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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 31st 2026
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
ABOARD AIRFORCE ONE (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday night said he has "no problem" with a Russian oil tanker off the coast of Cuba delivering relief to the island, which has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade. "We have a tanker out there. We don't mind having somebody get a boatload because they need … they have to survive," Trump told reporters as he flew back to Washington. When ...
Source: pbs.org
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Airport wait times appear to be shorter as workers received back pay for two whole paychecks The Transportation Security Administration (TSA) issued its employees back pay on Monday, after Donald Trump signed an order for them to be paid even as a partial shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security drags on, with no end in sight. The paychecks appear to have relieved severe congestion at airport TSA ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Washington — The Supreme Court is set to convene Wednesday to consider the legality of President Trump's executive order that seeks to end birthright citizenship . The case is a major test of a key pillar of Mr. Trump's immigration agenda and is the first in which the high court will weigh the legal merits of one of the president's immigration policies. The question before the Supreme Court is ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump in new remarks alluded to a "massive complex" being constructed by the U.S. military underneath the ballroom being built in the spot of the White House's former East Wing. Trump made the comments on Sunday evening aboard Air Force One, telling members of the press that efforts are being undertaken beneath the controversial ballroom that started construction in October and has an approximate ...
Source: military.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Israel's parliament has approved a law that would make the death penalty the default sentence for Palestinians convicted of deadly terror attacks. Critics have described the new law as discriminatory and several European nations warn it risks undermining "democratic principles". The new law passed its third and final reading in the Knesset by 62 votes to 48 on Monday, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu ...
Source: bbc.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
TEL AVIV, Israel (AP) — Israeli police prevented Catholic leaders from entering the Church of the Holy Sepulchre to celebrate a private Mass on the Christian holiday of Palm Sunday for the first time in centuries, setting off a wave of criticism from the United States and others. Jerusalem's major holy sites, including the church, are closed because of the ongoing Iran war , as the city has come ...
Source: wfla.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
A student shot a teacher Monday morning at a Texas high school before fatally shooting himself, law enforcement said. The teacher at Hill Country College Preparatory High School was hospitalized and the student, a 15-year-old boy, died at the scene, the Comal County Sheriff's Office said in a news release . "It looks as though the student turned the gun on himself and shot himself," Comal County Sheriff Mark ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
After weeks of delays, NASA is finally poised for launch of a historic flight this week to send a crew of four astronauts on a trailblazing nine-day trip around the moon and back. The Artemis II mission — with commander Reid Wiseman, pilot Victor Glover, astronaut Christina Koch and Canadian astronaut Jeremy Hansen — is scheduled to lift off Wednesday, April 1, at 6:24 p.m. EDT, atop a Space Launch ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump may launch a ground invasion of Iran according to reports as the war in the Middle East enters its fifth week Removed from bookmarks As thousands of U.S. Marines head to the Middle East amid reports of an impending ground invasion of Iran , many conservatives are becoming increasingly critical of ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
With transformative results hanging in the balance, enterprises must foster a culture of AI that reconciles freedom with governance. With effective AI implementations likely to separate winning organizations from the also-rans, many IT leaders are taking various approaches to creating workplace cultures that empower nearly all employees to make productive, innovative use of AI. Underlying such strategies is a focus ...
Source: cio.com
Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 -
March 30 (UPI) -- Authorities in southeastern Australia fatally shot a man they believe is fugitive Desmond Freeman, bringing an end to the seven-month manhunt for the suspect accused of killing two police officers and injuring a third in late August. The man was shot shortly after 8:30 a.m. local time following an hourslong standoff at a property in Thologlong, a small, rural area in northeastern Victoria along ...
Source: upi.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 -
Two U.S. Army helicopters that were recorded flying by the Tennessee home of Kid Rock were following a training route in the Nashville area, a military official said Monday. A spokesman for the 101st Airborne Division, at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, said their presence was "entirely coincidental" to " No Kings " protests in Nashville. , whose real name is Robert Ritchie, showed him standing near an outdoor pool while ...
Source: nbcnews.com