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Saturday, Mar 7th, 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. Already a member? WASHINGTON – In ducking a vote on authorizing war against Iran this week, Congress ceded its constitutional responsibilities yet again, some lawmakers warned, ...
Source: huffpost.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
Iran's president rejected a demand by the United States for an unconditional surrender on Saturday and apologized for Iran's attacks on regional countries, as Israel and the United States kept up their airstrikes targeting the Islamic Republic. Gulf countries say they have intercepted more ballistic missiles and drones launched from Iran. Saudi Arabia said it stopped four drones attacking the country's massive ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
He's quickly shaken things up. Jackson, a health care executive, is pumping millions of dollars of his own money into an already crowded race and aggressively courting supporters of Donald Trump — even though the president has backed a different candidate. Prior to Jackson's late entrance, the May 19 primary had seemed to be shaping up as a three-way race among Lt. Gov. Burt Jones, who is the Trump-endorsed ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
Washington has downplayed reports that Russia is sharing intelligence with Iran about United States targets across the Middle East amid the burgeoning US-Israel war on Iran , first reported by The Washington Post. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, in a CBS 60 Minutes interview on Friday, said the US is "tracking everything" and factoring it into battle plans when asked about the reports Moscow was aiding Tehran. ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 7th, 2026 -
TOKYO (AP) — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney said Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor should be removed from the royal line of succession for his "deplorable" actions. Speaking to reporters in Tokyo, Carney said the actions that have caused him to be stripped of his royal titles "necessitate" his removal from the line of succession . Despite being stripped of his status as prince in October over his close links ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Puppy-killing former South Dakota governor made history as the first Cabinet secretary ousted in Trump's second term, but the writing had been on the wall for months, reports Rhian Lubin and Brendan Rascius A fter Kristi Noem's Senate hearing this week, President Donald Trump ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Customs and Border Protection official says new process for tariff refunds could be ready in 45 days
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By MAE ANDERSON, AP Business Writer NEW YORK (AP) — Government officials are getting closer to ironing out a refund process for the hundreds of thousands of companies that paid tariffs now deemed illegal. In a filing with the Court of International Trade on Friday, Brandon Lord, executive director of U.S. Customs and Border Protection's trade policy and programs ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
JAMES HILL and PETER CHARALAMBOUS 5 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The Department of Justice on Thursday released three previously withheld FBI interview reports from 2019 related to a woman who made uncorroborated allegations that she was abused by Donald Trump in the 1980s, when she was a minor. In a statement on social media, the Department of Justice said the ...
Source: yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The economy has remained a mixed bag, in part because of a government shutdown and a lack of clarity over the Trump administration's tariff agenda. The U.S. shed 92,000 jobs in February and previous months of job growth were not as strong as previously reported, the Bureau of Labor Statistics announced Friday in a report that will raise alarms about the state of the economy. The unemployment rate ticked up slightly ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Gonzales admitted Wednesday to having an affair with Regina Santos-Aviles, who worked in his Uvalde office Representative Tony Gonzales has dropped his bid for re-election after admitting to having an affair with a staffer who later died by suicide. The Texas Republican wrote in a ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Update: The Florida Bar has done a 180, stating Friday that there "is no such pending Bar investigation" of Lindsey Halligan, despite earlier reported statements that there was an "open file" and "investigation pending." The Florida Bar's previous confirmation of a pending investigation was erroneous, the statement said. The Campaign for Accountability's executive director Michelle Kuppersmith, whose group brought ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
US and Israeli missiles have hit a school in Iran for the fourth time in six days, according to videos shared on social media by a spokesperson for the Iranian Foreign Ministry on Friday. Spokesperson Esmaeil Baqaei said that the Shahid Hamedani School, an elementary school in Niloufar Square, Tehran , had been "targeted by the American/Israeli aggressors." He posted a video showing the school filled with dozens of ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Amodei, in his blog post, said the company disputes the legal basis of the action but sought to reassure customers. Anthropic chief executive Dario Amodei has said the company has "no choice" but to challenge in court the Pentagon's formal designation of the artificial intelligence firm as a risk to US national security. The CEO, writing in a blog post on Thursday, insisted however that the ruling's practical scope ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The incident further inflamed tensions between Hungary and Ukraine, which are embroiled in a bitter feud over Hungary's access to Russian oil through a pipeline that crosses Ukrainian territory. Hungarian authorities have detained seven Ukrainian citizens, including a former intelligence officer, and seized two armored cars carrying large amounts of cash across Hungary on suspicion of money laundering, officials ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Lawmakers are demanding an investigation after a man from Haiti who was seeking asylum in Massachusetts died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Emmanuel Damas, 56, of Dorchester, died March 2 at a hospital in Arizona. He was taken into ICE custody in Boston in September 2025, following an arrest for assault and battery by Boston Police, according to ICE. "He's not a criminal. He ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 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. Already a member? Cuba appears to be next on Donald Trump 's hit list. But not just yet. The president appeared to suggest U.S.-assisted regime change in the communist-run Caribbean ...
Source: huffpost.com