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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 7th 2026
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Importers who paid tariffs imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) may assume that a U.S. Supreme Court decision invalidating those tariffs automatically triggers refunds. It does not. Recent litigation confirms that recovering unlawfully collected IEEPA tariffs requires affirmative legal action, and timing matters. Understanding the post‑decision landscape is essential for ...
Source: jdsupra.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The former Secretary of D.H.S. faced criticism for misspending funds, prioritizing her own self-promotion, and reflexively defending even the most brutal acts of the Trump Administration's deportation efforts. March 6, 2026 Late last March, after being held incommunicado for nearly two weeks in a mega-prison in El Salvador, a group of Venezuelans learned that Kristi Noem, the U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security, ...
Source: newyorker.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Our special spring issue is out soon. Get a discounted subscription to our print magazine today. Your support keeps us publishing! Chuck Schumer is not only failing to meet the moment by not opposing the war on Iran. He has long been a hawk on Iran among Democrats and Americans who are yearning for peace. Most Americans don't want this war, and among Democratic voters, 89 percent say the United States should not ...
Source: jacobin.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Withheld Epstein files with accusations against Trump released by justice department FBI documents summarising interviews with a woman who made unsubstantiated claims of sexual assault against Donald Trump have been released as part of the US Department of Justice's (DOJ) trove of Epstein files. The release follows reports that the documents were missing from the DOJ's database, prompting Democrats to accuse ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
In a report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) on March 6, the U.S. economy lost 92,000 jobs in February, a month marred by severe winter weather. February was the third time in the past five months that payrolls declined, following a sharp revision showing a drop of 17,000 in December. As stocks sold off following the report, housing economists said the report could indicate headwinds for demand, but said ...
Source: rismedia.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Gonzales admitted Wednesday to having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who worked in his Uvalde office Representative Tony Gonzales has dropped his bid for re-election after admitting to having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. The Texas Republican wrote in a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Israeli warplanes pounded Beirut and Tehran on Friday as Iran launched another wave of retaliatory strikes against Israel and Gulf countries. There was no sign of the war letting up on its seventh day, as Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth warned the US air campaign against Iran would "surge dramatically." The strikes in Lebanon were the heaviest since a 2024 ceasefire ended the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
And Anthropic says it will fight back in court. The US Department of War has issued the first such designation ever applied to an American company, demanding that defence contractors certify they do not use Claude. Anthropic says the action is unlawful and retaliatory. For months, the conversations between Anthropic and the US Department of War were framed, at least publicly, as a negotiation. The San Francisco AI ...
Source: thenextweb.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
American forces were responsible for a strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed at least 150 students and staff, according to a preliminary assessment by U.S. military investigators. Two U.S. officials told Reuters that investigators believe the deadly strike on the Shajareye Tayabeh girls' school in Minab, Hormozgan Province, was launched by American forces after Donald Trump ordered the launch of "major ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The national gas average jumped to $3.32 per gallon Friday Gas prices climbed higher Friday as the conflict with Iran continued to roil global energy markets, pushing crude oil sharply upward and raising concerns about fuel supplies. The national average price for regular gasoline rose to $3.32 per gallon Friday, up from $3.25 Thursday and $2.98 a week ago, according to AAA . Analysts say the increase reflects a ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Update: The Florida Bar reversed its statement that it was investigating Halligan. . Lindsey Halligan, the former interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia forced to leave in January, is under investigation by the Florida Bar, according to a letter the association sent last month. Halligan, the former interim U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia forced to leave in January, is under ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Several Big Tech CEOs met with President Donald Trump on Wednesday and pledged to fund their own energy infrastructure needed to power their artificial intelligence data centers that have caused US utility bills to spike over the last year. That same day, Food and Water Watch slammed the pledge as "wholly inadequate" and released what it described as a " first-of-its-kind report " outlining the massive ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
UK lenders have begun raising mortgage interest rates as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised fears that inflation will rise and curb further Bank of England rate cuts. Nationwide has increased rates some of its products by up to 0.25%, while HSBC UK and Coventry Building Society have also said they will increase rates. The increases come after changes to the financial market's view of what the Bank ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
A week into the U.S.'s war in Iran , American drone expert Brett Velicovich joined Fox News anchor Jesse Watters to tout the role of advanced American drone defense technology used in the operation. In the split-screen beside him, footage of air defenses downing Iranian Shahed drones appeared to underscore his point. Except they weren't American air defenses. "Hi @FoxNews — small clarification," Wild Hornets, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A late-hour attempt by California's top Democratic official to thin out the party's crowded field for governor emphatically flopped, leaving the contest virtually unchanged and Democrats vexed over the possibility of a Republican upset in November. Outgoing Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom has acknowledged fears inside the party that multiple Democratic candidates could undercut each other in ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Help Net Security newsletters : Daily and weekly news, cybersecurity jobs, open source projects, breaking news – subscribe here! In the midst of recent developments and controversies surrounding a contract with the U.S. Department of Defense, OpenAI released the GPT-5.4 model. The release comes at a time when users are reportedly leaving ChatGPT for rival chatbots , particularly Anthropic's Claude. GPT-5.4 is ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
By U.S. oil prices have head for the hills since teeing off a fresh conflict in Iran last weekend, spurring one of the largest one-week increases in domestic oil prices ever. With the market week drawing to a close, Crude Oil is sitting at $91.33, up 28.3% over the past five days. That's the highest prices that have been seen since 2023. The market could be fixing to go higher too, as the Strait of Hormuz, a ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum's belated birthday present to himself was be a return to the game that was abruptly taken away from him last season. Tatum started the Celtics' home matchup with the Dallas Mavericks on Friday, marking his season debut almost 10 months after having surgery to repair a ruptured right Achilles tendon. "It's been a long journey. And the culmination of a new journey begins today," ...
Source: wbur.org
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Vonage take a look at how Agentic AI is redefining the contact centre by enabling artificial intelligence systems to act with autonomy, context awareness, and goal orientation — far beyond the capabilities of traditional chatbots or scripted automation. These AI agents aren't just reactive tools; they're proactive collaborators that independently manage workflows, make dynamic decisions, and resolve complex ...
Source: callcentrehelper.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
March 6 (UPI) -- Russia is helping Iran by giving it intelligence on American troops, ships and aircraft during the U.S. and Israeli assault on the Middle Eastern nation. The intelligence Iran has received on potential U.S. targets in the region -- naval vessels, military bases and the locations of other American assets -- has largely been provided using Russia's massive space-based surveillance apparatus, CNN ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Emmanuel Damas died after health care workers in an ICE center run by a for-profit prison company did not adequately treat a toothache, according to his family. A man who was arrested by ICE in Boston and transported to a detention center in Arizona died in custody after not receiving adequate treatment for a toothache, according to multiple reports and a letter sent by lawmakers to officials within the Trump ...
Source: boston.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
BEIRUT — For much of the past year, Lebanon's government has walked a tightrope in its dealings with the Iranian-backed armed group Hezbollah as it has moved to disarm the militants and curb their influence in Lebanese politics. Now, as Lebanon faces a rapidly escalating conflict between Hezbollah and Israel, the country is waiting to see if the government seizes on this moment to take decisive action against ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Daylight saving time, the yearly time change colloquially known as daylight savings, is set to start for 2026, meaning most Americans will lose an hour of sleep when they "spring forward" this weekend. For nearly 20 years, the annual ritual of moving clocks an hour ahead has taken place on the second Sunday of March. What is daylight saving time, exactly? By shifting clocks forward an hour, daylight saving time ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Vinay Prasad to leave in April after decisions involving vaccine reviews and specialty drugs for rare diseases The top vaccine official at the Food and Drug Administration, Dr Vinay Prasad, is once again leaving the agency – the second time in less than a year that he's departed after decisions involving the review of vaccinations and specialty drugs for rare diseases. FDA commissioner Marty Makary announced ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined. Already a member? Cuba appears to be next on Donald Trump 's hit list. But not just yet. The president appeared to suggest U.S.-assisted regime change in the communist-run Caribbean ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Much has been already been said of the portrayal of in Ryan Murphy's hit Hulu show Love Story , a retelling of the ill-fated relationship of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. In the show, Dree Hemingway portrays JFK Jr.'s ex-girlfriend, actress Daryl Hannah—and as various critics and fans alike have noted , Murphy's version of Hannah seems to be suspiciously one-note and pretty unflattering. Now, ...
Source: instyle.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The number of zero-day vulnerabilities uncovered in enterprise software and appliances reached an all-time high last year, analysis by Google Threat Intelligence Group (GTIG) has warned. In the report, released on March 5 , GTIG said it tracked 90 zero-day vulnerabilities which were actively deployed by cyber attackers during 2025. Google defined a zero-day as "a vulnerability that was maliciously exploited in the ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
China's muted response over war in Iran reflects Beijing's delicate calculus as a concerned onlooker
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
China has perfected the role of concerned onlooker as the Middle East conflict spreads across the region. With no direct role in the conflict and some 4,200 miles (6,800 kilometers) away from the action, Beijing has a little more breathing room to work out the calculus on how the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran affects its interests. Yet the recent events nonetheless place China in a strategically uncomfortable ...
Source: theconversation.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Reading time 3 minutes The cat's out of the bag. The next Xbox console is codenamed "Project Helix" and won't just play past and future Xbox-only games, but also run every title built for PC. Asha Sharma, Microsoft's recently installed CEO of gaming , shared on X the company's "commitment to the return of Xbox" and added that the next-gen console will "lead in performance." Great start to the morning with Team ...
Source: gizmodo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The incident further inflamed tensions between Hungary and Ukraine, which are embroiled in a bitter feud over Hungary's access to Russian oil through a pipeline that crosses Ukrainian territory. Hungarian authorities have detained seven Ukrainian citizens, including a former intelligence officer, and seized two armored cars carrying large amounts of cash across Hungary on suspicion of money laundering, officials ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
BAKU, Azerbaijan (AP) — Azerbaijan on Thursday accused Iran of a drone attack on its territory that injured four civilians, and it vowed to retaliate as the war in the Middle East reached into another country. Azerbaijan's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Iranian drones attacked its exclave of Nakhchivan and damaged an airport building. President Ilham Aliyev accused Iran of carrying out "a ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! House Democrats largely voted to allow the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown to keep going on Thursday, shrugging off Republicans' concerns about the increased domestic terror threat amid the U.S.-Israeli operation in Iran. It comes hours after President Donald Trump shocked Capitol Hill by ousting DHS Secretary Kristi Noem and appointing Sen. Markwayne Mullin, ...
Source: foxnews.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
Nothing has taken the wraps off a trio of products including the Nothing Phone (4a) Pro, the more affordable Phone (4a) and the over-ear Headphone (a). All three products come with Nothing's usual touches of stark, minimalist design with transparent materials, affordable prices and more punctuation than you'll find in the British Library. Better yet, they all come in pink. The Phone (4a) Pro will start at ...
Source: cnet.com