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In Cuba, a 'Solidarity Caravan' Has Arrived

Humanitarian aid flows into desperate island nation amid US blockage

(Newser) - Some 650 delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba on Friday as part of a solidarity caravan transporting some 20 tons of humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a severe energy crisis. Members of "Our America Convoy to Cuba" arrived by air from Italy,...

Iran Says Airstrike Hit Nuclear Enrichment Facility

State media: Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was attacked Saturday, with no radiation leakage

(Newser) - Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, Iranian state media reports. Iran's official Mizan news agency said there was no radiation leakage after Saturday's strike on the Natanz nuclear facility, nearly 135 miles southeast of Tehran. The facility, Iran's main uranium...

Judge Finds Pentagon Rules for Reporters Unconstitutional

Decision rejects Trump administration policy on limiting journalists' access

(Newser) - A federal judge on Friday invalidated a Defense Department policy on journalists' access to the Pentagon, finding the Trump administration rule unconstitutional. The challenge was brought by the New York Times and reporter Julian E. Barnes, the Washington Post reports. US District Judge Paul L. Friedman in Washington, DC, ruled...

Justice Department Sues Harvard Over Antisemitism

Administration wants to claw back 'billions of dollars of taxpayer subsidies'

(Newser) - Harvard is once again in the Trump administration's crosshairs , this time over accusations it failed to protect Jewish and Israeli students and staff. The administration on Friday filed a civil-rights lawsuit in federal court in Boston, claiming the university ignored antisemitic harassment and discrimination in the wake of Hamas' Oct....

If SCOTUS Nixes This, Midterms Could Get Chaotic

Supreme Court will hear arguments next week on grace periods for mail-in ballots

(Newser) - There will be just one Election Day for this fall's midterm elections—Nov. 3. But voters in 14 states who cast their votes by mail will be given a grace period ranging from a day later to several weeks in which their ballots can be received and counted. Whether...

Russian Oil Tanker May Test US Cuba Blockade

Sanctioned tanker is expected to arrive Monday

(Newser) - A Russian oil tanker is quietly cutting through the Atlantic, and its next move could trigger a fresh US–Russia clash over Cuba. The Anatoly Kolodkin , a Russian state-owned vessel under US sanctions and carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of crude, left Primorsk on March 9 and exited the English...

24 States Challenge EPA's Rollback of Climate Finding

Massachusetts AG calls move a 'blatant' violation of the law

(Newser) - Two dozen states are asking a federal court to put the brakes on the Trump administration's attempt to gut climate regulation at its source. In a lawsuit filed in the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit on Thursday, 24 Democrat-led states plus a dozen cities and counties...

Judge: RFK Jr. Overreached on Transgender Care

Federal bid to penalize youth gender-care providers is now blocked

(Newser) - A federal judge in Oregon has put the brakes on a key Trump administration move targeting gender transition care for minors. US District Judge Mustafa Kasubhai determined on Thursday that Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exceeded his authority when he issued a December declaration asserting such treatments "do...

Trump Shifts Student Loan Debt From Education to Treasury

Change affects almost 6M borrowers, effective immediately

(Newser) - The Trump administration has moved a major piece of the federal student loan system out of the Education Department and into the Treasury Department, shifting oversight of collections on defaulted loans effective immediately. Under an interagency agreement announced Thursday, the Washington Post reports, Treasury will take over the Default Resolution...

US Knew Gas Field Strike Was Planned, Israeli Officials Say

Trump had said attack was a surprise

(Newser) - President Trump's shifting account of an Israeli strike on a major Iranian gas field has become more muddled. Three Israeli officials said the attack on Iran's South Pars gas field was coordinated with the Trump administration in advance, despite the president's initial claim online that the US...

'Imagine a Sports Bar ... but Just for Situation Monitoring'

Crypto prediction platform Polymarket wants to open 'The Situation Room' in DC for just that purpose

(Newser) - Polymarket is hoping to turn doomscrolling into a night out. The crypto-based prediction platform says it plans to open a pop-up bar in Washington, DC, this weekend called The Situation Room, pitched as a sports pub-style venue where betting on global events will be the main attraction—think live X...

Highlights of Joe Kent's Interview With Tucker Carlson

Ex-counterterrorism chief questions whether Iran was a threat, Israeli influence on decision to strike

(Newser) - Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent has given his first in-depth public account of why he resigned from the Trump administration, using a lengthy interview with Tucker Carlson (watch here ) to challenge the rationale for the US war with Iran and to criticize how decisions were made inside...

Feds Fast-Track Deportation of Boy, 5, and Family

Lawyers appeal expedited removal as Trump officials bypass asylum hearing

(Newser) - The 5-year-old Minneapolis boy whose arrest in a bunny hat drew global attention is again at the center of a high-stakes immigration fight, with his family now facing fast-tracked deportation. Federal officials are moving to expel Liam Conejos Ramos and his relatives to Ecuador by using an "expedited removal"...

Pentagon Writes Up Request for Another $200B for War
Pentagon Wants $200B for War
Mar 18, 2026 7:30 PM CDT

Pentagon Wants $200B for War

Proposal calls for increasing production of precision weapons

(Newser) - The Pentagon has drafted a funding request exceeding $200 billion for operations against Iran, setting up a clash with Congress over the scale and direction of the war, according to administration officials. The proposal, sent to the White House, would go well beyond paying for the air campaign to date...

Trump Temporarily Freezes Jones Act to Ease Fuel Costs

Waiver greenlit by president allows foreign tankers to move US fuel, related cargo domestically

(Newser) - President Trump is temporarily setting aside a 100-year-old shipping rule as his administration scrambles to curb rising fuel costs tied to the war in Iran. The White House on Wednesday approved a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, a 1920 law that normally requires goods moving between US ports to...

Arizona Isn't Letting Itself Be 'Bullied' by Kalshi

State's criminal charges allege prediction market enables unlicensed betting on sports, elections

(Newser) - Arizona just turned up the heat on the booming prediction-market business. The state's attorney general has filed the first-ever criminal case against Kalshi, accusing the New York-based platform of operating an unlicensed online gambling scheme that lets Arizonans wager on sports and elections without state approval, reports NPR . Sports...

Judge Orders Voice of America Staff Reinstated

Judge rebukes Kari Lake for illegal attempt to gut agency

(Newser) - A Trump ally's bid to radically shrink Voice of America just hit a legal wall, Politico reports. On Tuesday, a federal judge ordered the government to bring back more than 1,000 sidelined employees and restart VOA's international broadcasts, ruling that the near-shutdown of the US-funded outlet violated...

A Top Counterterror Official Quits Over Iran War

Joe Kent says that 'Iran posed no imminent threat,' and that US caved to Israeli pressure

(Newser) - One of Washington's most senior counterterrorism officials is walking away from the Trump administration—and blaming the war with Iran and Israel's sway over US policy on his way out, reports the New York Times . Joe Kent, director of the National Counterterrorism Center, announced his resignation Tuesday in...

DC Pipe Bomb Suspect: Trump Pardoned Me

Brian Cole Jr. tests sweeping defense, which administration plans to fight

(Newser) - The man charged with planting pipe bombs at the DNC and RNC headquarters on the eve of the Jan. 6 Capitol riot is trying a sweeping defense : he's protected by presidential pardon. Attorneys for Brian Cole Jr.—charged with transporting and using explosives—argue in a new court...

Military Shares American Toll of 'Operation Epic Fury'

Most injuries are being described as minor

(Newser) - American forces have taken significant hits in the conflict with Iran , according to a new US military tally. US Central Command says about 200 US service members have been wounded since the launch of "Operation Epic Fury," with spokesperson Capt. Tim Hawkins noting most injuries were minor and...

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