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Trump threatens to deploy ICE to airports as TSA shortages drive delays

By Emily Davies
Mar 21, 2026 6:46 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday threatened to send U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents to airports unless congressional Democrats agree to a GOP-backed funding deal, escalating a standoff that has already slowed security lines at airports nationwide.
Underground Railroad museum says Trump administration cut funds over race

By Gregory S. Schneider
Mar 21, 2026 3:24 pm - An Underground Railroad museum in Albany, N.Y., is suing the Trump administration over a federal grant that it says was canceled on the basis of race, arguing that the president’s broad anti-diversity crusade violates constitutional protections against discrimination.
Tens of thousands of protesters rally in Prague against new government of Czech prime minister Babiš

By KAREL JANICEK
Mar 21, 2026 3:11 pm - Tens of thousands of people protested in Prague on Saturday against the policies and plans of the new Czech government led by populist Prime Minister Andrej Babiš.
It’s not just vaccines — parents are refusing other routine preventive care for newborns

By LAURA UNGAR
Mar 21, 2026 3:06 pm - One day at an Idaho hospital, half the newborns Dr. Tom Patterson saw didn’t get the vitamin K shots that have been given to babies for decades to prevent potentially deadly bleeding. On another recent day, more than a quarter didn’t get the shot. Their parents wouldn’t allow it.
Chicago Transit Authority lawsuit targets federal construction funding halted last fall

By JOHN O'CONNOR
Mar 21, 2026 1:28 pm - The Chicago Transit Authority on Friday filed a federal lawsuit seeking restoration of $2 billion in commuter rail expansion funding that President Donald Trump's administration stopped last fall.
Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, who transformed bureau into counterterrorism force after 9/11, dies at 81

By ERIC TUCKER
Mar 21, 2026 12:58 pm - Robert S. Mueller III, the FBI director who transformed the nation's premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and who later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump's presidential campaign, has died. He was 81.
Airport screeners quitting instead of working without pay poses a longer-term problem for TSA

By RIO YAMAT
Mar 20, 2026 3:33 pm - Eviction notices. Vehicle repossessions. Empty refrigerators and overdrawn bank accounts. According to union leaders and federal officials, these are among the mounting f...
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.

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