Day: March 24, 2026

The United States is planning to send some 3,000 soldiers from the elite 82nd Airborne Division to the Middle East to support operations against Iran, US media reported Tuesday. They would join thousands of Marines due to arrive in the Middle East by Friday, the latest deadline set by President Donald Trump for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz, according to the Wall Street Journal. The Guardian Washington bureau chief David Smith reports.
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During a press briefing on Tuesday, Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-SD) was asked why President Trump reportedly flipped his support on a plan to fund DHS.

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President Trump told reporters on Tuesday that he would consider a role in his administration for outgoing Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).

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During a press conference on Tuesday, NTSB Chair Jennifer Homendy was asked if the firefighters at LaGuardia Airport heard the directive to stop before the fatal crash with an Air Canada plane.

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Former Special Counsel Jack Smith’s 2022 probe into Kash Patel, now the director of the FBI, was more extensive than previously believed according to documents released by Senate Republicans ahead of a hearing about the Justice Department’s investigations into Trump after the 2020 election, although the exact nature of the investigation into Patel and any allegations of wrongdoing are still not known at this time.

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