The House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a bipartisan bill on Monday targeting Mexican drug cartels' use of tunnels beneath the U.S.-Mexico border.
Ontario Premier Doug Ford announced a 25% surcharge on electricity exports to the United States, targeting consumers in Michigan, Minnesota, and New York.
On March 10, U.S. District Judge Jesse Furman issued an order halting the deportation of Mahmoud Khalil, a Palestinian graduate student at Columbia University, pending a hearing scheduled for March 12.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has apologized to U.S. President Donald Trump following their heated Oval Office meeting, according to U.S. special envoy Steve Witkoff. Witkoff revealed on Monday that Zelensky sent a letter to Trump expressing regret over the incident.
Three additional employees at the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) have been fired following an investigation into workers who bypassed Florida homes displaying Trump campaign signs in the aftermath of Hurricane Milton. Acting FEMA Administrator Cameron Hamilton confirmed the dismissals in a letter to House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer, stating that the employees had failed "to meet our standards of conduct."
House Democrats advanced a bill Saturday that would expand judicial authority in diversion programs, allowing judges to dismiss charges upon a defendant’s “substantial compliance” with court-ordered conditions. Engrossed Substitute House Bill 1113 (ESHB 1113) aims to create a pathway to rehabilitation for low-level offenses while shifting power away from prosecutors.
Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser announced that a coalition of 38 attorneys general and the Department of Justice (DOJ) have proposed a final set of remedies to break up Google’s monopoly over internet search engines. The proposal, which follows a landmark antitrust ruling, could force Google to divest its Chrome browser and, if necessary, additional assets such as Android.
Ruth Marcus, a longtime editor of The Washington Post’s editorial page, resigned after accusing CEO Will Lewis of blocking her editorial criticizing the paper’s new direction. Marcus, who worked at the paper for over 40 years, claimed in an email obtained by Semafor’s Maxwell Tani that her attempt to publish a dissenting op-ed was rejected.
