Wednesday, March 12

🚨NATION

📌 Senate Democratic leader says Democrats will refuse to back a GOP stopgap bill to fund the government through Sept. 30 (NY TIMES)

📌 EPA head says he’ll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change (AP)

📌 Immigrant detention centers are at capacity, Trump admin officials say (NBC)

📌 Steve Bannon to Gavin Newsom on latest podcast: ‘You Love All the Oligarchs, and Particularly Elon, Until They Flip’ (THE WRAP)

📌 NYC Mayor Eric Adams reveals he stopped reading news (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs (AP)

📌 Greenland’s center-right opposition wins closely watched election dominated by Trump’s annexation threat (CNN)

📌 Putin expected to stretch out Ukraine talks to seek better terms (BLOOMBERG)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Inflation receded in February, here’s the inflation breakdown in one chart (CNBC)

📌 Chuck E. Cheese’s rebrand means no more animatronic band (TODAY)

📌 U.S. budget deficit surged in February, passing $1 trillion for year-to-date record (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Woman who accused Jay-Z of rape heard on recording saying lawyer pushed her to sue (ABC)

📌 Ne-Yo introduces ‘my pyramid,’ the four women with whom he’s in a polyamorous relationship (CNN)

📌 Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway’s lofty reputation (AP)

📌 Spotify says it paid nearly 1,500 artists $1 million or more in royalties for 2024 streams (CNBC)