March 27, 2026 — The U.S. Senate early Friday approved legislation to fund the bulk of the Department of Homeland Security, moving to end a lengthy partial government shutdown that disrupted airport security and travel. The measure, passed by voice vote, creates a path to restore operations hampered at checkpoints and limit wider economic fallout … Read more
Lead In a rare overnight session on March 27, 2026, the U.S. Senate moved unanimously to provide funding for most Department of Homeland Security (DHS) components while explicitly excluding Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and portions of Customs and Border Protection (CBP), notably border patrol. The agreement — advanced by unanimous consent after negotiations unraveled … Read more
Lead FX’s limited series Love Story closes with a deliberate, elegiac imagining of what John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette Kennedy might have been in private before fate intervened. The finale returns viewers to the tarmac and the July 16, 1999, flight that killed John, Carolyn and Carolyn’s sister Lauren off Martha’s Vineyard, but … Read more
On Saturday, March 28, 2026, dozens of “No Kings” demonstrations are scheduled across Southern California — from Los Angeles neighborhoods to Ventura County — as part of a nationwide day of protest organized against the Trump administration. Organizers say roughly two-thirds of more than 3,000 planned demonstrations will take place outside urban centers and that … Read more
Iran launches 83rd wave of strikes on Israel; missiles bear ‘Thank you to people of India’ On Friday, Iran conducted what the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps described as its 83rd wave of strikes aimed at Israel and military targets across the Gulf. Footage circulating on social media and distributed by Iranian outlets showed personnel preparing … Read more
On March 26, 2026, author J.K. Rowling publicly welcomed the International Olympic Committee’s ruling to bar transgender women from future Olympic female events and, within minutes, praised the newly released trailer for the HBO Harry Potter reboot. The IOC decision follows a controversy at Paris 2024 involving Algeria’s boxer Imane Khelif, whose participation after a … Read more
Lead: US President Donald Trump announced a further 10-day pause — until 6 April — on his threat to strike Iran’s energy infrastructure, saying Tehran requested more time and talks were progressing. The pause coincided with a dip in Brent crude to about $108 a barrel after an earlier spike. Yemen’s Houthi movement said there … Read more
Lead On Thursday night, No. 9 seed Iowa defeated No. 4 Nebraska 77-71 in the Sweet 16 in a game decided late by Alvaro Folgueiras’ three-point play and free throw. Bennett Stirtz led the Hawkeyes with 20 points while Folgueiras added 16, including two decisive dunks in the final minute. The victory, under first-year coach … Read more
Lead Taylor Swift and fiancé Travis Kelce made their first appearance as an awards-show couple at the 2026 iHeartRadio Music Awards on Thursday night at Los Angeles’ Dolby Theatre. The pair did not pose together on the red carpet—Swift arrived and walked solo—but they were seated next to one another inside the venue. Swift dominated … Read more
Lead: A former FBI agent says Savannah Guthrie’s emotional TODAY interview has refocused national attention on the disappearance of her 84-year-old mother, Nancy Guthrie, and could unsettle whoever is holding her. Nancy has been missing since February 1 after failing to attend a church service in Tucson, Arizona. Savannah broke down on air while describing … Read more
Lead: On March 26, 2026, in Washington, President Donald Trump said he will sign an order directing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) staff, as lawmakers failed to resolve a funding impasse that has left airports snarled and workers unpaid. The announcement followed a social media post from the president … Read more
Who: No. 4 Arkansas Razorbacks vs No. 1 Arizona Wildcats. When: Thursday, March 26, 2026, tip-off 9:45 p.m. ET. Where: SAP Center, San Jose, CA. This Sweet 16 matchup pits Arkansas’s high-octane offense against Arizona’s elite interior defense; the market favors Arizona, but several player props and a same-game parlay offer value for bettors tonight. … Read more
With the Cornhuskers’ season on the line Thursday in the Sweet 16, Nebraska committed a late, decisive error: the team took the court with only four defenders on an inbounds play and Iowa turned that window into an and‑one that effectively ended the game. With 58.8 seconds remaining and Iowa leading 71‑68, junior guard Kael … Read more
Lead: On March 26 and 27 in the Sweet Sixteen round of the 2026 NCAA Tournament, Purdue, Iowa, Illinois and Arizona each won to reach the Elite Eight. In San Jose, Trey Kaufman-Renn tipped in the game winner with 0.7 seconds left as Purdue edged Texas 79-77. Iowa closed out Nebraska 77-71, Illinois held Houston … Read more
President Donald Trump will become the first sitting US president whose signature appears on circulating American banknotes, the Treasury announced on Thursday. The change is being made to mark the United States’ 250th Independence Day on July 4, 2026, and follows a Department of the Treasury decision to add the president’s autograph to bills that … Read more
