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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 31st 2026
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — President Donald Trump expressed frustration Tuesday with allies who have been unwilling to do more to support the U.S. war effort, telling them to "go get your own oil" as the conflict with Iran and its closure of the Strait of Hormuz sent average U.S. gas prices past $4 a gallon and roiled global markets. The president's social media tirade came after U.S. strikes hit a ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
A decade ago, I wrote a cover story for Reason magazine titled "Trump vs. the Constitution." It explained how then-candidate Donald Trump's call to abolish the constitutional guarantee of birthright citizenship for millions of U.S.-born children ran afoul of the text, history, and original meaning of the 14th Amendment. It also noted the dismaying fact that so many Republicans appeared ready to support Trump's ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Mar 31st, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... After gas prices held just shy of the $4 a gallon mark for a couple of weeks, the floodgates broke open Monday in Florida with consumers seeing major hikes at the pump. Starting mid-morning Monday, some stations across Florida jumped more than 30 cents a gallon with several in Central Florida topping out at $4.29 for a gallon of regular unleaded. As of Tuesday morning, the ...
Source: orlandosentinel.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 -
Tuesday, March 31, 2026: Get the latest news and updates on the Artemis II mission as the countdown begins for NASA's return to the moon. Here's everything you need to know about the Artemis II mission so far: for Artemis II run from Wednesday through to Monday (April 4 to 9), with the potential for a launch on any of those days. After Monday, the next launch window is April 30. This will be NASA's last ...
Source: livescience.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 -
By Millions of Americans are seeing larger tax refunds this filing season, with new federal data showing a notable increase compared to last year as recent tax changes begin to take effect. The latest figures from the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) show that the average refund has climbed to $3,571 as of March 20-up 10.9 percent from $3,221 at the same point in 2025. The rise reflects both policy changes and the ...
Source: miamiherald.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 -
Sunday marked an unwelcome milestone when the ongoing closure of the Department of Homeland Security became the longest federal shutdown in United States history. The weekslong funding impasse set off a spiraling crisis, as Transportation Security Administration workers began to call out of work en masse, sparking excessive wait times and long lines that snaked throughout the nation's airports. Congress appears no ...
Source: nymag.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Israeli Knesset approves death penalty for Palestinians Human rights groups and Palestinian leaders have condemned Israel's passage of a law approving the use of the death penalty against Palestinians convicted of deadly attacks, calling the measure a violation of international law and inherently discriminatory. The legislation, passed on Monday by Israel's Parliament, the Knesset, makes the death penalty by ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump confirmed Sunday that the military is building a "massive complex" under the White House ballroom . The information "has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed, but the military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that's under construction, and we're doing very well," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "So we're ahead of schedule." News outlets ...
Source: nbcnews.com
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 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Pentagon has flouted a court order blocking it from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Defense Department's headquarters, a New York Times attorney asserted Monday in urging a federal judge to compel the government's compliance with the 10-day-old order. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman didn't immediately rule from the bench after hearing a second round of ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Victoria police commissioner Mike Bush said the shooting was 'justified' and brought closure to the families of two police officers allegedly killed by Freeman in Porepunkah in August Fugitive Dezi Freeman, the man allegedly responsible for the shooting deaths of two officers at Porepunkah, has been killed after a seven-month manhunt in rural Victoria . The Victoria police chief commissioner, Mike Bush, confirmed a ...
Source: theguardian.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