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Plot to firebomb Palestinian activist’s home disrupted by NYPD undercover operation

By JAKE OFFENHARTZ and MICHAEL R. SISAK
Mar 27, 2026 4:08 pm - A New Jersey man who planned to firebomb the home of a prominent Palestinian activist was arrested Thursday following a weekslong undercover operation led by the New York City Police Department, according to officials and court papers.
Trump signs executive action to pay TSA employees after Congress fails to agree on DHS funding

By LISA MASCARO, MARY CLARE JALONICK and KEVIN FREKING
Mar 27, 2026 1:48 pm - 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 nation’s top airports.
Trump administration opens investigations into race in admissions at 3 medical schools

Mar 26, 2026 7:09 pm - The Trump administration has opened investigations into how race is considered in admissions at three medical schools, ratcheting up its pressure campaign against colleges and universities.
How the war in Iran is landing with Republicans, according to a new AP-NORC poll

By MIKE CATALINI and LINLEY SANDERS
Mar 26, 2026 3:54 pm - It's costing more and more to gas up the hot rods that Donnie Beson has spent a lifetime tinkering with. He's not questioning his support for President Donald Trump, but he feels as if the war in Iran has distracted the Republican president from the issues that got him elected.
Nicolás Maduro's lawyer argues against US blocking funding for drug trafficking case defense

By MICHAEL R. SISAK, JENNIFER PELTZ and REGINA GARCIA CANO
Mar 26, 2026 11:45 am - NEW YORK — Former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were back in a New York courtroom Thursday as they seek to have their drug trafficking indictments thro...
Iran war deflects attention from Ukraine as an emboldened Russia starts spring offensive

By BARRY HATTON
Mar 26, 2026 8:59 am - The Iran war has deflected global attention from Russia’s all-out invasion of its neighbor Ukraine as Europe’s biggest conflict since World War II enters its fifth year and an emboldened Kremlin undertakes a spring offensive.
‘This is our fight’: Suburbanites embrace anti-Trump resistance ahead of No Kings protests

By STEVE PEOPLES
Mar 26, 2026 8:02 am - A growing faction of concerned citizens living in suburban communities across the United States — places once known for political moderation or even conservatism — are increasingly positioned on the front lines of the anti-Trump resistance.
Trump says he’ll sign order to pay TSA agents as Congress struggles to reach funding deal

By LISA MASCARO and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Mar 26, 2026 7:59 am - With pressure mounting, senators moved quickly Thursday to debate a “last and final” offer to end the funding impasse that has jammed airports and put the livelihoods of Transportation Security Administration workers in jeopardy as Republicans try to address Democratic demands for changes to President Donald Trump’s immigration enforcement changes.
Iran and the US harden their positions over talks to end the nearly month-old war

By JON GAMBRELL and DAVID RISING
Mar 26, 2026 7:56 am - Iran and the United States appeared at an impasse Thursday, hardening their positions over ceasefire talks and setting the stage for another potential escalation in the Middle East war as thousands more U.S. troops neared the region.Meanwhile, President Donald Trump extended his deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz to April 6, and Tehran tightened its grip on the crucial strait.
In Trump’s war messaging, veterans see something new — and disturbing

By Drew Harwell
Mar 25, 2026 7:55 pm - When the retired U.S. Army colonel Joe Buccino first saw White House posts mixing Iran war footage with clips from cartoons and video games, he felt something he had rarely experienced from American military messaging: disgust.

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