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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 26th 2025
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
At Senate hearing, Gabbard, Ratcliffe struggled to recall details of Yemen-strike chat shared with journalist. Tuesday's annual "worldwide threats" hearing —intended as a discussion of China, Russia, Iran, transnational criminal organizations, and other actors—devolved instead into something closer to a criminal deposition from Law and Order , with the heads of the CIA and the Office of the Director of ...
Source: nextgov.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
Most IT leaders will find it impossible to increase their adoption of AI with the data management practices they have in place now. While many organizations have already run a small number of successful proofs of concept to demonstrate the value of gen AI , scaling up those PoCs and applying the new technology to other parts of the business will never work until producing AI-ready data becomes standard practice. ...
Source: cio.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON — Vice President JD Vance said that he's joining his wife on a Friday trip to Greenland , suggesting in an online video that global security is at stake. "We're going to check out how things are going there," Vance said in a video shared Tuesday. "Speaking for President Trump, we want to reinvigorate the security of the people of Greenland because we think it's important to protecting the security ...
Source: military.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
The United States has agreed to help Russia boost its agricultural and fertiliser exports to the world market in exchange for a maritime security deal in the Black Sea. The White House, the Kremlin and Ukraine announced the deal on Tuesday after teams from the US and Russia met in Saudi Arabia to carve out a pathway towards peace in Ukraine. These negotiations came amid the Trump administration's push to end the ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
United States President Donald Trump has signed a new executive order that he argues is aimed at tightening election rules ahead of the 2026 midterms, touching upon a claim he has frequently made – without evidence – of large-scale election fraud. Titled "Preserving and Protecting the Integrity of American Elections," the new order introduces strict new requirements that voters must meet in order to ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
By Joe Trusty Expect AI To Revolutionize Pool Maintenance In The Years To Come Artificial intelligence (AI) is transforming industries across the board, and the pool industry is no exception. While swimming pool maintenance may seem like a traditional sector, advancements in AI-driven technology are making a significant impact in areas such as routine service, predictive maintenance, pool safety and pool ...
Source: forbes.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
The Trump administration continues to insist it didn't defy a federal judge's order when it failed to turn around planes carrying Venezuelan migrants to El Salvador. U.S. District Judge James Boasberg is weighing whether the government defied his order blocking the deportations of alleged gang members who hadn't been afforded due process. It's a case that's become a flashpoint in the rising tension between the ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
– Weaning Caribbean countries from their dependence on Venezuelan oil and combating illegal immigration will top Secretary of State Marco Rubio's tour of three Caribbean nations this week, a visit that comes as the Trump administration increasingly focuses its attention on the Western Hemisphere. said Rubio will push for the region to diversify its energy supplies when he visits Jamaica, Guyana and Suriname ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
March 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump has signed a retaliatory executive order targeting another law firm connected to lawyers who investigated him. Since returning to the White House, Trump has used his executive powers to punish law firms connected to Democrats and his previous criminal investigations as part of his crack down on the "weaponization of government." On Tuesday, he signed an executive order ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — Wind-driven wildfires that were among South Korea's worst ever were ravaging the country's southern regions, killing 24 people, destroying more than 200 structures and forcing 27,000 residents to evacuate, officials said Wednesday. The death toll included a pilot who died after a helicopter crashed during efforts to contain wildfires in the southeastern town of Uiseong, one of the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
Democrat James Malone is projected to win a special election for the state Senate in Pennsylvania in a district that President Donald Trump won by 15 points in November. The race was too early to call late Tuesday. With 99 percent of the estimated vote counted, Malone, the mayor of East Petersburg, was leading his Republican opponent, Lancaster County Commissioner Josh Parsons, by less than 500 votes, according to ...
Source: newsweek.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
One in four US businesses has scaled back their hiring plans because of the turmoil unleashed by President Donald Trump's trade war, according to a survey of chief financial officers released Wednesday. The quarterly survey, conducted by Duke University and the Federal Reserve Banks of Richmond and Atlanta, found a significant drop in CFO economic optimism as they grapple with the fog of the trade war. Almost all ...
Source: cnn.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
An amateur metal detectorist in Northern England has discovered an "unusual" 2,000-year-old hoard of artifacts that was burned and then buried. The Iron Age finding, named the Melsonby Hoard after the nearby village of Melsonby in North Yorkshire, contains more than 800 artifacts, including a cauldron, wine-mixing bowl, horse riding equipment, pieces of wagons or chariots, a large iron mirror, and ceremonial iron ...
Source: livescience.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
On March 29, a deep partial solar eclipse will be visible across much of the northeastern U.S. and eastern Canada, as well as in northwestern Europe, northwestern Africa and northern Russia, as the moon takes a "bite" out of the sun from our perspective on Earth. A lucky group of 13 states will have views of the sunrise solar eclipse , but exactly when to watch the celestial event — the first solar eclipse of ...
Source: livescience.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
NASA's Curiosity rover has made another remarkable discovery on Mars – the largest organic compounds ever detected on the Red Planet. These molecules , discovered in a rock sample drilled in 2013, offer fresh insights into the potential of Mars to support life. The findings suggest that Mars might have hosted more advanced prebiotic chemistry than scientists had assumed. Complex molecules in Martian rock ...
Source: earth.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
ASCE's Report Card for America's Infrastructure identified a $3.7 trillion infrastructure funding gap from 2024-2033 The American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE) on Tuesday released its latest report on the health of U.S. infrastructure , which received its highest-ever overall grade, though several key areas received relatively poor marks. ASCE's Report Card for America's Infrastructure , which is released ...
Source: foxbusiness.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
Prince Harry has resigned from the charity he set up in Princess Diana 's honor after a "devastating" breakdown in relations with the chair, who has alleged abuse of power, bullying, harassment, misogyny and misogynoir—a term that refers to anti-Black racism and misogyny directed at Black women. Sentebale was founded by Harry and Prince Seeiso of Lesotho in Southern Africa in 2006 and has been one of the ...
Source: newsweek.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
In a rare show of dissent, anti-Hamas slogans were shouted by some protesters as hundreds of people gathered in northern Gaza to call for an end to the war. Demonstrators could be seen calling for Hamas to go "outside," in one video verified by NBC News which showed scores of people amassed in the city of Beit Lahia on Tuesday. Most were calling for an end to the 17-month-long conflict and Israel's military ...
Source: aol.com
Wednesday, Mar 26th, 2025 -
– The attempts by President and top leaders of his administration to that revealed military strike plans in a Signal group chat including a journalist stand in stark contrast to their reaction to Hillary Clinton's use of a home server as secretary of state. This time, they've largely focused their ire not on sweeping potential security lapses, or punishments as a result, but on the journalist who was errantly ...
Source: news4jax.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Korean American Columbia University student, who is a legal permanent U.S. resident and has participated in pro-Palestinian protests, cannot be detained by federal immigration officials for now as she fights the administration of President Donald Trump over attempts to deport her, a judge ruled on Tuesday. Yunseo Chung, 21, has lived in the U.S. since she was seven, and sued the Trump ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau's focus too often has been on increasing its authority rather than on instituting checks and balances to ensure that authority is used for the benefit of consumers and consistent with law, the American Bankers Association said today in a statement to House lawmakers. The House Financial Institution Subcommittee is scheduled to hold a hearing Wednesday on the CFPB. , ABA said ...
Source: bankingjournal.aba.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Palestinian co-director of Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land Hamdan Ballal was released bloodied and bruised from Israeli custody on Tuesday after Israeli officers subjected him to beatings and apparent torture. Ballal and two other Palestinians who were detained after being attacked by Israeli settlers have been taken to a hospital in the West Bank to retrieve treatment. Ballal told The Associated Press that ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Welcome to the online version of From the Politics Desk , an evening newsletter that brings you the NBC News Politics team's latest reporting and analysis from the White House, Capitol Hill and the campaign trail. In today's edition, we explore the latest way congressional Republicans are showing their loyalty to President Donald Trump: targeting the judiciary. Plus, Steve Kornacki writes that next week's ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
The portrait of President Trump that he criticized as "truly the worst" was swiftly removed from the Colorado Capitol. The woman who painted it has remained silent. A relatively unknown artist living in Colorado was recently thrust into the spotlight when President Trump criticized her work, a portrait of himself that had been hanging in the State Capitol for about five years. Mr. Trump said on social media that ...
Source: nytimes.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
President Donald Trump's nominee to lead the Social Security Administration, Fiserv CEO Frank Bisignano, was grilled by senators on Tuesday about the extent to which he has been involved with the Department of Government Efficiency. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, introduced a whistleblower statement from a "senior Social Security Administration employee who recently left the agency," who said Bisignano had been briefed ...
Source: cnbc.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
who was offered his job back under a judge's order, but he didn't jump at the chance to go back to his park ranger position at Washington state's Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area. Instead, he quickly turned it down, opting to move with his wife to start a career outside the government at an Oregon museum. "We signed a lease Monday and who knows what the next few months would bring if I were to return to ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Susan Monarez, current acting director at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, has previous experience in the Office of Science and Technology Policy, and worked at ARPA-H on AI applications for pop health and quality improvement. The Trump administration on Monday named a new nominee to lead the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, following the withdrawal of its previous candidate, Dr. ...
Source: healthcareitnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Google has the pedal to the metal on its AI development. Just a few months after the debut of Gemini 2.0 , the tech giant has unveiled another upgrade in Gemini 2.5 . As with any new AI launch, Google is touting a strong performance on LMArena for Gemini 2.5, particularly its capabilities in coding, mathematics and science. The first model in this series is Gemini 2.5 Pro Experimental. Google said this is a ...
Source: engadget.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
March 24 (UPI) -- A pair of lawsuits have been filed by educators, school districts and unions asking the courts to prevent the Trump administration from dismantling the Department of Education on the grounds that only Congress can do that. The Department of Education was created in 1979 to ensure equal access to education. President Donald Trump repeatedly criticized the department during his re-election campaign ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
OpenAI has added new image generation capabilities that are native to GPT-4o, saying the model can now produce precise and photorealistic images. "GPT-4o image generation excels at accurately rendering text, precisely following prompts and leveraging 4o's inherent knowledge base and chat context — including transforming uploaded images or using them as visual inspiration," the company said in a Tuesday (March ...
Source: pymnts.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
A US federal judge on Tuesday set a trial date of June 23 in the Justice Department's criminal case against aircraft manufacturing giant Boeing over two deadly 737 MAX crashes in 2018 and 2019. In two court filings in Texas, Judge Reed O'Connor said he was vacating an April 11 deadline for Boeing and prosecutors to announce progress on a plea deal, and moving ahead with the trial over the two crashes, in which ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Anna Paulina Luna speaking with attendees at the 2022 Student Action Summit at the Tampa Convention Center in Tampa, Florida. (Gage Skidmore/Flickr) Rep. Anna Pauling Luna (R-FL) took her fight with House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) public over whether or not proxy voting will be allowed for new parents who are members of Congress. In a Tuesday post on the X social media platform, Luna shared images of what ...
Source: rawstory.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
When stars are born, they often release powerful jets that carve dramatic trails through space. The James Webb Space Telescope, a collaboration between NASA , ESA , and CSA , recently captured a stunning example. In this image, a young star's jet – known as Herbig-Haro 49/50 – appears alongside a perfectly aligned distant spiral galaxy. Together, they create a visual that appears ...
Source: earth.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
The rollout includes six in-house AI agents from Microsoft and five developed with partners. Microsoft has introduced a new set of AI agents for its Security Copilot platform, designed to automate key cybersecurity functions as organizations face increasingly complex and fast-moving digital threats. The new tools focus on tasks such as phishing detection, data protection, and identity management — areas where ...
Source: csoonline.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
The FBI has launched a task force to investigate a spate of recent attacks targeting Tesla cars and dealerships, as the agency's director calls such acts "domestic terrorism." "The FBI has been investigating the increase in violent activity toward Tesla, and over the last few days, we have taken additional steps to crack down and coordinate our response," FBI Director Kash Patel wrote on X on Monday. "This is ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
A species of houndshark called Mustelus lenticulatus makes sharp clicking noises when handled. Until now, sharks as a group were thought to be universally quiet At least one shark species has a bark to go along with its bite. It can make clicking noises, scientists report, a first among an animal group once thought to be totally silent. During her doctoral research at the University of Auckland in New ...
Source: newscientist.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
A newly identified China-nexus hacking group infiltrated the network of an Asian telecommunications service provider and remained undetected for more than four years, according to cyber threat detection and response provider Sygnia. Sygnia believes that Weaver Ant could be part of a Chinese nexus tasked with infiltrating and collecting information from critical infrastructure for cyber espionage purposes alongside ...
Source: infosecurity-magazine.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Last August, Jennifer Lopez filed for divorce from Ben Affleck two years after the pair married. Since then, they have both been fairly private about their reasons for going their separate ways. Affleck, however, has just opened up about the breakdown of their marriage and the speculation that followed. Speaking to British GQ , the actor and producer aimed to dispel the idea that their breakup was the result of one ...
Source: instyle.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
The head of the beleaguered U.S. Postal Service, Louis DeJoy, resigned Monday after nearly five years in the position, leaving as President Trump and Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency have floated the idea of privatizing mail service . DeJoy had said last month he planned to step down but hadn't set a date. He leaves an agency with an uncertain future. Mr. Trump has said he is considering putting USPS ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Get inspired by a weekly roundup on living well, made simple. Sign up for CNN's Life, But Better newsletter for information and tools designed to improve your well-being . Are you keeping a mental list of all the finding their way into your daily life? You may have another culprit to consider: It's gum, according to a new pilot study that found chewing just one piece can release hundreds to thousands of ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
Florida has been working for years to crack down on employers that hire undocumented immigrants. But that presented a problem for businesses in the state that are desperate for workers to fill low-wage and often undesirable jobs. Florida's Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis and the state legislature have a potential solution: children. The state's legislature on Tuesday advanced a bill that would loosen child labor laws, ...
Source: cnn.com
Tuesday, Mar 25th, 2025 -
The gunman who killed 23 people in a racist attack at an El Paso Walmart in 2019 in one of the deadliest mass shootings in U.S. history has been offered a plea deal to avoid the death penalty, a Texas prosecutor said Tuesday. The announcement by El Paso County District Attorney James Montoya is a significant turn in the criminal case of Patrick Crusius, 26, who was already sentenced to 90 consecutive life sentences ...
Source: cnn.com
Monday, Mar 24th, 2025 -
A Landmark Lawsuit, Where Kids Sued America, Comes to an End The Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal in the long-running case, known as Juliana, which helped spawn legal strategies widely adapted to other lawsuits over climate. The Supreme Court on Monday declined to hear an appeal in a landmark climate case brought by 21 young people against the federal government, ending its 10-year journey through the ...
Source: nytimes.com