Wednesday, March 19

🚨NATION

📌 Legal showdown as Justice Department resists judge’s demand for more details on deportation flights (AP)

📌 Cross-country storm unleashes blizzard as its winds fan wildfires across the central U.S. (CNN)

📌 Fired workers are reinstated at NOAA, creating confusion on the heels of severe storms (NBC)

📌 Trump fires Democratic FTC commissioners, sparking legal challenges (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump: Ceasefire talks ‘on track’ after ‘very good’ Zelensky call (THE HILL) Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in one of the war's largest exchanges (ABC)

📌 Israeli forces resume ground operations in Gaza, IDF says (ABC)

📌 Police in Turkey arrest Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, key rival of President Erdogan (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Ben & Jerry’s alleges parent company Unilever removed its CEO over social activism (AP)

📌 Measles outbreak could last a year, health official in Texas says (CNN)

📌 Heat can age you as much as smoking, a new study finds (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ryan Reynolds says Justin Baldoni can't sue over 'hurt feelings' in $400 million lawsuit (USA TODAY)

📌 Players accuse tennis governing bodies of running ‘cartel’ in lawsuit (GUARDIAN)

📌 Hollywood director arrested on charges of swindling Netflix out of $11M for a show that never aired (AP)

📌 March Madness bracket 2025: AI picks every men's NCAA Tournament game winner (USA TODAY)