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Foreign Relations
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Trump calls NATO allies "cowards" for not reopening the Strait of Hormuz, one day after seven nations offered to help do exactly that.
$1/gallon gas increase in three weeks
Source: UPI
March 20, 2026
Military
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Pentagon will adopt Palantir's AI targeting system as an official program of record, locking in long-term military funding for the weapons platform used in the Iran war.
System already identifying thousands of targets
Source: Reuters
March 20, 2026
Military
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Pentagon plans to keep nearly 3,000 National Guard troops in Washington, D.C. through the end of Trump's second term in January 2029.
All from Republican-led states except DC unit
Source: ABC News
March 20, 2026
Immigration
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Federal judge orders ICE to grant clergy access to Minneapolis detainees, rejecting the government's blanket security defense as "the land of Oz."
Faith leaders denied access throughout surge
Source: Courthouse News Service
March 20, 2026
Fighting Back
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New Jersey and Roxbury sue to block ICE from converting a 470,000-square-foot warehouse into a 1,500-bed detention center that could open within three months.
Building has only 4 toilets and one urinal
Source: The New Jersey Monitor
March 20, 2026
Courts
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Rep. Swalwell drops his lawsuit against Trump housing official Bill Pulte, who ordered a mortgage fraud investigation into the congressman as apparent political retaliation.
California judge signals ballot challenge likely fails
Source: The Sacramento Bee
March 20, 2026