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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 19th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — Joe Kent, the director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation on Tuesday, citing his concerns about the justification for military strikes in Iran and saying he "cannot in good conscience" back the Trump administration's war. "Iran posed no imminent threat to our nation, and it is clear that we started this war due to pressure from Israel and its powerful American ...
Source: cleveland.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
The Federal Open Market Committee voted 11-1 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate anchored in a range between 3.5%-3.75%. The policymakers are navigating their way through higher-than-expected inflation readings, mixed signs on the labor market and a war. In its post-meeting statement, the Fed made few changes to its view on the economy, with a slightly faster pace of growth and higher inflation projections for ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Tulsi Gabbard just contradicted a Trump administration talking point regarding her presence at an FBI raid at an elections office in Fulton County, Georgia, in January. At a Senate hearing Wednesday, Democratic Senator Mark Warner asked the director of national intelligence why she participated in the raid, as her job is supposed to concern foreign intelligence and the warrant authorizing the raid made no mention ...
Source: newrepublic.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
With a little over six weeks before ballots hit mailboxes, a large swath of the California electorate is "largely unenthusiastic" about the crowded field vying to succeed Gov. Gavin Newsom, according to a new poll from the Institute of Government Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. "I've never seen a gubernatorial election quite like this with so many voters disengaged," Mark DiCamillo, the director ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
A free daily email with the biggest news stories of the day – and the best features from TheWeek.com Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes (D) on Tuesday filed criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the online prediction marketplace of "running an illegal gambling operation and taking bets on Arizona elections, both of which violate Arizona law." The 20-count indictment accepted bets on sporting outcomes, ...
Source: theweek.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Menlo Security has unveiled the Browser Security Platform, purpose-built to secure the agentic enterprise, where autonomous AI agents will outnumber human employees and the browser has become the operating system for both. Menlo provides unified control plane to apply machine-speed governance and threat prevention to both human and non-human actors, deployed globally on Menlo's elastic cloud infrastructure. "The ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
President Trump on Wednesday issued a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act , a move aimed at lowering energy prices by letting foreign ships move fuel between U.S. ports. The 100-year-old law requires goods shipped between American ports to be carried on ships that are U.S.-built, -flagged and -crewed, and also limits the number of tankers domestic shippers can use. "President Trump's decision to issue a 60-day Jones Act ...
Source: cbsnews.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 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article President lately has been fixated on whether it is 'Straits' or 'Strait' of Hormuz but either way, his Truth post botched the execution President Donald Trump appeared to implicitly threaten to leave America's allies to their own devices as far as getting oil moving through a key ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Labor rights activist Dolores Huerta revealed she was among women and girls who say they were sexually abused by César Chavez, the widely admired Latino icon who brought to light the struggles of farmhands while leading the United Farm Workers union. The stunning allegations against Chavez, who died more than three decades ago, drew immediate calls to alter memorials honoring the man who in the 1960s helped ...
Source: news4jax.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Washington (AP) — It turns out it takes about $125 million to reshape a congressional delegation. , Illinois Democrats ushered in a new generation of lawmakers, picking five new nominees for Congress in open seats that are favored to remain in Democratic hands this fall. But it came at the end of a messy, expensive primary season, with around $70 million in spending from outside groups and $54 million in ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Judge Brian Murphy of the U.S. District Court for the District of Massachusetts on Monday struck down several actions undertaken by Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., ruling them illegitimate because they aimed to nullify earlier immunization approvals and recommendations. In his decision in American Academy of Pediatrics et al. v. Robert F. Kennedy Jr. et al. , Murphy ruled, among ...
Source: reason.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
What to Know about the Meningitis Outbreak in Britain At least 20 young adults are believed to be infected, and two have died, in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in the county of Kent, in southeast England. Two young people have died and at least 20 young adults are believed to have been infected in an outbreak of meningococcal disease in southeast England. Wes Streeting, the country's health secretary, has ...
Source: nytimes.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 -
The state of Washington is on the verge of enacting a 9.9 percent tax on income over $1 million. Rhode Island's governor has proposed a 3 percent tax on income above that same level. Lawmakers in New York state are advancing a 0.5 percent tax on income over $5 million. Liberal groups in California and Michigan are pushing for ballot initiatives that would raise taxes on the super-rich in their states. In ...
Source: newrepublic.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 -
The WNBA and Women's National Basketball Players Association reached a verbal agreement on the terms for a new collective bargaining agreement early Wednesday morning. WNBA commissioner Cathy Engelbert stood side-by-side with WNBPA president Nneka Ogwumike and board members, including star player Breanna Stewart, as the sides announced the news in the lobby of a midtown Manhattan hotel just before 3 a.m. ET. WNBPA ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and CIA Director John Ratcliffe dodged questions about President Trump's planning for the war with Iran and to what extent the president was briefed on the possible scenarios in the lead-up to the airstrikes against Tehran. Lawmakers attempted to utilize the rare hearing to extract answers from senior Trump officials on the expanding U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. ...
Source: wfla.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 is delivering small security updates, called Background Security Improvements, starting with iOS 26.1, iPadOS 26.1, and macOS 26.1. Apple describes Background Security Improvements as lightweight security releases for components such as Safari, the WebKit framework, and other system libraries, delivered through ongoing patches between software updates. "In rare instances of compatibility issues, Background ...
Source: helpnetsecurity.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 -
Compass Inc. is dropping its lawsuit over a ban by home-search site Zillow Group Inc. on certain new listings, ending a months-long legal fight in a New York federal court over how homes are marketed and sold. Compass, the largest real estate brokerage in the US, said in a court filing Wednesday that its suit was being voluntarily dismissed, a month after a judge denied the company's request to temporarily block ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Chief Justice John Roberts said Tuesday that personal criticism of judges is dangerous and urged prominent figures to dial down the rhetoric just days after President Donald Trump launched his most recent broadside against the Supreme Court. Roberts, the head of the federal judiciary, said in remarks at Rice University in Houston that critiques of the substance of Supreme Court rulings are part of the job but that ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Physicists just discovered a brand-new particle that appears to be an exotic cousin to the protons and neutrons that make up atoms. Those mundane subatomic particles are made up of even smaller building blocks of matter called "up" and "down" quarks, which are the lightest kinds of quarks. But quarks come in heavier flavors as well, including "charm," "strange," "bottom" and "top" (the most massive fundamental ...
Source: scientificamerican.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 Broncos' offseason is no longer muted. Denver is acquiring standout wide receiver Jaylen Waddle in a blockbuster deal that sends three draft picks to the Dolphins, including a first-rounder, two people with knowledge of the deal told The Associated Press on Tuesday. Both spoke on condition of anonymity because the deal hasn't been announced. The Dolphins will receive the 30th pick in next month's NFL draft ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Tuesday, Mar 17th, 2026 -
Microsoft is reorganizing its Copilot organization, unifying its consumer and commercial AI efforts under former Snap executive Jacob Andreou while narrowing the role of Microsoft AI leader Mustafa Suleyman to focus on the superintelligence and frontier models. The news, announced Tuesday by Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, is a new attempt by the company to gain traction as AI shifts from chatbots that converse with ...
Source: geekwire.com