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Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
U.S. Customs and Border Protection told Court of International Trade Judge Richard Eaton it cannot currently comply with an order to refund reciprocal tariffs imposed by President Donald Trump. CBP in a court filing disclosed it had collected about $166 billion in IEEPA tariffs since last year, involving more than 330,000 importers who made more than 53 million entries. The Supreme Court ruled recently that Trump's ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Swipe for next article Puppy-killing former South Dakota governor made history as the first Cabinet secretary ousted in Trump's second term, but the writing had been on the wall for months, reports Rhian Lubin and Brendan Rascius A fter Kristi Noem's Senate hearing this week, President Donald Trump ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Our special spring issue is out soon. Get a discounted subscription to our print magazine today. Your support keeps us publishing! Chuck Schumer is not only failing to meet the moment by not opposing the war on Iran. He has long been a hawk on Iran among Democrats and Americans who are yearning for peace. Most Americans don't want this war, and among Democratic voters, 89 percent say the United States should not ...
Source: jacobin.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
March 6 (UPI) -- The Department of Justice released new FBI documents Thursday that describe several interviews with a woman who accused President Donald Trump of sexually abusing her when she was a young teen. The pages had been withheld from the other documents from the late convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein . Officials said they were held back because they mistakenly believed they were duplicates. The 16 ...
Source: upi.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
With the administration challenging the Court and Congress, independent reporting is the only thing standing between you and the noise. Your membership funds the courage to ask the hard questions. Don't let the truth be sidelined. Already a member? WASHINGTON (AP) — American employers unexpectedly cut 92,000 jobs last month, a sign that the labor market remains under strain . The unemployment rate blipped up ...
Source: huffpost.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Republican congressman Tony Gonzales had repeatedly denied affair with former aide who later died by suicide Texas Republican congressman Tony Gonzales is ending his bid for re-election but said he will serve out his term, following his admitting , after repeated denials, that he had an affair with a former staff member who later died by suicide. Gonzales announced his plan late on Thursday after facing calls from ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei has apologized for bashing the Trump administration in an explosive letter to staffers — even as he gears up to take the Pentagon to court over its blacklisting of his AI firm . The exec said he's sorry for "the tone" of a 1,600-word internal missive that accused the Department of War of targeting Anthropic for not giving "dictator-style praise to Trump." "I also want to apologize ...
Source: nypost.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
The Florida Bar said it mistakenly wrote in a letter last month that it was investigating former Virginia US Attorney Lindsey Halligan. The reversal Friday comes a day after the ethics nonprofit Campaign for Accountability announced having received a Feb. 4 letter from the state's attorney disciplinary authority confirming an "investigation pending" in response to its complaint about Halligan. "The Florida Bar ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
UK lenders have begun raising mortgage interest rates as the ongoing conflict in the Middle East has raised fears that inflation will rise and curb further Bank of England rate cuts. Nationwide has increased rates some of its products by up to 0.25%, while HSBC UK and Coventry Building Society have also said they will increase rates. The increases come after changes to the financial market's view of what the Bank ...
Source: bbc.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
ATLANTA (AP) — A two-month sprint to the May 19 primary elections in Georgia's governor and U.S. Senate races has begun as the final candidates qualified Friday for crucial posts in the closely contested swing state. Republicans looking to oust incumbent Democratic U.S. Sen. Jon Ossoff are touting their support for President Donald Trump and focusing more on slamming the Democratic incumbent than each other. ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Lawmakers are demanding an investigation after a man from Haiti who was seeking asylum in Massachusetts died in the custody of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement. Emmanuel Damas, 56, of Dorchester, died March 2 at a hospital in Arizona. He was taken into ICE custody in Boston in September 2025, following an arrest for assault and battery by Boston Police, according to ICE. "He's not a criminal. He ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Lizzy Lawrence leads STAT's coverage of the Food and Drug Administration. She was previously a medical devices reporter. You can reach Lizzy on Signal at lizzylaw.53. WASHINGTON — Vinay Prasad, a top official at the Food and Drug Administration who has been at the center of recurring public controversies, is exiting the agency for a second time. Prasad will leave the FDA at the end of April, and his ...
Source: statnews.com
Friday, Mar 6th, 2026 -
Much has been already been said of the portrayal of in Ryan Murphy's hit Hulu show Love Story , a retelling of the ill-fated relationship of John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette. In the show, Dree Hemingway portrays JFK Jr.'s ex-girlfriend, actress Daryl Hannah—and as various critics and fans alike have noted , Murphy's version of Hannah seems to be suspiciously one-note and pretty unflattering. Now, ...
Source: instyle.com
Thursday, Mar 5th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republicans are invoking the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they tee up votes Thursday on a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security. The House already approved a DHS spending bill in January, but it faltered in the Senate as Democrats insisted on changes to immigration enforcement operations following the shooting death of ICU nurse Alex Pretti ...
Source: apnews.com