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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 19th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Death confirmed of Esmail Khatib, the third senior Iranian figure killed in 24 hours, as Israel also launches intense airstrikes on Lebanon Israel struck Iran's giant South Pars gasfield on Wednesday, marking a major escalation of the war, hours after Israeli forces killed the regime's intelligence minister and launched some of the most intense airstrikes in Beirut for decades. The attack on the Pars site in the ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A key question hangs over the Federal Reserve's two-day meeting that ends Wednesday: Will central bank policymakers still reduce short-term interest rates this year, now that the Iran war has sent oil prices higher and gas prices spiking ? Or will they have to stand pat for months to see how the conflict plays out? Fed Chair Jerome Powell is almost certain to announce Wednesday that the ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Senate Homeland Security Chairman Rand Paul fiercely criticized Senator Markwayne Mullin during his confirmation hearing on Wednesday, calling him a "man with anger issues" after Mullin previously called Paul a "freaking snake." Mullin also once said he understood why a neighbor attacked Paul in 2017. Mullin is appearing before the Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs after President ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
The World Is on Fire. Gas Prices Are Rising. Republicans Are Trying to Make It Harder to Vote. Instead of ending the Iran war or improving the economy, Senate Republicans are championing Trump's MAGA voter suppression bill. Get your news from a source that's not owned and controlled by oligarchs. The world is on fire . Gas prices are rising. The US economy is in shambles. President Trump has bulldozed through his ...
Source: motherjones.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Arizona became the first state to criminally charge a prediction market platform today when Attorney General Kris Mayes filed misdemeanor criminal charges against market-leader Kalshi on March 17, 2026. Declaring that "no company gets to decide for itself which laws to follow," Mayes labeled Kalshi an illegal gambling operation that continues to violate Arizona laws. The criminal complaint filed by AG Mayes lists ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
TrojAI has announced major new capabilities designed to secure the growing deployment of agentic AI in the enterprise going beyond the prompt layer. "The innovations we are unveiling this week address some of the most significant and rapid changes to the AI security ecosystem. Enterprise deployment of agents is accelerating quickly, and these new TrojAI capabilities enable a new level of visibility and protection ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
March 18 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump issued a 60-day temporary waiver of the 106-year-old maritime law known as the Jones Act to battle rising gas prices as a side effect of the war in Iran, the White House announced Wednesday. White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said the waiver will increase the flow of oil, natural gas, fertilizer and coal into U.S. ports. "President Trump's decision to issue a ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic lawmakers on Wednesday stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department leaders, and said they would push to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions under oath about the case that has plagued the Trump administration. Bondi and Deputy Attorney General Todd ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Prime members will pay $9.99 for one hour delivery and $4.99 for three hour delivery, while non Prime users face higher fees. Amazon is launching new one-hour and three-hour delivery options across multiple U.S. cities to enhance its competitive stance against instant delivery services such as Instacart, DoorDash, and Uber Eats. The initiative will make over 90,000 items available for rapid delivery, improving ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
A week ago, President Trump effectively declared victory in the Iran war. "We've won. Let me tell you, we've won," he said during a speech in Kentucky. "You know, you never like to say too early you won. We won. We won the, in the first hour, it was over. We won." Of course, this being Trump, he also said that the United States and Israel had to "finish the job." Days earlier, he had said the war was "very complete ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Content note: This story contains details of sexual violence. Civil rights icon Dolores Huerta is one of several women in the United States speaking out against the sexual violence they say they endured at the hands of labour leader Cesar Chavez. In a statement on Wednesday, Huerta said she was motivated to speak out after being contacted for an investigation by The New York Times, which revealed that ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Illinois' Democratic primary elections on Tuesday received a lot of attention, and not always for the candidates on the ballot. The primary for the open seat left by retiring Sen. Dick Durbin , had served as a test for Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker's political clout ahead of a potential 2028 presidential run. And outside spending from pro-Israel groups and pro-crypto groups, had swarmed House primaries in the closing ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Health A New Level of Vaccine Purgatory A judge suspended the CDC's vaccine advisory committee but also said that the agency should be consulting it before making recommendations. Victor J. Blue / The New York Times / Redux March 18, 2026, 11:50 AM ET Save Listen − 1.0x + Seek 0:00 9:47 On Monday, a federal judge issued a preliminary ruling with a harsh reprimand for the Trump administration: You've done this ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Public health alert as Kent meningitis cases rise An urgent public health alert has been issued after a deadly meningitis outbreak in Kent, with health workers across England urged to look out for signs of infection. The UK Health Security Agency (UKHSA) issued the alert as a vaccination programme targeting about 5,000 students began at the University of Kent, following an outbreak thought to have originated at a ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
With Big Oil poised to profit from a price spike driven by the US-Israeli war on Iran, congressional Democrats on Wednesday revived an excise tax that proponents say would put money back in the pockets of struggling American workers . Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Big Oil Windfall Profits Tax Act "to curb profiteering by oil companies and provide Americans relief at ...
Source: commondreams.org
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
In January, nearly 400 millionaires and billionaires from 24 countries called on global leaders to increase taxes on the super-rich, arguing that extreme wealth is polluting politics, driving social exclusion, and fueling the climate emergency. In an open letter released to coincide with the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, these influential figures—including English musician Brian Eno, ...
Source: foreignpolicy.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Beijing seeks to decipher effect of Iran war on US midterms and best way to apply pressure when Trump meets Xi The White House said on Wednesday that China had agreed to postpone Donald Trump's visit to Beijing, as war in the Middle East rages on, complicating the US president's position at home and abroad. China has not yet commented on the delay to the highly anticipated trip, in which Trump and the Chinese ...
Source: theguardian.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
WNBA fans can breathe a sigh of relief. At long last, and at the last possible moment, the league and its players reached a verbal agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement. More than 100 hours of negotiations over the past week between the players union and the league resulted in a handshake and a champagne toast. Commissioner Cathy Engelbert told reporters she expects the season to start on time. Exact ...
Source: chicago.suntimes.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 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? WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. government's top intelligence official told lawmakers Wednesday that Iran's regime "appears to be intact but largely degraded" yet repeatedly ...
Source: huffpost.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Mistral has introduced a system that enables enterprises to build artificial intelligence models that are trained on their proprietary knowledge rather than publicly available data. Dubbed "Forge," the system allows enterprises to train models on internal documentation, codebases, structured data and operational records so the models learn each enterprise's vocabulary, reasoning patterns and constraints, Mistral ...
Source: pymnts.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Apple released iOS 26.3.1 (a) , its first Background Security Improvement , on Tuesday, March 17. The tech giant wrote online that the update fixes an issue in WebKit, the engine that powers Safari and other third-party browsers in iOS. If you have enabled automatic installation of Background Security Improvements, your iPhone should install this update on its own. If you don't have automatic installs, or if you ...
Source: cnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
MIAMI (AP) — Eugenio Suárez and his Venezuelan teammates stood on the stage behind second base with shiny medals draped over their proud chests, belting out their national anthem accompanied by tens of thousands of fans who remained in the ballpark a half-hour after the final out. Back home, people were singing their praises, too. Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time Tuesday ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Users can access Personal Intelligence in AI Mode through Google Search, the Gemini app, and Gemini in Chrome. Google is expanding its Personal Intelligence feature to all users in the U.S., making it accessible to free-tier accounts for the first time. Previously, Personal Intelligence was exclusive to paid users and allows the AI assistant to customize responses by connecting with users' Google services, such as ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Writers Guild members staged walkout over stalled negotiations CBS News saw staffers walk off the job on Tuesday amid an ongoing labor dispute. Writers Guild of America East members at CBS News 24/7 held a 24-hour walkout on Tuesday, claiming management failed to reach an agreement on a new collective bargaining agreement with the 60-member bargaining unit. The current ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
GPT-5.4 mini is available to Free and Go users through the Thinking option in ChatGPT and serves as a fallback for paid users who reach usage limits. OpenAI has launched GPT-5.4 mini and nano models, expanding access to enhanced features for users across its platforms. This announcement comes after the release of GPT-5.4 in early March, which is mainly tailored for professional tasks such as programming and data ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
This story originally appeared on Real Estate News . One of the biggest lawsuits to capture the real estate industry's attention over the past year has come to an abrupt end. Compass International Holdings announced Wednesday that it is dismissing the lawsuit it filed last June against Zillow . The two industry titans have battled in court for months over Zillow's Listing Access Standards , a policy barring ...
Source: geekwire.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
– Supreme Court warned Tuesday that personal criticism of federal judges is dangerous and "it's got to stop," two days after called a federal judge who ruled against the administration "wacky, nasty, crooked and totally out of control." As he has done before, Roberts was careful not to single out Trump or anyone else, insisting that the attacks on judges are not from "just any one political perspective." ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Snappily named Xi-cc-plus, Cern physicists spotted the particle in shower of debris that lit up Large Hadron Collider Scientists at the Cern nuclear physics laboratory near Geneva have discovered a heavier version of the proton, the subatomic particle that sits at the heart of every known atom in the universe. They spotted the particle in a shower of debris that lit up a detector at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), ...
Source: theguardian.com
Cesar Chavez Day canceled by unions after 'troubling' sexual allegations against civil rights leader
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! Celebrations for what would have been civil rights activist Cesar Chavez 's 99th birthday are being canceled ahead of what's being described as "deeply troubling allegations" against the historic figure. Across the country, several local organizations began canceling their upcoming celebrations in anticipation of an upcoming story that is expected to share concerning reports ...
Source: foxnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
GENEVA (AP) — The public wrangling between Iran, FIFA and U.S. President Donald Trump over the narrative of playing in the World Cup shifted on Tuesday to Mexico where President Claudia Sheinbaum seemed open to a suggestion by Islamic Republic diplomats that Iran's games in June be moved to her country. The Iranian ambassador and embassy in Mexico City said the country was negotiating with FIFA to move Iran's ...
Source: apnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
The Denver Broncos have reportedly traded for Miami Dolphins receiver Jaylen Waddle, a move that would add offensive firepower to a team that fell one win short of the Super Bowl last season. ESPN reports that the Broncos will send first-, third- and fourth-round picks in this year's draft to the Dolphins in return for Waddle. The Broncos will also receive Miami's fourth-round pick as part of the deal. If the deal ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Microsoft is reconfiguring the various teams working on its flagship artificial intelligence (AI) offering. In a message on the company blog Tuesday (March 17), CEO Satya Nadella said Microsoft would merge the commercial and consumer parts of its Copilot system into one effort. "This will span four connected pillars: Copilot experience, Copilot platform, Microsoft 365 apps, and AI models," he wrote. "This is how we ...
Source: pymnts.com