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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 26th 2026
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran and the United States hardened their positions as a diplomatic push for a cease-fire in the Middle East war appeared to falter on Thursday. Tehran moved to formalize its control over the crucial Strait of Hormuz while Washington prepared for the arrival of US troops in the region that could be used on the ground in the Islamic Republic. Sirens over ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
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 -
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
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
After lawmakers rejected incentives for large data centers, Gov. Larry Rhoden signed a bill that puts new limits on them. This story was originally published by the South Dakota Searchlight . After lawmakers rejected proposals to incentivize the construction of large data centers in South Dakota, the governor signed a bill into law Tuesday that will place new limits on the industry. The law applies to data centers ...
Source: route-fifty.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The chairman of the Senate Budget Committee announced plans Wednesday to craft a major Republican-only bill that funds conservative priorities such as immigration enforcement , military spending during the Iran war and new election rules . Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he will "expeditiously move" to write the budget "reconciliation" process for the measure, which allows the Republican-led ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Houston airport wait times reach over four hours amid US travel chaos Travellers across the US are facing unusually long lines at airports, with some of the worst delays reported in Houston, where security wait times have stretched beyond four hours amid a partial government shutdown. Hundreds of Transportation Security Administration (TSA) agents continue to miss paychecks and call out of work, leaving large gaps ...
Source: bbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. military said it carried out a strike Wednesday on a boat accused of smuggling drugs in the Caribbean Sea, killing four people, as the Trump administration pushes forward with a monthslong campaign against alleged traffickers in Latin America while waging a war against Iran . The latest attack brings the number of people who have been ...
Source: orlandosentinel.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
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
A federal judge in San Francisco raised her concerns at a court hearing over the Pentagon's decision to designate Anthropic as a supply chain risk, suggesting it might be retaliation for the company's stance on artificial intelligence (AI) use cases. In this latest development of the ongoing dispute between Anthropic and the federal government, lawyers for both parties appeared before U.S. District Judge Rita ...
Source: meritalk.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to obtain withheld evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents who committed three separate shootings — two of them fatal — during their brutal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Mar 24th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court on Tuesday appeared inclined to clear the way for the Trump administration to revive a policy that would allow agents at US borders to block migrants from entering the country to seek asylum. Such a ruling would leave intact a policy that began during the Obama administration on a small scale and expanded dramatically during President Trump's first term amid efforts to curb the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com