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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 22nd 2026
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
Iran threatened on Sunday to attack key infrastructure across the Middle East if US President Donald Trump follows through on his vow to "obliterate" the Islamic republic's power plants unless the Strait of Hormuz swiftly reopens. Iran's defiant response came after its missiles slipped through air defences and struck two towns in southern Israel including one housing a nuclear facility, underscoring Tehran's ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated the death of Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who was tapped as a special counsel to investigate Russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election and tip the result in Trump's favor. "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!" Trump wrote on social media, minutes after Mueller's passing ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
While the Department of Education has not yet released its guidance on next steps for SAVE borrowers, the transition is set to be a major operational task for federal student-loan servicers. That could be a problem given accounts to the Treasury Department in a new partnership — part of the Trump administration's broader goal to dismantle the Department of Education. Borrower advocates said the move could put ...
Source: insider.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
Cuba has been plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week after its national power network failed again, strained by an energy blockade imposed by the United States. The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island on Saturday without initially giving a cause for the outage. The union later said the blackout was caused ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
President Donald Trump threatened to send federal immigration agents to U.S. airports unless Democrats immediately agree to fund the Department of Homeland Security. Trump said he plans to move ICE agents into airports as soon as Monday, telling them, "GET READY." Separately, Tesla CEO and former Trump advisor Elon Musk said he would like to cover the pay ...
Source: cnbc.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
On March 20, 2026, the White House released its long-awaited policy framework for governing the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technology. While not breaking new ground, the framework outlines the Trump administration's legislative recommendations to remove burdens on AI development and establish federal preemption of AI governance, though implementation remains ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
People in hard-hit areas of Oahu and Maui told to evacuate with still more rain expected over the weekend As Hawaii endures its worst flooding in more than 20 years, officials urged people in hard-hit areas to "LEAVE NOW". That warning early on Saturday came after heavy rains fell on soil already saturated by downpours from a winter storm a week ago, and still more was expected over the weekend. Muddy floodwaters ...
Source: theguardian.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price. A federal jury in California found Friday that tech tycoon Elon Musk misled Twitter shareholders, driving down the company's share price as he was poised to buy it in a $44 billion deal. The verdict in the class action securities lawsuit means the world's richest person could be ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Pentagon, agreeing with The New York Times that key portions of the new rules are unlawful. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., sided with the newspaper and ruled that the Pentagon policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters who ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Nicholas Brendon, actor known for playing Xander in Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Kevin Lynch in Criminal Minds , has died at the age of 54. His family shared the news that he had died in his sleep of natural causes in a statement on March 20. Several of Brendon's Buffy castmates have shared tributes to the actor following the announcement. "My Sweet Nicky, thank you for years of laughter, love and Dodgers," wrote , ...
Source: instyle.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. The U.S. Treasury Department has waived sanctions on Iranian oil at sea until April 19 Removed from bookmarks The Trump administration is temporarily lifting longstanding sanctions banning the "sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil or petroleum products of Iranian origin" for the next month in ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
The unique nature of the April special election and the state's recent redistricting history have presented challenges for Democrats, even as they hold a financial edge in the race. After putting an aggressive redraw of the state's congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election. Virginia Democrats entered 2026 ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
One year after the Trump administration launched its offensive against Harvard University in the name of combating antisemitism, the Justice Department on Friday sued the school yet again , saying faculty and leadership had "turned a blind eye to antisemitism and discrimination against Jews and Israelis." This is the second lawsuit by the Justice Department against Harvard in little more than one month, the prior ...
Source: bostonglobe.com