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Exclusive: Trump's signature to appear on US currency, Treasury says, ending 165-year tradition

WASHINGTON, March 26 (Reuters) - U.S. paper currency will bear President Donald Trump's signature to mark the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence, the Treasury Department said on Thursday, a first for a sitting president, while ‌deleting the Treasurer of the United States' signature from U.S. money for the first time in 165 years. The Treasury said in a statement to Reuters that the first $100 bills with Trump's signature and that of U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent ...

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Trump Says 2 Conservative Supreme Court Justices 'Sicken Me' At GOP Dinner

Mar 26, 2026, 06:43 AM EDT | Updated 5 hours ago President Donald Trump on Wednesday singled out two Supreme Court judges he nominated, saying they made him ill in remarks at a Republican fundraising dinner. Trump was worked up over the court striking down most “emergency” tariffs he had assessed. He claimed the decision in February cost the U.S. hundreds of billions of dollars. Then he zeroed in on Amy Coney Barrett and Neil Gorsuch, two of the conservative justices in the 6-3 decision who ...

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Trump says he'll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal

Updated 7:07 PM EDT, March 26, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump said Thursday he would sign an order instructing the Homeland Security secretary to immediately pay Transportation Security Administration agents as Congress struggles to reach a deal to end the budget impasse that has jammed airports and left workers without paychecks. Trump announced his decision in a social media post saying he wanted to quickly stop the "Chaos at the Airports." "It is not an easy ...

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Dash Crofts, of 1970s music duo Seals & Crofts, dead at 85

March 26, 2026, 12:43 PM Dash Crofts, one half of the 1970s soft rock duo Seals & Crofts, known for hits including "Summer Breeze" and "Diamond Girl," died Wednesday at the age of 85. An agent for Crofts' daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher, confirmed Crofts' passing to ABC News, saying in part that "Lua, her family, and Brady Seals are mourning this deep loss." Brady Seals was a cousin of Jim Seals, the other half of Seals & Crofts, who died in 2022. Brady Seals and ...

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Amid partial government shutdown, Sen. Tommy Tuberville says TSA should be privatized

During his weekly call with reporters, Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., said he's all for privatizing TSA. Last year, Tuberville and Sen. Mike Lee, R-Utah, introduced "The Abolish TSA Act of 2025," which dissolves the TSA within three years and privatizes airport screening. Tuberville said the TSA is "over bloated and inefficient". While he's thankful TSA workers are showing up without getting paid, Tuberville said it's time for major change to airport security. "There ...

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Top Republican Accuses Trump Admin of Keeping Congress In the Dark on Iran: 'They're Not Telling Us Things'

(Mediaite) Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), the chair of the House Armed Services Committee, put the Pentagon on blast on Wednesday following a classified briefing on Iran. Politico’s Connor O’Brien reported on Rogers’s frustrations, which included not getting clear information about the ongoing conflict, including the potential deployment of ground troops onto Iranian territory. “We want to know more about what’s going on, what the options are, and why they’re being considered,” Rogers said. “We’re just not getting enough answers.”

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Trump avoids word 'war' to describe Iran conflict 'because you're supposed to get approval'

(The Hill) President Trump said Wednesday at the National Republican Congressional Committee’s (NRCC) annual fundraising dinner that he avoids using the word “war” to describe the conflict in Iran. “I won’t use the word ‘war’ because they say if you use the word ‘war,’ that’s maybe not a good thing to do,” Trump told the crowd of GOP lawmakers at Union Station in Washington, D.C. “They don’t like the word ‘war’ because you’re supposed to get approval. So, I’ll use the word ‘military operation’, which is really what it is. It’s a military decimation.”

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'Disaster waiting to happen': Prospect of U.S. ground troops in Iran triggers alarm

(MS NOW) President Donald Trump has mused for decades about sending U.S. troops into Iranian territory. A key Republican senator close to the president is now publicly advocating for it. And lawmakers in both parties are sounding the alarm about the prospect. The Trump administration’s deployment of 8,000 U.S. ground troops to the Middle East this week is inflaming tensions on Capitol Hill and spurring angst around the world — and is unlikely to force the Iranian regime to capitulate to U.S. demands, according to lawmakers, former U.S. military officials and experts on the region.

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Inflation May Hit 4.2% As Iran War Hikes Oil Prices, OECD Warns

(Forbes) Headline inflation in the U.S. may hit 4.2% in 2026 as a result of the spike in global energy prices triggered by the ongoing U.S.-Israel war with Iran, the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development warned on Thursday. The OECD, an intergovernmental organization that includes 38 of the world’s top economies, released its interim economic outlook report, saying the war “will test the resilience of the global economy.”

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Wall Street Bonus Pool Jumps to a Record $49.2 Billion for 2025

(Bloomberg) Average Wall Street bonuses jumped to a record last year, with the total pool for payouts rising to $49.2 billion as profits and revenues soared. The average annual bonus rose 6%, to $246,900, according to estimates by New York State Comptroller Thomas DiNapoli released Thursday. The total pool is the largest in records going back to 1987, reflecting a rebound in mergers and acquisitions helped by relaxed regulations under President Donald Trump. DiNapoli also cited strength in trading and underwriting. The figure marked a second consecutive year of record-breaking bonuses for securities industry workers.

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U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon

43 sec ago - WP Exclusive U.S. uses hundreds of Tomahawk missiles on Iran, alarming some at Pentagon More than 850 have been fired in just four weeks, people familiar with the matter said, raising concerns about the weapon’s limited supply. March 27, 2026 at ... (Washington Post)

North Carolina's photo voter ID mandate can continue as a judge upholds the law

12 min ago - Updated 9:29 PM EDT, March 26, 2026 RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — North Carolina’s photo voter identification law was upheld on Thursday, as a federal judge set aside arguments by civil rights groups that Republicans enacted the requirement with dis ... (AP)

PCC faculty union calls on Gov. Kotek to step in as strike enters third week

20 min ago - By Vince Ybarra Published: Mar. 27, 2026 at 12:49 AM CDT|Updated: 5 hours ago PORTLAND Ore. (KPTV) - Chants and cheers could be heard along Southwest Naito Parkway near Waterfront Park on Thursday as hundreds of Portland Community College union worke ... (KPTV)

Trump to pitch new relief for farmers battered by tariffs, Iran war

45 min ago - March 27, 2026, 3:02 a.m. ET President Donald Trump will tout new guidance on farm equipment regulation aimed at cutting costs and increased government loan guarantees for agriculture producers during an event on Friday, March 27, with farmers, a Whi ... (USA Today.)

Furious ex-NRA president accused of hurling water at attorney during deposition

1 hr ago - March 26, 2026 6:55PM ET The former president of the National Rifle Association allegedly tossed water at an attorney during a deposition in her lawsuit against her former organization, reported Lee Williams of The Gun Writer. Marion Hammer, a toweri ... (Raw Story)

FBI agent behind Fulton County ballot seizure warrant does not have to testify, judge rules

1 hr ago - March 26, 2026, 6:04 PM The FBI agent behind the controversial search warrant that led to the FBI's seizure of 2020 election ballots from a Fulton County, Georgia, election site will not have to testify in a hearing in the case on Friday, a federal j ... (ABC News)

Minnesota elections office subpoenaed in probe over state voter rolls, sources say

1 hr ago - 12h The Minnesota Secretary of State's Office has received a grand jury subpoena ordering it to turn over certain individual voter records, as part of a federal investigation into whether non-citizens are registered or have unlawfully cast ballots, s ... (msn/CBS News)

Pentagon mulling diverting Ukraine defense aid to the Middle East: Report

2 hrs ago - 03/26/26 5:29 PM ET The Pentagon is contemplating diverting weapons meant for Ukraine to the Middle East as the U.S. military has blown through critical munitions in its war against Iran, The Washington Post reported Thursday. The lethal aid could in ... (The Hill)

House panel advances bill on temporary US attorneys

2 hrs ago - Posted March 26, 2026 at 5:27pm A sharply divided House Judiciary Committee advanced a bill Thursday that would greatly expand an administration’s ability to install hand-picked officials for top prosecutor roles. The panel, in a 12-11 party-li ... (Roll Call)

Property President! Trump now eyes Treaty Room for latest makeover project at the White House

2 hrs ago - Thursday 26 March 2026 17:22 EDT President Donald Trump has eyed the Treaty Room for his latest makeover project at the White House, according to a new report. Trump has made it his mission to beautify the White House and the D.C. area as he sees fi ... (The Independent)

Fed, DOJ clash over Powell probe -- as government says it has no evidence of misconduct

3 hrs ago - 03/26/2026 05:18 PM EDT The Federal Reserve is formally opposing the Justice Department’s effort to reinstate its subpoenas to the central bank, amid revelations that the government itself acknowledged it has no evidence of wrongdoing by Chair J ... (Politico)

Appeals court pauses orders restricting federal officers' use of tear gas at Portland ICE building

3 hrs ago - Updated 4:55 PM EDT, March 26, 2026 PORTLAND, Ore. (AP) — An appeals court has paused lower court rulings in Oregon that restricted federal officers’ use of tear gas during protests at the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement building i ... (AP)

'Medicare by Choice' floated an alternative to Medicare for All

3 hrs ago - 03/26/26 5:26 PM ET While Medicare for All remains a popular policy goal among progressives, one group is putting forward its own proposal, “Medicare by Choice,” that it sees as a viable option Democrats can get behind ahead of the 2028 ele ... (The Hill)

Senate unanimously moves to fund most of DHS, except ICE and border patrol, in rare overnight session

4 hrs ago - Updated Mar 27, 2026, 3:12 AM ET PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2026, 2:44 AM ET The Senate unanimously moved to fund most of the Department of Homeland Security, except for Immigration and Customs Enforcement and part of Customs and Border Protection, in a rare ... (CNN Politics)

Trump administration opens investigations into race in admissions at 3 medical schools

4 hrs ago - March 26, 2026, 3:35 PM WASHINGTON -- The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities. The Justice Department ... (ABC News/AP)

Education Department headquarters will relocate as part of Trump's dismantling

5 hrs ago - WASHINGTON (AP) — The Education Department will relocate from its headquarters to a smaller Washington office as part of the Trump administration’s dismantling of the agency, officials said Thursday. The agency has seen its ranks thinned by ... (Associated Press)

Epstein survivors sue Trump administration and Google over release of private information

8 hrs ago - A group of Epstein survivors filed a class action lawsuit against the Trump administration and Google on Thursday over the disclosure of personal information found in the release of files related to the late sex offender over the past several months. ... (NBC News)

Pentagon Weighs Sending 10,000 More Ground Troops to the Middle East

8 hrs ago - The Pentagon is looking at sending up to 10,000 additional ground troops to the Middle East to give President Trump more military options even as he weighs peace talks with Tehran, Department of Defense officials with knowledge of the planning said. ... (Wall Street Journal)

Border Czar Tom Homan rejects Democrats' calls for ICE agents to remove their masks

11 hrs ago - Thursday 26 March 2026 16:15 EDT Border Czar Tom Homan said Thursday he would not support Democrats’ demand for Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers to remove masks while on the job as part of negotiations to end the Department of Homela ... (The Independent)

Putin asks oligarchs to donate to Russia's dwindling defence budget

11 hrs ago - Vladimir Putin has asked Russia’s oligarchs to donate to the country’s dwindling defence budget to continue its invasion of Ukraine, it has been reported. The Russian president is expected to continue the conflict, which began in February 2 ... (Guardian)