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Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The spokesman for Iran's paramilitary Revolutionary Guard insisted Friday that Tehran was still building missiles, seeking to counter a claim by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu that it no longer could. Gen. Ali Mohammad Naeini also said the would go on. "These people expect the war to continue until the enemy is completely exhausted," the general said of the Iranian public. "This war must end when the ...
Source: news4jax.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By SEUNG MIN KIM and MATT O'BRIEN WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House said on Friday that Congress should "preempt state AI laws" that it views as too burdensome , laying out a broad framework for how it wants Congress to address concerns about artificial intelligence without curbing growth or innovation in the sector. The legislative blueprint outlines a ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday greenlit a $1 gold coin featuring President Trump's likeness to commemorate America's 250th anniversary. The proposed design depicts Trump with his fists on what appears to be a table or desk. The words "Liberty" span above the image of the president. The back of the coin features an image of a bald eagle that appears ready to take ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The states filed a temporary restraining order less than a day after the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department signed off on the $6.2 billion deal. California and seven other states filed an emergency motion on Friday to stop the merger of broadcasting companies Nexstar and Tegna, a corporate tie-up that would create the country's largest operator of local television stations. The eight ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) announced the death of a 19-year-old Mexican migrant at a county jail in Florida that has been holding immigrant detainees, according to The Associated Press (The AP) . The AP revealed that Royer Perez-Jimenez's death on Monday is the 46th death reported under ICE custody since the beginning of President Donald Trump 's second term in Jan. 2025. ICE states that ...
Source: floridianpress.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Alexia Moore, who was discharged from the U.S. Army with PTSD, is facing prosecution after allegedly taking drugs to induce a miscarriage while over five months pregnant Removed from bookmarks A Georgia woman has become the first person to be charged with murder under the state's restrictive law banning ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Sitting federal judges speaking at a panel discussion Thursday said there are increasing threats against them and their family members and warned about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary." The was hosted online by the organization Speak Up for Justice. "What's most problematic is that the extraordinary has become ordinary," said U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of the District of Columbia, according to an ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
President Trump has called news coverage of the Iran war "criminal" and "unpatriotic," while his FCC chairman threatens broadcasters' licenses. Support journalism that holds power accountable. Become a HuffPost member today. Already a member? A federal judge in Oregon ruled on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. overstepped his authority when he declared that gender-affirming care for minors was ...
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Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
While the future queen's ties to Epstein were already reported, new documents showed a more extensive relationship. Norway's crown princess says she regrets her friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, insisting in a tearful interview she was "manipulated and deceived". The release of files related to the late sex offender has sent shockwaves around the world, revealing his ties to prominent people, including Crown ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 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: bostonglobe.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
About 24.3 million Americans were enrolled in healthcare plans within the Affordable Care Act marketplace last year, but a survey released Thursday by KFF found that about 1 in 10 of those people had no choice but to make a difficult and risky calculation at the end of 2025 when ACA subsidies expired due to Republicans ' refusal to support an extension. According to the research, 9% of people enrolled in plans ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Two agents fired from the FBI last year said in a federal lawsuit Thursday that they were terminated "solely" because of their participation in an investigation into President Donald Trump's effort to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The two agents, identified as John Doe 1 and John Doe 2 in the lawsuit, are part of a broader group of employees fired over the past ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
HHS is looking into the states for 'alleged disregard of, or confusion about' the federal Weldon amendment The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday that it is investigating 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion services. HHS officials said in a news release that the department's office for civil rights (OCR) is looking into the states for ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Politics A Serious Senate Debate About an Unserious Bill The most pressing question about the SAVE America Act is not whether it's going to pass, but why President Trump and his allies are so determined to see the Senate put up a bill that's doomed to fail. Stefani Reynolds / Bloomberg Save T he United States has launched a war in Iran. Soaring gas prices are pounding an economy that many Americans already ...
Source: theatlantic.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Defense secretary had said relatives of service members killed in refueling tanker crash told him 'do not stop until the job is done' The father of a US military member killed in the Iran war has contradicted Pete Hegseth's claim that bereaved families urged him to "finish" the job in the Middle East. Hegseth, the defense secretary and a former weekend Fox News host, told reporters at a Pentagon briefing on ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) — Sen. Markwayne Mullin, Donald Trump's as Homeland Security secretary, traces his close bond with the president to a scary personal moment in 2020, when Mullin's son suffered a severe brain injury during a high school wrestling match. At a rally later that year, Trump invited the Oklahoma Republican and his son on stage. He afterward asked Jim Mullin, then 15 years old, to sit on his lap ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's directive to federal immigration agents on the detention and deportation of parents of minor children is clear: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents must accommodate a parent's "efforts to make alternative care arrangements for their minor child(ren) prior to detention." But a report released Wednesday by the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) ...
Source: truthout.org