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Speed Read

Thursday, March 19

⏳ THE SPEED READ


🚨NATION

  • Sen Kennedy urges ‘smart lawyers’ to rework SAVE America Act for simple-majority path (FOX)

  • Patel: FBI is buying data that can be used to track Americans (MO NEWS)

  • Florida hospital sues to evict a patient who won’t leave room 5 months after discharge (AP)

  • Senate recess at risk if DHS shutdown continues, Thune says (POLITICO)

  • Historic March heatwave pushes south-west US toward triple digits (GUARDIAN)

🇮🇷 IRAN WAR

  • Trump compares Pearl Harbor to Iran attack during meeting in awkward moment with Japan’s leader (MO NEWS)

  • Joe Kent’s resignation over Iran war reignites antisemitism fears and debate over Israeli influence (AP)

  • Iran hangs three convicted of killing police during January protests, judiciary says (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

  • Seven U.S. allies back potential Strait of Hormuz coalition (AXIOS)

  • Trump confirms he will ask Congress for $200 billion to fund war on Iran, calling it ‘a small price to pay’ (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Spanish police say missing American student James Gracey found dead (MO NEWS)

  • Pakistan, Taliban agree on strike pause for end of Ramadan (AP/REUTERS)

  • Divers find marble treasure possibly taken from Greek Parthenon at shipwreck site in Aegean Sea (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Trump signals DOJ should continue Powell probe, complicating Warsh Fed nom (CNBC)

  • FDA approves higher dose of Wegovy (THE HILL)

  • FDA pulls proposed rule barring teens from using tanning beds (NBC)

  • Molecule in python blood could pave way for new obesity drugs, scientists say (GUARDIAN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • ABC cancels The Bachelorette after Taylor Frankie Paul fight video (TMZ)

  • Chuck Norris, 86, rushed to the hospital in Hawaii after medical emergency (PAGE SIX)

  • Joseph Duggar of ‘19 Kids and Counting’ Arrested on Child Sex Abuse Claims (VARIETY)

  • Afroman prevails in cops’ music video defamation suit after a brief but viral trial (NPR)

  • Pistons star Cade Cunningham sidelined with collapsed lung (ESPN)


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