CBS News is laying off employees on Friday as part of a strategic restructuring announced in a memo to staffers from its editor-in-chief, Bari Weiss, and president, Tom Cibrowski. Employees will be informed by the end of the day if their job has been affected, the two executives said in the memo.

Under pressure from a partial shutdown, the White House inches toward caving on Democratic demands for ICE and CBP reforms, with Tom Homan set to meet Dems and Sen. Markwayne Mullin backing judicial warrants after ICE killed two U.S. citizens.

Colombia’s president told the UN that America is “applauding its new Hitler” and demanded Trump face criminal charges for bombing migrants. Now the DOJ is investigating him. This is obviously another Trump a vendetta. #USDemocracy #Pinks newrepublic.com/post/208027/...

Three teenagers in Tennessee have sued Elon Musk's xAI, claiming the company's image-generation tools were used to morph real photos of them into explicitly sexual images.

BREAKING: The Pentagon is preparing detailed plans for a possible U.S. ground force deployment in Iran, sources say.

Amazing list of stuff America could buy with the additional $200 billion Trump and Hegseth want for war on Iran. Starting with salaries for 2.8 million public school teachers... www.motherjones.com/politics/202... from @timothypmurphy.bsky.social @inaeoh.bsky.social @katieherchenroeder.bsky.social

"Trump Friend Asked ICE to Detain the Mother of His Child Paolo Zampolli, a former modeling agent and a longtime Trump ally, was in a custody battle over his son. An ICE official agreed to help." www.nytimes.com/2026/03/20/u...

"Wilson said that Epstein was never a member of Mar-a-Lago and that Trump never threw him out. "That even after that, he went to Epstein's home, flew on his plane," Wilson said." www.alternet.org/trump-epstei...

DOJ tried to hide this Epstein document about Trump — here’s what it reveals: Rick Wilson #AlterNet

2 points on Trump's media capture: 1. Fascists don’t need to turn all news outlets to their side. They win if major outlets are simply too weak to tell the truth about them. 2. Fascists don’t need to make you believe them. They win if they pollute the news so much that you don’t believe anything.

Pentagon officials have made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, sources tell CBS.

BREAKING: Pentagon has made detailed preparations for deploying U.S. ground forces into Iran, per CBS.

Netanyahu says revolution in Iran will require 'ground component' to war #TheHill

As we head into the fourth week of the Iran war, the American people - and our troops - deserve clear, accountable, and honest leadership. We're getting the opposite.

Trump wants to put you in a massive, secret government database: Agencies are reportedly pooling immigration data, Social Security numbers, and more into a central database. FPF is suing to learn how deep it goes. Read more from @laurenleharper.bsky.social in @theintercept.com:

HOW MUCH WORSE WILL TRUMP'S ENERGY CRISIS GET? Amos Hochstein—an expert in global energy markets—explains why the mess Trump has made with his war on Iran is "THE WORST ENERGY CRISIS THE WORLD HAS EVER SEEN," & talks with Jen Psaki about how it could get worse/how long it will take to fix it. 1/5🧵

Remember: It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

I read today that they're planning on cutting SS within 6 years because it's "broke".

* US MAKING PREPARATIONS FOR POTENTIAL GROUND TROOPS IN IRAN: CBS @bloomberg.com

"Judges have twice reduced a felony charge against each officer to a misdemeanor, saying there wasn’t a direct link between the false information in the warrant and Taylor’s death. Prosecutors said after the second ruling that they had decided to drop the cases." Our justice system is beyond broken

"Less healthcare for more war." The anti-war political ads practically write themselves.

Some House GOP leaders now trying to jump start a second reconciliation bill that would pair spending cuts - like further #Medicaid and ACA Marketplace cuts - with war funding. www.axios.com/2026/03/19/p...

We must never stop talking about the Epstein Files. We must never stop talking about the Epstein Files. We must never stop talking about the Epstein Files. No matter what.

We Must Never Stop Talking About The Epstein Files. #EpsteinFiles

Release all the Epstein files 😠

What does Ivanka know? Time for her deposition, right? #EpsteinFiles (Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein, Epstein)

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Congratulations, Twin Cities! But I’m surprised this piece got past Trump propagandist Bari Weiss.

EXCLUSIVE: Father of service member killed in Iran war said he did not tell Pete Hegseth to "finish" the job.

This increase in gas prices isn’t just a minor annoyance for people. This means someone won’t be able to give their kid a birthday party, or visit their sister after they got into a car accident. There are real life consequences for this.

Early official COVID-19 death tolls may have been undercounted by 19%. The findings indicate that the US system reported COVID-19 deaths inequitably, which hid the true extent of pandemic mortality and disparities. Read more: ow.ly/5jH850YwvKp

Great article I didn't know this guy was doing all the hard work for us www.wired.com/story/he-bui...

The gold coin comes in addition to Trump’s efforts to have his face stamped on a $1 coin, in violation of federal law.

Unbelievably corrupt. Companies reportedly had to bribe Corey Lewandowski—the DHS “special employee,” de facto chief of staff, and guy having an extramarital affair with then-DHS Secretary Kristi Noem—to win contracts. On its own would be the most corrupt thing in many presidential administrations.

Illinois Gov. Pritzker says “something is wrong with Trump,” adding, “I think he's got some dementia.”

Remember when DOGE was destroying foreign aid because it was supposedly too expensive? The entire US foreign aid budget in 2024 was $62 billion. www.washingtonpost.com/national-sec...

I'd like to request $200,000,000,000 for not having a war, as a little treat.

EXCLUSIVE - Hegseth said that “family after family” of the service members killed in Iran war told him: “Finish this. Honor their sacrifice. Do not waver. Do not stop until the job is done.” But a father who met with Hegseth tells @nbcnews.com he never said that www.nbcnews.com/politics/don...

I just spent too much time trying to find a good video that explained to students what is going on with Twitter/X and honestly John Oliver hit all the key effing points, and yes it's humor and yes he has a point of view, but this is all so well-researched www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

Trump's hand is looking pretty gnarly tonight (Anna Moneymaker/Getty)

Hey NY TIMES, Investigate Chump, PLEASE........

The great @rexhuppke.bsky.social has a pretty great idea www.usatoday.com/story/opinio...

This morning, I questioned DNI Gabbard about whether she told President Trump the truth: there was no imminent threat to justify war with Iran. The American people deserve answers from this Administration about why we are at war. I will continue to demand them. www.youtube.com/watch?v=IohO...

“1984“ was meant as a warning novel, not a friggin’ instruction manual.

Pretty wild that Trump just appointed JD Vance as a Fraud Czar to go after scammers right after he pardoned his 35th different wealthy crony convicted of fraud so far during this term with many more to come.

What could go wrong?

Trump Media, the parent company of Truth Social, is absolutely tanking. The company burned through over $700 million dollars while bringing in just $3.7 million in revenue. It merged with a nuclear fusion firm, bought a bunch of bitcoin, floated a spin-off of Truth Social. None of it has worked.