hours. Instagram Stories are photos and videos that expire after 24 hours. Currently, the creator can see who views them. "Our hope from these tests ...
Source: insider.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
(NEXSTAR) – The Trump administration has projected "very large refunds" for taxpayers in 2026, but some may be less than thrilled with the amount of money they get back. "Because of the changes within the Big Beautiful Bill most taxpayers should expect to see a larger refund in 2026, but how much they receive will really depend on the specifics of their tax situation," Adam Brewer, tax attorney ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed State Rep. Meg Weinberger's bill into law to rename Palm Beach International Airport after President Donald J. Trump . "America's greatest President deserves an airport that bears his name," stated Rep. Weinberger. "It's an honor to recognize President Trump 's lasting impact on our nation by renaming Palm Beach International Airport in his name Donald J. Trump International ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
A U.S. government panel was due to convene Tuesday for the first time since 1992 to consider exempting oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act due to unspecified national security concerns, a move critics say could doom a rare whale species and harm other marine life. Nicknamed the "God Squad" by groups who say it can decide a species' fate, the Endangered ...
Source: wfla.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
March 31 (UPI) -- The Justice Department is suing the Minnesota Department of Education, asking a federal court to force it to comply with the Trump administration's policies prohibiting transgender student-athletes from competing in girls' sports. The lawsuit , filed Monday in the U.S. District Court for the District of Minnesota, is the latest in a broad series of federal actions -- including lawsuits, ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
March 31 (UPI) -- The man accused of attacking a Michigan synagogue earlier this month "was motivated and inspired by Hezbollah 's militant ideology," federal authorities said. "Based on the evidence gathered to date, we assess this attack to be a Hezbollah-inspired act of terrorism purposely targeting the Jewish community and the largest Jewish temple in Michigan," Jennifer Runyan, the FBI special agent in charge ...
Source: upi.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Airport Security Lines Return To Normal As TSA Workers Receive Paychecks President Donald Trump's order to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers didn't move the needle until officers were notified paychecks were being processed, finally easing lines Monday. On Monday, security wait times at major airports were largely back to normal after TSA officers were notified they would begin receiving ...
Source: forbes.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Leading international human rights groups as well as organizations in Israel swiftly demanded the repeal of a law passed by the Israeli Knesset on Monday that makes death by hanging the default punishment for Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks on Israelis—a law that one group called "discriminatory by design." Those were the words of the Association of Civil Rights in Israel, which petitioned the ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Bunker construction appears to be related to the secure shelter and communications center underneath the former East Wing Removed from bookmarks President Donald Trump confirmed that the military was involved in the construction of a "big complex" underneath his new White House ballroom – and ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
A teacher was shot by a student at a high school in Bulverde, Texas, according to authorities. The 15-year-old teen fatally shot himself. The shooting happened Monday morning at Hill Country College Preparatory High School on Wiley Road in Bulverde, a small city north of San Antonio, when the 15-year-old student shot a teacher before fatally shooting himself, according to the Comal County Sheriff's Office. The ...
Source: bnonews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
The New York Times argues the Department of Defense's March 23 interim policy continues restricting coverage of the military amid the ongoing Iran war. WASHINGTON (CN) — The New York Times urged a federal judge Monday to rebuke the Pentagon for quickly drafting a new press access policy that the newspaper argues revives a version he determined was clearly unconstitutional. On March 20, U.S. District Judge ...
Source: courthousenews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Australian police said Monday they shot a fugitive wanted for killing two officers, ending a seven-month manhunt for one of the country's most-wanted criminals. Desmond Freeman fled into dense bushland in August last year after shooting and killing two police officers who came to search his rural home in Victoria state. Hundreds of police have pursued Freeman through the region's rugged terrain over the past seven ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Washington — The Army said Monday that it has launched a review after singer and rapper Kid Rock shared a video to social media that shows a pair of Apache helicopters flying outside of his Tennessee house, in what an Army official confirmed to CBS News was a training flight. Maj. Montrell Russell, a spokesman for the Army, said in a statement the Army is aware of the video that shows AH-64 Apache helicopters ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Rome — Thieves made off with three paintings by Renoir, Cézanne and Matisse worth millions of dollars from a museum near the city of Parma in northern Italy, police said Monday. The heist took place on the night of March 22-23, with thieves forcing open the entrance door, police said. The three stolen paintings are "Fish" by Auguste Renoir, "Still Life with Cherries" by Paul Cézanne, and ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
March 30 (UPI) -- Russia expelled a British diplomat, alleging that he engaged in espionage, on Monday. Russia's Federal Security Service said it found an "undeclared British intelligence presence" within the United Kingdom's embassy in Moscow . It said Albertus Gerardus Janse van Rensburg gave false information to enter Russia and gather intelligence. Janse van Rensburg was identified by FSB. "The competent ...
Source: upi.com