President Donald Trump’s appointees to the federal planning commission that controls the fate of his White House ballroom project are not legally qualified to serve, critics say — raising the possibility of a court challenge. The federal law governing the National Capital Planning Commission requires that commissioners have “experience in city or regional planning.” Appointees have traditionally been professionals in planning, architecture or historic preservation. In the case of the planning commission, the appointments could expose its decisions, including any vote on the ballroom project, to legal challenges. Blair rose to power by leading Trump’s 2024 election campaign, which earned him a job as White House deputy chief of staff. They spoke about the need for a White House ballroom but not the details of the proposal before them.

That is the MAGA GOP base,” Enten said during a segment on CNN News Central. This is tremendously popular among the Republican base.”His data came from recent NBC and CNN polls. “Tucker Carlson be darned, this war is very popular among the GOP base,” Enten added. Carlson branded the strikes “absolutely disgusting and evil” and said the war is being “waged” strictly on behalf of Israel. That feeling may be shared by Marjorie Taylor Greene, but every major poll has shown MAGA supports the war.

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To date, 178 of the 190 companies in our LSEG Retail/Restaurant Index have reported their EPS results for Q4 2025, representing 94% of the index. Exhibit 1: LSEG Earnings DashboardSource: LSEG I/B/E/SThis week in retailAffordability remains the dominant theme this earnings season. Dollar Tree delivered a solid Q4, beating earnings expectations and posting a 5% increase in same store sales (SSS). Same store sales are expected to decline 0.3%, which would mark the company’s weakest SSS performance since Q1 2017. Here are the latest Q4 2025 earnings and same store sales retail estimates:Exhibit 2: Same Store Sales and Earnings Estimates – Q4 2025Source: LSEG I/B/E/S

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The Promise of Fusion Energy: A Clean Energy Solution for Climate ChangeShare via Close extra sharing options Email Facebook X LinkedIn Threads Reddit WhatsApp Copy Link URL Copied! PrintCan fusion provide a clean energy solution to the challenges created by climate change? Joe Paluska, chief marketing officer of Commonwealth Fusion Systems, says it could. He explains how the company’s technology works, why fusion could transform how electricity is produced and what it’s like to work for a startup trying to change how the world powers its infrastructure.

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Additionally, FOX News led the competition with over 1.7 billion multiplatform views and saw 37% year-over-year growth with 165 million total digital unique multiplatform visitors during February. Highlights include:On YouTube, FOX News delivered 370 million video views in February increasing its YouTube viewership year-over-year leading MS Now (315 million views), CNN (205 million views), ABC News (139 million views), NBC News (90 million views) and CBS News (66 million views). The FOX News Mobile app drew 6.6 million unique viewers during the month of February leading the CNN mobile app which saw 3.4 million unique viewers. FOX News delivered 134 million social media interactions for the month with 61 million interactions on Facebook, 25.9 million interactions on Instagram and 6.1 million interactions on X. Additionally, the business site delivered 100.5 million multiplatform views and 27.4 million total digital multiplatform unique visitors.

AIPAC has spent millions attacking two progressive candidates in the 9th Congressional District, but its preferred candidate is running in third in most recent polling. The strategy they hope to replicate is simple: Make sure voters in the district know who AIPAC is and why the group is pouring millions into elections. The 9th District is highly educated — a full quarter of its residents hold graduate degrees, and another 37% hold bachelor’s degrees. He’s facing attacks from a super PAC funded by crypto interests, while the artificial intelligence industry and AIPAC are funding super PACs backing two of his opponents. Beyond Miller and Fine, AIPAC’s preferred candidates are Chicago Treasurer Melissa Conyears-Ervin in the state’s 7th District and former Rep. Melissa Bean in the 8th District.

“I do believe I’ll be the honor of — having the honor of taking Cuba. That’s a big honor.” [Journalist] “Taking Cuba?” “Taking Cuba in some form, yeah. Taking Cuba, I mean, whether I free it, take it, think I can do anything I want with it. You know, all my life I’ve been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it?”

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›Southern California is experiencing an unusually early and intense heat wave, with temperature records already being broken across the region. On Monday, March 16, 2026, temperature records were broken at Bob Hope Airport in Burbank and Pierce College in Woodland Hills. The players National Weather Service The federal agency that provides weather forecasts and warnings for the United States. Daniel Swain A climate scientist who described the heat wave as 'a full-on summer heat wave in March' in a post on X. Robbie Monroe A meteorologist with the National Weather Service in Oxnard. This could be the hottest March heat wave we've ever had, depending on how it plays out.” — Robbie Monroe, Meteorologist, National Weather Service in Oxnard (latimes.com) “a full-on summer heat wave in March” — Daniel Swain, Climate Scientist (X)What’s nextThe National Weather Service will continue to monitor the heat wave and issue further warnings and advisories as needed.

“We have a low-IQ person, you know, because Gavin Newscum has admitted that he is a — that he has learning disabilities,” Trump, using a nickname he’s coined to refer to Newsom, told reporters in the Oval Office Monday. “Honestly, I’m all for people with learning disabilities, but not for my president. I don’t want I think the president should not have learning disabilities, okay, and I know it’s highly controversial to say such a horrible thing.”“Everything about him is dumb,” Trump later added. It’s at least the fourth time he’s made comments about Newsom having a “learning disability” in less than a week. Trump has previously drawn criticism for mocking a reporter with a disability during his first presidential campaign in 2015.

Dodger Stadium has never had a corporate sponsorship attached to its name since it opened in 1962. The Dodgers agreed to a deal granting Uniqlo naming rights to the field at Dodger Stadium, according to the Athletic — marking the first time in the 64-year history of the stadium that a corporate sponsorship has been attached to it. Dodger Stadium’s name remains unchanged. “[The stadium’s name] will never be for sale,” Dodgers president Stan Kasten told The Times in 2017. AdvertisementThough not officially announced by the Dodgers, the name likely will be Uniqlo Field at Dodger Stadium.

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