LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being branded security risks if they seek information not authorized for public release. AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump’s administration has denied that characterization and said the policy is reasonable and necessary to protect the military. Of the 56 news outlets in the Pentagon Press Association, only one agreed to sign an acknowledgment of the new policy, according to the Times’ lawsuit. Justice Department lawyers acknowledged the policy was partly subjective but said press credentialing decisions were still governed by neutral, objective criteria. The policy change was criticized by journalism advocates, who called it another attack on the free press by Trump and his administration.

Chuck Norris, veteran, martial arts world champion, action hero and early 2000s Internet meme inspiration, whose rugged demeanor was immortalized on hit show “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died. He won new fans with his long-running series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which ran from 1993 to 2001. In the show, Norris played Cordell Walker, a veteran Texas Ranger who fights crime in Dallas and throughout the Lone Star State. Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker in "Walker, Texas Ranger." “A kid from Brown University started sending these Chuck Norris facts around via e-mail,” Norris told Time in 2008.

Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Paramount wants to wrap up its Warner merger by September — a rapid timetable. “They also go to editorial independence of two of America’s most significant news organizations, CNN and CBS News.”Hollywood Inc. Why Paramount was determined to buy Warner Bros. Paramount Chairman David Ellison has vowed to “build a stronger Hollywood,” by increasing the creative output of the two legendary movie studios — Paramount and Warner Bros. — to 30 theatrical releases a year. Warner Bros., which owns such prominent franchises as “The Matrix,” Batman, Harry Potter, “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Friends,” has long been one of Hollywood’s most prolific studios.

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Attorney Nikolas De Bremaeker said the boy, Joseph Lodano Rodriguez, was "at risk every day that he is not getting his treatments." Thurmond showed a 40-second clip of Joseph and his family at a Colombian facility for the deaf. Joseph's only language is American Sign Language, Thurmond said. Like Joseph's mom, Lesly was just beginning to learn American Sign Language." The first hurdle if he ends up staying in Colombia, is that he and his mother will have to learn Colombian sign language, which differs from American sign language.

Across their dataset, the CEPR authors calculated that bondholders suffered average real losses of roughly 14% during the first four years of conflicts. “Whenever there is a major war, we observe a sharp decline in the bond performance — wars are always disaster times for bondholders,” they warned. '”AdvertisementA key factor in bond losses is inflation, according to CEPR, which said the cumulative rate averaged about 20% in the first four years of wars. Another reason bonds perform so poorly during wars is so-called financial repression, or government policies that curb borrowing costs by influencing financial markets. “Protecting taxpayers from large spending shocks may require shifting part of the burden onto bondholders through inflation or financial repression,” it said.

LOADING ERROR LOADINGRep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) proposed that Iranians should pay for President Donald Trump’s war with their country after the Defense Department asked for $200 billion to help bolster military operations. “I support the president. I support this action, but at the same time, we’ve got to pay for this,” Perry told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Thursday night. “So how is this going to be dealt with? I would actually like to see Iran pay for this, whether it’s 20 billion or 200 billion, whatever it is.”AdvertisementDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Thursday that the White House will seek a large sum of money to pay for the war, estimated at $200 billion, but said, “that number could move.”Hegseth added, “Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.

Investigating whether a novel is AI slop after printing and publishing it seems like a decidedly inefficient way to go about this sort of thing, does it not? There are certain things AI loves; is obsessed with; seemingly cannot break itself out of doing, any they’re all present in spades within the text of Shy Girl. The release of that video was effectively the culmination of what had already been months of niche literary communities openly interrogating whether the book was AI. In what world could the text of Shy Girl have passed through any review structure meant to discern AI writing, and not set off alarm bells? That publishers are increasingly deficient at pursuing their stated goal to preserve human writing in the professional “literary” world, and that more and more AI slop will slip through undetected?

Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, described the trials as a sham involving forced confessions and fast-tracked proceedings. The United States has previously said it was “deeply concerned” by reports about Mohammadi’s conviction, describing him as a wrestling champion. People gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9. Tehran’s calculus may have shifted because earlier US warnings about executions have lost deterrent value, according to Farahmand. Advertisement Advertisement“Now that the United States has already attacked, the regime no longer has any reason to hesitate in carrying out death sentences,” he said.

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LOADING ERROR LOADINGBOSTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its attacks on Harvard University on Friday, as it sued the Ivy League school to recover billions of dollars for allegedly failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students. AdvertisementThe Widener Library at Harvard University, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. The following month, the White House demanded $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles to resolve similar claims. The complaint said Harvard is set to receive more than $2.6 billion of taxpayer money from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alone. Last year, the administration canceled hundreds of research grants to Harvard researchers because the school allegedly failed to stop harassment of Jewish students on campus.

A favorite system among nonpartisan groups: ranked-choice voting. How the ranked-choice voting system worksIt’s a system already in place in states like Alaska and in several California cities, including Oakland, San Francisco and Redondo Beach. Here’s how it works: Instead of voting for one candidate, voters choose multiple candidates on their ballots, ranked in order of preference. Take the example of Alaska, where the top four candidates advance after the first round of voting and ranked-choice voting prevails in the second round. Gavin Newsom has not been a fan of ranked-choice voting.

Jenni Murray pictured in 2016 David Hartley/ShutterstockDame Jenni Murray, the veteran journalist best known as the longest-serving host of the BBC’s Woman’s Hour, has died at the age of 75. Advertisement“During her decades at Woman’s Hour, she helped shape the national conversation with intelligence, rigour and a remarkable ability to connect with audiences. She continued to work in journalism following her Woman’s Hour departure, writing for the likes of the Daily Mail and Saga magazine. Dame Jenni was, simply put, a broadcasting icon. “Throughout her three groundbreaking decades on Woman’s Hour, Jenni created a safe space for her audience thanks to her warmth, intelligence and courage.

A fresh wave of attacks began in Tehran as Iranians gathered to mark the Persian new year. Smoke and fire rise near the South Pars gas field following an attack, amid the US-Israeli war with Iran, in Bushehr Province, Iran, on March 18, 2026,. Khalil Ashawi/ReutersStrikes on Iran: As Iranians As Iranians gathered to mark the Persian new year on Friday, a fresh wave of attacks began in Tehran. The embassy has faced multiple rocket and drone attacks since the war began, with Iran-backed militias claiming responsibility. Clarification: This story has been updated to reflect that President Donald Trump may ask Congress for up to $200 billion to fund the Iran war.

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