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Top News Stories for Friday, March 20th 2026
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate climbed this week to its highest level in more than three months, a setback for prospective home shoppers this spring homebuying season. The benchmark 30-year fixed rate mortgage rate rose to 6.22% from 6.11% last week, mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday. One year ago, the rate averaged 6.67%. When mortgage rates rise, they can add hundreds of dollars a month in costs ...
Source: apnews.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 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? Sen. (R-Okla.) response to a question regarding previous statements he made about Renee Good on Wednesday is alarming experts in American studies and civil rights. Mullin, ...
Source: huffpost.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
UK central bank warns that CPI inflation will be higher in the near term as a result of the 'new shock to the economy' from Middle East crisis From Although the Bank of England has left rates on hold today, mortgage rates have been rising since the Iranian war began. Here's why: City traders are betting that the Bank of England will raise UK interest rates at least twice this year, to combat the inflationary hit ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
After Disney cancelled her season of The Bachelorette , Taylor Frankie Paul is speaking out. The show's latest premiere was initially slated for this Sunday. "Taylor is very grateful for ABC's support as she prioritizes her family's safety and security. After years of silently suffering extensive mental and physical abuse as well as threats of retaliation, Taylor is finally gaining the strength to face her accuser ...
Source: instyle.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Chavez's family said in a statement that they are devastated by the allegations Removed from bookmarks Mary Rose Wilcox and her husband marched and fasted alongside César Chavez. They helped him open a radio station in Phoenix and plastered their Mexican restaurant with photos and a mural of the ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Day 2 of our Guardian analysis of more than a million Epstein emails exposes the child sex offender's deep relationships with more high-profile figures The Epstein files have led to intense scrutiny over links between the child sex offender Jeffrey Epstein and the rich and powerful. But the vast trove of information has made it difficult to assess the extent of some of those connections. In this second of a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Tom Cotton supports FBI data purchasing, compares it to searching people's trash. Three years after saying it had stopped buying location data of Americans without a warrant, the FBI acknowledged it has restarted the purchases. During questioning at a Senate Select Committee on Intelligence hearing yesterday, FBI Director Kash Patel said the location data purchases have produced valuable information, and he did not ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
[1/2] People walk around the Financial District on the morning after Zohran Mamdani's election win in New York City, U.S., November 5, 2025. REUTERS/Angelina Katsanis WASHINGTON, March 19 (Reuters) - Wall Street bank capital would fall 4.8% under softened rules regulators unveiled on Thursday, freeing up billions of dollars for lending, dividends and share buybacks in a stunning victory for the industry, ...
Source: reuters.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
newly-released photo shows a bearded Duggar, 31, with a somber expression. In the photo, Duggar is wearing a dark grey T-shirt and seemingly has unkempt hair. (The Tontitown Police Department's booking entry lists Duggar as 5'9 and 206 lbs at the time of his arrest.) News broke on Wednesday, March 18, that Duggar involving molestation of a victim less than 12 years old and lewd and lascivious behavior conducted by ...
Source: bradenton.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
This is Executive Dysfunction , a newsletter that highlights one under-the-radar story about how Trump is changing the law—or how the law is pushing back—and keeps you posted on the latest from Slate's Jurisprudence team. to receive it in your inbox each week. For well over a year, Donald Trump has made it very clear he has beef with Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell. From calling him a " numbskull " ...
Source: slate.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A group of federal judges Thursday added to the chorus of concerns raised about the rise in violent threats against members of the judiciary at a time when President Donald Trump has ramped up his criticism of the courts. Four sitting judges spoke during an online forum hosted by a legal group called "Speak Up for Justice" that was formed to defend the judiciary and the rule of law. "I don't ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
MADISON, Wis. (AP) — A second Republican leader in the Wisconsin Legislature announced on Thursday he will not seek reelection this fall, another sign of the in politics in the key battleground state as Democrats get increasingly optimistic about gaining a majority. The two highest-ranking Republicans in the Legislature are retiring, along with the Democratic governor, soon after in favor of Democrats, who ...
Source: news.yahoo.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 -
reached a surprisingly peaceful resolution Wednesday afternoon: Compass, the country's largest real estate brokerage, dropped its lawsuit against Zillow, marking the end of a The legal volleys kicked off last summer, when Zillow started banning some for-sale listings from its well-trafficked website. A growing number of real estate agents, the search site said, were Compass quickly sued Zillow in federal court over ...
Source: insider.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
– Republicans who are have tried to frame the debate in simple terms — if you have to show your photo identification to get on a plane or check out a book at the library, shouldn't you have to show one to vote? As Republicans hold the Senate floor to debate , touted by President Donald Trump , they argue that Democrats completely oppose the idea. "It kind of feels like the only Americans not to support ...
Source: news4jax.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Immigrant parents say they were ripped from their children. ICE ignored policy to keep them together, researchers say Removed from bookmarks A 22-year-old woman was five months pregnant when she arrived on a deportation flight to Honduras. She said she never had a chance to tell Immigration and Customs ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
Democratic Senators Chris Van Hollen of Maryland and Cory Booker of New Jersey have brought forward new tax plans that would cut income taxes for lower- and middle-income taxpayers and raise them for the highest-income taxpayers and corporations, prompting some to suggest that the Democratic Party is imitating key Republican talking points. Democrats' long-held ideology usually deters it from implementing measures ...
Source: bradenton.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
The states are forcing health plans to provide coverage for abortions as a condition of offering coverage in the state, OCR says. Policy and Legislation Susan Morse The Department of Health and Human Services, Office for Civil Rights today announced it is investigating 13 states under a federal healthcare conscience law called the Weldon Amendment. The investigation is based on information that the states are ...
Source: healthcarefinancenews.com
Wednesday, Mar 18th, 2026 -
Lawmakers leave closed-door meeting after AG refuses to commit to honoring subpoena to testify under oath Democrats on the House oversight committee walked out of a closed-door briefing from attorney general Pam Bondi about the Jeffrey Epstein files on Wednesday, leaving what California congressman Robert Garcia called "an outrageous fake hearing" after Bondi refused to commit to honoring a subpoena to testify ...
Source: theguardian.com