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Why there is renewed hope we might find Flight MH370

Eleven years after the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, the Malaysian government has approved a new search for the plane. One company is so certain new technology will help them find it that they’ve wagered $70 million.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

WATCH: Trump announces new 25 percent tariff on imported autos

President Donald Trump said Wednesday he was placing 25 percent tariffs on auto imports, a move the White House claims would foster domestic manufacturing but could also put a financial squeeze on automakers that depend on global supply chains.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

4 American soldiers killed while training in Lithuania, NATO leader says

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte says that four U.S. soldiers who went missing while training in Lithuania have died, but that he does not yet know the details.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

WATCH: Trump hosts celebration of Women’s History Month at White House

Trump recognized Susie Wiles, the first woman to serve as White House chief of staff, as β€œthe most powerful woman in the world,” and he said Karoline Leavitt, the youngest person to be press secretary, was β€œknocking them dead.”

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

A year after the Baltimore bridge collapse, a long road to recovery is ahead

A year after the catastrophic collapse of Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge, Maryland leaders are honoring the six construction workers killed that night.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Brazil Supreme Court allows charges against former President Bolsonaro for alleged coup plan

They have ordered the former leader to stand trial. Brazil's prosecutor general has charged Bolsonaro and 33 others of attempting a coup that included a plan to poison his successor and current President Luiz InΓ‘cio Lula da Silva and kill a Supreme Court judge.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Biden rule requiring serial numbers and background checks for ghost guns upheld by Supreme Court

Since the rule was finalized in 2022, ghost gun numbers have flattened out or declined in several major cities, including New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia and Baltimore.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Trump administration invokes state secrets privilege in deportations case and refuses to give judge additional information

The declaration comes as U.S. District Judge James Boasberg weighs whether the government defied his order to turn around planes carrying migrants after he blocked deportations of people alleged to be gang members without due process.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Brazil's Supreme Court votes to put Bolsonaro on trial for alleged coup attempt

A panel of justices on Brazil's Supreme Court has accepted charges against former president Jair Bolsonaro over an alleged attempt to stay in office after his 2022 election defeat, and they have ordered the former leader to stand trial.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

'Get out, Hamas': Hundreds protest against group's rule over Gaza, call for end to war with Israel

Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets in Gaza on Wednesdayto demand an end towarand chanting 'Hamas out,' in a rare public show of opposition to the militant group a week after Israel resumed its bombardment on the war-torn territory.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Russia convicts members of Ukraine's Azov regiment on terrorism charges

A Russian military court on Wednesday handed down long prison sentences to 12 members of Ukraine's Azov regiment, which led the defence of the city of Mariupol in the early months of the war and is designated as a "terrorist organization" by Russia.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Trump could be pushing South Africa closer to ChinaΒ 

On Feb. 7, Trump issued theexecutive orderβ€œAddressing Egregious Actions of the Republic of South Africa.”

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Congress continues to seek answers on UFOs

UFO whistleblower David Grusch will be advising Missouri Rep. Eric Burlison on the issue.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

'Like a forest fire': Where large measles outbreaks will occur, according to an epidemiologist

"What is interesting about this current outbreak is the speed at which it's expanding and increasing," said Dr. William Moss, an epidemiology professor at the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and director of the school's International Vaccine Access Center.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Study links Wegovy to increased hair loss risk

Researchers assessed data from 16 million patients from 2006 to 2020 taking semaglutide-based drugs; the active ingredient in Wegovy.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

The Paul Weiss settlement is a disgrace

If a major, powerful and talented firm cannot fight Trump, with the law entirely on its side, it sets a terrible precedent that resistance is futile.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

How Trump is finding workarounds to legal hurdles

There’s a theme emerging in the Trump administration’s battles in courtrooms across the country contesting an array of executive actions facing litigation. As the saying goes, if you can’t go under or over β€” go around. As judges issue injunctions blocking particular executive orders or policies, the administration has returned to court with a new...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Helicopter pilot fighting blaze among 24 killed in South Korea wildfires

The death toll in the wildfires raging across South Korea's southeastern region rose to 24 and the pilot of a firefighting helicopter was killed when the aircraft crashed on Wednesday, as the country battles some of its worst forest fires in decades.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Waltz: 'We made a mistake. We're moving forward'

National security adviser Mike Waltz acknowledged Tuesday evening that messages discussing an attack on Houthi rebels in Yemen that were reportedly leaked in a Signal chat with The Atlantic's editor in chief were "a mistake." β€œWe made a mistake, we’re moving forward, and we’re gonna continue to knock it out of the park for this...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump is a defining issue at home and abroad

President Trump's actions have united Canadians against him, leading to a significant shift in support for the Liberal Party over the Conservative Party in the polls.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Detainees say Israel β€” told to fix notorious Sde Teiman prison β€” just relocated alleged abuses

Under pressure from Israel's top court to improve conditions at a facility notorious for mistreating Palestinians seized in Gaza, the military transferred hundreds of detainees to newly opened camps. But abuses at these camps were just as bad, according to Israeli human rights organizations.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Trump is reversing Nixon’s strategy to split China from Russia

The opening that Donald Trump sees is the one Richard Nixon saw half a century ago.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Trump administration overlooks online fraud amid tariff focus

The Trump administration has been focused on trade and military alliances, but has neglected a more 21st century form of theft, such as international online fraud, which has resulted in over $12.5 billion in losses for Americans.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Morning Report β€” Signal leak roils Washington

In today’s issue: Administration officials scrambled to provide answers Tuesday to explain how high-ranking Cabinet officials ended up discussing plans for military strikes in a text thread on an unsecured chat app that included a journalist. Multiple members of Trump's national security team are heading back to Capitol Hill today where they are set to...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Conservatives embrace Tesla as liberals ditch Elon Musk

Conservatives are rallying around Tesla while liberals ditch or distance themselves from Elon Musk’s electric vehicles (EVs) in a surprising about-face for a company whose fate is deeply tied to the politics of sustainability and climate issues. Republicans, who have long eschewed electric vehicles and the movement away from fossil fuels, have come to Tesla’s defense...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Stephen Miller: From behind the scenes to center stage

Stephen Miller has solidified himself as one of the most influential figures in Trump World, and is increasingly being seen in front of the camera in addition to his work behind the scenes. Miller, who was instrumental in the first Trump administration as a speechwriter and policy adviser on immigration, has elevated his profile during...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Fired Education staffers say department doomed to fall short of its legal obligations

Amid the chaos at the shrinking and endangered Department of Education, multiple former staffers tell The Hill the recent layoffs were disorganized and heartbreaking, but they are most concerned the agency will no longer be able to fulfill its obligations to students and schools. The Department of Education has gone from more than 4,000...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Sherrod Brown keeps Democrats on their toes in Ohio

All eyes are on former Sen. Sherrod Brown (D) in Ohio to see whether he decides to attempt a comeback with one of the two major statewide races in the Buckeye State next year. Following his loss to Sen. Bernie Moreno (R) in November, Brown did not rule out running for Senate again with a...

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: The Hill favicon The Hill

Student and U.S. permanent resident can't be detained by immigration officials for now: judge

A Korean American Columbia University student, who is a legal permanent U.S. resident and has participated in pro-Palestinian protests, cannot be detained by federal immigration officials for now as she fights the Trump administration over attempts to deport her, a judge ruled on Tuesday.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

A closer look at who relies on Medicaid

According to health policy experts, there may not be a way to fund the tax cuts proposed by House Republicans without cutting Medicaid.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

NASA scrubs promise to land first woman, first person of colour on the moon from web pages

U.S. President Donald Trump'scampaign to eliminate diversity efforts and language fromgovernment organizations has officially reached the moon, with NASA erasingreferences to its promise to land the first woman and first person of colour on there from several of its web pages.

Published on: March 26, 2025 | Source: CBC News - Canada favicon CBC News - Canada

Republicans consider action against judges as Trump rails against court rulings

They have proposals to limit the reach of its rulings, cut funding and even impeach judges. House GOP leaders say all options are under consideration as they rush to rein in judges who are halting President Donald Trump's actions at a rapid pace.

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Democrats grill Trump officials on why they used a commercial app to discuss war plans

A typically ordinary Senate hearing on threats to the U.S. became contentious following news of a major national security breach. Jeffrey Goldberg, the editor-in-chief of The Atlantic, revealed Monday that he was accidentally put into a chat on Signal with top officials as they discussed military strikes in Yemen. Two of those officials testified in the Senate hearing. Lisa Desjardins reports.

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

Vance to join wife for Greenland trip on Friday, suggests global security at stake

Vance says in a video posted Tuesday to social media: "We're going to check out how things are going there.

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour

News Wrap: Ukraine and Russia reach agreement on safe navigation of Black Sea

In our news wrap Tuesday, Ukraine and Russia say they've reached an agreement to ensure safe navigation in the Black Sea and to take steps toward a limited ceasefire, the Oscar-winning Palestinian director of the documentary "No Other Land" was released by Israeli authorities a day after soldiers detained him in the occupied West Bank and the Unification Church was ordered to dissolve in Japan.

Published on: March 25, 2025 | Source: PBS NewsHour favicon PBS NewsHour