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March 26, 2026 at 12:16 PM

Musk's lawyer says jury 'mocked' court with $4.20 verdict in blue ink

Kurt 'CyberGuy' Knutsson joined 'Fox & Friends First' to discuss the significance of the Tesla pay package and what it could mean for the tech mogul. Elon Musk’s attorney isurging a federal judge to scrutinize a recent jury verdict that found Musk liable for misleading investors, arguing that the panel’s decision was compromised by bias and even "mocked" the judicial process. Musk came into this trial concerned that he could not have a fair trial decided by an impartial jury, that he would bedeprived of the counsel of his choice,and that he could not present the full testimony of one of the key witnesses to his defense," Musk's lawyer, Alex Spiro, wrote in a letter sent to U.S. Breyer, the judge presiding over the case. "Unfortunately, and as evidenced by the record and expressed on the jury’s verdict form, each of those fears were realized." A jury this month found Musk had misled investors in his 2022 effort to purchase Twitter — now known as 'X' — in a lawsuit that focused on allegations that he had misrepresented impacted stock prices. Spiro argued that the jury’s conduct raises "a serious issue" about whether Musk received a fair trial — citing what he described as a deliberate and symbolic use of the number 420 — one that he argued has been long associated with Musk — in the verdict form.

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New York Times lean left
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After Wooing Trump With Deals, Pakistan Gets a Seat at the Table

Steve Witkoff, a diplomatic envoy, announced an agreement that could raze a Pakistan-owned Manhattan hotel. Now the country is involved in peace talks with Iran.

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NBC News lean left
March 26, 2026 at 05:41 PM

Trump says Iran let Pakistani boats through the Strait of Hormuz as a 'present'

Iran did not immediately confirm or deny the death of Alireza Tangsiri, who Israel said oversaw the blocking of the crucial Strait of Hormuz oil trade route. Images of the aftermath of Israeli attacks on Beirut and southern Lebanon show mass destruction and displaced Lebanese people forced to shelter in the streets. Two men walk in front of the aftermath of an IDF strike in the area of Dahiye, Beirut yesterday.Adri Salido / Getty Images Members of a family, who fled Israeli strikes in southern Lebanon, sit around a bonfire outside a tent used as a shelter in Beirut early today.Emilio Morenatti / AP A man with his wife, displaced from the suburb Dahiyeh, shelter from the rain inside a tent along the coast in Beirut today.Emilio Morenatti / AP A woman takes the stairs on a destroyed building that was hit in an Israeli airstrike in the southern port city of Tyre today.Hussein Malla / AP The Iran war is causing “significant damage” to global production and supply chains, Russian President Vladimir Putin has warned, saying there are assessments that it could be as serious as the Covid-19 pandemic. Speaking at the annual Congress of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs earlier today, Putin said the consequences of the conflict in the Middle East are difficult to accurately predict. “I believe those involved in the conflict themselves can't predict anything, but for us, it’s even more difficult,” he said. “The armed conflict in the Middle East is making an increasingly significant contribution to the current situation and causing significant damage to international logistics, production, and supply chains,” the Russian leader said.

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CNN lean left
March 26, 2026 at 12:03 PM

Guthrie disappearance

Savannah Guthrie said she believes her mother may have been abducted for ransom because of her fame, the “Today” show host said in her first interview since her mother’s disappearance nearly two months ago. Speaking to her NBC colleague and friend Hoda Kotb, Guthrie said her brother first raised the possibility that Nancy Guthrie was kidnapped for ransom. What?’ It sounds so – how dumb could I be but I just, I didn’t want to believe. I said, ‘Do you think because of me?’” Guthrie said. “He said, ‘I’m sorry sweetie, but yeah maybe.’ But I knew that. Honestly we don’t know anything.

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CNBC center
March 26, 2026 at 03:54 PM

Trump says Iran let 10 oil ships through Strait of Hormuz as 'present' to U.S.

Iranallowed 10oiltankers to pass through theStrait of Hormuzthis week as a "present" to theUnited States, PresidentDonald Trumpsaid Thursday. Iran made the gesture to show the U.S. "the fact that we're real and solid and we're there," Trump said during a Cabinet meeting. The comments provide an answer to questions raised two days earlier, when Trump first said Iran "gave us a present" related to oil and gas, without elaborating. Trump made the claim after insisting in the meeting the U.S has "very substantial talks going on with respect to Iran," even though Tehran has denied direct talks have taken place. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff, a top negotiator with Iran, said in the Cabinet meeting that the U.S.

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NPR lean left
March 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Health Reporting in the States

Big Sandy , in north-central Montana and home to nearly 800 people, is an isolated farming and ranching community about 80 miles from the nearest major town.Aaron Bolton/Montana Public Radiohide caption March 26, 2026 •States are rolling out plans for their share of a $50 billion fund established by Congress to improve rural health care. In some states, the money may provoke rural hospitals to cut services. Across the country, there are more than 2,500 crisis pregnancy centers where staff try to convince women not to have abortions and connect them with help. Here, former VP Mike Pence visits a a mobile ultrasound unit with Carolina Pregnancy Center director Alexia Newman in South Carolina in 2022.Meg Kinnard/APhide caption March 18, 2026 •The Alliance Defending Freedom is behind a legislation known as the CARE Act, moving through a number of statehouses. Other states are trying to crack down on crisis pregnancy centers, accusing them of deceptive practices. Demonstrators protest staffing cuts outside the Atlanta headquarters of the Centers For Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) on April 1, 2025.

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ABC News lean left
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Deserving veteran and family surprised with tickets to Phillies game

By clicking on these shopping links, visitors will leave Goodmorningamerica.com. These eCommerce sites are operated under different terms and privacy policies than Goodmorningamerica.com. ABC will receive a commission for purchases made through these links.

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CBS News lean left
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The Week in Politics

An amendment that would require voters to show photo identification to cast a ballot failed to advance in the Senate on Thursday. DOJ plans to turn over voter data it's collecting from states to DHS for use in immigration and criminal investigations, sources say. The Minnesota Secretary of State's Office has been ordered to turn over certain voter records. The Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, whose board is filled with the president's allies, announced Bill Maher will receive the prize in June. Justice Department lawyers said in the memo that it was a "regrettable error" to cite the memo in monthslong litigation. The Senate is holding a test vote on advancing a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.

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AP News center
March 26, 2026 at 04:41 PM

Dash Crofts of Seals & Crofts, known for hits ‘Summer Breeze’ and ‘Diamond Girl,’ dies at 87

NEW YORK (AP) — Singer-songwriter Darrell “Dash” Crofts, who teamed with childhood friend Jim Seals for such 1970s soft-rock hits as “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer,” has died. Crofts died Wednesday of heart failure at the Heart Hospital of Austin in Austin, Texas, said his daughter, Lua Crofts Faragher. She said her father had been suffering heart issues for several years and had been hospitalized for about a month. Seals and Crofts were native Texans who had known each other since high school and played together in various groups before becoming a duo, Seals & Crofts, in the late 1960s. Blending pop, country, folk and jazz, they were part of a wave of million-selling soft-rock (or “easy listening”) bands that included America, Bread and Loggins and Messina. “Summer Breeze,” “Diamond Girl” and “Get Closer” all reached the Top 10, while their other popular singles included “I’ll Play for You,” “Hummingbird” and “We May Never Pass This Way (Again).” The wide-eyed sentiments of the latter made it a favorite for high school yearbooks: “Life / So they say / Is but a game and they’d let it slip away / Love / Like the autumn sun / Should be dyin’ / But it’s only just begun.” Like many bands of the era, Seals & Crofts sang of love, peace, music and the natural world.

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TechCrunch center
March 26, 2026 at 10:22 AM

A major hacking tool has leaked online, putting millions of i Phones at risk. Here’s what you need to know.

Security news coverage encompasses investigative cybersecurity reporting and analysis on the latest security breaches, hacks and cyberattacks around the globe. Planning your next launch?TechCrunch Founder Summit 2026 delivers tactical playbooks and direct access to 1,000+ founders and investors who are building, backing, and closing. Google unveils TurboQuant, a new AI memory compression algorithm — and yes, the internet is calling it ‘Pied Piper’ Kentucky woman rejects $26M offer to turn her farm into a data center Someone has publicly leaked an exploit kit that can hack millions of iPhones Cursor admits its new coding model was built on top of Moonshot AI’s Kimi Delve accused of misleading customers with ‘fake compliance’ An exclusive tour of Amazon’s Trainium lab, the chip that’s won over Anthropic, OpenAI, even Apple Cyberattack on vehicle breathalyzer company leaves drivers stranded across the US

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BBC News center
March 26, 2026 at 12:56 PM

UK forecast to see biggest hit to growth from Iran war out of major economies

The UK is facing the biggest hit to growth from the Iran war out of the G20 major economies, according to an influential global policy group. Economic growth in the UK this year is forecast to be 0.7%, the Organisation of Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) said, down from its previous forecast of 1.2%. Inflation is also predicted to be higher than expected. The OECD has downgraded forecasts for many of the world's biggest economies due to the US-Israel war with Iran. A prolonged conflict could trigger "significant energy shortages" globally, it warned, while if the sharp rise in fertiliser prices is sustained crop yields will be impacted and food prices will soar next year. Wholesale oil and gas prices have soared since the war started, due to disrupted supply from the effective closure of the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world's busiest oil shipping channels, and damage to oil and gas plants in the Middle East.

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Al Jazeera lean left
March 26, 2026 at 12:00 AM

Trump: Iran ‘begging for a deal’; Tehran calls US plan ‘one-sided, unfair’

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The Verge lean left
March 26, 2026 at 05:30 PM

My brief, weird time with the Samsung Tri Fold

I’m starting to see why Samsung didn’t send me a TriFold to review. I’m starting to see why Samsung didn’t send me a TriFold to review. We had a strong case for getting a refund from the eBay seller — they’d claimed it was the version sold in Taiwan, but the phone that arrived at my doorcame with a Chinese serial number. That meant no Google services and lots of unfamiliar apps all requesting sensitive permissions. Better off just sending this one back and trying again to acquire the US version, I thought.Then Samsung discontinued it. Suddenly, the TriFold on my desk wasn’t just a funny thing that happened on the way to getting arealTriFold.

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New York Post lean right
March 26, 2026 at 01:56 PM

Uganda willing to fight in war alongside Israel, military chief says

Uganda’s military chief tweeted on Wednesday that his country is willing to go towar on Israel’s side. “We want thewar in the Middle East to endnow. But any talk of destroying or defeating Israel will bring us into the war. On the side of Israel!” wrote Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba, the chief of the Uganda People’s Defence Force and the son of the country’sPresident Yoweri Museveni. The tweet went viral, generating more than 1.3 million engagements on the social media platform as of Thursday morning.

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The Guardian lean left
March 26, 2026 at 02:00 PM

‘I preferred going back home’Immigrant trucker returns to war-torn Ukraine rather than risk ICE encounter

New federal restrictions threaten licenses for noncitizen truckers, including Ukrainians who fled Russia’s invasion Karina Krainova, who worked as a trucker in the US after fleeingRussia’s invasion of Ukraine, where she is from, rushed to the closest motor vehicle’s office last fall, just days after the US transportation departmenttightenedcommercial driver’s license requirements for immigrant drivers like her. She was already afraid of being deported back toUkraineas the war rages on. She had entered the United States legally in 2024 under aBiden administrationprogram that granted hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians a safe haven. But Krainova’s fortunes changed with Donald Trump’s second term as he made it harder for all immigrants to obtain and keep their licenses. Now, thousands arebraced for losingtheir licenses after new rules kicked in last week, according to adocumentby the transportation department. Krainova, 39, had already felt the blow.

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Axios center
March 26, 2026 at 05:01 PM

"War," "Excursion," "Operation": Trump's war on Iran semantics

President Trumpsaid Wednesday he won't call the conflict in Iran a "war" because "you are supposed to get approval,"suggesting the label itself could triggercongressional authoritythe administration says it doesn't need.The big picture:But the fiery operation has been widely characterized as a war (one that's cost hundreds oflivesand billions ofdollars), including by thepresidenthimself asrecentlyas Thursday.The comment is the latest example of the administration sending mixed signals about the U.S. goals and timeline of the war.Driving the news:"They say, 'if you use the word 'war', that's maybe not a good thing to do,'" he said at an event for House Republicans' campaign arm, instead calling the conflict a "military operation" and a "military decimation."But in that same speech, he used the word "war" to describethe military offensives in Venezuela and Iran, saying the Iran "war essentially ended a few days after we went in."During Monday remarks in Memphis, Trump said Democrats call it "a war," and "we call it a military operation."He also applauded his team's decision to rebrand the secretary ofdefenseto the secretary ofwar, saying "we like the sound of it better."Friction point:Behind the semantics scuffle is a broader debate over war powers playing out on the Hill.Congress has the sole power to declare war, but presidents haveinitiatedmilitary action without formal congressional approval — and have faced lawmakerpushbackfor doing so.The War Powers Resolution requires the president notify Congress within 48 hours of deploying troops without a declaration of war or other authorization. It generally limits unauthorized military action to 60 days.Lawmakers have tried,and so farfailed, to rein in Trump's ability to wage war with Iran.Trumphas saidthe "War Powers Act is Unconstitutional," and Vice President JD Vance haspaintedit as "fundamentally … fake."Zoom out:Press secretary Karoline Leavitt said Wednesday that a congressional authorization was unnecessary because "we're currently in major combat operations in Iran" on a four- to six-week timeline.House Speaker Mike Johnson has alsorejectedthe idea that the U.S. is at war, arguing the operation is narrowly tailored.Rep. Cory Mills (R-Fla.) argued on "CNN This Morning" Thursday that Operation Epic Fury is "not actually a war."But others have used the W-word. Nancy Mace (R-S.C.)wroteon X Wednesday, "The longer this war continues, the faster it will lose the support of Congress and the American people."Worth noting:Trump has used a number of words to describe the mission, including:"Major combat operations," as he said in avideoannouncing initial strikes;"A littleexcursion" as he told Fox News' Brian Kilmeade;"Both" an excursion and a war, or, "an excursion that will keep us out of a war," he said in response to a reporter inquiry earlier this month;"OUR HOSTILITIES [with Iran] IN THE MIDDLE EAST," as he wrote on Truth Social;A "war" that "has been won," as he said Tuesday, and that is "going great," as he toldAxios' Barak Ravid.The bottom line:Trump's war messaging has been fractured across his many public statements.Earlier this month, he told CBS News the war was "very complete." But on Wednesday, he wouldn't even call it a war.Go deeper:Trump's Iran war messaging is all over the map

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Ars Technica center
March 26, 2026 at 04:46 PM

Intel Core Ultra 270K and 250K Plus review: Conditionally great CPUs

Many of our graphics card reviews early last year and in the early 2020s focused on the difficulties of reviewing and recommending graphics cards when the manufacturer-suggested price points effectively didn’t exist. Now, reviews ofanynew PC component have to contend with the much more broadly awful market for consumer PC parts as AI data center-fueled demand for RAM and flash memory chips drives up prices for DDR5 kits, SSDs, and GPUs. In our August 2025 system guide, 32GB of DDR5 and a decent 2TB SSD would run you less than $200. Today, you’d pay between three and four times as much for similar components. This is the context that Intel’s Core Ultra 200S Plus chips—the $199 Core Ultra 5 250K Plus and $299 Core Ultra 7 270K Plus, still codenamed Arrow Lake just like the originals—have launched into. They’re solid performers, they’re reasonably power-efficient, and for heavy multi-threaded workloads, they’re a better value than what AMD can offer for the same price (though even years-old non-X3D AMD chips retain a small edge in games).

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Washington Examiner lean right
March 26, 2026 at 05:42 PM

Senate Democrats line up against photo ID in SAVE America Act vote

Senate Democrats voted in lockstep against a GOP proposal to require photo ID at the polls, the latest turn in adayslong debateover President Donald Trump’ssignature election bill. Republicans scheduled the Thursday vote as a “moment of truth” for Democrats who have previously expressed support for voter ID laws but oppose theSAVE America Act, which goes beyond an ID requirement and would impose restrictions Democrats claim amount to voter suppression. In a 53-47 vote, all Senate Democrats blocked the legislation, including centrist Sen. Fetterman previously indicated he would vote “yes” if the SAVE America Act was stripped down to a voter ID proposal. Isolating the voter ID provision reflected an attempt by Republicans to focus on the bill’s most popular provision, as upward of 80% of voters support the requirement in recent surveys. But Democrats in the lead-up to the vote argued that election lawsshould be left to the statesor otherwise accused Republicans of a disingenuous attempt to “cover up” the real intent behind the bill.

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Washington Post lean left
March 26, 2026 at 09:00 AM

After a decade as a Yale hospital janitor, she is now a doctor there

“I still can’t believe it,” said Shay Taylor-Allen, who landed a residency at Yale New Haven Hospital, where she was born and spent most of her adult life on the cleaning staff.

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Bloomberg lean left
March 26, 2026 at 05:43 PM

Warren Presses SEC on Venezuela Bond Trades Before Maduro Ouster

A pair of senators pressed the Securities and Exchange Commission and the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority about trading around the time of the US military action in Venezuela ousting President Nicolas Maduro.

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The Hill center
March 26, 2026 at 05:19 PM

Blanche boasts of having ‘cleaned house’ at DOJ, FBI following Trump prosecutions

Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche boasted Thursday about the number of firings at the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI, saying the administration had “cleaned house” by ousting a number of agents who worked on cases involving President Trump. Blanche, a former defense attorney for Trump, said the DOJ had seen the departure of 200…

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March 26, 2026 at 03:31 PM

In Defense of Beach Idiots

There is no great need to berate clueless adolescents for enjoying the tail end of their childhoods.

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Politico lean left
March 26, 2026 at 04:00 AM

Abigail Spanberger faces a national test with Virginia redistricting

Democrats are starting to worry they could lose the April special election, with the GOP seeing strong early voting turnout.

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