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'No Kings' protests against the Trump administration across the U.S. this Saturday

(Yahoo News) Demonstrators will gather in thousands of locations across the United States for the third series of “No Kings” protests against the Trump administration’s policies. More than 3,000 local events have been planned for Saturday, in what organizers say will be the largest collective protest in American history. Dozens of events have also been planned outside the U.S. “People across the country are organizing, showing up for their neighbors, and making one thing unmistakably clear: we are done with the corruption, the cruelty, and the authoritarianism,” Ezra Levin, co-executive director of the advocacy group Indivisible, wrote in a statement earlier this month.

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Sharpie Rebuts Trump's Account of Phone Call With Company: 'We Don't Have Any Information About the Conversation'

Mar 27th, 2026, 7:04 pm According to a Friday Washington Post report, Sharpie parent company Newell Brands denied President Donald Trump’s retelling of a phone call with the brand, saying in a statement, “We don’t have any information about the conversation described.” The response comes after Trump used part of Thursday’s Cabinet meeting to tell a long story about allegedly haggling over the price and appearance of the customized markers he uses to sign official documents. While riffing on ...

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ICE Barbie's Glamour Shots Yanked Down in Humiliating Move

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 Noem posing in the field in full cosplay garb—hung on the walls at CBP headquarters—were removed in the days after Noem, 54, was axed by President Donald Trump, sources tell the Washington Examiner. While Noem learned she was being sidelined on March 5, ...

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Democrats demand answers on sanctioned Russian lawmakers visiting Capitol

Democratic lawmakers and one Republican colleague on Friday demanded answers from Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent about why sanctioned Russian lawmakers visited the U.S. and toured the U.S. Capitol building this week, a visit organized by Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.). The letter, signed by Reps. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-Pa.), Marcy Kaptur (D-Ohio), Mike Quigley (D-Ill.), Jim Costa (D-Calif.) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), called the lawmak ...

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Houthis Attack Israel for First Time in War

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 spokesman for the Houthis said the group had carried out “the first military operation using a barrage of ballistic missiles targeting sensitive Israeli military sites.” Israel’s military said on social media that it had identified a missile launched from ...

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

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 Iran threatens to pull more attention away from Moscow’s four-year war against Kyiv. “Foreign political operatives of our adversaries should NEVER be allowed on Capitol Hill,” Rep. Mike Quigley (D-Ill.) wrote on X Friday. “This ‘visit’ opened the doors t ...

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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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Hawaii to take over aging dam after failure scare prompted evacuations

12 min ago - 12h Hawaii is set to acquire a 120-year-old dam that prompted thousands of residents to evacuate last week amid fears of catastrophic failure during heavy rains. The state's land board voted on Friday to acquire the Wahiawa Dam land from Dole Food Co ... (msn/The Independent)

Iran-backed Houthis enter the month-old war and could further threaten global shipping

12 min ago - Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the month-old war in the Middle East on Saturday, claiming two missile launches at Israel. About 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region. And Pakistan's government said that regional powers plan to meet Sunday to ... (WSB-TV 2 (ABC Atlanta))

Exclusive: Russia took satellite images of U.S. airbase in days before Iranian attack, Ukraine's Zelenskyy says

13 min ago - DOHA, Qatar — Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President V ... (NBC News)

Trump admin shuts down Greg Bovino's social media accounts after he refused to hand them back: report

39 min ago - Saturday 28 March 2026 14:39 EDT Former Customs and Border Patrol "commander at large" Greg Bovino has had all of his official government social media accounts shut down after he refused to turn them over to the federal government, according to a new ... (The Independent)

USS Tripoli Operating in CENTCOM, USS Gerald R. Ford in Croatia

51 min ago - USNI News USS Tripoli Operating in CENTCOM, USS Gerald R. Ford in Croatia Mallory Shelbourne March 28, 2026 12:43 PM USS Tripoli (LHA-7) arrived in the U.S. Central Command area of responsibility, March 27, 2026. US Central Command photo Big deck amp ... (USNI News)

US lawmakers say they'll visit Taiwan before Trump's summit with China's Xi

1 hr ago - March 28, 2026, 9:02 AM WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of four senators has plans to visit Taiwan, Japan and South Korea in the coming days on a trip meant to bolster U.S. alliances seen as important to countering China's dominance in Asia. Sen. Je ... (ABC News/AP)

Taxpayers' Tab for Donald Trump's Golf Habit Crosses $100 million

1 hr ago - Mar 28, 2026, 09:07 AM EDT WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump’s golf habit has now cost taxpayers at least $101.2 million in travel and security expenses since his return to office, a figure that is two-thirds of his first-term golf total ... (Huff Post)

Iran Strike on Key Aluminum Producer Threatens Global Supply Chains

2 hrs ago - Published Mar 28, 2026 at 12:42 PM EDT updated Mar 28, 2026 at 02:29 PM EDT United Arab Emirates (UAE) enterprise Emirates Global Aluminium (EGA) said Saturday that an Iran strike hit the company's facilities, with the extent of damage still unknown. ... (Newsweek)

Robert Mueller's former law firm breaks silence after DOJ suddenly reverses executive order surrender

3 hrs ago - Mar 28th, 2026, 8:01 am As soon as it seemed the Department of Justice was prepared to stop defending President Donald Trump's executive orders to punish Democratic "lawfare" and the law firms he blamed for it, the Trump administration suddenly reve ... (Law & Crime)

Fourth Most Populous Country in the World Bans Most Social Media for Kids

4 hrs ago - On Saturday, Indonesia started enforcing a sweeping ban on social media for kids under 16. According to the Associated Press, the law is expressly aimed at preventing youths from encountering “pornography, cyberbullying, online scams and addicti ... (Gizmodo)

White House launches new official mobile app

4 hrs ago - March 28, 2026 3:27 AM The White House announced March 27 the launch of a new official mobile app designed to deliver updates from the administration directly to the public. The app provides real-time access to news, livestreams and policy updates fr ... (FingerLakes1.com, NY)

Mortgage Giant Fannie Mae Will Soon Accept Crypto-Backed Homebuying Loans

5 hrs ago - Fannie Mae (FNMA) is set to soon begin accepting cryptocurrency-backed mortgages, according to an announcement on Thursday from mortgage originator Better Home & Finance (BETR) and the crypto exchange Coinbase Global (COIN). Shares in Better Home ... (Yahoo Finance)

Kash Patel's push against Democratic lawmaker raises concerns within FBI

5 hrs ago - March 28, 2026 at 11:57 a.m. EDT FBI Director Kash Patel is pressing to release a decade-old investigative file involving Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-California) and a suspected Chinese intelligence operative, recently dispatching agents in the Bureau's Sa ... (Washington Post)

Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon kills 3 journalists covering the war

6 hrs ago - By BASSEM MROUE and ISABEL DEBRE Updated 9:56 AM CDT, March 28, 2026 BEIRUT (AP) — An Israeli airstrike on southern Lebanon on Saturday killed three journalists who were covering the latest Israel-Hezbollah war, their TV stations said. Hezbollah ... (AP)

Rosatom Says Situation at Iran's Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant Keeps Deteriorating

6 hrs ago - March 28, 2026, at 9:38 a.m. MOSCOW, March 28 - The situation ⁠at ⁠Iran's Bushehr nuclear ⁠power plant continues to deteriorate and attacks pose a direct threat to nuclear safety, the ‌head of Russia's state ‌nucle ... (US News & World Report/Reuters)

Minnesota serves as the flagship for nationwide 'No Kings' protests against Trump

7 hrs ago - By STEVE KARNOWSKI Updated 8:36 AM CDT, March 28, 2026 ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — Organizers of Saturday’s “No Kings” rallies across the country are predicting that the protests against the actions of President Donald Trump and his ad ... (AP)

US carrier Ford arrives in Croatia for repairs after fire

8 hrs ago - Saturday 28 March 2026 07:20 EDT The USS Gerald R. Ford, the United States' newest and largest aircraft carrier, has anchored in Croatia's Adriatic port of Split on Saturday for essential repairs and maintenance. Its arrival follows a nine-month depl ... (The Independent)

Judge orders Alligator Alcatraz detainees be given more access to their lawyers

9 hrs ago - March 27, 2026 8:51 PM A federal judge issued a ruling Friday requiring the DeSantis administration and federal immigration officials to expand access for detainees to their lawyers at the Everglades detention facility, Alligator Alcatraz. U.S. Dist ... (Miami Herald)

A judge dismisses DOJ lawsuit over Minnesota in-state tuition for students without legal status

10 hrs ago - Updated 8:32 PM EDT, March 27, 2026 Minnesota public universities can continue to offer in-state tuition and scholarships to some immigrants in the country without legal status, a federal judge ruled on Friday, dismissing a lawsuit filed by the Depar ... (AP)

House Republicans flee Congress in record numbers amid growing dysfunction

10 hrs ago - 03/28/26 6:00 AM ET An unprecedented number of House Republicans are opting to retire or pursue other offices, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) bid to fend off a potential blue wave in the 2026 midterms and preserve his razor-thin maj ... (The Hill)