The day before Super Tuesday, the Supreme Court could decide if former President Donald Trump can appear on this year's ballot. Also in the news: Republican governors are supporting Texas Gov. Greg Abbott in an escalating and increasingly politicized border crisis. Iowa's Caitlin Clark has broken college basketball's top record. | |  |
Here is the news to know Monday. |
Supreme Court could rule on Trump Colorado ballot eligibility |
The Supreme Court will issue at least one opinion on the eve of Super Tuesday on whether Colorado and other states can use an anti-insurrectionist provision of the Constitution to keep former President Donald Trump off the ballot. The case is before the high court after Trump challenged a decision by the Colorado Supreme Court that said he is disqualified from being president again and ineligible for the state's primary Tuesday. Moves in Maine and Illinois to remove Trump from the ballot have been on hold until the Supreme Court weighs in. Read more |
Kamala Harris calls for 'immediate cease-fire' in Gaza |
Vice President Kamala Harris called for an immediate cease-fire in Gaza on Sunday, citing the "humanitarian catastrophe" caused by the Israel-Hamas War. |
Harris' remarks were the most pointed statement yet by a member of the Biden administration on the need for an immediate pause in the fighting in Gaza. | A Palestinian girl carries a child through the rubble of houses destroyed by Israeli bombardment in Gaza City on March 3, 2024, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and the Hamas movement. AFP via Getty Images |
Historic Texas wildfire threatens to grow |
The largest wildfire in Texas history has burned more than 1.1 million acres in nearly a week as dry winds and high temperatures on Sunday fueled the blaze, destroying hundreds of homes and killing at least two people in the state's panhandle. The Smokehouse Creek Fire has burned more than 1,078,000 acres, making it the largest wildfire on record in the state's history. It is one of five wildfires burning in the Texas Panhandle and across state lines into Oklahoma. While a cold front is expected to move across the state's rural panhandle early Monday, the National Weather Service in Amarillo said critical fire weather conditions will continue. Read more |
Tennessee National Guard deployment includes about 50 soldiers |
Tennessee will deploy two waves of National Guard troops to the Texas-Mexico border through the spring as Republican governors across the country back Texas in its ongoing feud with federal authorities over immigration enforcement. Tennessee officials would not comment specifically on where the state's contingent will be sent in Texas. Texas has been in a monthslong standoff with the federal government over the record-high number of unauthorized migrant crossings. The move comes as the border emerging as a defining topic of the 2024 presidential elections. Read more | Gov. Bill Lee met with Tennessee National Guard troops in Millington, Tennessee on March 2 ahead of their deployment to a Texas border operation. Brandon Hall |
Caitlin Clark breaks Pete Maravich's all-time scoring record |
Caitlin Clark became the leading scorer in NCAA Division I basketball Sunday in Iowa's 93-83 win over Ohio State. Clark started the game just 18 points from passing Pete Maravich – but caused a celebration all the same. Fans went crazy when Clark hit two free throws with .3 seconds to play in the first half. It was a fitting moment for the homegrown superstar who said last week that this would be her last college season and she will enter the 2024 WNBA Draft. Included in the crowd was former WNBA MVP Maya Moore, Clark's childhood idol, and Lynette Woodard, previously the best scorer in the history of women's major-college basketball. Read more | Caitlin Clark reacts after she broke Pete Maravich's all-time NCAA scoring record in the Hawkeyes' 93-83 win. Julia Hansen, Iowa City Press-Citizen |
Photo of the day: This wedding has quite the guest list |
The three-day pre-wedding festivities of Anant Ambani, the son of Asia's richest man and his longtime girlfriend Radhika Merchant have been star-studded with an almost 1,200-person guest list including Ivanka Trump, Mark Zuckerberg, Bill Gates and Rihanna. Read more | Mark Zuckerberg, with billionaire industrialist Mukesh Ambani's son Anant Ambani, right, and Radhika Merchant at their pre-wedding bash in Jamnagar, India, Saturday, Mar. 02, 2024. AP |
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