There were 4,036 initial unemployment insurance claims filed for the week ending March 8. That’s 40% higher than the 2,881 first-time claims filed the previous week and 81 % more than the 2,229 filed for the same week in 2024.

https://www.axios.com/local/richmond/2025/03/18/unemployment-claims-virginia-march-trump-job-cuts

https://open.substack.com/pub/steady/p/the-truth-dies-with-him?r=1ffh7&utm_medium=ios

https://www.wsj.com/politics/policy/trump-issues-executive-order-to-dismantle-several-programs-including-voice-of-america-d9676cda?st=vChiSk

https://www.miamiherald.com/news/nation-world/world/americas/cuba/article302141299.html

https://www.thenation.com/article/activism/trump-arrest-detention-mahmoud-khalil/

https://byrdstreet.substack.com/p/orange-county-resident-describes?utm_medium=ios

https://www.voanews.com/a/panama-releases-dozens-of-detained-deportees-from-us-into-limbo/8004560.html

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/us/politics/2025/03/08/us-to-cease-all-future-military-exercises-in-europe-reports/

https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/music/2025/03/07/peter-wolf-memoir-geils-band/

https://open.substack.com/pub/counteroffensive/p/ukraine-fought-alongside-us-in-iraq?r=43nrsl&utm_medium=ios

Russia is bombarding Ukraine with drones guided by U.S.-made technology, and the chips are still flowing – CBS News

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/ukraine-war-russia-iranian-drones-us-made-technology-chips/

https://www.newsweek.com/chinese-spy-balloon-new-report-american-technology-found-2027189

https://newrepublic.com/article/192193/musk-usaid-purge-horrific-turn-maga-lie

https://www.dailypress.com/2025/03/01/black-graves-virginia/

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/28/us/politics/virginia-military-institute-cedric-wins.html