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FIFA is canceling its reserved hotel rooms in World Cup host cities - but nobody is saying why

Monday 23 March 2026 16:33 EDT FIFA has cancelled the reservations for thousands of hotel rooms originally reserved for this year's World Cup event in Philadelphia, but hasn’t said why. Approximately 2,000 hotel rooms have been cancelled by FIFA, the world soccer organization, at hotels in the city, according to the Greater Philadelphia Hotel Association. The group had previously blocked off approximately 10,000 rooms. Ed Grose, the president of the Philadelphia Hotel Association, told ABC ...

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FCC bans wireless router imports, citing security concerns

7h (Bloomberg) -- The Federal Communications Commission ordered a ban on the import of new models of foreign-produced consumer wireless routers after an interagency panel determined they threaten national security. While the FCC said companies could apply for exemptions, the move could dramatically shake up the market for routers, which are primarily made overseas. Consumers and businesses connect wired internet lines to routers to create Wi-Fi networks for computers, phones, TVs, cameras ...

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Republicans strip power from Dem who shocked with red state upset

March 23, 2026 7:47PM ET Texas Republicans have moved to ensure that a Democratic lawmaker elected in a shock special election upset earlier this year will effectively have no power — at least for the time being. According to the Fort Worth Star-Telegram, "On Monday afternoon, Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick announced which senators would fill committee vacancies, following recent membership shakeups ... Newly sworn in Sen. Taylor Rehmet wasn’t among the senators named on the lieutenant governor’s ...

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Schumer says DHS funding talks 'constructive'

12h Sen. Chuck Schumer, the chamber's top Democrat, said Monday that the ongoing Department of Homeland Security funding negotiations with the White House and Republicans have been "constructive," but emphasized that "there’s considerably more work to be done." "We're ready to meet with the White House today to keep talking," Schumer said after talks occurred all weekend. "In fact, we were going to meet this morning with [Border Czar] Tom Homan, but apparent ...

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Trump approved Iran operation after Netanyahu argued for joint killing of Khamenei, sources say

Mon, March 23, 2026 at 5:10 PM EDT Less than 48 hours before the U.S.-Israeli strike on Iran began, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke by phone to President Donald Trump about the reasons for launching the kind of complex, far-off war the American leader once had campaigned against. Both Trump and Netanyahu knew from intelligence briefings earlier in the week that Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and his key lieutenants would soon meet at his compound in Tehran, making them ...

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US to pay almost $1bn to French energy company to kill wind project plan

As a fuel crisis triggered by the war in Iran drives up global fossil fuel prices, the Trump administration has announced it will pay French energy major TotalEnergies $1bn to kill plans to construct wind farms off the US east coast. ... In the deal announced on Monday, TotalEnergies will give up two offshore leases it had purchased off New York and North Carolina. Trump’s Department of the Interior will reimburse the company the $928m it paid for the leases under Joe Biden. TotalEnergies has p ...

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Co-founder of American Conservative group demands Vance use 25th Amendment to remove Trump

Monday 23 March 2026 16:55 EDT The co-founder of a prominent conservative magazine wants Vice President JD Vance to invoke a never-before-used part of the Constitution to remove President Donald Trump from office, amid growing criticism of the war with Iran. “My advice to Vance: Announce your support of 25th amendment transition,” Scott McConnell, co-founder of The American Conservative, wrote on X on Sunday. “Say Chris Murphy or similar will be veep. Announce you will NOT be a candidate in 2 ...

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'No practical use': TSA experts say Trump's ICE deployments won't help with airport security

President Trump will beginning Monday shift Immigration and Customs Enforcement personnel to airports to provide security there in a move he said will alleviate long lines created by shutdown-induced callouts but which experienced TSA officials said would have minimal impact. The unusual approach comes as Trump administration officials have repeatedly lamented that Transportation Security Administration employees are calling out and quitting the agency due to the shutdown’s impact on paychecks ...

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Thousands in taxpayer funds spent on horse, hair and makeup expenses for Kristi Noem's Mount Rushmore ad

Updated Mar 23, 2026, 3:43 PM ET PUBLISHED Mar 23, 2026, 12:51 PM ET Tens of thousands of taxpayer dollars were spent on expenses for hair and makeup artists and a horse for the advertisement showcasing outgoing Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem in front of Mount Rushmore, according to invoices seen by CNN. Invoices to the Strategy Group, a DHS subcontractor that produced the advertisement, show taxpayers footed a $20,000 bill to a South Dakota-based barrel racer, along wit ...

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Trump says US is talking with an Iranian leader as he extends deadline for striking power plants

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — U.S. President Donald Trump said Monday the U.S. was talking with a “respected” Iranian leader and claimed the Islamic Republic was eager for a deal to end the war. He also extended a deadline for Iran to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face attacks on its power plants, saying it has an additional five days. Trump’s turnaround, which held out the possibility of resolving the war now in its fourth week, served to drive down oil prices and jolt stocks. It offered ...

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FIFA is canceling its reserved hotel rooms in World Cup host cities - but nobody is saying why

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