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2026
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Tue Mar 31 2026
Trump threatens to "obliterate" Iran's energy and water infrastructure if talks fail
President Donald Trump says if a peace deal is "not shortly reached" with Iran and the Strait of Hormuz does not reopen immediately, the U.S. will completely obliterate "all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island." It comes just a day after Trump said he’s weighing whether to seize Kharg Island, telling the Financial Times he wants to “take the oil in Iran.”
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Mon Mar 30 2026
Iran-Backed Handala Hacks and Circulates FBI Director Patel's Emails
Iran-linked hackers known as the Handala Hack Team say they breached FBI Director Kash Patel's personal email account and have dumped some of the contents online, but current reporting indicates there is no evidence that FBI systems or classified government networks were compromised.
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Sun Mar 29 2026
Iranian attack on Saudi base injures at least 10 U.S. troops and damages several planes
An Iranian missile attack Friday left at least 10 U.S. service members wounded and damaged several planes at a military base in Saudi Arabia, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the situation.
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Sat Mar 28 2026
Senate Unanimously Passes DHS Funding Bill Excluding ICE and Border Patrol, Moving to End Airport Crisis
The US Senate passed legislation early Friday to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, forging a path to end a lengthy partial government shutdown that snarled airport security and threatened to ripple through an economy already roiled by the Iran war.
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Fri Mar 27 2026
IOC Sets New Female Eligibility Rules Excluding Transgender Women for 2028 Olympics
Transgender women athletes are now excluded from the Olympics after the IOC agreed to a new eligibility policy on Thursday which aligns with U.S. President Donald Trump’s executive order on women’s sports ahead of the 2028 Los Angeles Games.
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Thu Mar 26 2026
Jury finds Instagram and YouTube liable in landmark social media addiction trial
A jury found both Meta and YouTube liable in a first-of-its-kind lawsuit that aimed to hold social media platforms responsible for harm to children using their services.
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Wed Mar 25 2026
Afghan Taliban Releases US Linguist Dennis Coyle After More Than a Year
Afghan authorities on Tuesday released American academic Dennis Coyle after holding him for over a year, with Afghanistan’s Taliban-run foreign ministry saying the release came on the occasion of Eid al-Fitr, the Muslim holiday that marks the end of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan.
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Tue Mar 24 2026
Pilot, co-pilot killed after Air Canada plane and vehicle collide at New York's La Guardia Airport
An Air Canada flight arriving at LaGuardia Airport crashed into a firetruck on Sunday night — leaving four firefighters critically injured, according to sources.
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Mon Mar 23 2026
Trump Orders ICE Agents to Assist TSA at US Airports Amid Shutdown
Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will begin assisting TSA agents at airports across the country on Monday, President Donald Trump says.
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Sun Mar 22 2026
Robert Mueller, 9/11-era FBI chief who later probed alleged Trump-Russia ties, dead at 81
Robert ​Mueller, the ‌former FBI chief ​who ​probed alleged Russian ⁠interference in ​the ​2016 presidential election, has died, ​MS ​Now reported on ‌Saturday. Mueller ⁠died on Friday at ​age ​81, ⁠according to ​MS ​Now, ⁠citing two people ⁠familiar ​with ​the matter.
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