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American journalist Shelly Kittleson kidnapped in Baghdad

By Scott Nover and Mustafa Salim
Mar 31, 2026 5:43 pm - An American journalist has been kidnapped in Baghdad, U.S. and Iraqi authorities said Tuesday.The journalist, identified as Shelly Kittleson by outlets for which she has written, has reported extensively from the Middle East as a freelance contributor to Al-Monitor, Foreign Policy, Politico and the BBC.
Here’s a look at birthright citizenship, and how the world sees it, as Supreme Court case looms

By TIM SULLIVAN
Mar 31, 2026 3:55 pm - The Supreme Court is once again hearing arguments on whether President Donald Trump can deny citizenship to children born to parents who are in the United States illegally or temporarily.
Judge orders Trump administration to halt White House ballroom construction unless Congress OKs it

By MICHAEL KUNZELMAN
Mar 31, 2026 2:18 pm - A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million ballroom where it demolished the East Wing of the White House.
Tiger Woods says he'll seek treatment after pleading not guilty to DUI

By MIKE SCHNEIDER
Mar 31, 2026 10:11 am - Tiger Woods said Tuesday he is stepping away to seek treatment, four days after his vehicle crashed in Florida and he was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence. He will miss the Masters for the second straight year.
Supreme Court rules against Colorado ban on ‘conversion therapy’ for LGBTQ kids

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST
Mar 31, 2026 9:58 am - The Supreme Court on Tuesday ruled against a law banning “conversion therapy” for LGBTQ+ kids in Colorado, one of about two dozen states that ban the discredited practice.
Trump’s go-to moves to influence the markets are increasingly falling flat as the Iran war drags on

By JOSH BOAK and FATIMA HUSSEIN
Mar 31, 2026 9:19 am - As the Iran war intensifies, President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets — trying to keep oil prices from exploding upward, stocks from cratering and interest rates from surging.
Federal ‘God squad’ exempts oil and gas drilling in the Gulf from endangered species rules

By MATTHEW BROWN
Mar 31, 2026 9:13 am - A U.S. government panel on Tuesday exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists' lawsuits against the industry threatened to hobble the nation's energy supply.
Seizing Kharg Island would risk US troops’ lives and may not end Iran war, experts say

By BEN FINLEY and SAM METZ
Mar 31, 2026 8:58 am - President Donald Trump is threatening to deploy ground troops to seize critical oil infrastructure on Iran's Kharg Island, a military gambit that experts say would risk American lives and could still fail to end the war.
NASA is shooting for the moon. A guide to the Artemis II mission

By MARCIA DUNN
Mar 31, 2026 8:31 am - In a throwback to Apollo, NASA’s Artemis II mission will send four astronauts on a lunar fly-around. They’ll hurtle several thousand miles beyond the moon, hang a U-turn and then come straight back.
Inflation increases to 2.5% in Europe as Iran war boosts energy prices

By DAVID McHUGH
Mar 31, 2026 8:14 am - Europe's inflation rate rose to 2.5% in March as the Iran war sent fuel prices sharply higher, official figures showed Tuesday. And that is leading analysts to pencil in interest rate increases by the European Central Bank later this year.

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