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Tuesday, March 24, 2026

• Senate confirms Trump's pick for new role of fraud enforcement at Justice Department
  The confirmation comes just days after the White House announced details of its own task force to pursue fraud in government programs.
  
• A professional cornhole player and quadruple amputee is arrested for murder
  Dayton Webber, 27, is accused of shooting a man in his car during an argument. He has shared his story of becoming a pro athlete after losing his arms and legs to a childhood bacterial infection.
  
• Airstrikes may have destroyed Iran's last F-14s, ending a long, strange saga
  The F-14 was made famous in Top Gun. The U.S. sold the planes to Iran in the 1970s, only for the two countries to become enemies. Iran kept its F-14s flying for decades in the face of U.S. sanctions.
  
• As parents age, their children face hard choices about when to take the car keys
  States have many policies to stop risky older drivers from renewing their licenses. But in practice, it's often adult children who must decide when to take the car keys away from an aging parent.
  
• ICE deployments created chaos for cities and cost them millions, NPR analysis finds
  Local leaders report already-strapped police departments racked up overtime bills in the millions while others report a multi-million dollar hit to business during the worst ICE surges.
  
• Relatives and advocates seek answers after Afghan asylum seeker dies in ICE custody
  Family members and U.S. veterans' advocates await answers about the death in ICE custody of an Afghan asylum seeker who aided U.S. Army Special Forces during the war in Afghanistan.
  
• NTSB investigating runway crash that killed 2 and hurt dozens at LaGuardia Airport
  Investigators are looking into what caused a runway collision between an Air Canada regional jet and a fire truck at LaGuardia Airport. Both pilots were killed and dozens of passengers were injured.
  
• Long security lines continue at some airports despite ICE agents' presence
  ICE agents have been deployed to help at airports around the country to shorten TSA wait times, but on their first day, airports remained busy with long lines.
  

Monday, March 23, 2026

• Trump administration places Christopher Columbus statue on White House grounds
  The Trump administration placed a statue of Christopher Columbus on the White House grounds. Some people are not happy about it.
  
• Iran war disrupts fertilizer exports just as U.S. farmers begin to plant crops
  Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike, just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.