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In the news today: Trump's controversial order directing the creation of a national voter list; his prediction that attacks on Iran could be done in a few weeks; and a judge halts the White House ballroom construction. Also, the typewriters that are delivering life lessons to Gen Z. |
President Donald Trump answers questions from reporters in the Oval Office of the White House on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) |
Trump signs order directing creation of a national voter list, a move already facing lawsuit threats |
President Donald Trump on Tuesday signed an executive order to create a nationwide list of verified eligible voters and to restrict mail-in voting, a move that swiftly drew legal threats from state Democratic officials ahead of this year's midterm elections. Read more. |
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- The order, which voting law experts say violates the Constitution by attempting to seize states' power to run elections, is the latest in a torrent of efforts from Trump to interfere with the way Americans vote based on his false allegations of fraud. The president has repeatedly lied about the outcome of the 2020 presidential campaign and the integrity of state-run elections, asserting again Tuesday that he won "three times" and citing accusations of voter fraud that numerous audits, investigations and courts have debunked.
The order signed Tuesday calls on the Department of Homeland Security, working in conjunction with the Social Security Administration, to make the list of eligible voters in each state. It also seeks to bar the U.S. Postal Service from sending absentee ballots to those not on each state's approved list. Trump is also calling for ballots to have secure envelopes with unique barcodes for tracking, according to the executive order, which was first reported by the Daily Caller. Federal funding could be withheld from states and localities that don't comply.
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Trump estimates US will be done in Iran in 2 to 3 weeks |
President Donald Trump said the military could end its Iran offensive in two to three weeks and will shift responsibility for the Strait of Hormuz to countries that rely on it for oil and shipping. The White House announced a prime-time presidential address Wednesday evening on the war. Read more. |
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The aircraft carrier USS George H.W. Bush is slated to go to the Middle East along with three destroyers, two U.S. officials said. The carrier strike group consists of more than 6,000 sailors. It comes as thousands of soldiers from the 82nd Airborne Division have also begun arriving in the Middle East, according to two other U.S. officials.
Iran hit a tanker off the coast of Qatar and Kuwait International Airport early Wednesday as Tehran remained unrelenting in its attacks on its Gulf Arab neighbors, while acknowledging for the first time that Washington had been in direct contact about a possible ceasefire. Israel sounded warnings of incoming fire from both Yemen and Iran, while launching its own attacks in Lebanon that killed at least five people.
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Judge orders White House ballroom construction to halt in a ruling that leaves Trump seething |
A federal judge on Tuesday ordered the Trump administration to suspend construction of a $400 million ballroom it demolished the East Wing of the White House to make space for, barring work from proceeding without congressional approval. Read more. |
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The ruling was the first major rebuke of Trump's sweeping efforts to overhaul the White House. But it wasn't immediately clear what it would mean for a sprawling project in which crews have long since torn down the East Wing, radically transforming the look and feel of the historic grounds.
U.S. District Judge Richard Leon in Washington granted a preservationist group's request for a preliminary injunction that temporarily halts Trump's White House ballroom project. He concluded that the National Trust for Historic Preservation is likely to succeed on the merits of its claims. "The President of the United States is the steward of the White House for future generations of First Families. He is not, however, the owner!" wrote Leon, who was nominated to the bench by Republican President George W. Bush.
- The White House quickly filed a notice to appeal while Trump fumed at the ruling. "We built many things at the White House over the years. They don't get congressional approval," he told reporters in the Oval Office a short time later.
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Ratchaphon Lertdamrongwong, a sophomore at Cornell University, laughs with classmates while using a typewriter on March 20, in Ithaca, N.Y. (AP Photo/Lauren Petracca) |
A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons
Visit the Intro to German class at Cornell and you might catch a scene straight out of a 1950s workplace movie. Students peck away on manual typewriters. Their instructor breaks out the classic office equipment once a semester. It's a striking contrast to the AI tools modern college students rely on. And maybe, a source of perspective. "It dawned on me that the difference with typing on a typewriter is not just how you interact with the typewriter, but how you interact with the world around you," explained computer science major Ratchaphon Lertdamrongwong, who said he thought more intentionally about the assignment. "While writing the essay, I had to talk a lot more, socialize a lot more." |
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