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ICE, TSA, AGENTS, DHS
Travelers face longest TSA wait times in history as agency's head warns of closures The acting TSA administrator told Congress Wednesday that the agency faces a "dire" situation and may have to close smaller airports, as many security officers working without
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TRUMP, IRAN, BILL, COURT
President Trump blasted NATO on Thursday for its unwillingness to help with the Iran war and implied the US may no longer “be there” for its allies.
Before the Feb. 28 US-Israeli military attacks, Trump said, “we’re always gonna be there” for NATO allies.
“At
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GORMAN, SHERIDAN, CHICAGO, ILLEGAL
The Loyola Phoenix, the student newspaper of Loyola University Chicago, has issued an editor’s note apologizing for an Instagram post calling the alleged killer of 18-year-old student Sheridan Gorman an "illegal immigrant."
"On March 23, a post on The Phoenix’s
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GUTHRIE, SAVANNAH, NANCY, INTERVIEW
Authorities say Nancy Guthrie, 84 was abducted in the early hours of Feb. 1.
Savannah Guthrie gives 1st interview since Nancy Guthrie's abduction: 'We are in agony'
Nancy Guthrie, the mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went
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META, MEDIA, JURY, SOCIAL
After deliberating for nine days—and emerging at one point to tell the judge that they were having a difficult time reaching a decision—a jury in Los Angeles finally returned its verdict today, finding both Meta and Google liable for creating addictive products
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NEW, YORK, RIHANNA, HOCHUL
New York Governor Kathy Hochul’s recent plea for wealthy residents to return to the Empire State reveals more than she likely intended. When a state’s chief executive effectively says, "We need your money," it’s not a sign of strength, it’s an admission that
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TRUMP, FLYNN, DOJ, PROSECUTION
The Justice Department has agreed to pay former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn about $1.2 million to settle his lawsuit over the Russia-gate prosecution that followed him out of office, closing out a case that went from guilty plea to dismissal, pardon,
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FRAUD, HOSPICE, NEWSOM, CALIFORNIA
The Vice President JD Vance-led Task Force to Eliminate Fraud and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) have identified and suspended 70 hospice and home health businesses in Los Angeles that were flagged as high-risk fraudulent providers, Breitbart
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LAGUARDIA, CRASH, PLANE, DEADLY
In 20 seconds on the night of March 22, the seamless sequence of arrivals, departures, and holds at LaGuardia Airport—along with all their required calls and responses—was upended. In that brief period, a Port Authority fire truck was cleared to cross runway
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TRUMP, MELANIA, ROBOT, SUMMIT
First Lady Melania Trump is hosting the Fostering the Future Together summit in Washington, DC aimed at 'expanding access to educational tools' and protecting kids in digital environments, according to the White House.
Trump, France's First Lady Brigitte Macron,
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FORCE, AIR, BROTHER, BASE
A Florida man has been charged with making threatening phone calls to MacDill Air Force Base in Tampa two days after a suspicious package was found outside a gate, though investigators haven’t accused the caller of planting any devices
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DEMOCRATS, DHS, GOP, REPUBLICANS
U.S. Senate Minority Leader Sen. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) speaks during a news briefing after a weekly Senate Democratic Luncheon at the U.S. Capitol on March 24, 2026 in Washington, DC.
Republicans on Wednesday balked at a Democratic counteroffer to reopen the
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TRUMP, WHITE, WARNS, IRAN
President Trump issued an early morning warning to Iran Thursday, telling Islamic Republic officials to buckle down and “get serious” about negotiating an end to the four-week-old war “before it is too late.”
“The Iranian negotiators are very different and
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TRUMP, DEMOCRAT, LAGO, MAR
Democrats are ecstatic after flipping a Republican-controlled legislative seat in a right-leaning, Palm Beach, Florida-anchored district that includes Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump's home turf.
"If Democrats can win in Trump’s own backyard, we can win
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IRAN, MINISTER, STRAIT, GLOBAL
Iran’s National Defense Council continues to stand by its threat that any attack on the country’s coasts or islands will trigger the mining of the entire Persian Gulf, extending the blockade already choking the Strait of Hormuz. The threat, first issued Monday,
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ARSON, POLICE, ARRESTED, LONDON
Police in the United Kingdom arrested two men Wednesday allegedly behind what Prime Minister Keir Starmer described as an "antisemitic arson attack" as detectives are investigating a possible Iran link.
Metropolitan Police said the men, ages 45 and 47, were
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IRAN, POINT, REJECTS, PLAN
Four weeks after the United States and Israel launched their combined assault on Iran’s clerical regime, the war has reached a tipping point.
Over the last few days, President Donald Trump has spoken frequently and optimistically about the chances of a deal.
Many
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Retired Gen. Jack Keane cautioned against any ceasefire with Iran, saying the U.S. must maintain military pressure to force Tehran to abandon its nuclear ambitions.
"If we go to ceasefire, that's playing right into their hands," the retired four-star Army
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OPENAI, VIDEO, SORA, APP
OpenAI pulls the plug on Sora, the viral AI video app that sparked deepfake concerns
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SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI is shutting down its social media app Sora, which went viral last fall as a place to share short-form videos generated
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TROOPS, EAST, MIDDLE, DEPLOY
Thousands of U.S. troops deploy to Middle East. And, the latest on DHS funding talks
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OFFICER, POLICE, ARRESTED, PARK
The Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) announced two people were arrested after a US Park Police (USPP) officer was shot Monday night in southeast Washington, DC.
Darren Foster, 21, of southeast DC, was arrested Monday shortly after the shooting Monday.
Asheile
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WOMEN, OLYMPICS, ATHLETES, IOC
The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced Thursday that it is adopting a new policy that will ensure only biological females compete in women's competitions.
The new policy also employs genetic testing to verify the biological sex of competitors
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TRANS, ILLEGAL, OUTRAGE, MIGRANT
The “extraordinarily low” six-month sentence handed to a trans illegal immigrant who admitted to sexually assaulting a 14-year-old boy in Manhattan sparked outrage Wednesday from a victims’ rights group and left even former prosecutors in shock.
Legal eagles
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STRAIT, HORMUZ, KILLED, ISRAEL
Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy Commander Alireza Tangsiri was targeted and killed in an Israeli attack, Israel's Defense Minister Israel Katz has noted.
"Tonight, in a precise and lethal operation, the IDF eliminated the Commander of the IRGC Navy,
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