ICE Attorney Who Said ‘The System Sucks’ in Court Announces Run for Congress

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Lead: On March 11, 2026, Julie T. Le, a 47-year-old former ICE government attorney based in St. Paul, announced she will run for the U.S. House seat held by Representative Ilhan Omar. Le, who drew national attention after saying in federal court that she was overwhelmed by litigation tied to Minnesota’s immigration enforcement, left her … Read more

Lessons from the Maxx Crosby trade misadventure

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Lead The collapse of the proposed Maxx Crosby trade crystallized a predictable gap in the NFL’s pre‑league‑year trade process: timing, medicals and league reporting rules combined to leave a negotiated deal vulnerable to being undone. The tentative agreement was reported on the Friday night before free agency opened on Monday, yet Crosby did not complete … Read more

Conservative Groups Spend Over $5 Million to Oust Rep. Thomas Massie After Trump Call

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Lead Outside conservative groups have already poured more than $5 million into the Kentucky Republican primary challenging Rep. Thomas Massie after President Donald Trump publicly urged his defeat. Federal campaign finance disclosures through March show a Super PAC tied to the Republican Jewish Coalition directing roughly $2.8 million and a group identified as MAGA KY … Read more

Iran war: Trump says he’ll tap Strategic Petroleum Reserve to cut energy costs – CNBC

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March 11, 2026 — President Donald Trump said he would tap the U.S. Strategic Petroleum Reserve (SPR) to help bring down gasoline and energy prices amid the Iran war. In a broadcast interview, Trump said he planned to release oil from the reserve and later refill it, noting he had replenished it once before. Motorist … Read more

Why Falling Cats Always Seem to Land on Their Feet

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Lead Researchers this year revisited the long-standing “falling cat” puzzle and presented new anatomical evidence that helps explain how felines reorient themselves midair. A paper published in February 2026 in The Anatomical Record argues that a particularly flexible segment of the cat spine enables rapid body reconfiguration while falling. The study, led by physiologist Yasuo … Read more

Ravens Back Out of Maxx Crosby Trade; GM Eric DeCosta Explains

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Lead On March 11, 2026, the Baltimore Ravens withdrew from a proposed trade to acquire Pro Bowl defensive end Maxx Crosby from the Las Vegas Raiders, the Raiders confirmed. Ravens general manager Eric DeCosta said the team had been enthusiastic about adding Crosby but could not complete the normal acquisition process after reviewing information gathered … Read more

Memo Warns Iran-Linked Drone Threat to California; Officials Downplay

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The federal memo, circulated in early March 2026 to law enforcement partners in California, warned that Iran had recently expressed interest in a surprise unmanned aerial-vehicle strike from an unidentified vessel off the U.S. coast targeting sites in California if the United States carried out strikes against Iran. Authorities told reporters there is no confirmed, … Read more

Intel shores up desktop lineup with boosted Core Ultra 200S Plus chips

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Intel in March 2026 announced upgraded desktop variants of its Core Ultra 200S family, introducing so‑called Core Ultra 200S Plus models that aim to close performance gaps for gaming systems. The original Core Ultra 200S (codenamed Arrow Lake) launched in late 2024 and was praised for energy efficiency and lower thermals compared with 13th‑ and … Read more

Google adds AutoFDO to Android kernel to boost speed and battery

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Lead: Google announced on March 11, 2026 that the Android LLVM toolchain team is integrating AutoFDO, Automatic Feedback-Directed Optimization, into the Android kernel. The change uses real-world execution profiles synthesized from representative workloads to guide compiler decisions. Early tests report measurable gains — a 2.1% faster boot and a 4.3% faster cold app launch — … Read more

Trump issues blunt message to Senate majority leader to pass voter ID legislation – US politics live – The Guardian

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Lead: President Donald Trump on 11 March 2026 pressed Senate majority leader John Thune to deliver votes next week on a high-profile voter ID bill, telling reporters at the White House that Thune “has to be a leader.” The proposed Save America Act would require proof of citizenship to register and sharply limit mail-in voting; … Read more

WWII bomb forces mass evacuation in Dresden

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March 11, 2026 — A 250-kilogram (550-pound) Second World War bomb found near Dresden’s Carola Bridge prompted the evacuation of roughly 18,000 people from the city centre on Wednesday. Authorities established a roughly 1,000-metre safety zone around landmarks including the Frauenkirche and Semperoper and set up an emergency shelter at the Dresden Exhibition Centre. Bomb … Read more