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Top News Stories for Wednesday, March 4th 2026
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Three states are kicking off the 2026 midterm elections Tuesday with primaries that will shape the battle for control of the House and the Senate, while simmering fights for control of each party could boil over as voters decide whether to discard longtime incumbents. As Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina vote, the highest-profile race features longtime Republican Sen. John Cornyn, who is in the fight of his ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Government lawyers have not explained why they reversed course after abandoning their defense of the president Donald Trump's Department of Justice said it was dropping its defense of the president's executive orders against law firms that joined cases against him and his ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
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Source: huffpost.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Hillary Clinton lost it on MAGA lawmakers Nancy Mace and Lauren Boebert as the former first lady's Epstein deposition went off the rails. Clinton's deposition before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday was released on YouTube by the GOP Oversight Committee on Monday. The upload revealed the moment Clinton, 78, stormed out of the meeting when it was revealed that Boebert, the U.S. representative for Colorado's ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
March 3 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court issued an emergency ruling Monday temporarily blocking California's policies that ban public schools from sharing a child's transgender status with their parents. The emergency ruling in Mirabelli vs. Bonta blocks the California policies only until the case can make it through the court system. The majority opinion is that the plaintiffs will likely win the case because "the ...
Source: upi.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 -
After spending the better half of last year touring the country to "fight oligarchy," Sen. Bernie Sanders (I–Vt.) has introduced legislation to confiscate billionaires' property. On Monday, Sanders introduced the Make Billionaires Pay Their Fair Share Act . The bill, which was also introduced by Rep. Ro Khanna (D–Calif.) in the House, would impose a 5 percent annual wealth tax on 938 American ...
Source: reason.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Stunning photos reveal the 'blood moon' total lunar eclipse Early on Tuesday, a " blood moon " total lunar eclipse made our typically pearlescent moon appear a fiery crimson in what was the first and only total lunar eclipse of 2026. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Earth passes directly between the sun and moon. As the star's light filters through Earth's atmosphere, it casts a red hue onto the lunar surface ...
Source: scientificamerican.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Three people are now confirmed to have died in the attack, while the gunman - identified as 53-year-old Ndiaga Diagne - was also fatally shot by officers at the scene. Tributes have been paid to people killed in a mass shooting at a Texas bar - as it was confirmed a third victim has died. Austin Police announced on Monday evening that Jorge Pederson, 30, had died from his injuries. The other two victims of the ...
Source: news.sky.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
The jury has found Colin Gray , the man whose teenage son is accused of killing two students and two teachers in a shooting at Georgia's Apalachee High School , guilty of second-degree murder and all other charges. On Tuesday, after just a few hours of deliberating and two weeks of witness testimony, the jury announced that they had come to a verdict. Gray was charged with 29 counts, including second-degree ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
Prosecutors argued Colin Gray gave 14-year-old son, who is accused of killing four in 2024 shooting, access to firearm The father of a teenage boy accused of killing two students and two teachers in a mass shooting at a Georgia high school in 2024 was found guilty on Tuesday of second-degree murder and other charges. After roughly two weeks of testimony , jurors deliberated for just a few hours before convicting ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration's attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars' worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit started the next phase in the refund process by sending it to a lower court to sort out. In a court filing Friday, President Donald Trump 's Justice ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 2nd, 2026 -
March 2 (UPI) -- The U.S. Supreme Court is hearing oral arguments on Monday in a case challenging the rights of illegal drug users to own guns. The case, the United States vs. Hemani, stems from the arrest of 25-year-old Ali Hemani in Texas in 2023. He was charged with possessing a firearm as a drug user under the Gun Control Act of 1968. The Supreme Court on Monday is weighing whether a law barring drug users from ...
Source: upi.com