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Why Did Kristi Noem Get Fired?
Photo illustration by Slate. Photos by Heather Diehl/Getty Images, Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images, and Heather Diehl/Getty Images. Sign up for the Surge, the newsletter that covers most important political nonsense of the week, delivered to your inbox every Saturday. Welcome to this week’s edition of the Surge, which beat the spike in gas prices by loadin’ up dozens of trash bags…
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March 6, 2026 – by Heather Cox Richardson
The Reverend Jesse Jackson died on February 17, 2026, at age 84. Tying together the past and the future, this weekend’s annual commemorative crossing of the Edmund Pettus Bridge will honor his legacy. The past that his legacy will honor is rooted in March 7, 1965, when marchers set out across the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, headed for…
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Live Updates: 2 dead as severe storms bring hail, damaging winds and tornado risk to northeast Oklahoma
Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Delaware County until 12:30 a.m. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning has been issued for Delaware County until 12:30 a.m. Tornado Warning for Delaware County until 11:45 p.m. A Tornado Warning has been issued for Delaware County until 11:45 p.m. Severe Thunderstorm Warning for Delaware County until 11:45 p.m. A Severe Thunderstorm Warning is active for Delaware County…
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Experts say Iran school blast likely targeted airstrike
JERUSALEM (AP) — Satellite images, expert analysis, a U.S. official and public information released by the U.S. and Israeli militaries suggest an explosion that killed scores of Iranian students at a school was likely caused by U.S. airstrikes that also hit an adjacent compound associated with the regime’s Revolutionary Guard. The Feb. 28 strike, which had the highest reported civilian…
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Thousands gather to celebrate the life of Rev. Jesse Jackson at Chicago funeral: Live updates
The funeral service honoring Rev. Jesse Jackson began at 11 a.m. at Chicago’s House of Hope in Chicago’s Pullman neighborhood. Scores of people from around the world took their seats at the homegoing to honor the civil rights icon. What you need to know The funeral service honoring the civil rights leader began at 11 a.m. at Chicago’s House of…
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The Mirage of a New Middle East
Eager to show that he can do what no American leader has done before, President Donald Trump has chosen conflict over diplomacy and gone to war with Iran. The Islamic Republic, knowing that this fight is existential, retaliated quickly with deadly missile and drone attacks on Israel, U.S. bases in the Middle East, and targets in Gulf states and beyond.…
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Why did Trump fire Kristi Noem as DHS secretary; who is Markwayne Mullin? | Donald Trump News
United States President Donald Trump has announced that Kristi Noem will be replaced as secretary of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), marking the first major change to his cabinet since his re-election. Noem, who has overseen Trump’s controversial immigration crackdown, will instead serve as a special envoy for the Shield of the Americas, a newly created security initiative. Recommended…
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Pardoned Jan. 6 rioter gets life in prison for child abuse : NPR
Andrew Paul Johnson was sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing children. Johnson received a full pardon from President Donald Trump for his role in the Jan. 6 riot. Dozens of former Capitol rioters have gotten into legal trouble since their pardons. Hernando County Sheriff’s Office hide caption toggle caption Hernando County Sheriff’s Office Just months after President Trump’s…
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The Coming Showdown Over Cuba
“Cuba is ready to fall,” U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters in early January, a day after U.S. special forces captured the Venezuelan strongman Nicolás Maduro. Three weeks later, Trump declared a national emergency to address the “unusual and extraordinary threat” that Cuba’s communist government poses to the United States, accusing Havana of a litany of “depredations,” including hosting foreign…
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Not a single Democrat in the Colorado legislature says Jared Polis should reduce Tina Peters’ sentence
No Democrat in the Colorado legislature thinks that Gov. Jared Polis should reduce the nine-year prison sentence of former Mesa County Clerk Tina Peters, which the governor has all but said he will do. The Colorado Sun on Wednesday asked each of the 66 Democrats in the General Assembly whether they think Polis should commute Peters’ sentence after the governor…
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