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The Desert Sunlight Battery Energy Storage System near Desert Center in Riverside County, California.
US NewsScience & TechnologyMarch 20, 2026

Tesla in Talks to Purchase $2.9 Billion in Solar Manufacturing Equipment from Chinese Suppliers

By Tommy Flynn

Tesla is in advanced discussions to buy approximately $2.9 billion worth of equipment for manufacturing solar panels and cells from Chinese suppliers, including Suzhou Maxwell Technologies, Shenzhen S.C New Energy Technology, and Laplace Renewable Energy Technology, according to...

Chuck Norris, Martial Arts Legend and Star of 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' Dies at 86
US NewsWorld NewsMarch 20, 2026

Chuck Norris, Martial Arts Legend and Star of 'Walker, Texas Ranger,' Dies at 86

By Tommy Flynn

Chuck Norris, the undefeated karate champion, action film star, and cultural icon whose toughness inspired a generation and spawned an internet meme phenomenon, died on March 19, 2026, at the age of 86. His family announced the news on social media, stating he passed peacefully...

Intelligence Chiefs Agree Biden-Era Havana Syndrome Assessment Should Be Retracted
US NewsScience & TechnologyMarch 20, 2026

Intelligence Chiefs Agree Biden-Era Havana Syndrome Assessment Should Be Retracted

By Tommy Flynn

Leaders of key U.S. intelligence agencies testified on March 19, 2026, that the Biden administration’s 2023 Intelligence Community Assessment on “Havana Syndrome” — formally known as anomalous health incidents (AHIs) — should be retracted due to flawed analysis and mishandling....

Kharg Island -- NASA Worldview
US NewsWorld NewsMarch 20, 2026

Trump Administration Weighs Seizing or Blockading Iran's Kharg Island to Reopen Strait of Hormuz

By Tommy Flynn

The Trump administration is actively considering plans to occupy or blockade Iran's Kharg Island to pressure Tehran into reopening the Strait of Hormuz, according to multiple administration sources. Kharg Island, a small strip of land 15 miles off Iran's coast in the Persian...

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...