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Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
President claims talks with Tehran regime are 'going very well' and says he is pausing 'Energy Plant destruction' Donald Trump has extended his deadline for Iran to open the strait of Hormuz by 10 days to 6 April after saying talks are "going very well". The president made the statement on Thursday in a social media post, saying: "As per Iranian Government request, please let this statement serve to represent that ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LISA MASCARO and KEVIN FREKING WASHINGTON (AP) — Pressure is mounting on Congress to end the funding shutdown that's resulted in travel disruptions, missed paychecks and even warnings of airport closures, but lawmakers have yet to resolve the underlying issue of reining in President Donald Trump's immigration enforcement operations . Senators are expected to vote ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Topics More from TechCrunch Two U.S. senators on Thursday fired the latest salvo in an increasingly active front against data centers and their energy use. Senators Josh Hawley and Elizabeth Warren sent a letter to the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA) asking it to collect details on energy use from data centers — and how that use is affecting the grid. The senators urged the EIA "to establish ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Revelation was included in lawsuit challenging practice of targeting people seeking to gain legal status as they leave immigration courts Lawyers for ICE provided false information to justify arresting and detaining thousands of people who had attended immigration courts, according to newly filed court documents. Federal prosecutors said that lawyers for ICE acknowledged that an agency memo from May of last year ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump struggles to explain why he voted by mail despite calling it 'cheating' Donald Trump failed to explain why he voted by mail despite calling the method a form of "cheating". The US president recently casted a mail-in-ballot for a special election in Palm Beach , Florida . Mr Trump was at his ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
March 26 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is again seeking to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge threw out its case against her and grand juries twice declined to indict her last year, according to reports. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is accusing James of alleged homeowners insurance fraud, according too documents obtained by CNN , NBC News and MS News . Pulte ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
March 26 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump 's long-awaited meeting with China's leader, Xi Jinping , in Beijing has been rescheduled for mid-May, according to the White House. The two leaders were originally scheduled to meet Tuesday through April 2, but it was postponed a little over a week ago by Trump, who said he needed to remain in the United States because of the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. During a press ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
– The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday. The move would be a first for a sitting president, since traditionally, U.S. paper currency carries the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer, not the president. It's the latest instance of on American cultural institutions, following his renaming of ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
The U.S. can continue to detain immigrants without bond, an appeals court ruled on Wednesday, handing a victory to the Trump administration's crackdown on immigration. The opinion from a panel of the 8th Circuit Court of Appeals in St. Louis overturned a lower court ruling that required that a native of Mexico arrested for lacking legal documents be given a bond hearing before an immigration judge. It's the second ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
705,663 8,412 Market yield on U.S. treasury securities at 10-year constant maturity. Updated daily. Welcome, + By 2060, the bottom 80% of beneficiaries would reportedly see higher payable benefits under the cap Article Summary A new proposal would cap Social Security benefits at $100,000 annually for wealthy retirees to address the fund's impending insolvency. The policy would save up to $190 billion over a decade, ...
Source: housingwire.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
March 26 (UPI) -- The House Ethics Committee will have a rare public hearing Thursday on allegations that Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick, D-Fla., stole $5 million in Federal Emergency Management Agency funds and used some of it to finance her campaign. Depending on the outcome of the 2 p.m. EDT hearing, the committee could recommend expulsion from the House of Representatives. While House Republicans are already ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The United States has conducted its 47th attack on an alleged drug-trafficking vessel, this time killing four people. Wednesday's announcement brings the total number of people killed in the boat-bombing campaign, dubbed Operation Southern Spear, to approximately 163. US Southern Command (SOUTHCOM), which oversees military operations in Latin America and the Caribbean, described the attack as "applying total ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Washington — The Justice Department has reached a settlement with former Trump national security official and right-wing activist Michael Flynn after he sued the department, alleging that he was wrongly prosecuted during the first Trump administration. The retired three-star general sued the Justice Department in 2023 for $50 million in damages, alleging the government"improperly and politically" targeted him ...
Source: cbsnews.com