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Lead: On March 23, 2026, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents were dispatched to several major U.S. airports as travelers faced unusually long security lines amid a partial federal shutdown. The surge in wait times has been tied to elevated absences and resignations among Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers after the agency went without regular … Read more

Lead President Donald Trump said on Monday that the United States has been negotiating with Iran and that U.S. strikes on Iranian power plants continued for five days as part of those exchanges. Trump framed the talks as “productive,” saying U.S. goals include stopping Iran’s uranium enrichment and removing enriched material already stockpiled. Iranian officials … Read more

Early Monday, U.S. financial markets reacted to shifting signals about possible U.S.–Iran talks: futures tied to the Dow Jones, S&P 500 and Nasdaq moved sharply after President Donald Trump said he would postpone a Strait of Hormuz deadline, calling recent discussions “productive.” Iranian officials, however, publicly denied that negotiations were underway. Oil benchmarks and Treasury … Read more

Lead President Donald J. Trump had a 13ft, one‑ton statue of Christopher Columbus placed on the grounds of the White House on Pennsylvania Avenue outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building on October 13, 2025. The sculpture is a 2022 replica made from fragments of a Baltimore monument that protesters toppled and threw into the city’s … Read more

Lead Closing arguments are scheduled Monday in a high-profile New Mexico trial in which state prosecutors allege Meta misled users about how safe its platforms are for children. The case, heard in Santa Fe County after six weeks of testimony, features teachers, psychiatric experts, state investigators, top Meta executives and whistleblowers. Jurors will decide whether … Read more

Lead: Late Sunday night at LaGuardia Airport, an Air Canada Express CRJ-900 operated by Jazz Aviation collided with a Port Authority fire truck on Runway 4, killing the aircraft’s pilot and co-pilot and injuring dozens. The flight, arriving from Montreal as AC8646, struck the vehicle at about 11:38 p.m.; first responders documented major cockpit damage … Read more

Lead: Reports on Monday say Jaxon Smith-Njigba and the Seattle Seahawks have agreed to a four-year contract extension that keeps the wide receiver with the team through 2031. The initial figures put the deal at $168.6 million, an average of $42.15 million per year, making him the highest-paid receiver by average annual value. The move … Read more

Lead On March 23, 2026, new strikes on Persian Gulf energy facilities shifted the war’s economic risk from short-lived transit disruption to protracted infrastructure damage. Iran’s retaliatory missile attack on Ras Laffan, Qatar’s major liquefied natural gas (LNG) hub, was followed by strikes on refineries and gas installations in Kuwait, Qatar and Saudi Arabia. Ras … Read more

Lead On Monday the Supreme Court heard arguments over whether states may count mail-in ballots that were mailed on time but arrive after Election Day. The dispute centers on a Mississippi statute that permits ballots postmarked by Election Day to be counted up to five days later. The case could affect laws in about 13 … Read more

Lead On Monday, President Donald Trump announced he was postponing a 48-hour ultimatum that had demanded Iran reopen the Strait of Hormuz, saying the United States was engaged in “good and productive” negotiations and would hold off on strikes against Iranian power plants for five days. Iran’s government and state media denied direct talks with … Read more

Lead: PFF’s 2026 mock draft projects a dramatic early-shift in the first round, with the Dallas Cowboys trading both first-round picks (Nos. 12 and 20) to move up to No. 3 and select Notre Dame running back Jeremiyah Love. The scenario also has the Arizona Cardinals using the acquired No. 20 pick to take Alabama … Read more

Early on Monday, March 23, 2026, four ambulances belonging to Hatzola, a Jewish volunteer emergency service, were set ablaze in Golders Green, North London. Metropolitan Police are treating the incident as an antisemitic hate crime after fires were reported at about 1:45 a.m. Fire crews extinguished the blazes and no injuries were reported. CCTV footage … Read more

In remote clinics across northern Cameroon and beyond, clinicians say a quiet crisis is unfolding: diabetes now threatens lives at a scale comparable to long-familiar infectious killers. Reporters in central and northern Cameroon found crowded outpatient benches, a severe shortage of specialists and a growing, malnutrition-linked presentation of the disease among patients who lack routine … Read more

Lead Odell Beckham Jr. participated in the Fanatics Flag Football Classic over the weekend and said the event could reopen doors to the NFL. The former star wideout, who last played in an NFL game on Dec. 8, 2024, made a handful of highlight catches in the tournament. Beckham, 33, told interviewer Kay Adams he … Read more

Global climate agencies confirm that the past 11 years are the warmest ever recorded, with 2025 ranking as the second or third hottest year since instrumental observations began. The World Meteorological Organization’s State of the Global Climate 2025 report, issued today, says atmospheric carbon dioxide and ocean heat content reached new highs in 2025 while … Read more