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California’s unfinished Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing. Arial view.
US NewsEconomyMarch 20, 2026

California’s $114 Million “Butterfly Bridge” Joins Long List of Costly Overruns

By Tommy Flynn

California’s Wallis Annenberg Wildlife Crossing — a massive overpass above ten lanes of the 101 Freeway in Agoura Hills designed for mountain lions, monarch butterflies and other wildlife — has ballooned to $114 million and remains unfinished years after groundbreaking. Governor...

President Donald Trump at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., March 4, 2025.
US NewsPoliticsMarch 20, 2026

Red states move to cut income taxes as Trump eyes federal shift

By Brett Rowland

(The Center Square) – As Republican-led states move to lower or eliminate income taxes, President Donald Trump's economic advisers have suggested moving ahead with broader state sales taxes to boost economic growth and wages for workers. Meanwhile, Democrat-led states are...

Caricature  of James Comey
US NewsIn the CourtsMarch 19, 2026

DOJ Subpoenas Former FBI Director James Comey in Expanding Probe of Obama-Era Russia Investigations

By Tommy Flynn

Federal prosecutors in Miami have subpoenaed former FBI Director James Comey as part of a Justice Department investigation into the actions of Obama-era intelligence officials, expanding scrutiny of the origins and handling of the 2016 Russia probe. The subpoena, first reported...

The Boxer and other ships of the amphibious ready group seen under way in the Indian ocean.
US NewsWorld NewsMarch 19, 2026

U.S. Accelerates Deployment of Amphibious Ships and Thousands of Marines to Middle East for Iran Operations

By Tommy Flynn

The Pentagon has ordered the accelerated deployment of the Boxer Amphibious Ready Group and the 11th Marine Expeditionary Unit to the Middle East to reinforce U.S. forces engaged in Operation Epic Fury against Iran. The group includes the USS Boxer amphibious assault ship, along...

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the press conference.
World NewsMarch 19, 2026

Netanyahu Makes First Public Appearance Since Death Rumors Swept Social Media

By RWTNews Staff

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu held a televised press conference on March 18, 2026, marking his first public appearance in days after widespread rumors claimed he had been killed or gravely wounded in Iranian missile strikes. The speculation exploded on social media...

European Allies and Japan Announce Readiness to Help Secure Strait of Hormuz
US NewsWorld NewsMarch 19, 2026

European Allies and Japan Announce Readiness to Help Secure Strait of Hormuz

By Tommy Flynn

European nations including the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy and the Netherlands, along with Japan, issued a joint statement declaring their readiness to assist in reopening the Strait of Hormuz amid the ongoing U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. The countries stated they...

Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida
US NewsMarch 19, 2026

Forbes Values Mar-a-Lago at $560 Million, Undercutting New York Fraud Trial Assessment

By Tommy Flynn

Forbes has significantly increased its valuation of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate to approximately $560 million, more than triple its 2018 estimate and nearly $190 million higher than the publication’s own figure from just one year ago. The update appears in Forbes’...

Cynthia Raygoza, 38, of Riverside, California, and Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colorado
US NewsIn the CourtsMarch 19, 2026

Two Women Convicted of Felony Stalking ICE Officer After Livestreaming His Home

By Tommy Flynn

A federal jury in Los Angeles convicted Cynthia Raygoza, 38, of Riverside, California, and Ashleigh Brown, 38, of Aurora, Colorado, on March 2, 2026, of one count each of felony stalking for following a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement deportation officer home from work...

a view of the South Pars onshore facilities from 2013
US NewsPoliticsMarch 19, 2026

Trump Condemns Israeli Strike on South Pars Gas Field, Warns Iran of Massive U.S. Retaliation if Qatar Is Hit Again

By Tommy Flynn

President Donald Trump sharply criticized Israel’s overnight strike on Iran’s South Pars Gas Field and issued a stern warning to Tehran following Iran’s retaliatory attack on Qatar’s Ras Laffan Industrial City. In a Truth Social post on March 19, 2026, Trump stated that Israel...

The Capital Building
US NewsPoliticsMarch 19, 2026

Sen. John Kennedy Pushes to Pass SAVE America Act Through Reconciliation

By Tommy Flynn

Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) is urging Republican leadership to advance the SAVE America Act via the budget reconciliation process, a procedural move that would allow the election security bill to pass the Senate with a simple 50-vote majority plus the vice president’s tiebreaker....

The U.S. Capitol building stands in Washington, D.C
US NewsPoliticsMarch 19, 2026

Democrats Block Balanced Budget Amendment in House Vote

By Tommy Flynn

The U.S. House of Representatives on March 18, 2026, failed to pass a proposed constitutional Balanced Budget Amendment, falling well short of the two-thirds majority required despite strong Republican support. The resolution (H.J. Res. 139) received 211 votes in favor but was...

Corey Booker on Senate floor
US NewsPoliticsMarch 19, 2026

Senate Rejects Democratic Effort to Limit Trump’s Authority in Iran Conflict

By Tommy Flynn

The Senate on March 18, 2026, voted 53-47 to defeat a Democratic-led War Powers resolution that sought to force President Donald Trump to end U.S. military operations against Iran unless Congress explicitly authorized them. The resolution, sponsored by Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.),...