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Monday, March 30, 2026

North Korean leader Kim Jong Un observed a test of an upgraded solid-fuel engine for weapons capable of reaching the U.S. mainland ... read more


"[T]he 2028 candidate should be one of our Democratic governors because people out there are going to be feeling betrayed. Donald Trump said he'd get them results and didn't. He made life harder. We, the governors, have receipts. We can show you where we built affordable housing. We can show you the wages for the jobs we've brought in. We can show you the real things we've done to help with public safety, not the stunts that this president does." -- Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear read more


A New York Times interactive feature published Sunday takes an in-depth look at President Donald Trump's proposed White House ballroom ahead of a critical federal vote Thursday -- with architects warning the project's rushed timeline has left serious design flaws unaddressed that could permanently alter the nation's most iconic address. read more


The U.S. has been starving Cuba of energy, but the New York Times is reporting that America will let a Russian Oil Tanker deliver to Cuba. read more


The arrival of 2,500 Marines and another 2,500 sailors is keeping the number of American troops in the region at roughly 10,000 more than usual. read more


Sunday, March 29, 2026

The department is looking for information from private contractors who can provide "prefabricated, transportable, hardened shelter systems designed to protect personnel from blast and fragmentation threats," according to a new federal contract notice posted Monday. read more


In a remarkable 24 hours in Washington, House Republicans snubbed a bipartisan funding deal cut by their own Senate GOP counterparts and instead approved an entirely different plan -- prolonging the Department of Homeland Security shutdown. read more


Bank of America agreed to pay victims of Jeffrey Epstein $72.5m to settle a New York federal class-action lawsuit claiming the bank facilitated his decades-long sex trafficking operation read more


This is how the world now sees the American president: ... read more


On 10 March 2026, Alen Zheng (20) unsuccessfully attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device (IED) at the MacDill Airforce Base Visitor's Center in Tampa, FL. read more


The Dow Jones Industrial Average lost nearly 800 points today, and the broader benchmark S&P 500 Index just posted its fifth straight weekly loss, marking its worst streak since 2022. The culprit is the war in Iran ... read more


Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. read more


Pope Leo has said God ignores the prayers of leaders who wage war and have "hands full of blood", in an apparent rebuke to the Trump administration. read more


"TACO" has become a popular acronym in the financial world describing how Trump Always Chickens Out. Analysts from Germany's Deutsche Bank have published the "TACO stress index" as a measure of anticipating when Trump might change his mind. read more


"Because these individuals are subject to U.S. sanctions imposed in response to Russia's full-scale, unjustified invasion of Ukraine, their entry into the United States would have required the issuance of sanctions waivers," the letter reads. read more


Unauthorized drones were spotted flying over Barksdale Air Force Base (BAFB) in Bossier multiple times during the week of March 9, Air & Space Forces Magazine reported. read more


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