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Top Republican Accuses Trump Admin of Keeping Congress In the Dark on Iran: 'They're Not Telling Us Things'

Mar 25th, 2026, 5:19 pm Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, put the Pentagon on blast on Wednesday following a classified briefing on Iran. Politico’s Connor O’Brien reported on Rogers’s frustrations, which included not getting clear information about the ongoing conflict, including the potential deployment of ground troops onto Iranian territory. “We want to know more about what’s going on, what the options are, and why they’re being considered,” Roger ...

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Trump Rejected Netanyahu's Plan to Get Iranians to Take to the Streets and Protest Government

Mar 25th, 2026, 4:41 pm President Donald Trump reportedly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to urge Iranians to protest in the streets. According to a report from Axios, Trump and Netanyahu recently spoke when the prime minister proposed an idea to call on Iranian citizens to stage an uprising. The president, however, deemed the plan too risky and told Netanyahu their lives would be in grave danger. The report continued: “Why the hell should we tell people to ta ...

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Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters

Wed 25 Mar 2026 16.47 EDT First published on Wed 25 Mar 2026 07.00 EDT Amid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, progressive lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on the construction of AI datacenters. “Despite the extraordinary importance of this issue and its impact on every man, woman and child in this country, AI has received far too little serious discussion here in our nation’s capital,” Sanders told report ...

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US Senate Republicans launch probe of abortion pill makers, escalate pressure on FDA

Wed, March 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM EDT WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans launched an investigation into abortion pill manufacturers on Wednesday and called on the ‌U.S. Food and Drug Administration to crack down on online sales ‌of the drug mifepristone, the latest escalation in a years‑long political battle over access to medication abortion. The probe is led by Republican Bill Cassidy, chairman of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions C ...

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White House delays permanent CDC director pick

11h The White House is indefinitely postponing its selection of a permanent Centers for Disease Control director, leaving acting head Jay Bhattacharya overseeing the agency past a key deadline. Why it matters: The punt underscores the difficulty of finding a nominee who can be confirmed by the Senate and leaves the beleaguered public health agency without a full-time political leader. What they're saying: "Dr. Bhattacharya will continue to oversee the CDC by performing the delegable dut ...

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Philly DA Threatens to Jail ICE Agents Working at Airport: 'The President Cannot Pardon You!'

Mar 25th, 2026, 12:01 pm Philadelphia District Attorney Larry Krasner (D) threatened to throw ICE agents deployed at the airport in jail if they make it look “anything like you did in the streets of Minneapolis” on Tuesday. Krasner issued his stern warning in front of cameras and reporters at Philly’s airport. His tough talk came a day after President Donald Trump deployed ICE agents to several airports nationwide to help with long security lines during the ongoing government shutdown. Kras ...

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DOJ Agrees to Pay Ex-Trump Adviser Michael Flynn in Settlement

The US Justice Department has reached a financial settlement with Michael Flynn, a conservative activist and former official in the first Trump administration who sought millions of dollars from the government for what he alleged was a wrongful prosecution effort. Lawyers for the government and for Flynn notified a federal judge in Florida on Wednesday that they had reached an agreement and that it would involve the payment of "settlement funds," but didn't disclose the amount or any ...

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Right-Wing Election Activist Convicted Of Voter Fraud: 'I Would Do It Again'

Mar 25, 2026, 12:59 PM EDT | Updated 2 hours ago A conservative activist in Wisconsin whose organization pushed President Donald Trump’s 2020 election claims was convicted Tuesday night of election fraud ― and said he would do it again. “When you poke the bear you get that type of outcome, yes. I would do it again,” 71-year-old Harry Wait told local news station WTMJ-TV, adding that he “tested the system” and “the system failed.” Wait’s conviction comes years after he requested absente ...

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Tracy Kidder, Author of 'The Soul of a New Machine,' Dies at 80

Tracy Kidder, a wide-ranging journalist and author whose deep reporting and novelistic prose illuminated worlds as diverse as home construction, disease prevention and — as portrayed in his prizewinning 1981 breakthrough book, “The Soul of a New Machine” — the computer industry, died on Tuesday in Boston. He was 80. His daughter, Alice Kidder Bukhman, and his son, Nat Kidder, said he died of lung cancer at Dr. Kidder Bukhman’s home. -snip- For “Among Schoolchildren” (1989), he spent an entire ...

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DOJ may have disclosed secret grand jury material to Congress, violated judicial gag order in Trump classified documents

March 25, 2026 WASHINGTON (CN) — The Justice Department appears to have inadvertently provided Congress with sealed grand jury materials in the classified documents case against President Donald Trump, an apparent violation of a judicial order blocking the agency from disclosing such information. And, according to House Democrats, the trove of previously undisclosed information — produced for Republicans probing former special counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost election interference investigat ...

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White House turns down Elon Musk's offer to pay TSA workers during DHS shutdown

23 min ago - Updated on: March 26, 2026 / 3:43 AM EDT The White House has rejected an offer from billionaire Elon Musk to pay TSA workers during a partial government shutdown that has disrupted airport travelers across the country, several sources told CBS News. ... (CBS News)

FEMA will resume major grant program after yearlong hiatus, following a court order

51 min ago - Updated 9:25 PM EDT, March 25, 2026 The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Wednesday opened applications for a major resilience grant program that the agency canceled last year, less than three weeks after a federal judge ordered FEMA to make the ... (AP)

DOJ says it erroneously relied on ICE memo to justify immigration courthouse arrests

1 hr ago - March 25, 2026, 11:00 PM EDT The Trump administration admitted in a court filing that it had erroneously relied on an ICE memo to justify arrests at immigration courthouses as part of an ongoing federal case brought by groups seeking to block the tac ... (NBC News)

PCC, classified employees union reach tentative deal that could end strike for 700 workers

1 hr ago - by KATU StaffWed, March 25, 2026 at 6:34 PM Updated Wed, March 25, 2026 at 10:32 PM PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Portland Community College and its Federation of Classified Employees union have reached a tentative agreement that could end a strike in ... (KATU)

Democrats decline a new GOP proposal to fund DHS, keeping partial shutdown in effect

1 hr ago - Posted 9:19 PM, Mar 25, 2026 A congressional impasse over DHS funding ground on Wednesday, as Democrats declined to take Republicans up on a new offer to separate immigration enforcement and removal operations from the other budget needs of the Depar ... (Scripps News)

House sets precarious path for renewing surveillance program

2 hrs ago - Posted March 25, 2026 at 6:10pm Speaker Mike Johnson previewed a floor strategy Wednesday that would leave little room for Republican defections as he pushes to renew a powerful surveillance authority, with chamber leadership navigating a precarious ... (Roll Call)

US Senate Republicans launch probe of abortion pill makers, escalate pressure on FDA

2 hrs ago - Wed, March 25, 2026 at 5:58 PM EDT WASHINGTON, March 25 (Reuters) - U.S. Senate Republicans launched an investigation into abortion pill manufacturers on Wednesday and called on the ‌U.S. Food and Drug Administration to crack down on online sale ... (Yahoo! News/Reuters)

Top Republican Accuses Trump Admin of Keeping Congress In the Dark on Iran: 'They're Not Telling Us Things'

2 hrs ago - Mar 25th, 2026, 5:19 pm Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, put the Pentagon on blast on Wednesday following a classified briefing on Iran. Politico’s Connor O’Brien reported on Rogers’s frustrat ... (MEDIAite)

White House delays permanent CDC director pick

3 hrs ago - 11h The White House is indefinitely postponing its selection of a permanent Centers for Disease Control director, leaving acting head Jay Bhattacharya overseeing the agency past a key deadline. Why it matters: The punt underscores the difficulty of f ... (msn/Axios)

Democratic senators want two companies to preserve communications with Corey Lewandowski

3 hrs ago - March 25, 2026, 4:54 PM EDT Three Democratic senators have requested that two companies preserve records of their communications with Corey Lewandowski following an NBC News report that the companies were allegedly asked to pay him as part of the con ... (NBC News)

Bernie Sanders and AOC introduce bill to pause building of new datacenters

4 hrs ago - Wed 25 Mar 2026 16.47 EDT First published on Wed 25 Mar 2026 07.00 EDT Amid an unprecedented energy crisis and the rapid buildout of artificial intelligence infrastructure, progressive lawmakers have unveiled a new policy to place a moratorium on the ... (The Guardian)

Trump Rejected Netanyahu's Plan to Get Iranians to Take to the Streets and Protest Government

4 hrs ago - Mar 25th, 2026, 4:41 pm President Donald Trump reportedly rejected Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s plan to urge Iranians to protest in the streets. According to a report from Axios, Trump and Netanyahu recently spoke when the prime ... (MEDIAite)

Texas to Require Proof of Legal Status for Professional Licenses

4 hrs ago - Published Mar 25, 2026 at 03:42 PM EDT updated Mar 25, 2026 at 04:36 PM EDT Professionals looking to apply for or renew their licenses in Texas will soon have to prove their immigration status, after a state board approved new rules.The Texas Departm ... (Newsweek)

At Pentagon Christian service, Hegseth prays for violence 'against those who deserve no mercy'

8 hrs ago - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, hosting his first monthly Christian worship service at the Pentagon since the Iran war began, prayed Wednesday to have “every round find its mark.” “Every month it is fitting to be right here,” he t ... (AP News)

Belarusian President Lukashenko arrives in North Korea for talks with Kim Jong Un

8 hrs ago - By DASHA LITVINOVA Updated 5:54 PM CDT, March 25, 2026 Leer en español Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko arrived in North Korea’s capital on Wednesday for an official visit during which he is to hold talks with North Korean leade ... (AP)

Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump's Attack on Science

9 hrs ago - Prominent Climate Scientist Resigns From NASA, Citing Trump's Attack on Science Kate Marvel, a well-known author, joins an estimated 95,000 people who have left federal science agencies since President Trump returned to the White House. Kate Marvel, ... (New York Times)

Trump EPA to ease restrictions on summer ethanol-blend sales as gas prices soar

10 hrs ago - By: Jacob Fischler - March 25, 2026 5:06 pm The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency will allow gas stations to sell a blended fuel containing 15% ethanol into the summer season in an effort to lower gas prices, Administrator Lee Zeldin said Wednesda ... (Nebraska Examiner)

U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says

10 hrs ago - Energy U.S. brought back $100 million of gold from Venezuela, Interior Secretary Burgum says Published Wed, Mar 25 202 612:11 PM EDT Updated Wed, Mar 25 20261:35 PM EDT Spencer Kimball Key Points * The Trump administration brought back $100 million o ... (CNBC)

New rules define which foods can be labeled 'Product of USA'

11 hrs ago - Posted 12:50 PM, Mar 25, 2026 The U.S. Department of Agriculture is encouraging use of its new “Product of USA” labels on meat, poultry and eggs that are born, raised, harvested and processed in the United States. The labels follow updated ... (Scripps News)

DHS watchdog warned of risks in airport shoes-off policy. The report got buried.

11 hrs ago - Updated on: March 25, 2026 / 1:42 PM EDT / CBS News An internal watchdog report in the Department of Homeland Security identified serious vulnerabilities in TSA's screenings at airports nationwide, among them, one created by a change in the shoes-off ... (CBS News)