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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 4th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Nominees for key Senate seat to be set while voters choose in congressional contests reshaped by GOP gerrymander The first votes of the 2026 midterm cycle will be cast on Tuesday, with a pair of high-stakes US Senate primaries in Texas that will test both parties' appetite for political change in the Trump era. Voters across the state will decide their nominees for a critical Senate seat, as well as for several key ...
Source: theguardian.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 -
Homeland security secretary was grilled in Senate hearing over immigration enforcement crackdown in Twin Cities The secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), Kristi Noem , on Tuesday would not retract her statements calling the two US citizens who were killed by immigration enforcement officers in Minneapolis earlier this year "domestic terrorists", while also claiming that agents do not abide by ...
Source: theguardian.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The House Oversight Committee on Monday released full videos of the depositions it took of former President Bill Clinton and former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in the Jeffrey Epstein investigation. In a combined roughly nine hours of questioning last week -- about 4 1/2 for each -- Republicans and Democrats grilled the Clintons about their relationships with the disgraced financier and convicted sex offender ...
Source: bostonglobe.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 -
Sanders, Khanna Pitch Billionaire Tax American billionaires would pay a 5% annual wealth tax under a bill floated by Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Rep. Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) , as interest in taxing the wealthy spreads in some states. The proposal, likely dead on arrival in the current GOP-controlled Congress, would raise $4.4 trillion in revenue over a decade, a news release said . But some tax policy analysts ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.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 -
Beiyi SEOW 2 min read Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Companies have filed hundreds of lawsuits seeking refunds on tariffs paid to US President Donald Trump's administration (Mandel NGAN) A US federal appeals court on Monday rejected President Donald Trump's push to delay legal proceedings linked to tariff refunds, allowing the battle to proceed in a lower court. The Supreme ...
Source: yahoo.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
Today the Supreme Court takes up guns and cannabis, weighing federal law, state legalization, and constitutional rights. Today the Supreme Court takes up guns and cannabis. The august assembly will hear arguments in a case which sits at the volatile intersection of gun rights and cannabis policy, a dispute reflecting decades of legal conflict and rapid cultural change. The case challenges a federal law baring ...
Source: thefreshtoast.com