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March 22, 2026
Democrats pile on Trump for post celebrating Mueller's death
03/21/2026 03:34 PM EDT Updated: 03/21/2026 05:54 PM EDT Democrats are skewering President Donald Trump after he proclaimed on Saturday that he was glad former special counsel Robert Mueller had died. “Every day, this president shows his basic indecency and unfitness for office,” Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) wrote on X in response to Trump’s statement. The diatribe, in which Trump said he was “glad he’s dead” because he “can no longer hurt innocent people,” drew fierce condemnation from Democr ...
Go to discussionRoyal Caribbean suddenly cuts 20 cruises just days after Carnival canceled 11 sailings, report says
Saturday 21 March 2026 15:33 EDT Royal Caribbean has canceled more than 20 scheduled sailings aboard its Freedom of the Seas ship for the summer 2027 season, just days after Carnival Cruise Line similarly canceled 11 future sailings. The impacted Royal Caribbean departures were originally scheduled between May and September 2027 and included a range of itineraries from four‑night Bahamas trips to five-night trips in the Dominican Republic and nine‑night journeys calling in Aruba a ...
Go to discussionMore than 400 TSA officers have quit since shutdown began
March 21, 2026, 6:15 PM EDT / Updated March 21, 2026, 6:25 PM EDT More than 400 Transportation Security Administration workers have quit since a partial government shutdown that began on Feb. 14 has left them working without pay, the Department of Homeland Security said. Funding was shut off to DHS over demands by Democrats for reforms at Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection following alleged abuses and the fatal shootings of two U.S. citizens by federal agent ...
Go to discussionTrump spends another weekend at war partying at Mar-a-Lago
12h Not even a war could keep President Donald Trump away from glitzy parties at Mar-a-Lago.The commander in chief, 79, made an unscheduled appearance at a Republican fundraising event in Palm Beach, Florida, on Friday night as his Iran war raged on. A clip posted by right-wing news outlet Florida’s Voice showed the crowd going wild as Trump walked into the massive gilded hall, clapping his hands and pointing at faces in the fawning crowd. Lee Greenwood’s God Bless The USA, a beloved MAGA ant ...
Go to discussionCruz proposes splitting ICE from Homeland Security funding bill to end airport chaos
Posted: Mar 21, 2026 / 06:13 PM EDT Updated: Mar 21, 2026 / 06:13 PM EDT Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), a leading Senate conservative, is proposing to colleagues the idea of splitting off Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and Customs and Border Protection (CBP) from the rest of the funding for the Department of Homeland Security to end growing chaos at airports around the country. The proposal appeared to be gaining momentum within the Senate Republican conference on Saturday as GOP lawmak ...
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