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March 29, 2026

Star Tribune

St. Paul Is “No Kings” Minnesota Hub

Thousands of similar events protesting Trump were planned across Minnesota and around the country Saturday, but the rally at the State Capitol was considered the main event in the wake of this winter’s federal immigration enforcement campaign.
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AP

Pakistan Hosts Peace Summit

Regional powers plan to meet Sunday in Pakistan to discuss how to end the fighting in the Middle East as about 2,500 U.S. Marines arrived in the region and Iranian-backed Houthi rebels entered the monthlong war.
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NBC News

Russia Took Satellite Pics for Iran

Russia took satellite images of a U.S. air base in Saudi Arabia three times in the days before Iran attacked the site and wounded American troops, according to a summary of Ukrainian intelligence shared with NBC News by President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.
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Reuters

Marines Arrive in Middle East

The risk of an expanded Iran war ​grew as Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthis on Saturday launched their first attacks on Israel since the start of the conflict, as additional U.S. forces reached the Middle East.
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SCOTUSblog

SCOTUS To Hear Birthright This Week

The Supreme Court is set to decide on the legality of President Donald Trump's 2025 executive order, which aims to end birthright citizenship for children born in the U.S. to non-citizen parents, challenging the traditional interpretation of the 14th Amendment.
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CBS News

BOA Pays $72M To Settle Epstein Case

Bank of America has reached a $72.5 million settlement in a lawsuit that alleges the financial giant helped facilitate the sex trafficking operation of convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, according to court documents filed Friday.
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The Hill

House Republicans Retiring en Masse

An unprecedented number of House Republicans are opting to retire or pursue other offices, complicating Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R-La.) bid to fend off a potential blue wave in the 2026 midterms and preserve his razor-thin majority.
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Golf

Same Difficult Conclusion About Tiger

"He is in charge of his own life as all of us are in charge of our own lives. He’s always putting up a brave front. There are holes in it. We can see them. It doesn’t matter what we can see. What matters is what he can see."
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USA Today

Major Change in Heat Dome Coming

As the calendar soon turns to April, it appears that we can finally shed all talk of the polar vortex until next winter as milder weather takes hold across much of the eastern U.S. and a cool-down ends the western heat wave.
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People

Seals & Crofts Legend Dies

Darrell "Dash" Crofts, part of the iconic 1970s duo Seals & Crofts, known for the hit "Summer Breeze," has died at 87 due to complications after heart surgery, as confirmed by producer Louie Shelton.
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The Washington Post

Patel’s Push Against Swalwell

FBI Director Kash Patel pushes for the release of a decade-old file on Rep. Eric Swalwell's ties with a suspected Chinese operative, amid concerns over law enforcement methods and political motives.
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ABC News

House and Senate Can’t Agree on DHS

The House voted Friday to approve a short-term bill to fund the entire Department of Homeland Security for eight weeks, sending the measure back to the Senate, where the top Democrat says it is "dead on arrival."
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Axios

Trump Signs on Cash

President Trump's signature will appear on U.S. currency for the first time in 2026, marking a historical change as cash use declines and efforts to reshape public perceptions of money continue.
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NPR

CPAC United on Trump, Mixed on War

As 2028 inches closer, Trump's absence at CPAC this year is a reminder that he may be the only figure that holds large parts of the party together, and when he's not there, it's unclear who fills that role.
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Pew Research Center

What Do American Consider Immoral?

On many of these moral issues, there are substantial differences between younger and older Americans. But whether younger or older adults are most likely to consider each behavior morally wrong is highly dependent on the question asked.
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