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A Tesla Model 3 is shown driving on the highway with FSD 14.2.2.3 self driving-supervised software in Dana Point, California, U.S., January 28, 2026. (Reuters/Mike Blake)

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US Agency Upgrades Probe Into 3.2 Million Tesla Vehicles Over FSD Crashes

Actor Kevin Spacey attends Filming Italy Venice Award, during the 82nd International Venice Film Festival, in Venice, Italy, August 31, 2025. (Reuters File)

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Kevin Spacey Settles UK Civil Lawsuits Over Alleged Sexual Assault

An Ohio jury on Wednesday, March 18, 2026, ruled in favor of rapper Afroman after a civil trial in which law enforcement officers accused him of causing them mental distress/ (Facebook/Afroman)

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Afroman Wins Civil Trial Over Use of Police Raid Footage in His Music Videos

Tulsi Gabbard, the director of national intelligence, appears before the Senate Intelligence Committee during a hearing in Washington on Wednesday, March 18, 2026. Gabbard said only the president can decide what constitutes an imminent threat. (Tierney L. Cross/The New York Times)

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On Iran, Gabbard Turned Intelligence Duties Over to Trump

Sen. John Fetterman (D-Pa.) at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 18, 2026. For the second time since the war began, Senate Democrats tried and failed to win passage of a resolution that would have halted the offensive to Iran until President Donald Trump went to Congress for approval. Fetterman was the only Democrat to vote against the resolution. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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Senate GOP Again Blocks Bid to Stop Iran War Until Trump Wins Authorization

An arial view of the Pentagon, in Arlington County, Va., Oct 31, 2025. The Trump administration for months ignored Congress’s demand for a plan on how the Defense Department would spend the money that Republicans pushed through in their sweeping domestic policy bill.(Kenny Holston/The New York Times)

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Pentagon Seeks More Than $200 Billion in Budget Request for Iran War, Washington Post Reports

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