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GOP calls to get undocumented children out of public schools grow

03/30/26 6:00 AM ET Republicans are ramping up talks of overturning Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court decision that gave children of people living in the country illegally rights to a free public education. The talks have stretched from Republican states such as Tennessee to the White House, accelerating an immigration crackdown in education under President Trump that began at U.S. universities with foreign students who struggled to get visas or were arrested for their political activism. ...

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Anonymous Artists Mock Trump With Giant Gold Toilet By Lincoln Memorial

Mar 30, 2026, 02:01 PM EDT | Updated 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON — Anyone visiting the Lincoln Memorial this week will get to see a brand-new monument right next to it: a gold toilet mounted on a 10-foot-tall marble throne, hailing President Donald Trump for making a bathroom renovation his top priority. Anonymous artists installed the faux marble structure early Monday morning to mock Trump for spending his time remodeling the Lincoln Bathroom at the White House instead of addressing pressing m ...

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'BABIES OF SLAVES!' Trump Drops Birthright Citizenship Rant Before 7AM on Monday

Mar 30th, 2026, 12:27 pm President Donald Trump dropped a birthright citizenship rant before 7 a.m. on Monday morning in which he argued that the provision was meant to protect the “BABIES OF SLAVES!” “Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America,” Trump wrote. “It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES!”. Trump continued: W ...

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Senators urge Trump administration to boost ethics training on insider trading

March 30, 2026, 6:00 AM EDT Over 40 Democrats in the U.S. House and Senate signed a letter to top administration regulators and ethics officials on Monday asking for governmentwide training on insider trading in prediction markets. The letter to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Office of Government Ethics comes after weeks of increasing scrutiny regarding potential insider trading by government employees using prediction markets like Polymarket and Kalshi. The letter highligh ...

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Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks

Experts say the law was written in such a way as to ensure that it was unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists who commit similar crimes. Israel’s Parliament passed a law on Monday that would allow the hanging of Palestinians convicted of deadly militant attacks, but critics say it will almost certainly not be applied to Jewish extremists convicted of similar crimes. The law is a victory for Israel’s far right and reflects the country’s shift to a harder line against Palestinians in the wa ...

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UMass Amherst National Poll: Trump Approval Now at 33%

(Zeteo) New polling shared exclusively with Zeteo demonstrates just how delusional our president really is: Only 33% of Americans approve of the job he is doing, and 62% disapprove, according to the UMass Amherst national poll. This figure may well represent the worst approval rating of Trump’s political career. The UMass poll finds broad opposition to Trump’s illegal and dangerous war in Iran: 29% say they approve of Trump’s military actions against Iran, while 54% disapprove. Outside of the war, which could get much worse at any moment, Trump’s approval on key issues ranges from bad to catastrophic.

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GOP weighs health care moves to pay for Iran war

(Axios) Republicans are considering reductions in federal health spending to help pay for a budget bill containing as much as $200 billion to fund the Iran war and immigration enforcement. New efforts to rein in health programs are sure to be controversial and open the GOP up to election-year attacks that they're cutting health care to pay for an unpopular war. Top House Republicans are looking at health care offsets addressing fraud in federal programs, as they did during last year's debate over the budget law that made deep cuts to federal Medicaid spending and imposed first-time work requirements.

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Photos show heavily damaged US radar jet at Saudi base

(BBC News) Verified pictures show a US command and control aircraft has been destroyed at an air base in Saudi Arabia. The pictures appear to have been first shared by a Facebook page carrying US military news. They show the E-3 Sentry aircraft appears to have been split in two. We've confirmed the photos were taken at the Prince Sultan air base about 100km (62 miles) south-east of the Saudi capital Riyadh. Features seen in the pictures, including pylons, storage units and markings on paved areas, matched with satellite imagery.

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Rep. Jim Himes accuses Trump of "flat-out lying" about negotiating with Iran

(CBS News) Democratic Rep. Jim Himes, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, on Sunday accused President Trump of "flat-out lying" about negotiating with Iran last week amid market turmoil and the ongoing war. "Last Sunday, he realized, 'I've got a financial cataclysm in the market,' so he just made that statement up," Himes said on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" after Brennan asked if he thought Mr. Trump hadn't been engaging in diplomacy because he hadn't been briefed as a member of Congress.

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Anger at Iran war is growing among 'more-right wing White House staffers,' insider claims

(The Independent) As the Iran war stretches into its second month, anger is mounting among some White House officials, according to a new report. Discontent over the Middle East conflict is concentrated among younger, “more-right wing” staffers, an unnamed source with knowledge of the matter told Politico. “They’re very frustrated,” the individual said. “They didn’t love the war to start with, and since it began, the constantly contradictory messaging from the president himself, is just brutal, brutal for staff to deal with and making their life really hard. He puts his people in a really tough position, especially people who are public-facing.”

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Nationwide General Strike Planned for May 1: No Kings Organizer

1 hr ago - "No work, no school, no shopping. We're going to show up and say we're putting workers over billionaires and kings." Ezra Levin, co-founder of Indivisible, said on Saturday that a nationwide general strike is being planned for May 1 that will be mode ... (Common Dreams)

Trump threatens to 'blow up' desalination plants in Iran if no deal reached

2 hrs ago - Donald Trump has renewed his threat to “blow up” a range of civilian infrastructure in Iran, including all of the country’s desalination plants, in a move that would threaten the water source for millions of people and that experts say ... (Aljazeera)

US says Trump 'interested' in asking Arab countries to pay for war on Iran

2 hrs ago - The White House has suggested that US President Donald Trump will ask Arab countries to cover the cost of the United States’ war against Iran, estimated to be in the tens of billions of dollars. Trump’s spokeswoman, Karoline Leavitt, was as ... (Aljazeera)

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco halts election fraud probe as legal challenges mount

2 hrs ago - Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco, a leading Republican candidate for governor, said Monday that he had paused his controversial investigation into unsubstantiated claims of election fraud, a probe that was facing mounting legal challenges and eth ... (LA Times)

Kelly criticizes Hegseth's invocation of religion in Iran war

3 hrs ago - 03/30/26 1:23 PM ET Sen. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) on Sunday criticized Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s invocation of religion in the war with Iran. Kelly, who is a retired naval officer, urged Pentagon leaders and fighters to be “merciful pe ... (The Hill)

Jan. 6 Capitol riot participants file lawsuit accusing police of excessive force

3 hrs ago - Posted 10:26 AM, Mar 30, 2026 Dozens of people who participated in the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol are suing the federal government, accusing responding officers of using excessive force. The class-action lawsuit, filed in federal court i ... (Scripps News)

US Defense Secretary Hegseth's broker looked to buy defense fund before Iran attack, FT reports

3 hrs ago - A broker for U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth attempted to make ​a big investment in major defense companies in ‌the weeks leading up to the U.S.-Israeli attack on Iran, the Financial Times reported on Monday, citing three people famili ... (Reuters)

'Way worse': Judge rips Pentagon's revised press policy

3 hrs ago - March 30, 2026 WASHINGTON (CN) — The New York Times urged a federal judge Monday to rebuke the Pentagon for quickly drafting a new press access policy that the newspaper argues revives a version he determined was clearly unconstitutional. On Ma ... (Courthouse News Service)

Trump rolls back pause on asylum decisions imposed after D.C. National Guard shooting

4 hrs ago - March 30, 2026 3:59 PM ET The Homeland Security Department has lifted its total ban on reviewing asylum applications, though the pause remains in effect for about 40 countries. The Trump administration in November paused the processing of some 4 mill ... (NPR)

US lawmakers press SEC's top official over enforcement director's exit

5 hrs ago - March 30, 2026 10:30 AM EDT Updated 4 hours ago NEW YORK/WASHINGTON, March 30 (Reuters) - Top U.S. Democratic Senators on Monday pressed Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman ​Paul Atkins for answers about the sudden departure of the agen ... (Reuters)

Then there were six: Leuschen drops out of NE-02 U.S. House Dem primary

5 hrs ago - By: Juan Salinas II - March 30, 2026 1:53 pm OMAHA — Omaha native James Leuschen is dropping his bid for the Democratic nomination in Nebraska’s 2nd Congressional District. Leuschen, an economic policy staffer for several members of Congres ... (Nebraska Examiner)

Army investigating video of Apache helicopter at Kid Rock's Nashville home

5 hrs ago - 03/30/2026 02:33 PM EDT The Army is investigating a video that appears to show an Apache attack helicopter flying low outside singer Kid Rock’s Nashville residence, a spokesperson confirmed. Two videos, posted by Kid Rock to social media on Satu ... (Politico)

Bluesky's new AI tool Attie is already the most blocked account other than J.D. Vance

5 hrs ago - Bluesky has launched an AI assistant called Attie that allows users to design their own social media algorithms and create custom feeds within the company’s AT Protocol ecosystem. And let’s just say the response has been heated. Attie debut ... (TechCrunch)

Anonymous Artists Mock Trump With Giant Gold Toilet By Lincoln Memorial

6 hrs ago - Mar 30, 2026, 02:01 PM EDT | Updated 38 minutes ago WASHINGTON — Anyone visiting the Lincoln Memorial this week will get to see a brand-new monument right next to it: a gold toilet mounted on a 10-foot-tall marble throne, hailing President Donal ... (Huff Post)

Exclusive: Federal prosecutors are exploring whether prediction market bets trip insider trading laws

6 hrs ago - Updated Mar 30, 2026, 2:30 PM ET PUBLISHED Mar 30, 2026, 2:15 PM ET Federal prosecutors in Manhattan are exploring whether certain lucrative bets placed on prediction markets have violated insider trading and other laws, multiple sources told CNN. Th ... (CNN Politics)

'BABIES OF SLAVES!' Trump Drops Birthright Citizenship Rant Before 7AM on Monday

7 hrs ago - Mar 30th, 2026, 12:27 pm President Donald Trump dropped a birthright citizenship rant before 7 a.m. on Monday morning in which he argued that the provision was meant to protect the “BABIES OF SLAVES!” “Birthright Citizenship is not ab ... (MEDIAite)

Israel Passes Law to Hang Palestinians Convicted of Deadly Attacks

7 hrs ago - Experts say the law was written in such a way as to ensure that it was unlikely to ever apply to Jewish extremists who commit similar crimes. Israel’s Parliament passed a law on Monday that would allow the hanging of Palestinians convicted of de ... (NY Times)

Student shoots a teacher and then fatally shoots himself at a Texas high school, authorities say

7 hrs ago - Updated 2:29 PM CDT, March 30, 2026 Leer en español BULVERDE, Texas (AP) — A 15-year-old student shot a teacher at a Texas high school and then fatally shot himself, authorities said Monday. No other injuries were reported in the shootin ... (AP)

Budget reconciliation bill to target 'fraud' in means-tested programs, chairman says

7 hrs ago - Posted March 30, 2026 at 5:51am House Budget Chairman Jodey C. Arrington offered details on what a budget reconciliation bill could look like Friday, outlining an agenda that includes targeting fraud in the earned income tax credit program and findin ... (Roll Call)

GOP calls to get undocumented children out of public schools grow

8 hrs ago - 03/30/26 6:00 AM ET Republicans are ramping up talks of overturning Plyler v. Doe, the Supreme Court decision that gave children of people living in the country illegally rights to a free public education. The talks have stretched from Republican s ... (The Hill)

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