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Kim Jong Un-level insanity:Trump plans to build a 100K-seat stadium near White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday

Friday 06 March 2026 06:02 EST President Donald Trump says he plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium near the White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday. The president confirmed the MMA event last year, although his critics have branded the plan to build an arena for the event as “Kim Jong Un-level insanity.” “They are going to put up something that’s really amazing,” Trump told reporters. “It's really having to do with our great 250th birthday, where we’re having so many wonderful things ...

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Kristi Noem's ouster isn't enough. Democrats say they want her to pay.

March 6, 2026, 5:05 AM EST WASHINGTON — Kristi Noem may be out as head of the Department of Homeland Security, but Democrats are still demanding a “reckoning.” Democrats met news of Noem’s ouster Thursday with a cascade of calls for accountability. They ranged from a potential probe into the legality of contracts cut during her tenure to a perjury investigation after her congressional testimony to even a push for impeachment to keep her from holding public office in the future. Democrats vow ...

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Trump tells CNN Cuba is soon going to fall: 'I'm going to put Marco over there'

President Donald Trump told CNN Friday morning that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.” “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too. They want to make a deal so badly,” he told CNN’s Dana Bash in a phone interview when touting US military success in his second term. “They want to make a deal, and so I’m going to put Marco (Rubio) over there and we’ll see how that works out. We’re really focused on this one right now. We’ve got plenty of time, but Cuba’s ...

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Trump admin announces $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers during Iran war

Published Fri, Mar 6 2026 2:00 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago The Trump administration on Friday announced a $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers and other maritime traffic in an effort to get vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. crude oil prices have surged more than 12% Friday, toppping $90 per barrel as tanker traffic in the Persian Gulf remains at a standstill due to the Iran war. Some Gulf countries have started cutting production because they cannot export their crude t ...

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BlackRock fund limits withdrawals as redemptions rattle private credit

BlackRock said on Friday it has limited withdrawals from a flagship debt fund after a surge in redemption requests, as investor worries mount around the $2 trillion private credit industry. Shares of the world's largest asset ‌manager fell 6.7% on the New York Stock Exchange, amid a broader market selloff after worse-than-expected U.S. jobs data and escalating U.S.-Israeli war against Iran. Sentiment has soured around private credit in recent months, and retail investors are incre ...

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US investigators believe strike on Iranian girls' school probably carried out by US forces

(The Guardian) Military investigators believe it is likely that US forces were responsible for an apparent strike on an Iranian girls’ school that killed scores of children on Saturday but have not yet reached a final conclusion, according to two US officials. The Pentagon chief, Pete Hegseth, on Wednesday acknowledged the US military was investigating the incident.

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So much for affordability: Trump's war with Iran exposes the deceit of 'America First'

(The Hill) President Trump dedicated much of his State of the Union address last week to burnishing his credentials as the peacemaking president who made America affordable again. The era of rising inflation was “over,” he claimed, a feat he had allegedly achieved in-between ending eight wars and lowering the price of gas. Then Trump launched a war against Iran that undid those boastful claims in just a few short days.

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While Cost of Living Soars and Healthcare Taken Away, Trump Spending $1 Billion Per Day in War of Choice With Iran

(Common Dreams) With fresh reporting that the ongoing US assault on Iran could be costing $1 billion per day in taxpayer money, opposition lawmakers, candidates for office, and outside critics are ripping the Trump administration and his allies in Congress. Hundreds of hospitals across the US, most of them in rural areas, are teetering on the brink of bankruptcy or closure in the wake of Trump’s signing of a spending and tax giveaway bill last year that gave billions in tax breaks to corporations and the wealthy while slashing healthcare, including Medicaid.

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World Leader Reveals He Was Stunned by 'Truly Uninformed' Trump

(Daily Beast) The president of South Africa has revealed how shocked he was by Donald Trump’s “racist” views when he met the U.S. leader in person last year. “I just thought that he is so uninformed, truly uninformed,” Cyril Ramaphosa told the New York Times on Thursday. “I realized that he is looking at South Africa through a completely, sort of, foggy lens, without realizing the real, real harm that apartheid did,” he added. “In my view, he was just dismissive.”

Dulcinea

The record-setting pace of retirements from Congress continues, led by Republicans

(NPR) One in eight members of Congress now say they plan to leave their current seats after this election cycle, the second-highest total in the last century. According to NPR's congressional retirement tracker, as of March 5, there are 67 current representatives and senators who are retiring or running for a different office — 13 senators and 54 House members.

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Hungary seizes millions of euros in cash and gold from Ukrainian convoy

6 min ago - An increasingly acrimonious spat between Hungary and Ukraine has escalated further, as Budapest impounded two Ukrainian armoured bank vehicles carrying millions of euros of hard cash as well as bars of gold. Seven Ukrainian citizens accompanying the ... (The Guardian)

Key Iraq war architect at White House as Iran war rages

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House Democrat seeks to bar Trump from closing Kennedy Center for renovations

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Kim Jong Un-level insanity:Trump plans to build a 100K-seat stadium near White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday

3 hrs ago - Friday 06 March 2026 06:02 EST President Donald Trump says he plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium near the White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday. The president confirmed the MMA event last year, although his critics have branded the plan ... (The Independent)

BlackRock fund limits withdrawals as redemptions rattle private credit

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Kristi Noem's ouster isn't enough. Democrats say they want her to pay.

3 hrs ago - March 6, 2026, 5:05 AM EST WASHINGTON — Kristi Noem may be out as head of the Department of Homeland Security, but Democrats are still demanding a “reckoning.” Democrats met news of Noem’s ouster Thursday with a cascade of calls ... (NBC News)

US Court of International Trade Suspends March 5 Order on Tariff Refunds

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Judges keep ordering immigration hearings -- but say the results are often a sham

3 hrs ago - 03/06/2026 10:00 AM EST For months, the Trump administration has been engaged in an unprecedented campaign to lock up thousands of immigrants with longstanding roots in the United States. And for months, aghast federal judges have ordered ICE to give ... (Politico)

Former Presidents Clinton, Obama and Biden honor late Rev. Jesse Jackson at Friday service

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Top National Symphony Leader Quits in New Blow to Kennedy Center

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Trump admin announces $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers during Iran war

5 hrs ago - Published Fri, Mar 6 2026 2:00 PM EST Updated 2 Min Ago The Trump administration on Friday announced a $20 billion reinsurance program for oil tankers and other maritime traffic in an effort to get vessels moving through the Strait of Hormuz. U.S. cr ... (CNBC)

DOJ releases previously withheld FBI reports about allegation against Trump

5 hrs ago - The Department of Justice on Thursday released three previously withheld FBI interview reports from 2019 related to a woman who made uncorroborated allegations that she was abused by Donald Trump in the 1980s, when she was a minor. In a statement on ... (ABC News)

Trump tells CNN Cuba is soon going to fall: 'I'm going to put Marco over there'

5 hrs ago - President Donald Trump told CNN Friday morning that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon.” “Cuba is gonna fall pretty soon, by the way, unrelated, but Cuba is gonna fall too. They want to make a deal so badly,” he told CNN’s Da ... (CNN)