BREAKING: A judge refused to block a Kansas law that invalidates the driver’s licenses of transgender people and allows trans people to be sued for using public restrooms. This isn't the final say, and we will keep fighting in court to stop this discriminatory law.

Trump pick for State Department drops out after drawing heat for comments about ‘white culture’

Party members decry 'disturbing' lack of clarity following latest classified briefing on war justification and aims.

“They’re using facial recognition, every advanced tool that they have to try and identify protesters and squash what we’re doing.” The DHS is using Mobile Fortify, an app that allows officers to photograph a person’s face and immediately query DHS databases for matches on protestors.

State investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests amid allegations that the property may have been used for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women. https://to.pbs.org/3OTnx89

The Trump administration has cut some funding for the needed work.

House Republicans prepare to sidestep Trump’s big 2026 demand

West Virginia can ban Medicaid coverage for gender-affirming surgery, US court rules reut.rs/3NjnJgd

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(Guardian) — Iran has spurned two messages from Donald Trump’s special envoy, Steve Witkoff, seeking a ceasefire as its leaders sense it is not losing the war and the US president is at the minimum feeling the political pressure. @theguardian.com www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m...

San Diego County filed a lawsuit in federal court Tuesday alleging the Trump administration illegally blocked a public health inspection of the Otay Mesa Detention Center. bit.ly/4dgj0Xb 📸 Adriana Heldiz

Meeting the post-9/11 demands of a military focus on the Middle East has cost Europe the tanks and heavy artillery it needs now, a new U.S. Army War College paper argues. From Stars' and Stripes John Vandiver:

Hereditary peers to lose their seats in the House of Lords

The grant marks a major turning point for the foundation, which will now be able to take on its largest singular project in its 37-year history.

The State Department has authorized the use of up to $40 million in emergency funds to pay for evacuation charter flights for Americans to leave the Middle East because of disruptions in transportation caused by the Iran war. https://to.pbs.org/4lpnVas

Daily Californian editor Ananya Rupanagunta has led the paper through a challenging year reporting on a university in Trump's crosshairs.

The rank-and-file career federal prosecutors at the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division who specialize in excessive force cases are not playing any role in the investigation into the shooting death of Alex Pretti by two federal agents www.cbsnews.com/news/doj-civ...

A federal judge in Ohio ruled that prediction market platform Kalshi must adhere to state regulations on gambling.

The State Dept. painted humanitarian aid cuts as a necessary “disruption.” For the World Food Program, that disruption meant telling 300,000 refugees half of them would receive a meager portion of rice, lentils and oil. The rest would get nothing. (Published Dec. 2025)

Exclusive: HSI, a branch of DHS that usually investigates drug cartels and human-trafficking networks, is probing the 2020 election results in Arizona, Yvonne Wingett Sanchez, Sarah Fitzpatrick, and Nick Miroff report: theatln.tc/yyuPzrHi

Welp. Today in embarrassing DOJ hearings ...

Does the Post have a history of (1) reporting on allegations of serious wrongdoing by a then-federal employee, yet (2) not naming the person accused because the Post has not "independently confirmed" the allegations, while nonetheless (3) allowing the unnamed person to deny the allegations?

DOJ says the judges — not internal friction or failed communication with ICE — are to blame for rulings that are exacerbating the strain. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

NEW: Judges livid over Trump administration defiance are increasingly taking pains to say they still trust and respect rank and file lawyers who appear in their court rooms. It's the DOJ and ICE leaders who they say are driving the rupture. www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

SCOOP: The FDA has said that it will consider authorizing e-cigarettes in flavors that appeal to adults -- coffees, teas, spices and mint. That would mean more authorized options beyond the illicit candy/fruity vapes. Public health officials are not pleased. www.nytimes.com/2026/03/09/h...

Since the American-Israeli attack on Iran began, at least 11 civilians have been killed in oil-rich Gulf countries. All but one of them were foreign nationals.

Mounting evidence shows that excessive computer use can harm children, so parents are cutting back at home. But some families are encountering an unexpected challenge as they try to rein in screen time: their children’s schools.

The price of gasoline in the U.S. rose again on Tuesday, to an average of $3.54 a gallon, according to new data. That’s a 19% increase since the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran.

In the days after President Trump launched U.S. forces in an attack against Iran, American support for the strikes is far lower than what it has been at the beginnings of previous foreign conflicts. See the polling here. nyti.ms/4sDoksm

The U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran has led to higher fuel prices, and the cost of operating a plane has sharply increased. For travelers, that likely means higher airline fares.

Democrats Sue to Find Out if Trump Will Send Armed Officers to Election Sites www.nytimes.com/2026/03/10/u...

Ok the protein-in-everything trend has officially peaked and begun a rapid downhill slide

COOK: “.. From stonewalling the release of the Epstein files, to downplaying the seriousness of the affordability crisis, to waging military action in Venezuela and Iran, the president has put the loyalty of his base through a series of political stress tests.” www.cookpolitical.com/analysis/nat...

George Michael: The Faith Tour will receive a global cinema release alongside previously unheard music from his Wham! and solo discographies

⚡️Russia denies sharing intelligence with Iran on U.S. military assets, Witkoff says Russia has denied allegations that it has shared intelligence with Iran on U.S. military assets in the Middle East, U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff said March 10.

I wonder how the data for unmarried couples compares

A Saudi Arabian arms company has signed a deal to buy Ukrainian-made interceptor missiles; Ukrainian forces struck a plant in Russia's Bryansk region that manufactures control systems for Russian missiles; and more.

Trump says US sunk 10 mine-laying ships after threatening Iran over reports of mines in the Strait of Hormuz

Legislators in 16 states have introduced bills this year that would limit education technology in public schools, spurred by a growing number of parents concerned about the amount of time their children are spending on screens.

The new addition would bring the SF chain's store count to four.

A California appeals court this week sided with state utility regulators in a case seen as crucial to the spread of solar panels on the rooftops of California homes. bit.ly/4sCmkQS 📸 Semantha Norris

Judges say ICE, DOJ leaders are putting rank-and-file lawyers in ‘an impossible position’

“What is happening now is the administration is making new policy, but then insisting that the new policy take effect immediately before a challenge about its lawfulness is determined,” Jackson said.

The largest of the leucovorin-autism studies was retracted by the European Journal of Pediatrics on Jan. 29; after the authors acknowledged some errors, the editors wrote that the publication “no longer has confidence in the validity of the results and conclusions reported in this article.”

The Post reviewed nearly 70 cases in which U.S. District Judge Patrick J. Schiltz ruled that the Trump administration had violated court orders. The court records offer the most detailed account yet on who officers arrested in Minneapolis and how they conducted arrests.

The Pentagon burned through $5.6 billion worth of munitions in the first two days of its Iran assault, according to U.S. officials, alarming some on Capitol Hill over how quickly the military has depleted scarce supplies of America’s most advanced weaponry.

A federal judge upended the trio of lawyers leading New Jersey’s U.S. attorney’s office, ruling for a second time that the Trump administration had illegally sought to bypass Congress and install its own picks to head the prominent prosecutorial outpost.