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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 26th 2026
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Virginia Democrats are putting pressure on Gov. Abigail Spanberger to get their redistricting campaign across the finish line as they grow increasingly worried about losing their April special election — and hurting their chances for flipping the House this November. The aggressive effort to redraw the state's congressional maps, if voters approve the referendum, could deliver Democrats a 10-to-1 seat ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
March 26 (UPI) -- A California jury has found Meta and YouTube liable for negligently designing addictive social media platforms that harm children, in a landmark verdict that could have lasting implications for the tech industry. The Wednesday verdict marks the first time technology companies have been found liable for creating addictive online products, amid increased scrutiny of the industry and a wave of ...
Source: upi.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
Key takeaways: The FCC has banned the sale of new foreign-made routers in the US, and this sweeping order applies to virtually every Wi-Fi router currently available in the US market. My expert advice is to hold off on purchasing a new router if you can. Under the current rules, banned routers will no longer receive essential security firmware and software updates after March 1, 2027. The FCC's action ...
Source: cnet.com
Thursday, Mar 26th, 2026 -
March 26 (UPI) -- The Trump administration is again seeking to prosecute New York Attorney General Letitia James after a judge threw out its case against her and grand juries twice declined to indict her last year, according to reports. Federal Housing Finance Agency Director Bill Pulte is accusing James of alleged homeowners insurance fraud, according too documents obtained by CNN , NBC News and MS News . Pulte ...
Source: upi.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Only one US-built nuclear reactor has ever flown in space, and that was more than 60 years ago. NASA's announcement Tuesday that it will "pause" work on a lunar space station and focus on building a surface base on the Moon was no big surprise to anyone paying attention to the Trump administration's space policy. But what should NASA do with hardware already built for the Gateway outpost? NASA spent close to $4.5 ...
Source: arstechnica.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Members of the House passed a bill requiring data centers to pay for increased costs associated with their energy demands. The proposed legislation now heads to the state Senate. (TNS) — Members of the Pennsylvania House on Tuesday approved new regulations for data centers building in Pennsylvania, in the first effort by the state General Assembly to shape the booming market. The Democratic-led House approved ...
Source: govtech.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
, military spending during the Iran war and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said he will "expeditiously move" to write the budget "reconciliation" process for the measure, which allows the Republican-led Senate to bypass the 60-vote filibuster rule and cut Democrats out of the action. It's the same procedure they used to pass President Donald Trump's "big, beautiful bill" last year. He said the project has the support ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
By Federal Reserve Governor Michael Barr said that although he was "hopeful" inflation falls this year, that might not happen with higher oil prices spiking gasoline and other consumer costs. Barr's take mirrors increasing concerns from Main Street to Wall Street about the Fed's interest-rate outlook due to recessionary and inflationary uncertainty. "While I am hopeful that inflation will fall as the effects ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Meta Platforms Inc. today began laying off hundreds of employees, with the company's Reality Labs virtual reality division hit the hardest. It's believed the number of staff who will find themselves without a job could number as many as 700, as Meta bets big on artificial intelligence and winds down its efforts to get its customers into the metaverse . "Teams across Meta regularly restructure or implement ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
President Donald Trump this week said he is considering sending the National Guard to airports after long lines held passengers up for hours amid the partial government shutdown that has left TSA checkpoints short staffed The Trump administration earlier this week sent in ICE agents, though the Department of Homeland Security hasn't said what their duties are. DHS has reported increased absences of TSA officers, ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
Michael Flynn and the Justice Department have agreed to settle a lawsuit filed by Flynn, President Donald Trump's former national security adviser, over his claims of political targeting in a 2017 case in which he initially pleaded guilty . The parties notified a federal judge Wednesday in Florida that they had reached a settlement. The amount was not disclosed. Flynn had sued for $50 million in 2023, alleging ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
It was the evening of Aug. 9, 2019 — and Noel, a rookie corrections officer, was conducting the 10 p.m. inmate count on Epstein's tier at the Metropolitan Correctional Center, the 12-story federal detention facility in downtown Manhattan. Epstein, arrested July 6, 2019, on federal sex-trafficking charges, was in cell 220 on the L tier of the Special Housing Unit, lying on a mattress on the floor beside his ...
Source: bradenton.com
Wednesday, Mar 25th, 2026 -
The state of Minnesota has filed a lawsuit against the Trump administration, seeking to obtain withheld evidence that could be used to prosecute Department of Homeland Security (DHS) agents who committed three separate shootings — two of them fatal — during their brutal immigration crackdown in the Twin Cities earlier this year. The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, ...
Source: truthout.org