Cuba prepared on Monday to receive a sanctioned Russian tanker carrying roughly 730,000 barrels of oil, the first such delivery this year to the island that has been brought to its knees by a U.S. oil blockade.

It comes a day after U.S. President Donald Trump told reporters he had “no problem” with the Russian oil tanker delivering relief to Cuba.

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Judging by her answer to the question "Do you own a MAGA hat?", it's a reasonable assumption that Second Lady Usha Vance prefers the House of Mouse to the White House...

President Trump’s unapproved and un-permitted $400 million ballroom that’s twice the size of the White House is really more of a “shed,” he said over the weekend.

“The ballroom essentially becomes a shed for what’s being built under,” he told reporters aboard Air Force One.

And what’s being built underneath? Probably nothing Trump should talk about -- but he did anyway.

“The military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that’s under construction, and we’re doing very well," Trump said.

He added that he thought it was OK to discuss the military complex because the information would come out anyway “because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed.”

In the same conversation, Trump also bragged about having selected hand-carved Corinthian marble columns for the building.

Karoline Leavitt, the White House press secretary, struggled on Monday to definitively answer a reporter's question about why Trump is threatening to carry out military operations in Iran that could amount to war crimes.

Earlier Monday, Trump posted that the U.S. might "completely obliterate" Iran's electrical plants, oil wells, Kharg island and potentially all water desalination plants. Such attacks on civilian infrastructure would amount to violations of international law.

"Why is the president threatening what would amount to potentially a war crime with the U.S. military, and how do you square that with the administration repeatedly saying that the U.S. does not target civilians?" NBC reporter Garrett Haake asked Leavitt, who responded by saying that Trump is "not afraid to use" the military against Iran if they don't strike a deal with the U.S.

"Including potential war crimes?" Haake pressed, to which the press secretary repeated her statement that Trump will "move forward unabated" in order to achieve the administration's "full objectives" of the war.

"Which of those objectives would destroying a desalination plant most help?" the reporter asked, to no response.

Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie won’t attend the British royal family’s Easter church service this year, the BBC reports.

The princess’ father, Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor — formerly known as Prince Andrew — has fallen into extreme public disrepute over his ties to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, and was stripped of his royal title in 2025.

In February, Andrew was arrested on suspicion of misconduct in public office. He’s the first senior member of the royal family to have been arrested in 380 years.

The U.S. is trying to temper the conflict with Iran in the Strait of Hormuz, an essential shipping route in the Middle East. But so far, negotiations have been held against the backdrop of missile threats, and the stalemate has led to soaring oil prices. HuffPost senior reporter Li Zhou explains.

An explosion in southern Lebanon killed two peacekeepers with the U.N. Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL) on Monday, increasing the death toll of U.N. personnel to three over the past 24 hours.

According to the organization, an "explosion of unknown origin" destroyed a vehicle full of peacekeepers near the Lebanese town of Bani Hayyan. In addition to the two dead, the explosion wounded another two that were in the vehicle.

The attack comes less than a day after a UNIFIL peacekeeper was killed in an explosion near Lebanon's Adchit Al Qusayr. That attack also wounded an additional peacekeeper.

UNIFIL said it is investigating both incidents, attributing neither attack to any one party yet. All three deceased peacekeepers were from Indonesia.

"We reiterate the urgent need for all actors to uphold their obligations under international law and to ensure the safety and security of U.N. personnel and property at all times, including avoiding any actions that may put peacekeepers in danger," UNIFIL said, warning that attacks on peacekeepers is a violation of international humanitarian law and may amount to war crimes.

March 30 (Reuters) - Match Group MTCH.Oagreed to settle a U.S. Federal Trade Commission lawsuit claiming it gave an outside company unauthorized access to personal data belonging to millions of users of the OkCupid dating app.

The FTC said OkCupid users were never told their information - including nearly 3 million photos, demographic information and location data - would be shared in 2014 with Clarifai, a facial recognition technology company, contrary to OkCupid's privacy policies.

Monday's settlement in Dallas federal court prohibits Match from misrepresenting the privacy of user information, and requires the Dallas-based company to certify compliance.

Match and OkCupid neither admitted nor denied wrongdoing, and could face civil fines for future violations. The settlement requires court approval.

A spokesperson for OkCupid said it has strengthened its privacy practices, and the alleged conduct "does not reflect how OkCupid operates today."

(Reporting by Jonathan Stempel and Jody Godoy in New York; Editing by Chizu Nomiyama and Mark Porter)

Second lady Usha Vance said that despite considering herself a trusted adviser to her husband, she and Vice President JD Vance don't always agree on decisions made by the Trump administration.

"I'm not his staffer, I'm not involved in this in any professional sense. There's no expectation that we are going to see eye-to-eye on everything," she told NBC News in an interview released Monday.

"The expectation is that we are going to be open-minded and have a conversation, and that I'll provide meaningful input from the perspective of someone who loves him and wants him to succeed," she continued. "So even if we don't agree, I think it's always very productive."

Usha Vance, who used to be a registered Democrat, would not say what specific issues she and the Republican vice president disagree on, stressing that she becomes his go-to when deciding what position to take on an issue that's "important personally."

Former Rep. Mark Sanford (R-S.C.) has filed paperwork to run for his old seat.

Sanford previously represented the Lowcountry district from 1995 to 2001 and from 2013 to 2019, with a stint as governor in between. He frequently criticized Trump and made an ill-fated bid to contest Trump's renomination for president in 2019.

Sanford told the Post and Courier his campaign would focus on fiscal responsibility, a concept Republicans under Trump have utterly abandoned. He's one of more than a dozen Republicans facing off in the June primary.

Sanford is perhaps best known for briefly vanishing while serving as governor in 2009, having claimed he was "hiking the Appalachian trail," only to turn up in Argentina having an extramarital affair.

Critics have weighed in on the rushed design of President Donald Trump’s White House ballroom as it heads toward final approval this week — and it’s not pretty.

The gargantuan structure is being panned as lopsided and disproportionate, and noted as having missing doors and a grand staircase that leads to nowhere, according to a report by The New York Times.

Despite the ballroom's apparent flaws, a White House spokesperson hailed Trump’s personal involvement in its creation, saying: “President Trump is the best builder and developer in the entire world, and the American people can rest well knowing that this project is in his hands.”

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Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau said Monday he will retire later this year after nearly two decades at the airline.

The decision comes after he responded to the families of victims in last week’s fatal crash of Air Canada Express Flight 8646 in English, sparking an uproar in Canada. French subtitles accompanied the message.

The crash killed the two pilots, first officer Mackenzie Gunther and Capt. Antoine Forest, and injured more than 40 people. Forest was a French-speaking Quebecer, and Air Canada is headquartered in Montréal.

Rousseau said afterward that he meant no disrespect — he just doesn’t speak French very well.

“I am deeply saddened that my inability to speak French has diverted attention from the profound grief of the families and the great resilience of Air Canada’s employees, who have demonstrated outstanding professionalism despite the events of the past few days,” he said.

“Despite many lessons over several years, unfortunately, I am still unable to express myself adequately in French. I sincerely apologize for this, but I am continuing my efforts to improve.”

The partial government shutdown affecting the Department of Homeland Security has now become the longest one in U.S. history.

As of Monday, it’s been 44 days since the agency was funded by Congress. That stretch surpasses the 43-day shutdown that hit much of the federal government and set a previous record last fall.

DHS did not immediately respond when asked how many federal employees at the agency were still furloughed or working without pay.

President Donald Trump signed an order Friday to pay officers at the Transportation Security Administration, which is part of DHS, even though Congress hasn’t authorized its funding. Security lines had stretched for hours at some major airports, causing travelers to miss flights and creating a political headache for both parties.

While paying TSA officers could make the shutdown less visible to the public, it still leaves many workers at the Coast Guard, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency without paychecks.

Congress began a two-week recess over the weekend, leaving those employees without much hope of a breakthrough anytime soon. The American Federation of Government Employees, a union representing FEMA workers, slammed lawmakers for jetting out of town while many employees are waiting for backpay and struggling to make ends meet.

“These are American fathers and mothers and sons and daughters who serve our country every single day,” the union’s president, Everett Kelley, said in a statement. “And Congress left them without a paycheck and went on a two-week paid vacation on our dime.”

Democrats have said that any funding deal for DHS needs to include some guardrails on the president’s unpopular immigration crackdown, including the unmasking of federal agents. Republicans, who control both chambers of Congress, have resisted those demands.

The Senate passed a bill late last week to fund all of DHS with the exception of Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol, the subagencies at the center of the political fight. But House conservatives railed against that bill, and House Speaker Mike Johnson (La.) declined to put it up for a vote, ensuring the shutdown would continue.

Some TSA workers told CNN and Fox News they received paychecks Monday morning, the first since the partial government shutdown began 44 days ago.

Two workers in Atlanta told CNN they received two paychecks from March, but are still waiting on some pay they missed in February due to the shutdown. The paychecks came after President Donald Trump signed an executive action last week to pay TSA workers after the House and Senate failed to reach an agreement on the matter.

The shutdown and lack of pay resulted in many TSA workers quitting or calling in, leaving travelers with extended wait times at several airports across the U.S.

A man died earlier this month while being held by Immigration and Customs Enforcement, the Department of Homeland Security announced Monday.

Jose Guadalupe Ramos-Solano died on March 25 at the Adelanto ICE Processing Center near Los Angeles. Staff at the facility found him unconscious and unresponsive, and he was taken to a nearby hospital, where he was pronounced dead.

ICE arrested Ramos-Solano on Feb. 23.

According to Reuters, this is the 14th person who has died while in ICE custody in 2026.

MADRID, March 30 (Reuters) - Spain has closed its airspace to U.S. planes involved in attacks on Iran, a step beyond its previous denial of use of jointly-operated military bases, Defence Minister Margarita Robles said on Monday.

"We don't authorize either the use of military bases or the use of airspace for actions related to the war in Iran," she told reporters in Madrid.

Spanish newspaper El Pais had first reported the news on Monday, citing military sources.

The closure of the airspace forces military planes to bypass NATO member Spain en route to their targets in the Middle East, but it does not include emergency situations, El Pais added.

"This decision is part of the decision already made by the Spanish government not to participate in or contribute to a war which was initiated unilaterally and against international law," Economy Minister Carlos Cuerpo said during an interview with radio Cadena Ser when asked if the decision to close Spain's airspace could worsen relations with the United States.

Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez has been one of the most vocal opponents of the U.S. and Israeli attacks on Iran, describing them as reckless and illegal.

President Donald Trump has threatened to cut trade with Madrid for denying the U.S. use of Spain's bases in the war.

(Reporting by Paolo Laudani and Emma Pinedo; additional reporting by Victoria Waldersee; editing by Charlie Devereux and Gareth Jones)

President Donald Trump railed against birthright citizenship and the U.S. judicial system in a Truth Social post days before the Supreme Court hears oral arguments on the issue.

Trump claimed in a Truth Social post on Monday that other countries profit from the U.S. policy that almost all children born in the United States are automatically granted citizenship. In the early days of his second term as president, Trump signed an executive order eliminating birthright citizenship.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments on the legality of that executive order.

"Birthright Citizenship is not about rich people from China, and the rest of the World, who want their children, and hundreds of thousands more, FOR PAY, to ridiculously become citizens of the United States of America," Trump posted. "It is about the BABIES OF SLAVES! We are the only Country in the World that dignifies this subject with even discussion."

Trump also argued the world is "laughing at how STUPID our U.S. Court System has become (TARIFFS!)" in a knock at the Supreme Court for striking down most of the "emergency" tariffs he implemented.

The Food and Drug Administration issued a recall for thousands of pizza and bread products that may contain metal fragments.

The metal comes from roasted tomatoes baked into the items, the FDA said in a notice issued March 23. The products are sold under the brands HelloFresh, Frederik’s by Meijer, Fresh & Simple, Harris Teeter and Trader Joe’s.

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President Donald Trump teased a potential end to military operations in Iran while also issuing a threat to the country if a deal is not reached.

In a post on Truth Social Monday morning, Trump claimed the U.S. is in "serious discussions" to end the war and argued the U.S. would ramp up operations if a deal isn't reached soon.

"Great progress has been made but, if for any reason a deal is not shortly reached, which it probably will be, and if the Hormuz Strait is not immediately 'Open for Business,' we will conclude our lovely 'stay' in Iran by blowing up and completely obliterating all of their Electric Generating Plants, Oil Wells and Kharg Island (and possibly all desalinization plants!), which we have purposefully not yet 'touched,'" Trump posted.

Trump said any action from the U.S. would be "retribution for our many soldiers, and others, that Iran has butchered and killed over the old Regime’s 47 year 'Reign of Terror.'"

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