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White House urges Congress to take a light touch on AI regulations in new legislative blueprint

By SEUNG MIN KIM and MATT O'BRIEN
Mar 20, 2026 3:24 pm - WASHINGTON — The White House said on Friday that Congress should “preempt state AI laws” that it views as too burdensome, laying out a broad framework for how it wants C...
Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA

By RIO YAMAT
Mar 20, 2026 2:35 pm - Eviction notices. Vehicle repossessions. Empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts. According to union leaders and federal officials, these are among the mounting f...
Trump administration sues Harvard, saying it violated civil rights law and seeking to recover funds

By MORIAH BALINGIT and MICHAEL CASEY
Mar 20, 2026 10:21 am - The Justice Department filed a new lawsuit Friday against Harvard University, saying its leadership failed to address antisemitism on campus, creating grounds for the government to freeze existing grants and seek repayment for grants already paid.
Ukraine is using its drone expertise to help 5 countries against Iran attacks, Zelenskyy says

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Mar 20, 2026 10:19 am - Ukrainian officials are helping five countries in the Middle East and Gulf region counter attacks on their territory by Iranian drones, while the United States and European countries are among others who have requested support, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Friday.
Iran threatens world tourism sites, as the US sends more Marines to the Middle East

By JON GAMBRELL, SAM MEDNICK and DAVID RISING
Mar 20, 2026 9:41 am - Iran threatened to target recreational and tourist sites worldwide and insisted it was still building missiles. Friday's show of defiance came nearly three weeks into U.S.-Israeli strikes that have killed a slew of Tehran’s top leaders and hammered its weapons and energy industries.
Brent crude briefly tops $119 per barrel, before receding, and shakes stock markets worldwide

By STAN CHOE
Mar 19, 2026 4:06 pm - A roller-coaster day for oil prices showed how they’re dictating where financial markets and maybe even the global economy are heading. Stocks tumbled in Europe and Asia when oil prices shot higher early on Thursday, but U.S. stocks pared their sharp losses as the day progressed and oil prices fell back.
U.S. mulls lifting oil sanctions on Iran as it hits key Gulf energy sites

Victoria Craw, Siham Shamalakh, Tara Copp, Evan Halper
Mar 19, 2026 3:57 pm - Oil and gas prices have surged as Iran intensified strikes on facilities across the Persian Gulf, prompting the Trump administration to consider lifting sanctions on mill...
Trade with Cuba collapses as Trump escalates pressure on Communist Party leadership

By JOSHUA GOODMAN
Mar 19, 2026 3:50 pm - MIAMI — The Cuban Communist Party has shown an astonishing resilience over six decades in power. Whether it's the United States trade embargo to counter Fidel Castro's 1...
Israel hits Tehran with airstrikes on Persian New York as war jolts energy markets

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING, MIKE CORDER and NATALIE MELZER
Mar 19, 2026 3:39 pm - DUBAI, United Arab Emirates — srael pounded Tehran with airstrikes Friday as Iranians marked Nowruz, or the Persian New Year, in the midst of a war that has sent shock wa...
RFK Jr. makes food sound like a miracle drug. Researchers say he often overstates the science.

By ALI SWENSON and JONEL ALECCIA
Mar 19, 2026 3:27 pm - In the Trump administration’s campaign to promote healthy eating, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has not stopped at his slogan urging people to “eat real food” to prevent disease.

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