Trump orders TV networks to protect Army-Navy football game
The Army-Navy game is typically held on the second Saturday in December, but its closely guarded TV window is facing pressure as college sports leaders consider expanding the College Football Playoff. Some proposals have called to shift the Army-Navy game to a different day or to broadcast other games at the same time. It’s preserved forever for the Army-Navy game,” Trump said, as he prepared to sign the order. “Thank you for signing that executive order protecting the sanctity of the Army-Navy game,” Navy football coach Brian Newberry told the president. “What’s happened to sports in college?” Trump said then, lamenting recent changes and promising to address them.
Source:Washington Post
March 20, 2026 23:43 UTC
Paint it black: An asymmetric approach to China’s gray zone coercion of Taiwan
Beijing has increasingly turned to the gray zone because it concludes that this approach effectively piles pressure on Taiwan without triggering a strong response. The United States should therefore seek to eliminate China’s perception that gray zone coercion is cost-free. The United States should be prepared to respond to China’s gray zone coercion with asymmetry and creativity. Taiwan could seek to provoke more Chinese gray zone activities if it believed that such coercion would automatically trigger more U.S. security cooperation and support. Ignoring China’s gray zone campaign is itself destabilizing: it teaches Beijing that coercion works, reinforcing the very behavior that makes miscalculation and eventual conflict more likely.
Source:New York Times
March 20, 2026 23:19 UTC
Mark Robinson admits ‘I lied’ about CNN story
Mark Robinson admitted he lied about a bombshell CNN KFile investigation during the final months of his 2024 gubernatorial campaign, uncovering his extensive history of posting inflammatory and racist comments on a pornography website. Robinson initially denied the report and sued CNN for $50 million that fall as he marched on with his gubernatorial campaign. Now, in a recent podcast interview, Robinson has acknowledged his deception and that he had an “obsession” with pornography and sex. The comments were made under an alias, minisoldr, that CNN was able to link to Robinson by matching numerous biographical details and a shared email address. After leaving office, Robinson dropped the defamation lawsuit against CNN and vowed to retire from politics.
Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 22:34 UTC
A top FEMA official says he ‘teleported’
Civil rights leader speaks out about alleged abuse by Cesar ChavezIn an interview with ABC, Dolores Huerta alleged her co-founder of United Farm Workers labor union sexually assaulted her and said both assaults resulted in pregnancies. It comes just days after a New York Times article alleged that Cesar Chavez sexually abused girls and women for decades. The Cesar Chavez Foundation said that it was “deeply shocked" by the disturbing allegations.
Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 22:31 UTC
U.S. Judge Blocks Restrictive Pentagon Press Access Policy
LOADING ERROR LOADINGNEW YORK, March 20 (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s restrictive Pentagon press access policy, which threatens journalists with being branded security risks if they seek information not authorized for public release. AdvertisementPresident Donald Trump’s administration has denied that characterization and said the policy is reasonable and necessary to protect the military. Of the 56 news outlets in the Pentagon Press Association, only one agreed to sign an acknowledgment of the new policy, according to the Times’ lawsuit. Justice Department lawyers acknowledged the policy was partly subjective but said press credentialing decisions were still governed by neutral, objective criteria. The policy change was criticized by journalism advocates, who called it another attack on the free press by Trump and his administration.
Source:Huffington Post
March 20, 2026 22:13 UTC
Chuck Norris, action hero and ‘Walker, Texas Ranger’ star, has died
Chuck Norris, veteran, martial arts world champion, action hero and early 2000s Internet meme inspiration, whose rugged demeanor was immortalized on hit show “Walker, Texas Ranger,” has died. He won new fans with his long-running series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which ran from 1993 to 2001. In the show, Norris played Cordell Walker, a veteran Texas Ranger who fights crime in Dallas and throughout the Lone Star State. Chuck Norris as Cordell Walker in "Walker, Texas Ranger." “A kid from Brown University started sending these Chuck Norris facts around via e-mail,” Norris told Time in 2008.
Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 21:50 UTC
Paramount deal for CNN and Warner Bros. draws concerns about news independence
Should Paramount Skydance prevail in its $111-billion takeover of Warner Bros. Paramount wants to wrap up its Warner merger by September — a rapid timetable. “They also go to editorial independence of two of America’s most significant news organizations, CNN and CBS News.”Hollywood Inc. Why Paramount was determined to buy Warner Bros. Paramount Chairman David Ellison has vowed to “build a stronger Hollywood,” by increasing the creative output of the two legendary movie studios — Paramount and Warner Bros. — to 30 theatrical releases a year. Warner Bros., which owns such prominent franchises as “The Matrix,” Batman, Harry Potter, “The Big Bang Theory,” and “Friends,” has long been one of Hollywood’s most prolific studios.
Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 21:40 UTC
Former Bachelor Ben Higgins speaks out about ‘The Bachelorette’ cancellation
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Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 21:33 UTC
Deported 6-year-old deaf boy could die without medical attention
Attorney Nikolas De Bremaeker said the boy, Joseph Lodano Rodriguez, was "at risk every day that he is not getting his treatments." Thurmond showed a 40-second clip of Joseph and his family at a Colombian facility for the deaf. Joseph's only language is American Sign Language, Thurmond said. Like Joseph's mom, Lesly was just beginning to learn American Sign Language." The first hurdle if he ends up staying in Colombia, is that he and his mother will have to learn Colombian sign language, which differs from American sign language.
Source:Los Angeles Times
March 20, 2026 20:32 UTC
300 years of wars show they are ‘always disaster times’ for holders of government debt because of inflation and financial repression
Across their dataset, the CEPR authors calculated that bondholders suffered average real losses of roughly 14% during the first four years of conflicts. “Whenever there is a major war, we observe a sharp decline in the bond performance — wars are always disaster times for bondholders,” they warned. '”AdvertisementA key factor in bond losses is inflation, according to CEPR, which said the cumulative rate averaged about 20% in the first four years of wars. Another reason bonds perform so poorly during wars is so-called financial repression, or government policies that curb borrowing costs by influencing financial markets. “Protecting taxpayers from large spending shocks may require shifting part of the burden onto bondholders through inflation or financial repression,” it said.
Source:Washington Post
March 20, 2026 20:29 UTC
Republican Lawmaker Proposes Iranians Pay For Trump’s War He’s Waging On Their Country
LOADING ERROR LOADINGRep. Scott Perry (R-Pa.) proposed that Iranians should pay for President Donald Trump’s war with their country after the Defense Department asked for $200 billion to help bolster military operations. “I support the president. I support this action, but at the same time, we’ve got to pay for this,” Perry told CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Thursday night. “So how is this going to be dealt with? I would actually like to see Iran pay for this, whether it’s 20 billion or 200 billion, whatever it is.”AdvertisementDefense Secretary Pete Hegseth confirmed Thursday that the White House will seek a large sum of money to pay for the war, estimated at $200 billion, but said, “that number could move.”Hegseth added, “Obviously, it takes money to kill bad guys.
Source:Huffington Post
March 20, 2026 20:23 UTC
The Book Publishing World Is Discovering That AI Is Already Inside the Gates
Investigating whether a novel is AI slop after printing and publishing it seems like a decidedly inefficient way to go about this sort of thing, does it not? There are certain things AI loves; is obsessed with; seemingly cannot break itself out of doing, any they’re all present in spades within the text of Shy Girl. The release of that video was effectively the culmination of what had already been months of niche literary communities openly interrogating whether the book was AI. In what world could the text of Shy Girl have passed through any review structure meant to discern AI writing, and not set off alarm bells? That publishers are increasingly deficient at pursuing their stated goal to preserve human writing in the professional “literary” world, and that more and more AI slop will slip through undetected?
Source:New York Times
March 20, 2026 20:18 UTC
Tehran sends a message with execution of young wrestler and others, say experts
Human rights groups, including Amnesty International, described the trials as a sham involving forced confessions and fast-tracked proceedings. The United States has previously said it was “deeply concerned” by reports about Mohammadi’s conviction, describing him as a wrestling champion. People gather while blocking a street during a protest in Tehran, Iran, on January 9. Tehran’s calculus may have shifted because earlier US warnings about executions have lost deterrent value, according to Farahmand. Advertisement Advertisement“Now that the United States has already attacked, the regime no longer has any reason to hesitate in carrying out death sentences,” he said.
Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 19:57 UTC
Hegseth invokes Biblical language when speaking about war in Iran, researchers explain the impact
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Source:CNN
March 20, 2026 19:52 UTC
Trump Administration Sues Harvard, Claiming University Failed To Protect Jewish And Israeli Students
LOADING ERROR LOADINGBOSTON, March 20 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration escalated its attacks on Harvard University on Friday, as it sued the Ivy League school to recover billions of dollars for allegedly failing to protect Jewish and Israeli students. AdvertisementThe Widener Library at Harvard University, Tuesday, Sept. 30, 2025, in Cambridge, Mass. The following month, the White House demanded $1 billion from the University of California, Los Angeles to resolve similar claims. The complaint said Harvard is set to receive more than $2.6 billion of taxpayer money from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services alone. Last year, the administration canceled hundreds of research grants to Harvard researchers because the school allegedly failed to stop harassment of Jewish students on campus.
Source:Huffington Post
March 20, 2026 19:48 UTC