Here is the GPL News Brief for March 18th 2026:

* ‘Tell it to my face’: Paul airs beef with Mullin in DHS nomination clash

* Senators clash with Trump’s homeland security pick; intel officials testify on top threats

* Trump’s DHS pick, Markwayne Mullin, never served in military but talks as if he did

* US military drops 5,000-pound deep-penetrator bombs near Strait of Hormuz

* As Trump keeps Texas guessing, neither Cornyn nor Paxton backs down from Republican Senate runoff

* Cesar Chavez, a civil rights leader, is accused of abusing girls for years

* Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by César Chavez

* César Chavez accused of sexually abusing labor rights leader Dolores Huerta and others

* Officials Scramble to Rename Cesar Chavez Day and Other Honors

* Hundreds of Millions of iPhones Can Be Hacked With a New Tool Found in the Wild

* David Zaslav to Receive More Than $550 Million in Compensation Related to Warner Bros.-Paramount Merger

* David Ellison Unveils Sweeping Vision for Warner Bros: “This Is About Reinventing the Business”

* Spider-Man: Brand New Day’ Trailer: Tom Holland Shoots Organic Webs, Reunites With Bruce Banner and Teams Up With Punisher

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