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Top News Stories for Thursday, March 5th 2026
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Why Are Democrats Struggling to Respond to Trump's Iran War? Some lawmakers have a clear message on the war. The party's leaders are not among them. to get the most insightful analysis, criticism, and advice out there, delivered to your inbox daily. Something has been missing from Democrats' response to the war in Iran since President Donald Trump announced "major combat operations" early Saturday morning. Party ...
Source: slate.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Justice Department lawyers are heading to court today to defend President Donald Trump's attacks on law firms after the administration backtracked on a move to drop out of those fights. DOJ wants a judge to throw out an American Bar Association lawsuit challenging what the group calls Trump's "law firm intimidation policy." The suit stems from a series of executive orders that targeted certain firms last year, and ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
By The average price for a gallon of gas in the U.S. increased sharply on March 3, amid ongoing conflict in the Middle East. Although an increase in gas prices was expected, the jump of 11 cents in one night suggests further volatility in the weeks ahead. The current national average for a gallon of gas is $3.109, up from $2.997 on Monday. A week ago, average gas prices stood at $2.883 per gallon. For many ...
Source: miamiherald.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
The Republican-led House Oversight Committee voted Wednesday to subpoena Attorney General Pam Bondi for testimony on the department's handling of records related to Jeffrey Epstein . The motion to subpoena Bondi passed by a vote of 24-19. Five Republicans voted for it, including Nancy Mace of South Carolina, who put the motion forward. The Republicans voting with Mace and the Democrats were: Tim Burchett of ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
You can now listen to Fox News articles! President Donald Trump hosted executives of major tech companies at the White House Wednesday afternoon to sign a pledge ensuring the tech giants protect Americans against higher electricity bills tied to data center power demand. Google, Microsoft, Meta, Oracle, xAI, OpenAI and Amazon signed the Ratepayer Protection Pledge Wednesday afternoon, Fox News Digital ...
Source: foxnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
In 2021, the Barclays Center arena — home to the Brooklyn Nets and concerts ranging from Disney on Ice to Bad Bunny — decided to switch from to another ticketing company, SeatGeek. The switch didn't go well. Ticketmaster retaliated hard, a federal jury in Manhattan heard on Wednesday, as testimony began in a high-stakes government effort to split the ticketing giant from parent company Live Nation. ...
Source: businessinsider.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — The House on Wednesday voted to scuttle an effort by Republican Rep. Nancy Mace to shed more light on sexual misconduct allegations against members of Congress. Mace, a conservative Republican who is running to be governor of South Carolina, forced a floor vote on her resolution directing the House Ethics Committee to make public all reports on allegations of congressional lawmakers and aides ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Founder Summit 2026 in Boston: Register Now. REGISTER NOW Topics More from TechCrunch Jonathan Gavalas, 36, started using Google's Gemini AI chatbot in August 2025 for shopping help, writing support, and trip planning. On October 2, he died by suicide. At the time of his death, he was convinced that Gemini was his fully sentient AI wife, and that he would need to leave his physical body to join her in the metaverse ...
Source: techcrunch.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
A US judge has ordered that the Trump administration halt a key step in the tariff payment process in order to make any refunds simpler after the US Supreme Court struck down the president's global levies. In an order on Wednesday, Judge Richard Eaton , who sits on the federal trade court in New York, ordered Customs and Border Protection to stop calculating President Donald Trump 's emergency tariffs on importers' ...
Source: news.bloomberglaw.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Companies added 63,000 workers in February, an improvement from the downwardly revised 11,000 in January and better than the consensus estimate for 48,000. Most of the hiring came in just two sectors: health services and construction. Job growth in other sectors either was flat or lower. Pay grew 4.5% for those staying in their jobs while wage gains for job switchers moved down to 6.3%, the smallest gap since ADP ...
Source: cnbc.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
: Google Pixel 10a review: Should Android users consider anything else at this price? The newest Pixel phone packs minor upgrades that make a big difference. Pros Faster charging and a flush camera bump are appreciated. Durable material choices and long software update support. One of the remaining 'small' phones with a good camera and battery life. Cons No PixelSnap to compete with iPhone 17e. 8GB RAM and Tensor ...
Source: zdnet.com
Wednesday, Mar 4th, 2026 -
Follow Us Instagram On January 30, the Department of Justice released its latest tranche of 3.5 million documents relating to Jeffrey Epstein. Years of emails, texts, and images were suddenly in the public domain. Epstein, a serial rapist, masterminded a global human trafficking and sexual abuse network, and could count princes, professors, and politicians among his closest friends and accomplices. MintPress ...
Source: mintpressnews.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
(R-N.C.) threatened Tuesday to use aggressive procedural measures to bring Senate work to a standstill if Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem fails to respond to his offices' inquiries about an immigration crackdown in Charlotte, North Carolina. An irate Tillis, who is retiring this year from the Senate, ripped into Noem during her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday, saying that he would ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Tuesday, Mar 3rd, 2026 -
March 3 (UPI) -- A jury found the father of an alleged school shooter in Georgia guilty on Tuesday of 29 charges, including two counts of second-degree murder and two counts of involuntary manslaughter. Colin Gray, 55, could get up to 180 years in prison for buying his son Colt Gray the gun that was allegedly used to kill four people at Apalachee High School in 2024. Gray, 55, gifted his son an AR-style rifle after ...
Source: upi.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