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'Visibly upset and struggling': Acting ICE head hospitalized twice over stress, officials say

Acting head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement Todd Lyons has been hospitalized at least twice for stress-related issues as he has carried out President Donald Trump’s aggressive immigration agenda — strain that has caused him to struggle to make key decisions for the agency, according to two current and two former administration officials. The hospitalizations took place over the last seven months. In one incident in December, Lyons’ security detail drove him to a hospital in Washington an ...

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House Republicans privately express 'tremendous concerns' with Mike Johnson's play call on DHS

Mar. 27, 2026, 2:05 PM EDT After a week of false starts toward ending the Department of Homeland Security shutdown, House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., delivered the biggest setback yet on Friday, telling his conference that he wouldn’t bring the Senate deal, passed just hours earlier with unanimous support, to the House floor. Behind closed doors, many House Republicans are already questioning the speaker’s decision. On a GOP members-only conference call on Friday, Johnson came out in opposi ...

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Dow closes in correction, S&P logs longest weekly losing streak in four years and oil settles at Iran-war highs

Updated Mar 27, 2026, 4:09 PM ET PUBLISHED Mar 27, 2026, 1:53 PM ET New York - US stocks slid and the Dow closed in correction Friday as uncertainty about the duration of the war with Iran and nerves about energy inflation continued to weigh on markets. The Dow fell 793 points, or 1.73%, and closed at 45,167, down 10% from its peak above 50,000 in February. The S&P 500 fell 1.67% and the Nasdaq declined by 2.15%. The Dow, S&P 500 and Nasdaq each closed at their lowest level since August.The N ...

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Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding

Updated 3:35 PM EDT, March 27, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump on Friday signed a promised executive action that will pay Transportation Security Administration employees, after a deal that sought to do the same stalled in Congress. Trump signed the action with an eye toward easing long security lines at many of the nation's top airports. "America's air travel system has reached its breaking point," Trump said in the memo authorizing the payments. He added, "I ha ...

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Trump brings farmers to White House to tout relief from the pain he's unleashed on them - and bash Somalis along the way

Friday 27 March 2026 14:59 EDT One month into a war that has sent fuel prices through the roof and sparked fears of fertilizer shortages that could wreak havoc on the world’s food supply, President Donald Trump is attempting to convince American farmers that everything is fine and they should be grateful to him for taxpayer handouts meant to soften the blow from his tariff policies. The president took to the Truman Balcony at the White House on Friday to address what he billed as “the single ...

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

(CNN) 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 overnight session. The agreement would fund other DHS components, such as the Transportation Security Administration and US Coast Guard, but the House will still need to act before funded agencies within the department can reopen. After negotiations fell apart earlier Thursday evening, senators focused on moving the funding they were able to agree on by unanimous consent.

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

(NBC News) 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. “The United States, acting through the DOJ, made a deliberate policy choice to prioritize rapid, large-volume disclosure over protection of Epstein survivors’ privacy,” the plaintiffs said, adding that the Justice Department “outed approximately 100 survivors of the convicted sexual predator, publishing their private information and identifying them to the world.”

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

(Wall Street Journal) 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. Trump earlier said he was pausing strikes on Iran’s energy sector for 10 more days, to April 6, so peace negotiations can take place beyond his previous Friday deadline. Peace talk mediators said Iran didn’t ask for the additional time. Trump said the extension was at Iran’s request.

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'Very Special Boy' Trump Mercilessly Mocked As Republicans Give Him A New Trophy

(Huff Post) Another day, another made-up honor for Donald Trump. House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) drew swift mockery on Wednesday after he awarded the president the first-ever “America First Award” at the National Republican Congressional Committee fundraiser, which he claimed would now be given “annually from this point forward.” “We could think of no better title for what that is,” Johnson said of the golden eagle statue. “That’s this beautiful golden statue here. Appropriate for the new golden era in America.”

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Powerful House Republican Joins Retirement Wave

(Political Wire) Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), the chairman of the House Committee on Transportation, is pulling his plans to seek re-election for his Missouri seat, joining dozens of other lawmakers who are retiring from Congress at the end of this term, the Wall Street Journal reports.

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ICE Barbie's Glamour Shots Yanked Down in Humiliating Move

1 min ago - Published Mar. 27 2026 5:53PM EDT Customs and Border Patrol officials wasted no time removing ICE Barbie’s framed glamour shots from their office walls in Washington after she was fired this month, a new report claims. More than 10 photos of No ... (Daily Beast)

Bank of America Agrees to Pay $72.5 Million to Settle Epstein Lawsuit

3 min ago - Markets & Finance * Banking Bank of America Agrees to Pay $72.5 Million to Settle Epstein Lawsuit Leon Black used Bank of America while paying Epstein $170 million, according to the lawsuit By Gina Heeb March 27, 2026 7:58 pm ET Kevin Serna for ... (The Wall Street Journal.)

Houthis Attack Israel for First Time in War

11 min ago - LIVE 1 hour ago Houthis Attack Israel for First Time in War By Ian Lovett Yemen’s Houthi rebels claimed responsibility for a missile launched at Israel, marking the Iranian-backed militia’s first attack in the fast-expanding war. A military ... (The Wall Street Journal.)

'Trump Is Winning': FCC Chair Boasts He's Remaking the Media by Pushing Out Left-Leaning Figures

22 min ago - Mar 27th, 2026, 5:52 pm During a Friday CPAC appearance, FCC Chair Brendan Carr bragged that he’s remaking the media by pushing out left-leaning figures, declaring, “[President Donald] Trump is winning.” “When he ran for office, ... (MEDIAite)

House Republicans pass DHS funding bill that Democrats call 'dead on arrival' in the Senate

48 min ago - March 27, 2026, 1:48 PM EDT / Updated March 27, 2026, 11:49 PM EDT WASHINGTON — House Republicans voted Friday evening to pass a short-term funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security that has no viable path in the Senate and is likely ... (NBC News)

Pro-Ukraine lawmakers call out Russian delegation's visit to Washington

1 hr ago - 03/27/2026 03:13 PM EDT Updated: 03/27/2026 05:34 PM EDT A Russian delegation’s tour of the U.S. Capitol, organized by the office of Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.), is drawing fierce criticism from pro-Ukraine lawmakers, as the conflict with Ir ... (Politico)

TMZ wants photos of lawmakers vacationing 'at your expense' amid TSA shutdown

1 hr ago - 03/27/26 4:20 PM ET TMZ wants travelers to submit photos they take of U.S. lawmakers on vacation “at your expense” as the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown impacting Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers stretch ... (The Hill)

U.S. appears to drop anti-tank mines in Iranian village near Shiraz, analysts say

1 hr ago - March 27, 2026 / 4:08 PM EDT The U.S. may have dropped anti-tank mines over a village in southern Iran, the open-source research group Bellingcat reported Thursday, as images posted on social media appeared to show American BLU-91/B scatterable anti- ... (CBS News)

Sources: White House to propose 20 percent cut to NIH funding

2 hrs ago - Posted March 27, 2026 at 12:38pm, Updated at 3:45pm The White House is expected to ask Congress to cut National Institutes of Health spending by 20 percent in the president’s fiscal 2027 budget request, according to multiple sources with knowled ... (Roll Call)

California sheriff seizes more ballot materials in defiance of state officials

2 hrs ago - Fri 27 Mar 2026 15.33 EDT Last modified on Fri 27 Mar 2026 15.35 EDT A Republican sheriff in California has confiscated additional ballot materials from a special election, escalating his conflict with state lawmakers who say he is conducting a basel ... (The Guardian)

As fuel prices rise, US lawmakers push to suspend the federal gas tax

2 hrs ago - Friday 27 March 2026 15:23 EDT As the war in Iran pushes U.S. gas prices toward $4 a gallon nationally, some lawmakers are pushing to suspend the federal gasoline tax in the latest attempt to try to control surging energy costs. Lawmakers say the act ... (The Independent)

Judge grants restraining order blocking Nexstar-TEGNA deal from taking effect

3 hrs ago - A federal judge in California has granted DIRECTV a temporary restraining order in a legal challenge brought against Nexstar Media Group’s $6.2 billion merger with TEGNA. In a 24-page order handed down Friday evening, Judge Troy Nunley of the Ea ... (thedesk.net)

Tiger Woods' rollover crash is golfer's fourth high-profile car accident and second DUI arrest

5 hrs ago - Updated 8:14 PM CDT, March 27, 2026 JUPITER ISLAND, Fla. (AP) — Tiger Woods’ arrest Friday for a car crash in Florida was at least the fourth auto-related incident involving the golfer and the second in which he was charged with driving und ... (AP)

Israeli soldiers echo settler ideology, talk of revenge after targeting Palestinians and detaining CNN crew in the West

6 hrs ago - "Twelve hours after Israeli settlers brutally attacked several Palestinians and established a new illegal outpost in their village, the Israeli military stepped in. But instead of detaining settlers or dismantling the illegal outpost, the soldiers ta ... (CNN)

FAA investigating close call between a passenger plane and military helicopter in California

6 hrs ago - By CLAUDIA LAUER Updated 11:41 AM CDT, March 27, 2026 A United Airlines flight came within a few hundred feet of a military helicopter near John Wayne Airport in Southern California earlier this week, triggering an alarm directing the airline pilots ... (AP)

At least 10 U.S. troops wounded in Iranian attack on Saudi air base

6 hrs ago - At least 10 U.S. troops were injured Friday, two seriously, in an Iranian attack on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia, according to U.S. officials familiar with the matter.  The strike on the heavily defended base also damaged at least two ... (Washington Post)

Ukrainian drones reportedly strike oil refinery in Russian city of Yaroslavl

7 hrs ago - Ukrainian drones struck an oil refinery in the central Russian city of Yaroslavl overnight on March 28, Telegram news channel Exilenova Plus reported. The refinery is one of Russia's five largest and is capable of producing over 15 million tons per y ... (Kyiv Independent)

RFK Jr. cut off raccoon's penis while kids waited in car, he wrote in diary

8 hrs ago - Politics RFK Jr. cut off raccoon's penis while kids waited in car, he wrote in diary Updated: Mar. 27, 2026, 3:06 p.m. Published: Mar. 27, 2026, 2:03 p.m. RFK Jr. wrote about cutting off the penis of a road-killed raccoon in 2001, while his "kids wa ... (NJ.com)

Cole County judge rules new congressional maps are not suspended on mere submission of signatures

8 hrs ago - A Cole County, Missouri, judge decided the submission of referendum petition signatures is not enough to suspend new congressional maps, and that these maps remain in effect. The American Civil Liberties Union of Missouri argued that the submission o ... (KMBC)

NASA is about to send humans on a flight around the moon

8 hrs ago - NASA is about to send humans on a flight around the moon Michelle Basch mbasch@wtop.com March 27, 2026, 4:25 PM (1/2) Four astronauts are set to blast off next week on NASA's first human moon mission in 53 years called Artemis II. NASA astronauts Re ... (WTOP)