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  • A photograph shows the damage following a reported drone strike on the US embassy in Baghdad’s fortified “Green Zone” on March 14, 2026. A drone struck the US embassy in Baghdad on March 14, an Iraqi security official said, as an AFP journalist saw smoke rising from the complex. Iraq, long a proxy battleground between the United States and Iran, was quickly dragged into the Middle East war triggered by US and Israeli strikes on Iran on February 28. (Photo by Murtadha RIDHA / AFP via Getty Images)Middle East

    U.S. calls for Americans to leave Iraq ‘now’ as attacks mount

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • WASHINGTON, DC – FEBRUARY 18: Brendan Carr, commissioner at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), speaks during an open commission meeting at the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) headquarters on February 18, 2026 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Al Drago/Getty Images)Law

    FCC’s Carr threatens TV broadcast licenses over news coverage

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • ERBIL, IRAQ – JANUARY 18: Kurdish Peshmerga fighters affiliated with PAK prepare to train on January 18, 2026 near Erbil, Iraq. A spokesman for the National Army of Kurdistan, the armed wing of the Kurdistan Freedom Party, or PAK, based in Iraq, says the group “played a role in the protests through both financial support and armed operations to defend protesters when needed,” and launched attacks on Iran’s Revolutionary Guard in recent days in retaliation for their violent crackdown. (Photo by Ethan Swope/Getty Images)Middle East

    Trump says he ruled out having Kurdish forces join Iran war

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • An Airbus A321 Delta Airlines passenger aircraft is seen at gate while a Boeing 737 MAX 8 United Airlines passenger aircraft takes off at LaGuardia Airport in New York on February 22, 2026. A fast-developing storm is threatening to pummel the US East Coast with a foot or more of snow beginning Sunday, bringing Mother Nature’s wrath to a region that only just dug out from a previous winter wallop. Meteorologists issued blizzard warnings for New York and parts of at least six states, warning Saturday that heavy snow and gale-force winds are forecast to slam all major cities along the densely populated Interstate 95 northeast corridor, including Philadelphia, Boston and even Washington further south. (Photo by CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP via Getty Images)Travel & Leisure

    Delta expects to halt flights at NYC, Boston airports for storm

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • COLIMA, MEXICO – FEBRUARY 22: An army member stands guard with a machine gun on top of a car on February 22, 2026 in Colima, Mexico. Road blockades and vehicle burnings have been reported in several parts of Mexico since early morning. The Secretariat of National Defense of Mexico has confirmed that during a security operation in Tapalpa, Jalisco, Nemesio Oseguera Cervantes, known as ‘El Mencho’ leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel was killed, along with four other members. Three Mexican soldiers were wounded during the operation. (Photo by Leonardo Montecillo/Agencia Press South/Getty Images)North America

    U.S. asks citizens in Mexico to shelter after cartel leader killed

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • US President Donald Trump gives a speech about the economy at the Coosa Steel Corporation factory in Rome, Georgia, on February 19, 2026. (Photo by SAUL LOEB / AFP via Getty Images)Economy

    Trump boosts new tariff rate to 15% a day after announcing 10%

    By Wendy Benjaminson, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others
  • The OpenClaw logo appears on the screen of a smartphone placed on a reflective surface, onto which an abstract illustration in the software’s colors is projected. OpenClaw, formerly known as Clawdbot and Moltbot, is an agentic AI software designed for the autonomous execution of complex tasks and is at the center of a debate on the risks associated with cybersecurity and the safety of autonomous AI agents in Creteil, France, on February 5, 2026. (Photo by Samuel Boivin/NurPhoto via Getty Images)AI

    OpenAI hires OpenClaw AI agent developer Peter Steinberg

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • MUNICH, GERMANY – FEBRUARY 13: Governor of California, Gavin Newsom, attends the Panel Discussion ‘Playing With Fire: The Need for Decisive Climate Action’ at the 62nd Munich Security Conference on February 13, 2026 in Munich, Germany. The conference, which brings together government leaders, security experts and defence ministers, is taking place at a time when the traditional western political and military alliance is facing rupture due to the policies of U.S. President Donald Trump. (Photo by Johannes Simon/Getty Images)Politics

    Newsom pleads with U.S. allies in Europe to see Trump as temporary

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • Gold bars arranged at the Perth Mint Refinery, operated by Gold Corp., in Perth, Australia, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. The reversal came as the stock market was whipsawed by volatility, Bitcoin tumbled and what had been a steep run-up in gold and silver prices abruptly reversed, all of which drove investors into the safety of US Treasuries. Photographer: Matt Jelonek/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesInvesting

    Bessent sees ‘unruly’ Chinese trading behind gold price swings

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres, Hadriana Lowenkron, and others
  • Jamie Dimon, chief executive officer of JPMorgan Chase & Co., arrives ahead of an event with Javier Milei, Argentina’s president, not pictured, at the National Museum of Decorative Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Friday, Oct. 24, 2025. Milei will hold talks with Dimon and other JPMorgan executives on Friday and deliver a speech to Latin American CEOs at an event organized by the Wall Street bank. Photographer: Tomas Cuesta/Bloomberg via Getty ImagesBanking

    Trump blasts Dimon, threatens to sue JPMorgan over debanking

    By Josh Wingrove, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others
  • US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem attends a press conference in New York City on January 8, 2026. (Photo by TIMOTHY A.CLARY / AFP via Getty Images)Politics

    Hundreds more federal agents heading to Minnesota, Noem says

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • SAN FRANCISCO, CA – DECEMBER 20: Waymo driverless car is not able to detect traffic lights after a major power outage in San Francisco, California, United States on December 20, 2025. (Photo by Tayfun Coskun/Anadolu via Getty Images)Innovation

    Waymos froze, blocked traffic during San Francisco power outage

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • The silhouettes of National Guard members against the sunlightLaw

    Trump orders new immigration curbs as FBI probes guard shooting

    By Josh Wingrove, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others
  • CHICAGO, ILLINOIS – OCTOBER 31: People detained earlier in the day are taken to a parking lot on the far north side of the city before being transferred to an Immigration and Customs Enforcement facility on October 31, 2025, in Chicago, Illinois. Chief Patrol Agent of the El Centro Sector for U.S. Customs and Border Protection Gregory Bovino was part of the caravan of federal officers making the arrests amid President Donald Trump’s administration’s “Operation Midway Blitz,” an ongoing immigration enforcement surge across the Chicago region. (Photo by Jamie Kelter Davis/Getty Images)Politics

    Trump says immigration raid efforts ‘haven’t gone far enough’

    By Maria Paula Mijares Torres and Bloomberg
  • MOUNTAIN VIEW, CALIFORNIA – JULY 23: Workers enter a building on the Google headquarters campus on July 23, 2025 in Mountain View, California. Google parent company Alphabet reported better-than-expected second-quarter earnings with revenue of $96.43 billion compared to analyst expectations of $94 billion. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)Big Tech

    Tech companies warn H-1B visa holders to avoid foreign travel

    By Georgia Hall, Maria Paula Mijares Torres, and others