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March 22, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
President Donald J. Trump‘s behavior is increasingly erratic as he lashes out at those he perceives to be enemies. On Thursday he defended his failure to inform allies and partners about his February 28 attack on Iran by telling a Japanese reporter he wanted the element of surprise. “Who knows better about surprise than Japan? Why didn’t you tell me…
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Enhanced role for immigration officers at US airports
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump’s decision to order federal immigration agents to U.S. airports to help with security during a budget impasse is drawing concerns that their presence may escalate tensions among air travelers frustrated over hourslong waits and screeners angry about missed paychecks. Trump made clear on Sunday that he was going ahead with the plan to have…
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‘It’s the Cuban people who are suffering.’ How Cuba is struggling under U.S. oil blockade
HAVANA — Reggaeton boomed in a neighborhood bar in Old Havana on a recent night, when, suddenly, the music stopped and everything went dark. The customers groaned. Another blackout. A U.S. blockade on oil shipments to Cuba has plunged the island into its worst energy crisis in modern history. The country’s already cratering economy now teeters on the verge of collapse, with…
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TSA lines surge at airports as government shutdown leaves officers unpaid
Acting Deputy TSA Administrator Adam Stahl warns that TSA wait times will only worsen, potentially leading to small airport shutdowns if Congress does not provide funding soon for the Department of Homeland Security on ‘Varney & Co.’ Airport security delays amid the partial government shutdown have created weekend travel nightmares, with massive TSA lines choking terminals across the country, unpaid…
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‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says | Donald Trump
Donald Trump is stuck between “a rock and a hard place” after three weeks of war in Iran and “sending a message of weakness” to the world, Leon Panetta, a former US defence secretary and Central Intelligence Agency director, has told the Guardian. Panetta, who served in the Bill Clinton and Barack Obama administrations, recalled that national security officials were…
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Supreme Court to consider deadlines for late-arriving mail ballots, as Trump continues attacks
Washington — As voters gear up for the midterm elections in November that will decide control of the House and Senate, the Supreme Court is set to weigh Monday whether states can count mail ballots that are postmarked by, but arrive after, Election Day. The dispute before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, involves Mississippi’s deadline for late-arriving…
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Murdered Minnesota man was rolled up in a rug & dumped in the woods. Why was no one looking for Gary Herbst?
It was in June 2020 when Linda Dane learned the disturbing circumstances of how her long-lost brother Gary Herbst’s skull had been found by a dog in rural Barron County, Wisconsin. Linda Dane: Yeah, it’s kind of, uh, eerie-type thing to think of, but it still led to finding out what happened, the truth. Linda says Gary, who was 57…
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After the West’s historic snow drought, spring could bring water shortages and wildfires
At ski resorts across the West this winter, viral images showed chairlifts idling over brown terrain in places normally renowned for their frosty appeal. Iconic mountain towns like Aspen, Colorado, and Park City, Utah, were seen with shockingly bare slopes, as the region endured a historic snow drought that experts warn could bring water shortages and wildfires in the months…
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Billions Could Have Been Spent on Social Services
The first six days of Donald Trump’s war against Iran cost a whopping $11.3 billion, according to a report from the Pentagon given to Congress earlier this month. The pricetag is expected to continue climbing — exponentially. On Wednesday, The Washington Post reported that the Department of Defense will be seeking $200 billion in supplementary funding from Congress for the…
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From streets to murals, the erasure of Cesar Chavez is fast underway in California
It took three decades of battles and lobbying for Cesar Chavez’s name and likeness to grace hundreds of buildings, roads, parks and schools. It is taking just days for them to come down. In the two days after allegations emerged that the famed farmworker rights leader and Chicano figure sexually assaulted minors and fellow labor icon Dolores Huerta, Chavez is…
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