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March 17, 2026
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# Border / Immigration / ICE / Migrants / Gangs
Under outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, DHS has said it plans to use eminent domain to take Texans’ land if they don’t agree to voluntarily sell it for a border barrier system. More than $3 billion already awarded for border wall construction in Big Bend region
https://www.thecentersquare.com/texas/article_0606d148-c9be-4870-8669-d5a04b5fd47a.html
SCOTUS agrees to hear Trump admin’s bid to end Temporary Protected Status for Haitians, Syrians
https://www.ctpublic.org/2026-03-16/supreme-court-to-hear-expedited-arguments-on-protected-status-for-migrants
Trump team wants to make it easier for migrants to work on US farms – after targeting them in deportation raids
https://www.axios.com/2025/06/15/trump-backtrack-immigration-raids-business-agriculture
Trump team wants to make it easier for migrants to work on US farms – after targeting them in deportation raids. The Trump administration has quietly admitted in recent months its immigration crackdown was helping spark a farm labor shortage
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-immigrant-farm-worker-visa-b2938966.html
Enforcement is not punishment: ICE must stop treating immigrants like criminals
https://www.aol.com/articles/opinion-enforcement-not-punishment-ice-130000956.html
A Senate bill criminalizes sanctuary cities and diminishes states’ rights
https://thehill.com/opinion/immigration/5786501-sanctuary-cities-act-congress/
“They Aren’t Publishing the Data”: Trump Administration Accused of “Data Blackout” as Mass Deportation Numbers Stun Expert
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/n/19f6PojX?s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzM3MDAwOTM0MzM=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
Afghan dad who fought with US special forces dies after arrest by ICE agents in front of his kids. Mohammad Nazeer Paktiawal, seized by ICE agents outside his Richardson home last Friday morning, March 13 died Saturday morning.
https://www.houstonpublicmedia.org/articles/news/politics/immigration/2026/03/16/546199/afghanistan-asylum-seeker-dies-ice-custody-dallas/
# Economy / Finance / Trade / Banking / Taxes / IRS / Cryptocurrencies
Tricky negotiations begin Monday to renew a trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada
https://apnews.com/article/trump-usmca-mexico-canada-trade-tariffs-7a838812f96da25af9f7975461421ed2
States and small businesses challenging President Donald Trump’s latest global tariffs have asked a Manhattan trade court to immediately block or suspend the new import duties as their legal case proceeds.
https://www.politico.com/news/2026/03/15/trump-tariffs-legal-challenges-00828854
Watchdog warns of challenges as IRS handles first tax season after Trump staffing cuts, also reported that the tax agency has reversed some of its losses due to the deferred resignation program.
https://www.govexec.com/oversight/2026/03/watchdog-warns-challenges-irs-handles-first-tax-season-after-trump-staffing-cuts/412158/
Malaysia Becomes First Country To Declare US Trade Deal ‘Null And Void’ After Supreme Court Tariff Ruling. Malaysia voids US trade deal after court ruling on Trump tariffs. Here’s how it could hit US supply chains, costs, and strategic trade interests.
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/malaysia-becomes-first-country-declare-134407523.html
# Energy / Pipelines / Mining / Oil / Power Plants
“Freedom Is Not Free”: GOP Senator Roger Marshall Tells Americans to Suck Up Record Gas Prices as a Necessary “Sacrifice”
https://local.newsbreak.com/better-america-333211895/4541087400962-freedom-is-not-free-gop-senator-roger-marshall-tells-americans-to-suck-up-record-gas-prices-as-a-necessary-sacrifice
Cuba faces island-wide blackout as power grid fails. Cuba’s energy ministry said it was investigating a “complete disconnection” of the electrical grid, blaming a U.S. oil blockade for the country’s energy crisis.
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/cubas-national-electric-grid-collapses-says-grid-operator-2026-03-16/
Trump threatens to ‘take’ Cuba as island grapples with nationwide blackout. Cuba has not received oil shipments since early January amid US pressure, worsening the humanitarian crisis on the island.
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/3/16/cuba-electric-grid-collapses-amid-us-oil-blockade-causing-national-blackout
# Environment / Climate / Infrastructure / EPA / BLM / Public Lands
Epic CEO and billionaire Tim Sweeney has been using some of his cash to buy up 50,000 acres of forest so it can’t be flattened. And made the “largest private land donation in North Carolina history.”
https://www.pcgamer.com/gaming-industry/epic-ceo-and-billionaire-tim-sweeney-has-been-using-some-of-his-cash-to-buy-up-50-000-acres-of-forest-so-it-cant-be-flattened/
# Food / Farming / Agriculture / SNAP [Food Stamps] / FDA / USDA
Officials issue warning as US region becomes infested with harmful, crop-destroying creatures. The spread of these pests can have severe impacts.
https://www.thecooldown.com/outdoors/spotted-lanternfly-massachusetts-bridgewater/
# General News
He Drove His New Truck for 10 Days. Then Police Rammed It and Handcuffed Him Over a Dealership Error. On June 21, 2025, a routine trip to a car dealership turned into a legal nightmare that would later spark a lawsuit and raise serious questions about dealership errors and police conduct.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/drove-truck-10-days-then-180013543.html
# General News / Epstein / Maxwell
Bank of America’s Epstein Settlement Just Shut Down a Deposition That Could’ve Rocked Wall Street
https://www.businessinsider.com/jeffrey-epstein-victim-lawsuit-bank-of-america-settlement-2026-3
Top Iranian Official says ‘members of Epstein’s network’ planning false flag attack ‘similar to 9/11’ to blame Tehran
https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/israel-iran-war-iran-warns-of-9-11style-falseflag-plot-by-epstein-network-11218837
# Gov / Politics
Trump teases potential statehood for Venezuela after baseball win: ‘STATEHOOD, #51, ANYONE?’
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-statehood-another-country_n_69b8eb85e4b07119c0bd5c73/amp
Trump snubs Zelensky’s offer to help US with drone tech and lashes out at him for not making deal with Putin. Trump once again blames Ukraine president for prolonging war by refusing to accept Russia’s demands
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/zelensky-trump-iran-drones-ukraine-russia-peace-b2939105.html
Trump could snub China over Strait of Hormuz, but Xi Jinping has the ultimate checkmate. Tensions are high — and oil is at the center.
https://wegotthiscovered.com/politics/trump-could-snub-china-over-strait-of-hormuz-but-xi-jinping-has-the-ultimate-checkmate/
WOW! Even OBAMA’S DHS Secretary is calling on Democrats to cut their BS and fund DHS NOW.” We are in a heightened threat environment! Bottom line to all of this: Congress needs to fund the department that exists to ensure homeland security.”
https://www.newsbreakapp.com/videos/19ePsE2Z?ctype=native_video&s=a3&share_destination_id=MjUxNTI2Njg4LTE3NzM3MDM5NzEzMTQ=&pd=0H1Na41Y&hl=en_US
Trump’s Son-In-Law, Jared Kushner, Solicits $5 Billion From Foreign Governments For His Investment Firm While Acting As U.S. Middle East Negotiator
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/business/jared-kushner-affinity-mideast-funds.html
Trump pick to replace Kristi Noem bought Chevron stock days before Trump’s Venezuela attack
https://www.aol.com/articles/trump-pick-replace-kristi-noem-142924689.html
Donald Trump pulls his top general into the Oval Office over the Strait of Hormuz – the answer left him with zero good options. The president was apparently fed up with his handpicked general for not having a magic solution.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump-frustrated-with-favorite-general-over-consequences-of-his-own-actions/
Donald Trump wants allies to help him out in the Strait of Hormuz, but what he’s getting instead may be the sharpest betrayal yet
https://wegotthiscovered.com/news/donald-trump-wants-allies-to-help-him-out-in-the-strait-of-hormuz-but-what-hes-getting-instead-may-be-the-sharpest-betrayal-yet/
Trump upset as US partners reject call for Hormuz warship escorts
https://www.reuters.com/business/energy/trump-demands-others-help-secure-strait-hormuz-japan-australia-say-no-plans-send-2026-03-16/#:~:text=Summary,since%20he%20returned%20to%20office
Trump called it ‘appropriate’ to fundraise off fallen soldiers’ coffins, then went after the reporter who had the audacity to ask him about it
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/donald-trump-lashes-out-reporter_n_69b79873e4b0fa6e898047da
Trump on Iran War — “Maybe We Shouldn’t Even Be There at All… It’s Almost Like We Do It for Habit”
https://truthout.org/articles/as-us-bombards-iran-trump-opines-maybe-we-shouldnt-even-be-there-at-all/#:~:text=%E2%80%9CWe%20don’t%20need%20it,Instagram
Trump’s inner circle showing ‘buyer’s remorse’ over Iran war and fear president was ‘high on his own supply,’ report says. Donald Trump’s advisers can’t make up their minds over how long to let the war drag on.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207740/donald-trump-inner-circle-iran-war
Trump administration reportedly set to be paid $10bn for brokering TikTok deal. Exceptionally rare ‘fee’ to be paid by investors who took control of US operations from Chinese parent company
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/14/tiktok-trump-administration-10bn
Trump horrifies Johnson by revealing terminally ill congressman was told he’d be ‘dead by June’
https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2026/03/16/congress/neal-dunn-health-trump-update-00829874
# Gov / Politics / Global
Britain had meltdown when China hacked voter files, but U.S. intel kept it secret in America. Hidden from lawmakers, new evidence emerges that the Biden White House knew that China accessed voter registration data as far back as 2020. But as a vote comes up on election security laws, legislators have been kept in the dark.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/us-intel-has-known-2020-china-gained-access-us-voter-files-memos-show
With the US pressuring Cuba, a Castro known as ‘the Crab’ is making appearances. Here’s why it matter
https://www.cnn.com/2026/03/14/americas/cuba-raul-castro-raulito-latam-intl
El Salvador forcibly disappearing nationals deported from the US, rights group says. Disclose Their Whereabouts; Take Them Before a Judge
https://www.hrw.org/news/2026/03/16/us/el-salvador-deportees-forcibly-disappeared
# Media / Press / Mail / Radio / TV
Media clash escalates as FCC chair threatens broadcast licenses. Federal Communications Commission chair Brendan Carr took to social media Saturday evening threatening to revoke FCC licenses over Iran war coverage. Senator Ron Johnson pushes back, saying he’s not in favor of government meddling in freedom of speech
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/15/fcc-chair-broadcasters-license-iran-war
‘Shh, you’re very obnoxious’: Trump targets another woman reporter with cranky response to Iran war questions. President Trump told a male reporter than he was ‘much better’ than the female reporter
https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/us-politics/donald-trump-iran-war-dead-soldiers-b2939177.html
# Medicare / Medicaid / Disability Benefits / Health and Human Services [HHS]
Seniors Overpaid Medicare Premiums By $13.4B In 2025. That’s About $212 For Every Enrollee, Joint Economic Committee Estimates
https://www.aol.com/articles/seniors-overpaid-medicare-premiums-13-183044897.html
# Medical / Science / Research / Nursing / Biologicals / Pharmaceutical / Chemistry
Federal judge blocks RFK Jr’s vaccine policies, including changes to childhood immunization schedule. Unprecedented changes to routine US immunization recommendations ‘arbitrary and capricious’, court says
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/16/judge-blocks-rfk-jr-vaccine-policy-changes
Study Shows State-Sanctioned Scalpels: Florida Courts Order Forced C-Sections On Laboring Women As Hospitals Invoke ‘Fetal Rights’: Florida has gone further than other states to guarantee medical freedom for those who decline vaccines, but it also has restricted the medical freedom of pregnant women.
https://www.propublica.org/article/florida-court-ordered-c-sections
# Military / Department of Defense [DOD]
Congress zeroes in on pilots from ‘foreign adversary’ nations training in U.S: The evidence suggests that China’s aviation industry, both civilian and military, is hungry for Western expertise.
https://justthenews.com/government/security/congress-zeroes-pilots-foreign-adversary-nations-training-us
Trump warned NATO of a ‘very bad future’ if they won’t help reopen the Strait of Hormuz, but military experts say every option is a losing one
https://time.com/article/2026/03/16/strait-of-hormuz-international-responses-starmer-uk-trump-threatens-nato/
Top admiral says US forces are hitting more than Iranian warships. They’re destroying mines, drone boats, and torpedoes too
https://www.businessinsider.com/us-forces-hitting-more-than-iran-warships-mines-drones-torpedoes-2026-3
# Military / Global
Iran’s Hormuz blockade is its most powerful card against Trump and Israel. It won’t back down easily. By imposing massive costs on the global economy, the Iranian government hopes to cause the US to back down
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/mar/16/iran-strait-of-hormuz-blockade-trump-israel
As India seeks Hormuz safe passage, Tehran asks for return of seized tankers, sources say
https://www.tribuneindia.com/news/gulf/iran-asks-india-to-release-3-seized-tankers-in-exchange-for-passage-of-indian-ships-report
# Security / DHS / Surveillance / Cybersecurity / Spyware / Secret Service
Joe Kent resigns from National Counterterrorism Center, citing opposition to Iran War
https://justthenews.com/government/security/joe-kent-resigns-national-counterterrorism-center-citing-opposition-iran-war
# Sports
A global anti-doping agency is drafting a rule to bar Trump from the LA Olympics he is hosting, and it all traces back to $7 million in unpaid bills
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/wada-trump-olympics-ban_n_69b791fee4b0e8cdfdd2ea43
# Transportation / Trucking
The Trump administration’s anti-immigration push has spread to a new arena: the open road. Under a rule imposed by the Department of Transportation, about 200,000 immigrant truck drivers — virtually all of them in the U.S. legally — have begun to lose their commercial driver’s licenses.
https://www.jalopnik.com/2124697/immigrant-truck-drivers-losing-cdls-expensive/
# Water / Lakes / Oceans / Rivers
US Cities Face Water Stress Amid Crumbling Infrastructure. US lakes are vanishing due to groundwater pumping, not just drought. 41 lakes disappeared in 20 years, impacting cities & agriculture.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S3Z4_iaUq-U
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