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Missing sailboats carrying aid to Cuba arrive safely in Havana
Two sailboats carrying humanitarian aid from Mexico arrived safely in Havana on Saturday, Mexico’s navy said, concluding a journey in which the vessels were delayed by bad weather and briefly reported missing. Source link
U.S. judge halts construction of Trump's $400M White House ballroom
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend its construction of a $400 million US ballroom on the site where it demolished the East Wing of the White House, barring construction work from proceeding without congressional approval. Source link
LaGuardia air traffic control staffing might have violated procedures night of Air Canada collision
Air traffic controller staffing at LaGuardia airport on the night an Air Canada jet collided with a fire truck may have violated the facility’s procedures by combining roles before midnight, according to a document seen by Reuters. Source link
Judge permanently blocks Trump order to end funding for National Public Radio
A U.S. federal judge on Tuesday agreed to permanently block the Trump administration from implementing a presidential directive to end federal funding for National Public Radio and the Public Broadcasting Service. Source link
Trump officials exempt drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from endangered species act, putting rare whale at risk
The Trump administration has exempted oil and gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico from the Endangered Species Act after U.S. Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth said environmentalists’ lawsuits threatened to hobble domestic energy supplies as the U.S. wages war against Iran. Source link
Hegseth lifts U.S. Army's suspension of 2 military pilots after helicopters fly by Kid Rock's house
The U.S. Army pilots who hovered two helicopters near Kid Rock’s Tennessee home during a training run while he clapped and saluted have had their suspension lifted, War Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday. Source link
U.S. attacks Iranian nuclear site as Tehran strikes fully-loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker off Dubai coast
The United States hit the central Iranian city of Isfahan early Tuesday, sending a massive fireball into the sky, and Tehran struck a fully loaded Kuwaiti oil tanker in the Persian Gulf. Source link
Heat dome burns off mountain snow in western U.S., flashing warning for fire season
Mountains that normally see their peak snowpack in March are brown this year, thanks to a spring heat dome that baked western U.S. for much of the second half of the month. That’s raising alarm bells for the fire season that’s already ramping up. Source link
Trump is considering U.S. ground troops in Iran. Here are his options
As U.S. President Donald Trump considers ordering U.S. ground troops into Iran, military experts say trying to capture any of the most likely targets would pose a significant challenge. Source link
Man who crashed truck into Michigan synagogue inspired by Hezbollah, FBI says
A man who crashed his pickup truck into a Detroit-area synagogue earlier in March was carrying out an attack inspired by the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah and had sought to inflict as much damage as possible, the FBI said Monday. Source link