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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 4th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Vice President JD Vance's role in selling a war in Iran is, on one hand, an uncomfortable position for an Iraq War veteran who rose to political prominence as an anti-interventionist. The fact that President Donald Trump had started no wars in his first term underpinned the early endorsement Vance offered him in his 2024 White House bid. And an old Merle Haggard song — complete with the lyric "Let's get out ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
March 3 (UPI) -- After asking to drop its appeal on a day earlier, the Department of Justice reversed course Tuesday saying it will continue to defend President Donald Trump 's executive orders against four law firms. On Monday, the Justice Department filed a motion requesting to abandon its battle against four law firms that previously won their cases against the administration. The Justice Department has sought ...
Source: upi.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — During a tense public hearing Tuesday, Republican Sen. Thom Tillis called on Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem to resign over her handling of the deadly Minneapolis immigration operation. which she had described in her memoir as "untrainable," as well as a goat. Tillis, of North Carolina, argued that killing the animals reflected bad judgment and compared it to DHS' fatal shootings of two ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Hillary Clinton lost it on MAGA lawmakers Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert as the former first lady's Epstein deposition went off the rails. Clinton's deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday was released on YouTube by the GOP Oversight Committee on Monday. The upload revealed the moment Clinton, 78, stormed out of the meeting when it was revealed that Boebert, the U.S. representative for Colorado's ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The U.S. Supreme Court has halted an attempt to redraw New York's 11th Congressional District, likely ensuring that the city's lone Republican representative, Nicole Malliotakis , will keep her seat through this year's midterm elections. On Monday, the Court sided with Malliotakis when it issued an emergency stay of a lower court's ruling, which dictated that the boundaries of the congresswoman's district are ...
Source: nymag.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
After spending the better half of last year touring the country to "fight oligarchy," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) has introduced legislation to confiscate billionaires' property. On Monday, Sanders introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act . The bill, which was also introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) in the House, would impose a 5 percent annual wealth tax on 938 American ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined, join Huff Already a member? Critics were scratching their heads over Melania Trump 's appearance at the United Nations on Monday, and in particular over her preaching of peace. The first ...
Source: huffpost.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Washington — A federal appeals court on Monday declined to delay implementation of the Supreme Court ruling that invalidated most of President Trump's tariffs, allowing next steps in processing of tariff refunds to begin swiftly, following the high court's decision last month. The decision from the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit clears the way for the lower court, the U.S. Court of ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
March 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Monday in a case challenging the rights of illegal drug users to own guns. The case, the United States vs. Hemani, stems from the arrest of 25-year-old Ali Hemani in Texas in 2023. He was charged with possessing a firearm as a drug user under the Gun Control Act of 1968. The Supreme Court on Monday is weighing whether a law barring drug users from ...
Source: upi.com