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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 21st 2026
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The White House gave Congress a six-item framework of legislative policy items related to artificial intelligence on Friday that it believes will deliver "strong federal leadership to ensure the public's trust in how AI is developed and used in their daily lives." The policy items focus on Trump administration priority areas that lawmakers have worked to tackle previously through various legislation: protecting ...
Source: fedscoop.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
( The Hill ) — The Commission of Fine Arts (CFA) on Thursday greenlit a $1 gold coin featuring President Trump's likeness to commemorate America's 250th anniversary. The proposed design depicts Trump with his fists on what appears to be a table or desk. The words "Liberty" span above the image of the president. The back of the coin features an image of a bald eagle that appears ready to take ...
Source: wfla.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Two of the Hulu stars took to Instagram on Friday, one day after TMZ released a 2023 video of Paul attacking her ex-boyfriend. Two stars of Hulu's "The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives" have spoken out against domestic violence Friday, a day after a new video was released showing their castmate, Taylor Frankie Paul, attacking her ex-boyfriend in front of her daughter three years ago . "Domestic violence and abuse of ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Lawsuit alleges Ivy League university violated civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in aftermath of war in Gaza The Trump administration has renewed its assault on Harvard University , filing a lawsuit in Massachusetts alleging the Ivy League institution violated the civil rights of Jewish and Israeli people in the aftermath of the war in Gaza. The lawsuit, shared publicly by the New York Times , accuses ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Monitoring the mortgage interest rate climate on a daily basis is an integral part of the homebuying and refinancing processes. But, this March, it was arguably more important than usual. With multiple items on the calendar with the potential to impact mortgage rates , buyers and owners hoping to refinance needed to be more strategic than usual. Now, however, following new inflation and unemployment reports ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The banking industry is reviewing three proposals totaling more than 1,500 pages released Thursday by U.S. financial regulators aimed at streamlining the bank capital framework. While the full impact remains unclear, an initial review suggests the rules are more tailored than previous efforts. Processing Content The proposals cover Basel III, the global systemically important bank, or G-SIB, surcharge and revisions ...
Source: americanbanker.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Trump officials plan to task the U.S. Department of the Treasury with collecting on defaulted student loans and eventually "operational support" on current loans. Currently, the Education Department oversees the country's entire nearly $1.7 trillion federal education debt portfolio, held by roughly 42 million people. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent looks on as he speaks to the media after two days of meetings ...
Source: cnbc.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The states filed a temporary restraining order less than a day after the Federal Communications Commission and the Justice Department signed off on the $6.2 billion deal. California and seven other states filed an emergency motion on Friday to stop the merger of broadcasting companies Nexstar and Tegna, a corporate tie-up that would create the country's largest operator of local television stations. The eight ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
The Mexican, who "died of presumed suicide", is the 46th person to die in ICE custody since January 2025 and the second this week. A 19-year-old Mexican has become the youngest person to die in ICE custody since the start of Donald Trump's second term. Royer Perez-Jimenez "died of presumed suicide" on Monday at the Glades County Detention Centre in south Florida, ICE said in a statement, although his official cause ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Nearly 90,000 bottles of children's ibuprofen are being recalled because they may contain a foreign substance, according to a notice issued by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The recall affects Children's Ibuprofen Oral Suspension, a pain reliever that comes in liquid form. The product was manufactured in India by Strides Pharma for Taro Pharmaceuticals. The medication is intended for ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A Georgia woman is facing a murder charge after police say she took pills to induce an abortion in violation of a state law that prohibits most abortions. The woman, Alexia Moore, was arrested on March 4, months after she was rushed to the emergency room with abdominal pain, according to an arrest warrant affidavit. During an investigation, police learned that Moore allegedly took misoprostol, a drug that induces ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Sitting federal judges speaking at a panel discussion Thursday said there are increasing threats against them and their family members and warned about the dangers of such threats becoming "ordinary." The was hosted online by the organization Speak Up for Justice. "What's most problematic is that the extraordinary has become ordinary," said U.S. District Judge Ana Reyes of the District of Columbia, according to an ...
Source: abajournal.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Donald Trump's health chief illegally blocked states from their own medical regulations, lawsuit says Removed from bookmarks A federal judge is blocking Donald Trump's administration from restricting gender-affirming healthcare to minors after Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. declared that such ...
Source: independent.co.uk
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
A jury has found Elon Musk liable for misleading investors by deliberately driving down Twitter's stock price in the tumultuous months leading up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media company for $44 billion. But it absolved him of some fraud allegations, finding that he did not "scheme" to mislead investors. The civil trial in San Francisco centered on a class-action lawsuit filed just before Musk took ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
While the future queen's ties to Epstein were already reported, new documents showed a more extensive relationship. Norway's crown princess says she regrets her friendship with Jeffrey Epstein, insisting in a tearful interview she was "manipulated and deceived". The release of files related to the late sex offender has sent shockwaves around the world, revealing his ties to prominent people, including Crown ...
Source: news.sky.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
About 24.3 million Americans were enrolled in healthcare plans within the Affordable Care Act marketplace last year, but a survey released Thursday by KFF found that about 1 in 10 of those people had no choice but to make a difficult and risky calculation at the end of 2025 when ACA subsidies expired due to Republicans ' refusal to support an extension. According to the research, 9% of people enrolled in plans ...
Source: commondreams.org
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
Two former FBI special agents who say they played minimal roles in the investigation that led to criminal charges against President Donald Trump have filed a lawsuit against FBI Director Kash Patel and Attorney General Pam Bondi, alleging their "unlawful" firings violate the U.S. Constitution. Patel has routinely fired FBI special agents who were tied to investigations into Trump. The most recent round of firings ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
HHS is looking into the states for 'alleged disregard of, or confusion about' the federal Weldon amendment The US Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) said on Thursday that it is investigating 13 states that require state-regulated health insurance plans to cover abortion services. HHS officials said in a news release that the department's office for civil rights (OCR) is looking into the states for ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 20th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — President Trump and his Republican allies in Congress are increasingly intent on a massive overhaul of the country's elections in time for the 2026 midterms. But an important group of people are warning that's not possible: the professionals who actually run those elections . Around the country, state and local election administrators have been warily eyeing the proposed changes contained in the ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
More than a year ago, The GEO Group founder George Zoley asked for a meeting with Corey Lewandowski, a close ally of President Donald Trump who had just started a powerful position as a top adviser to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. As a titan of the private prison industry, GEO Group stood to benefit from Trump's mass deportation agenda, which would require the federal government to spend tens of billions ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Thursday, Mar 19th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's directive to federal immigration agents on the detention and deportation of parents of minor children is clear: US Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents must accommodate a parent's "efforts to make alternative care arrangements for their minor child(ren) prior to detention." But a report released Wednesday by the Women's Refugee Commission (WRC) and Physicians for Human Rights (PHR) ...
Source: truthout.org