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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 11th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — The war with Iran , for all its complexity and global effects , boils down to a single question: Who can take the pain the longest? A surge in oil prices points to what may be Iran's most effective weapon and the United States' biggest vulnerability in continuing the campaign: Damaging the world economy . A sharp rise in gas prices has rattled consumers and financial ...
Source: apnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 11th, 2026 -
The US military said it attacked and destroyed 16 Iranian mine-laying vessels near the strait of Hormuz amid reports that Iran has begun laying explosive devices in the strategically vital waterway. About one-fifth of the world's oil passes through the strait, and Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps said this week it will not allow even 'one litre of oil' to leave the region if US-Israeli attacks continue. On ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The company argues that the designation as a supply chain risk violates constitutional protections including free speech and due process. Anthropic filed a lawsuit against the U.S. government to prevent the Pentagon from adding the company to a national security blocklist. The lawsuit claims the designation is unlawful and violates free speech and due process rights. The legal action follows a Department of Defense ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A federal judge ordered Live Nation to engage in settlement talks with a group of state attorneys general who accuse the live entertainment behemoth of illegally dominating the industry. U.S. District Judge Arun Subramanian said on Tuesday that the plaintiffs and defendants "need to focus on getting a deal" this week that could resolve the states' claims that Live Nation monopolized live events in the U.S. ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Two Supreme Court justices weighed in on the court's growing pattern of granting emergency orders at a rare public joint appearance where they laid out their conflicting views. Justices Ketanji Brown Jackson and Brett Kavanaugh addressed criticism of the court's handling of emergency petitions at a lecture series Monday honoring former US Attorney and Judge Thomas J. Flannery. The event was held at the federal ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The onetime interim U.S. attorney for Washington, D.C., and "weaponization" czar, serving as U.S. pardon attorney in the Trump administration , has been accused of violating ethical rules by threatening unconstitutional punishment against an elite law school and trying to shut down a bar investigation. The eight-page filing from D.C. Bar disciplinary counsel Hamilton Fox to the D.C. Court of Appeals Board on ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
A federal judge upended the leadership of New Jersey's U.S. attorney's office again Monday, ruling for the second time in less than a year that the Trump administration had illegally sought to bypass Congress and install its own picks to head the prominent prosecutorial outpost. U.S. District Judge Matthew Brann said that a trio of Justice Department lawyers who have been leading the office since late last year had ...
Source: abajournal.com
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Caleb Gámez-Cuéllar, 14, and Antonio Gámez-Cuéllar, 18, who performed in Washington over the summer, were placed in immigration detention last month Teenage mariachi musicians who once performed on Capitol Hill have been released from Immigration and ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
The FBI has obtained election audit records from Maricopa County, Arizona , following a grand jury subpoena, as part of its efforts to relitigate the outcome of the 2020 presidential contest, despite multiple reviews of that race demonstrating that no widespread fraud occurred . In a rare but by no means impossible outcome, Joe Biden, the Democratic Party nominee for that year's election, defeated then-incumbent ...
Source: truthout.org
Tuesday, Mar 10th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Make no mistake, the only person this war is good for is Benjamin Netanyahu Amid the contradictions and denials surrounding the Iran conflict, one admission from the US secretary of state Marco Rubio may offer the clearest insight yet into how the war began, says Donald Macintyre ...
Source: independent.co.uk