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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 22nd 2026
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
U.K. minister Steve Reed says Iran's missiles failed to reach the Diego Garcia base in the Indian Ocean. Iran targeted Diego Garcia with a two-stage intercontinental ballistic missile, Israel's military said Saturday. Such missiles have a range of up to 4,000 kilometers (2,500 miles), putting European capitals within reach, according to Israel's chief of staff. Iran fired two missiles at the joint British-American ...
Source: cnbc.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON -- President Donald Trump on Saturday celebrated the death of Robert Mueller, the former FBI director who was tapped as a special counsel to investigate Russia's efforts to meddle in the 2016 presidential election and tip the result in Trump's favor. "Robert Mueller just died. Good, I'm glad he's dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people!" Trump wrote on social media, minutes after Mueller's passing ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
Cuba has been plunged into darkness for the second time in less than a week after its national power network failed again, strained by an energy blockade imposed by the United States. The Cuban Electric Union, which reports to the Ministry of Energy and Mines, announced a total blackout across the island on Saturday without initially giving a cause for the outage. The union later said the blackout was caused ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
US President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to use Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to provide security at airports, amid a lingering budget standoff that has left regular security personnel going unpaid. Trump wrote on Truth Social that if Democrats did not immediately sign a funding agreement, "I will move our brilliant and patriotic ICE Agents to the Airports where they will do Security like ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
On March 20, 2026, the White House released its long-awaited policy framework for governing the use and development of artificial intelligence (AI) and automated decision-making technology. While not breaking new ground, the framework outlines the Trump administration's legislative recommendations to remove burdens on AI development and establish federal preemption of AI governance, though implementation remains ...
Source: natlawreview.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge agreed Friday to block the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters' access to the Pentagon, agreeing with The New York Times that key portions of the new rules are unlawful. U.S. District Judge Paul Friedman in Washington, D.C., sided with the newspaper and ruled that the Pentagon policy illegally restricts the press credentials of reporters who ...
Source: military.com
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. The U.S. Treasury Department has waived sanctions on Iranian oil at sea until April 19 Removed from bookmarks The Trump administration is temporarily lifting longstanding sanctions banning the "sale, delivery, or offloading of crude oil or petroleum products of Iranian origin" for the next month in ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Saturday, Mar 21st, 2026 -
The unique nature of the April special election and the state's recent redistricting history have presented challenges for Democrats, even as they hold a financial edge in the race. After putting an aggressive redraw of the state's congressional map before voters, some Virginia Democrats are growing uneasy about its prospects for passage one month out from the special election. Virginia Democrats entered 2026 ...
Source: nbcnews.com