LOOSE SCREWS: United Airlines found loose bolts on so called “door plugs” on their Boeing 737 Max 9 jets, similar to the panel that blew out on an Alaska Airlines flight last week, indicating a manufacturing oversight.   The plug is a panel installed …

TRUMPFANIK:  New York Rep. Elise Stefanik, who’s been mentioned as a possible running mate for Donald Trump, is following the former president’s lead in referring to the people jailed over the January 6th insurrection as “hostages.”   Appearing on NBC’s “Meet the Press,” …

ORANGE ALERT: The Supreme Courts yesterday agreed to hear argument on whether Donald Trump should be allowed on the Colorado primary ballot the same day Biden brought out his verbal guns and said Trump is a danger to democracy. “Democracy is …

WIDER WAR: A US strike yesterday in Baghdad that killed a militia commander linked to Iran may have risked widening regional conflict growing from the Israel/Hamas war. This comes as the Biden administration is trying to get Israel to reduce the violence. …

IRAN: Two explosions yesterday in Iran killed 84 people and wounded 280 walking in a procession to honor Iran’s late former top military general, Qassim Suleimani.    So far no one is taking responsibility or declaring a motive for the attack.   State media …

CANCELLED: Harvard President Claudine Gay resigned under new accusations of plagiarism in her academic work and the fallout from her testimony before Congress.   She is the second of three university presidents who resigned after what some deemed were unsatisfactory responses to …

SHAKEN: Residents of western Japan were digging trapped people out of the rubble and assessing the damage after a powerful earthquake and mild tsunami. At least 48 people died.   The damage is widespread. Video showed houses swaying in unison. Cars bounced …

BALLOT ISSUES: Maine’s secretary of state ruled yesterday that Donald Trump cannot be on the Republican primary ballot because he was a party to the January 6th insurrection and the 14thAmendment says he cannot hold office again.   “I am mindful that no …

BORDER POLITICS: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López yesterday pressured the US to improve US relations with Cuba and Venezuela as well as providing more aid for South America in trade for help stemming the tide of migrants passing through his country. Cuba …

AT WAR: Israel’s military Chief of Staff said he expects the war in Gaza to continue for “many more months” despite international calls for a cease-fire. Lt. Gen. Herzi Halevi, said that Israeli forces had killed “many terrorists and Hamas commanders” …