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Actor and martial-arts master Chuck Norris, known for his roles in the television show "Walker, Texas Ranger" and the movies “Return of the Dragon,” "The Delta Force" and "Invasion USA," has died. He was 86.
His family called Norris' death Thursday morning a "sudden passing" in a social media announcement. "While we would like to keep the circumstances private, please know that he was surrounded by his family and was at peace," his family said.
During a deployment to South Korea while serving in the U.S. Air Force, Norris first trained in martial arts such as judo and a type of Korean karate called Tang Soo Do. He opened a martial arts studio in Torrance, California, following his military career and won major competitions; he was a six-time undefeated World Professional Middleweight Karate champion.
His friendship with actor and martial artist Bruce Lee led to Norris' role in the 1972 film “Return of the Dragon,” where the two stage an epic fight scene inside Rome's Coliseum.
Norris often portrayed heroic characters in his own image. “I had seen a lot of anti-hero movies in which the lead was neither good nor bad. There was no one to root for,” he said in 1982.
In the 1990s and early 2000s, he portrayed lawman Cordell Walker in the television series "Walker, Texas Ranger." He said the show did not show "violence for violence’s sake, with no moral structure," but tried to show "the proper meaning of what it’s about — fighting injustice with justice, good vs. bad."
In more recent years, his acting credits included the 2004 movie "Dodgeball," "The Expendables 2" from 2012 and appearances in "The Goldbergs" and "Hawaii Five-0."
Norris also lent his celebrity to political causes, including gun rights, as well as endorsing Mike Huckabee during his 2008 run for president and Donald Trump's 2016 campaign for the White House.
Photo from 2010 by Chris Keane/Reuters
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President Donald Trump told PBS News' Liz Landers in a brief phone call Monday that oil prices "will drop like a rock as soon as" the war with Iran is over.
When Landers asked for a timeline on oil prices dropping, the president added, "As soon as the war is over. ... I don't believe it will be long."
Oil prices were down, and stocks were up on Monday morning, as of 11 a.m. Eastern, though they've fluctuated quickly and frequently since the war began. The International Energy Agency said that more oil from its emergency stockpiles could be released if needed to ease the increase on prices.
When Landers asked whether U.S. troops will be on the ground in Iran as part of the war, Trump responded: "I don't want to say that."
When Landers asked the president if his thinking has changed on ground troops, he said, "No, it's not changed, but I just don't want to talk about that, because I'm not gonna talk about strategy with a reporter. O.K.?"
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Ahead of the midterm contests in November, Americans' confidence that their elections will be run fairly has dropped to its lowest point in years, according to a new PBS News/NPR/Marist poll.
Two-thirds of Americans say they are confident their state or local government will run a fair and accurate election, a drop of 10 percentage points from the month before the 2024 presidential election. The percentage who expressed confidence is at the lowest it's been since Marist first asked this question in 2020.
The drop has been driven largely by Democrats and independents, whose confidence has dropped 16 and 11 percentage points, respectively. Republicans, however, are 3 percentage points more confident in how elections will be run this November, within the poll's margin of error.
Lee Miringoff, director of the Marist Institute for Public Opinion, described the 10-point drop in confidence since October 2024 as a "be on guard" kind of decline.
"I can only expect that the numbers may even get worse as we get closer to the midterms," he said. "This may be just a stopping-off point to an erosion in even the state and local confidence people have."
The growing concern comes as President Donald Trump threatens to hold up all legislation until Congress passes the SAVE America Act, a sweeping overhaul of federal voting rules, despite many states already holding primaries and actively preparing for the general election.
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President Donald Trump announced Thursday that he is replacing Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem with Sen. Markwayne Mullin.
"The Highly Respected United States Senator from the Great State of Oklahoma, Markwayne Mullin, will become the United States Secretary of Homeland Security (DHS), effective March 31, 2026," Trump said in a social media post.
Noem will become special envoy for the Shield of Americas, a new security initiative in the Western Hemisphere.
Her exit comes after her testimony this week before House and Senate committees, where she was pressed by both parties on a number of issues, including the deadly use of force against U.S. citizens in Minnesota. A few lawmakers called for her resignation in the hearings.
Trump reportedly spoke to Republican lawmakers about his frustration with her performances in those hearings.
During her time leading the Department of Homeland Security, Noem faced criticism from Democrats and some Republicans over her conduct while overseeing Trump's immigration crackdown. The agency, which is currently affected by a partial government shutdown, has been roiled by widespread backlash over its aggressive tactics.
The job of Homeland Security secretary, a Cabinet position, requires Senate confirmation.
Photo by Elizabeth Frantz via Reuters
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