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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 28th 2026
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate early Friday morning approved Homeland Security funds to pay Transportation Security Administration agents and most other agencies, but not the immigration enforcement operations at the heart of the budget impasse that has jammed airports , disrupted travel and imposed financial hardship on workers. ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
Secretary of state speaks as Israel threatens to expand attacks on Iran while Tehran keeps firing missiles at Israel Washington expects its operation against Iran to conclude in "weeks, not months", the US secretary of state has said, despite continuing violence across the region and a threat from Israel to "escalate and expand" its attacks against the Islamic republic. "When we are done with them here in the next ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Democratic Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick of Florida committed numerous violations of House rules and ethics standards, the House Ethics Committee found Friday in a ruling that could add weight to Republicans' potential push to expel her from Congress. After meeting into early Friday morning following a seven-hour hearing, the ethics panel of four Democrats and four Republicans found that ...
Source: apnews.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
"I don't know": Department of War fails to justify blacklisting Anthropic. "Classic First Amendment retaliation." That's how US District Judge Rita Lin described the Department of War's effort to blacklist Anthropic and designate it a supply-chain risk . By all appearances, "these measures appear designed to punish Anthropic," Lin wrote in an order granting Anthropic's request for a preliminary injunction. ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Treasury Department plans to put President Donald Trump's signature on all new U.S. paper currency, the agency announced on Thursday. The move would be a first for a sitting president, since traditionally, U.S. paper currency carries the signatures of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer, not the president. It's the latest instance of Trump putting his name and ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
The Democrat campaign to confiscate wealth continued on Thursday when Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D–Mass.) introduced the Ultra-Millionaire Tax Act of 2026 . The bill comes on the heels of a series of wealth taxes that have been enacted or proposed in states and the halls of Congress in recent weeks. Warren's bill would impose a 2 percent annual levy on household and trust wealth above $50 million and a 3 ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Mar 27th, 2026 -
U.S. President Donald Trump points on the day he addresses military families as U.S. first lady Melania Trump stands nearby during a visit at Fort Bragg, North Carolina, U.S., February 13, 2026. REUTERS/Elizabeth Frantz Senior military officials are concerned that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is blocking the promotions of four Army officers because of their race or gender, according to a new report. President ...
Source: rawstory.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
The DOJ threw ICE under the bus for "agency attorney error," a "material mistaken statement of fact" repeatedly cited in briefs that undermines a "core" defense of civil arrests at or near the executive branch's immigration courthouses. U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York Jay Clayton, once the SEC chairman during President Donald Trump's first term, submitted a letter to U.S. District Judge P. Kevin ...
Source: lawandcrime.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
NEW YORK (AP) — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro returns to a New York courtroom Thursday as he seeks to have his drug trafficking indictment thrown out over a geopolitical dispute over legal fees . Maduro's lawyer contends that the U.S. is violating the deposed leader's constitutional rights by blocking Venezuelan government funds from being used to pay his legal costs. It's the first time ...
Source: apnews.com