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Top News Stories for Tuesday, March 24th 2026
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump is begging ICE agents to lower their masks and behave like other law enforcement officers as they interact with travelers in American airports starting Monday. A rambling Trump, 79, pleaded with the agents to wear "NO MASKS" while deployed to assist TSA agents at 13 major airports, including those in Philadelphia, Atlanta, Chicago, Houston, and New York. He eventually got to the point, ...
Source: thedailybeast.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
President Donald Trump said the U.S. and Iran held talks about resolving the war, although Iranian media denied discussions had taken place. Trump spoke Monday morning with CNBC's Joe Kernen, saying he is "very intent on making a deal" with Iran. Trump earlier Monday in a Truth Social post said he would pause strikes on power plants and other energy infrastructure. In this article President Donald Trump said in a ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Washington — The Supreme Court on Monday wrestled with a major elections dispute involving whether federal law bars states from counting mail ballots that are postmarked by Election Day but received by election officials later. The case before the high court, known as Watson v. RNC, involves Mississippi's deadline for late-arriving mail ballots and whether its law, as well as similar measures from 13 other ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
In this article An Air Canada Express CRJ-900 sits on the runway after colliding with a Port Authority fire truck at LaGuardia Airport in New York, on March 23, 2026. An Air Canada Express jet collided with a fire truck while landing at New York's LaGuardia airport late on Sunday, killing both pilots, injuring dozens and closing the airport, authorities said, in an incident likely to ...
Source: cnbc.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
London's police chief pledged Monday over 250 more officers and "highly visible" armed patrols to protect the Jewish community after an arson attack on four volunteer ambulances run by a Jewish organisation next to a synagogue. The promise of the 264 additional officers by Metropolitan Police head Mark Rowley came as the force said it was investigating an online claim of responsibility. Counter-terrorism ...
Source: digitaljournal.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Outcome suggests that when mainstream parties cooperate they can still block Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally France's local elections, closely watched for clues to next year's presidential vote, have given parties of the centre a welcome and unexpected lift as the far right and radical left fell some way short of their ambitions. The 35,000 municipal ballots often focus on local survival and their outcomes ...
Source: theguardian.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
With voters' concerns about affordability showing no sign of fading, some Democrats are rediscovering a traditionally Republican tactic for putting money back in people's pockets — cutting taxes. Sen. Chris Van Hollen of Maryland proposes effectively ending the federal income tax on individuals making $46,000 or less annually and reducing it for individuals making up to about $60,000 more than that amount. ...
Source: news4jax.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
The initiative aims to support growing demand for chips used in artificial intelligence and robotics across Musk's companies. Elon Musk announced plans for a chip-building collaboration between Tesla and SpaceX. The initiative, which Musk terms "Terafab," aims to address inadequate semiconductor supply for his companies' artificial intelligence and robotics requirements. Musk stated the project is necessary because ...
Source: techbriefly.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Cisco Systems Inc. is rolling out a set of new features designed to help companies secure their artificial intelligence agents. The product enhancements made their debut today at the RSAC 2026 Conference. The networking giant also released an open-source tool, DefenseClaw, that can scan AI agents for vulnerabilities. The first batch of new features will help customers regulate how their AI agents interact with ...
Source: siliconangle.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
WASHINGTON — On Sunday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune, R-S.D., discussed an off-ramp with President Donald Trump to reopen TSA and It would fund all of the Department of Homeland Security except for ICE, which Democrats have refused to support without new limitations on immigration enforcement operations, two sources with knowledge of the conversation told NBC News. White House aides initially conveyed ...
Source: news.yahoo.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
The annual State of the Global Climate report by the United Nations ' top meteorological agency was released Monday, marking the first time the authors of the report have included the Earth's energy imbalance as a key indicator of the climate emergency . The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) inclusion of the imbalance only provides more evidence of what scientists have been warning for decades: The ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Pfizer and Valneva said Monday their Lyme disease vaccine showed more than 70% efficacy in a late-stage study , even as it missed its main goal. U.S.-listed shares of the French drugmaker tumbled more than 35% in premarket trading following the update, while Pfizer was flat. The vaccine demonstrated 73.2% efficacy starting 28 days after the fourth dose in reducing confirmed Lyme disease cases, compared to the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Critics slammed the Trump administration on Monday after it announced a deal to pay almost $1 billion to a French energy company to cancel its plans to construct wind farms across the eastern US. As reported by The New York Times , French firm TotalEnergies has agreed to forfeit its leases in federal waters off the coasts of New York and North Carolina, and will instead invest the money it received from the Trump ...
Source: commondreams.org
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
Two U.S. senators want to curb prediction markets' involvement in the sporting world. To that end, the lawmakers are set to introduce legislation that would bar entities regulated by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from listing contracts related to sporting events, The Wall Street Journal (WSJ) reported Monday (March 23). This bill would cover the prediction-market exchanges ...
Source: pymnts.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A civil jury in California found Monday that Bill Cosby was liable for drugging and sexually assaulting a woman in 1972 and awarded her $19.25 million. After a nearly two-week trial in Santa Monica, jurors found the 88-year-old Cosby liable for the sexual battery and assault of Donna Motsinger. Cosby's attorney, Jennifer Bonjean, said in an email that they are disappointed and fully intend ...
Source: bostonglobe.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The head of the International Energy Agency said Monday that the global economy faces a "major, major threat" because of the Iran war. "No country will be immune to the effects of this crisis if it continues to go in this direction," Fatih Birol said at Australia's National Press Club in Canberra on Monday. The crisis in the Middle East, he said, has had a worse impact on oil ...
Source: apnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
RAMALLAH, West Bank — At least 10 Palestinians were injured Sunday night in attacks in the occupied West Bank by Israeli settlers, who rampaged through nearby villages after holding a funeral for a settler killed in a car crash a night earlier. The Palestinian Red Crescent Society said the wounded in Deir al-Hatab included a 45-year-old man shot in the foot and a woman suffering from smoke inhalation. Videos ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
AI Pulse Poll Reveals Rampant Uncertainty on Enterprise Landscape Additional resources Four Emerging AI Risk Areas for Digital Trust Professionals in 2026 The risks emerging with AI are different than what enterprises dealt with even a year ago. Keith Bloomfield-DeWeese shares four emerging AI risks for digital trust professionals. Avoiding AI Pitfalls in 2026: Lessons Learned from Top 2025 Incidents Explore the ...
Source: isaca.org
Iowa beats No. 1 seed and defending champ Florida in March Madness on Folgueiras' 3 in final seconds
Monday, Mar 23rd, 2026 -
TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Alvaro Folgueiras told Bennett Stirtz he'd be ready for the ball, and he delivered in the clutch. Folgueiras nailed a 3-pointer with 4.5 seconds remaining and Iowa eliminated defending national champion Florida, sending the top-seeded Gators home with a 73-72 victory on Sunday in the second round of the NCAA Tournament. Under first-year coach Ben McCollum, the Hawkeyes reached the Sweet 16 ...
Source: apnews.com
Sunday, Mar 22nd, 2026 -
March 22 (UPI) -- NHL reporter and podcaster Jessi Pierce died with her three children and their dog in a Minnesota house fire this weekend. "The entire National Hockey League family sends our prayers and deepest condolences to the Pierce family on the passing of Jessi Pierce and her three young children," the NHL said in a statement Sunday. The NHL sends condolences to the Pierce family. pic.twitter.com/SplpV6O5F7 ...
Source: upi.com