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  • bessentPolitics

    Bessent talks oil, accuses media of ‘trying to make it into some crisis that it’s not’

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  • Strikers holding signs against JBS beef meatpackingLaw

    A raw deal: 3,800 Colorado meatpackers stage first beef plant strike in 40 years at one of the largest meatpacking plants in U.S.

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  • one battleArts & Entertainment

    ‘I wrote this movie for my kids to say sorry for the housekeeping mess that we left in this world’: Oscars hint at politics

    By Jake Coyle and The Associated Press
  • iranPolitics

    Iran minister mocks Trump for ‘begging’ for help on reopening Hormuz, claims attacks came from UAE

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • A TSA agent wears a U.S. Department of Homeland Security patch on their uniform at Love Field Airport, in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)Politics

    Top airline CEOs plead with Congress to restore DHS funding and pay airport workers. ‘Once again, air travel is the political football’

    By Anne D'Innocenzio and The Associated Press
  • Oil tankers and cargo ships line up in the Strait of Hormuz as seen from Khor Fakkan, United Arab Emirates, Wednesday, March 11, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Energy

    Trump says he asked 7 countries for Hormuz help. None answered the call

    By Sam Metz, Will Weissert, and others
  • FILE – U.S. Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, left, shakes hands with Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng, right, during a bilateral meeting between the United States and China, in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday, May 10, 2025. (Martial Trezzini/Keystone via AP, File)Economy

    Bessent leads U.S. talks with China ahead of Trump-Xi summit as Iran and trade war loom over ‘big year’ for bilateral ties

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  • President Donald Trump speaks to reporters before he boards Air Force One, Friday, March 13, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., for a trip to Florida. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)Politics

    As Iran war knocks Trump back on his political heels, he lashes out at news coverage while taking flak from top MAGA figures

    By Will Weissert and The Associated Press
  • In this photo provided by the U.S. Air National Guard, U.S. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Tyler Simmons, a boom operator assigned to the Ohio National Guard’s 121st Air Refueling Wing in Columbus, Ohio, speaks during the Enlisted Leadership Symposium at Youngstown Air Reserve Station in Youngstown, Ohio, on June 27, 2023. (Airman 1st Class Nicholas Battani/U.S. Air National Guard via AP)Politics

    Crew of fatal U.S. military crash included Ohio Air National Guard members and a pilot with three small children

    By David A. Lieb, Mark Scolforo, and others
  • WASHINGTON, DC – MARCH 11: U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright speaks during a panel at the BlackRock Infrastructure Summit on March 11, 2026 in Washington, DC. The global investment management company held the summit consisting of leaders from government, business, and labor to address expanding U.S. infrastructure. (Photo by Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images)Energy

    Energy secretary invokes Defense Production Act to force a Texas oil company to restore operations in California. Newsom condemns move

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  • Plumes of smoke rise after debris from an intercepted Iranian drone struck an oil facility, according to authorities, in Fujairah, United Arab Emirates, Saturday, March 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)Politics

    Iran openly threatens neighbor’s non-U.S. assets for first time, telling UAE ports to evacuate

    By Jon Gambrell, Sam Mednick, and others
  • Iranian refugees walk with their belongings after crossing the border from Iran to Armenia at a border check point in the southern Armenian town of Meghri, on March 9, 2026, amid the Middle East war. (Photo by KAREN MINASYAN / AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    More than 3 million Iranians have been displaced so far since the war started, setting up a potential migration crisis

    By Sam McNeil, Serra Yedikardes, and others
  • A crane unloads a container at the Uiwang ICD Terminal in Uiwang, South Korea, Thursday, March 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)Economy

    Trump seeks to close a $1.6 trillion revenue gap with new tariffs that will be easier for people to challenge

    By Christopher Rugaber and The Associated Press
  • Customers stand in line to get birth and death certificates at the Columbus Public Health Department in Columbus, Ohio, on Tuesday, March, 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Julie Carr Smyth)Politics

    An effort similar to the SAVE Act was tried once, but was blocked by courts when over 30,000 eligible citizens were prevented from registering to vote

    By Julie Carr Smyth and The Associated Press
  • FILE -A view of the island of Qeshm, which oversees the strategic waterway of the Strait of Hormuz, Iran, on Dec. 24, 2011. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)Politics

    Kharg Island is ‘the main node’ of Iran’s economy, and a U.S. takeover would provide leverage in any negotiations, energy expert says

    By Sam Metz and The Associated Press