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All 4 living former presidents deny Trump's bizarre Iran bombing claim

Robert Davis March 16, 2026 7:11PM ET Aides to all four living presidents confirmed to CNN on Monday that none of them have spoken with President Donald Trump about his bombing strikes in Iran, as Trump claimed during a press conference. Trump claimed in the Oval Office that he had spoken to a former president about bombing Iran, and that the former president had approved of the operation. Trump added that the former president claimed he "wished" he had made the decision to bo ...

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Postmaster Warns of 'End of Postal Service as We Know It'

Published Mar 16, 2026 at 04:30 PM EDT updated Mar 16, 2026 at 05:33 PM EDT The head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is expected to tell Congress on Tuesday that the agency needs to increase its borrowing capacity or face "the end of the Postal Service ​as we know it now." "In order to ensure our survival beyond next year, we need ⁠to increase our borrowing capacity so that we don't run out of cash," Postmaster General David Steiner's written testimony ​ ...

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Trump upset as US partners reject call for Hormuz warship escorts

10h WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) - Several U.S. allies rebuffed Donald Trump's call on Monday to send warships to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, drawing criticism from the U.S. president, who accused Western partners of ingratitude after decades of support. The U.S.-Israeli war on Iran is in its third week with no end in sight. The critical Strait of Hormuz, through which 20% of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas flow, remains largely closed off, raising ...

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Trump signs order to launch Vance-led anti-fraud task force

10h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order to launch an task force targeting federal benefits fraud to be led by Vice President JD Vance, intensifying the administration’s oversight of federal funds in Democratic-led states. Trump and allies have sought to highlight fraud allegations in blue states, most notably in Minnesota, where the president seized on criminal cases involving Somali immigrants to justify in part an immigration crackdown in the state. Monday’s orde ...

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Trump requests delay of China trip because of Iran war

March 16, 2026 / 6:05 PM EDT Washington — President Trump said Monday that he's requested to delay his trip to China because of the war with Iran, now in its third week. He said during an Oval Office event that he "was speaking to China" and indicated he'd "love to" go, "but because of the war, I want to be here. I have to be here, I feel." "We've requested that we delay it a month or so. And I'm looking forward to being with him," Mr. Trump said of C ...

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Trump's inner circle showing 'buyer's remorse' over Iran war and fear president was 'high on his own supply,' report say

Monday 16 March 2026 12:26 EDT Members of President Donald Trump’s inner circle are experiencing “buyer’s remorse” over the Iran conflict and are beginning to regard Operation Epic Fury as a disastrous mistake, according to a report. The U.S. and Israel launched surprise joint airstrikes against Tehran in the early hours of Saturday, February 28, killing Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Ayatollah Khamenei on the first day of the aerial bombardment, ending his 47-year authoritarian reign in one fell ...

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Alabama Basketball Player Aden Holloway Arrested on Marijuana Charge

Alabama men's basketball player Aden Holloway was arrested Monday morning, a spokesperson for the Tuscaloosa police department told Bama247. The spokesperson said that agents with the West Alabama Narcotics Task Force conducted a search of a residence in the 400 block of 30th Avenue East on Monday morning. The agents recovered more than a pound of marijuana, paraphernalia and cash. Holloway, 21, was charged with first-degree possession of marijuana and failure to affix a tax stamp. He was tran ...

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Judge Strikes Down Kennedy's Vaccine Policies

In a severe blow to the Trump administration’s health agenda, a U.S. district court in Massachusetts on Monday blocked the government from implementing a series of decisions on vaccines made over the last year by Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. The court also reversed, at least for the time being, all decisions made by the panelists that Mr. Kennedy appointed to the Advisory Committee for Immunization Practices, which makes recommendations on which vaccines Americans should take. The rul ...

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CEO Asks ChatGPT How to Void $250 Million Contract, Ignores His Lawyers, Loses Terribly in Court

A judge ordered the reinstatement of a video game developer after he was fired as part of a scheme cooked up by a CEO using ChatGPT. Facing the possibility of paying out a massive bonus to the developer of Subnautica 2, the CEO of publisher Krafton used ChatGPT to create a plan to take over the development studio and force out its founder, according to court records. The Monday ruling details the bizarre story. Unknown Worlds Entertainment is the studio behind the 2018 underwater survival game ...

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Kennedy Center board votes to close for two years during renovations

Mon 16 Mar 2026 16.16 EDT Last modified on Mon 16 Mar 2026 16.18 EDT The Kennedy Center board of trustees unanimously voted on Monday in favor of a controversial plan to temporarily shutter the arts institution for renovations, rubber-stamping a $257m project initiated by Donald Trump to remake the arts institution in line with other grand plans for Washington DC. In a statement, the center said it had voted for “a comprehensive revitalization project” lasting two years that would follow an I ...

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Army general left classified maps on train, concussed after 'overindulgence' in alcohol: Inspector general report

8 sec ago - by Filip Timotija - 03/16/26 7:05 PM ET U.S. Army Maj. Gen. Antonio Aguto, who oversaw the command that coordinated, trained and equipped Ukraine’s military, left a tube of classified maps on a train to Poland for more than 24 hours and was conc ... (the hill)

Ousted Hegseth aide accused of leaking lands intelligence post

23 min ago - 03/16/26 10:48 PM ET A former aide to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth, who was accused of leaking classified information, was hired by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI), an administration official told The Hill on Monday. Dan ... (The Hill)

'Lindsey Graham Is Going Down': Charlie Kirk Show Declares War On 'Lady Graham'

52 min ago - Charlie Kirk Show hosts Blake Neff and Andrew Kolvet pressed for the defeat of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), an ally of President Donald Trump, by hosting his two opponents, Paul Davis and Mark Lynch. By David Edwards — March 17, 2026 Charlie Kirk ... (crooksandliars.com)

Jared Kushner Reportedly Seeks $5B From Middle East Governments for His Firm While Serving as Envoy

55 min ago - Mar 16th, 2026, 8:57 pm Jared Kushner, husband to Ivanka Trump, is allegedly soliciting $5 billion in funding for his private equity firm while serving as a diplomatic advisor to his father-in-law, President Donald Trump. Kushner has been participat ... (MEDIAite)

PCC students in limbo as first-ever community college strike in Oregon enters second week

1 hr ago - by KATU Staff Mon, March 16, 2026 at 4:27 PM Updated Mon, March 16, 2026 at 10:47 PM PORTLAND, Ore. (KATU) — Oregon's first-ever community college strike entered its second week Monday with staff and some students still holding picket lines outs ... (KATU)

Last protester in immigration detention after Trump's campus crackdown has been released

1 hr ago - Updated 8:36 PM EDT, March 16, 2026 ALVARADO, Texas (AP) — A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration’s 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism on college campuses was freed ... (AP)

All 4 living former presidents deny Trump's bizarre Iran bombing claim

1 hr ago - Robert Davis March 16, 2026 7:11PM ET Aides to all four living presidents confirmed to CNN on Monday that none of them have spoken with President Donald Trump about his bombing strikes in Iran, as Trump claimed during a press conference. Trump cl ... (raw story)

Senate is expected to take up the SAVE America Act this week. Here's what to know

1 hr ago - March 16, 2026, 7:00 PM The Senate is expected to take up the SAVE America Act this week after President Donald Trump earlier this month thrust the bill into focus with a threat to withhold his signature on all other legislation until the GOP voting ... (ABC News)

Rep. Jasmine Crockett confirms member of her security team killed by Dallas police

2 hrs ago - Rep. Jasmine Crockett, D-Texas, confirmed Monday that a man killed by Dallas police in a standoff last week had worked as security for her, calling it “a tragic ending that we wish had been avoided for all.” Crockett said in a statement tha ... (NBC News)

Scoop: Witkoff to brief bipartisan group of senators Tuesday on Iran

2 hrs ago - 8h U.S. envoy Steve Witkoff is planning to brief a small bipartisan group of senators on the war in Iran in a classified setting Tuesday afternoon, according to three people familiar with the matter. Why it matters: Senators are hungry for real-time ... (msn/Axios)

Trump requests delay of China trip because of Iran war

2 hrs ago - March 16, 2026 / 6:05 PM EDT Washington — President Trump said Monday that he's requested to delay his trip to China because of the war with Iran, now in its third week. He said during an Oval Office event that he "was speaking to China" and in ... (CBS News)

Wildfires rage: Pillen, Nebraska officials give update on firefighting effort

2 hrs ago - By: Juan Salinas II - March 16, 2026 9:36 pm LINCOLN — Nebraska is still dealing with the largest wildfire in the state’s history and a handful of other sizable fires burning at the same time. At the Nebraska National Guard air base Monday, ... (Nebraska Examiner)

Trump upset as US partners reject call for Hormuz warship escorts

3 hrs ago - 10h WASHINGTON/TEL AVIV/DUBAI, March 16 (Reuters) - Several U.S. allies rebuffed Donald Trump's call on Monday to send warships to escort tankers through the Strait of Hormuz, drawing criticism from the U.S. president, who accused Western partners of ... (msn/Reuters)

Postmaster Warns of 'End of Postal Service as We Know It'

3 hrs ago - Published Mar 16, 2026 at 04:30 PM EDT updated Mar 16, 2026 at 05:33 PM EDT The head of the U.S. Postal Service (USPS) is expected to tell Congress on Tuesday that the agency needs to increase its borrowing capacity or face "the end of the Postal Ser ... (Newsweek)

Trump signs order to launch Vance-led anti-fraud task force

4 hrs ago - 10h (Bloomberg) -- President Donald Trump signed an executive order to launch an task force targeting federal benefits fraud to be led by Vice President JD Vance, intensifying the administration’s oversight of federal funds in Democratic-led sta ... (msn/Bloomberg)

Democratic AGs sue HUD over anti-discrimination enforcement roll back

5 hrs ago - 03/16/2026 03:19 PM EDT Sixteen Democratic attorneys general from California, Illinois, the District of Columbia and other states are suing the Department of Housing and Urban Development for restricting anti-discrimination enforcement. The Trump adm ... (Politico)

Jury finds Utah mom Kouri Richins guilty of fatally poisoning husband with fentanyl

5 hrs ago - Jury finds Utah mom Kouri Richins guilty of fatally poisoning husband with fentanyl She was found guilty on all five counts, including aggravated murder. By Meredith Deliso March 16, 2026, 8:46 PM ET • 12 min read Kouri Richins, a Utah woman acc ... (ABC News)

Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital. Islamabad denies claim

5 hrs ago - World Asia * 4 min read Afghanistan says 400 people killed in Pakistan strike on Kabul hospital. Islamabad denies claim Story by Associated Press Updated 3 hr ago Kabul, Afghanistan AP -- Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for dru ... (Associated Press, via CNN)

'A spoil of riches': Federation of Labor endorses four candidates for governor

6 hrs ago - The California Federation of Labor Unions endorsed four candidates to become California governor, reflecting a splintered field with no obvious frontrunner. The Federation is a coalition of more than 1,300 unions representing 2.3 million members acro ... (The Sacramento bee)

Waking in terror: Thousands of Afghan refugees at U.S. camp in limbo amid Iran war

8 hrs ago - Afghan refugees who were waiting for resettlement have found themselves abruptly in the middle of a war zone. Last year, President Donald Trump suspended all refugee and asylum applications from the country, including for those who served alongside U ... (MS NOW)

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