1554 articles in the US News category.
By RWTNews Staff
PORT ARTHUR, Texas – A large explosion and fire broke out at Valero Energy’s Port Arthur refinery on the evening of March 23, 2026, sending thick black smoke into the sky and prompting a shelter-in-place order for nearby residents. The incident occurred at the facility’s diesel...
By RWTNews Staff
MEMPHIS, Tenn. – President Donald Trump toured Elvis Presley’s Graceland estate on March 23, 2026, during a stop in Memphis to spotlight the success of the Memphis Safe Task Force. Trump entered Graceland through the front door and said, “Who doesn’t love Elvis?” and “Everybody...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate confirmed Oklahoma Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin as Secretary of the Department of Homeland Security on March 23, 2026, by a 54-45 vote. Mullin, a sitting senator who has represented Oklahoma in Congress for 13 years, was nominated by President...
By Tommy Flynn
WASHINGTON – Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) has shifted to a new strategy to resolve the partial Department of Homeland Security shutdown that began Feb. 14, 2026, by funding all DHS agencies through budget reconciliation. Kennedy and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) had initially proposed a...
By Madeline Shannon
(The Center Square) – The proposed California billionaires tax would cost the state more money than it would bring in if the Golden State’s “golden goose” flocks to other states, according to a Stanford economist. Joshua Rahu, a finance professor at the Stanford Graduate School...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump called on Senate Republicans to combine the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility (SAVE) America Act with the Department of Homeland Security funding bill during a roundtable event in Memphis, Tennessee, on March 23, 2026. Trump argued that voter...
By Tommy Flynn
The Supreme Court’s conservative majority expressed significant skepticism toward state laws allowing mail ballots received after Election Day during oral arguments on March 23, 2026, in a Mississippi case that could affect voting rules in multiple states ahead of the 2026...
By Tommy Flynn
U.S. stock markets rallied and oil prices plunged on March 23, 2026, after President Donald Trump announced that the United States and Iran had held “very good and productive conversations” and that he had ordered a five-day pause in planned strikes on Iranian power plants and...
By Tommy Flynn
Recovery operations are ramping up across Hawaii following severe storms and historic flooding in mid-March 2026. State and federal teams have established multiple disaster recovery centers, with FEMA and the Small Business Administration accepting applications for aid. The...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump reiterated on March 22, 2026, that he will not support any agreement to end the ongoing partial government shutdown unless Democrats agree to pass the SAVE America Act. In a Truth Social post, Trump stated he would not make any deal with Democrats “unless,...
By Tommy Flynn
President Donald Trump announced on March 23, 2026, that he has directed the U.S. military to postpone planned strikes on Iranian energy infrastructure, citing recent "productive talks" between American and Iranian officials. In a statement released through the White House,...
By RWTNews Staff
Two pilots were killed and more than 40 others injured when an Air Canada Express regional jet collided with a Port Authority fire truck on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night. The incident occurred shortly before midnight on March 22, 2026, when the...