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Top News Stories for Sunday, March 22nd 2026
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
(Bloomberg) -- US President Donald Trump gave Iran a two-day deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or have its power plants bombed. Trump, in a sign of the pressure he's under to get the vital waterway open again and bring down soaring oil and natural gas prices, said Iran must "fully open, without threat," the strait. He gave the country 48 hours "from this exact point in time," in a Truth Social post sent at ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
federal immigration officers to take a role in airport security starting Monday unless Democrats agree on a bill to fund the Department of Homeland Security. In a series of social media posts, Trump said he was making plans to put officers from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement in airports if the congressional standoff continues. After the Senate failed to find a resolution at a rare weekend session, Trump ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
In a twist of wartime irony, the United States has moved to ease sanctions on Iranian oil to cool surging energy prices, a potential boon for Tehran as Washington scrambles to contain the economic shockwaves of its military campaign. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said Friday the easing of sanctions, first imposed after Iran's 1979 revolution, would be "narrowly tailored" and only temporary, "permitting the sale ...
Source: nbcnews.com
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