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PoliticsIran is turning out to be a more effective enemy than many thought, and U.S. allies are losing their patience with the war
By Jim EdwardsMarch 6, 2026
EconomyThe Treasury may need to borrow an extra $1.6 trillion to cover the hole left by tariff ruling and pay a further $400 billion in debt interest
By Eleanor PringleMarch 6, 2026
By Michael F. GormanMarch 6, 2026
Middle EastPete Hegseth called it ‘quiet death’—the first time a U.S. sub fired a torpedo and hit an enemy ship since the 1940s
By James Dwyer and The ConversationMarch 6, 2026
Middle East23,000 canceled flights and debris raining on Dubai hotels: The Iran war is jeopardizing the $12 trillion global travel industry
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 6, 2026
Middle EastThe Iran conflict will be the ’straw that breaks the camel’s back’ for the U.S. economy if it goes on much longer, Nobel laureate Paul Krugman warns
By Tristan BoveMarch 6, 2026
PoliticsHouse narrowly rejects resolution to halt Trump’s war on Iran. ‘Donald Trump is not a king,’ says top Dem on Foreign Affairs Committee
By The Associated Press, Mary Clare Jalonick, Lisa Mascaro and Stephen GrovesMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsMeet Markwayne Mullin, the new multimillionaire head of DHS, who owns a cattle ranch in Oklahoma
By Jacqueline MunisMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsTrump will take ‘any assistance from any country’ including asking Zelenskyy and Ukraine for help on countering Iran’s Shahed drones
By The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
LawTikTok arsonist in Wisconsin gets 7 years in prison after his fiery fury over the idea of losing his social media fix
By Todd Richmond and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
EnergyTrump has been pushing India to stop buying Russian oil, but he just cut off their massive supply from Iran
By Anton L. Delgado, Aniruddha Ghosal and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsCongress realizes maybe it’s a bad idea to let presidents declare war unilaterally after decades of letting it slide
By Bill Barrow and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsFormer Trump official on White House’s ‘challenge’ with standard practice of agreeing a rationale to go to war
By Laurie Kellman, Farnoush Amiri and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsTrump says ‘I have to be involved’ in choosing next Iran leader, ‘like with Delcy in Venezuela’
By Jon Gambrell, David Rising, Elena Becatoros, Samy Magdy and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
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By Lindsay Whitehurst, Paul Wiseman and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
PoliticsTrump fires Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, replaces her with MMA Sen. Markwayne Mullin, who tried to fight a teamster during Senate hearing
By Michelle L. Price and The Associated PressMarch 5, 2026
EconomyTrump touts tariffs as a budget fix. But the brutal truth is ‘they’re very weak’ and barely dent the $39 trillion national debt
By Jake AngeloMarch 5, 2026
EconomyFed survey reveals Trump’s tariff gut punch to the backbone of the U.S. economy: small business
By Tristan BoveMarch 5, 2026
EconomyTrump’s loss of $1.7 trillion in tariff revenue will send the national debt to $58 trillion by 2036, think tank projects
By Nick LichtenbergMarch 5, 2026
By Jim EdwardsMarch 5, 2026
EconomyA shiny new Fed chair will be keen to start with an interest rate cut—but the bank is growing more hawkish due to Iran
By Eleanor PringleMarch 5, 2026
EconomyVinod Khosla thinks future presidential candidates should run on removing income tax for those making less than $100,000
By Catherina GioinoMarch 5, 2026
North AmericaWorld Cup safety is in jeopardy due to funding chaos and a lack of security coordination, U.S. host city officials warn
By Sam Klebanov and Morning BrewMarch 4, 2026
EconomyTrump’s $175 billion illegal tariff revenue is now accruing interest, and refund delays could be costing American taxpayers $700 million a month
By Sasha RogelbergMarch 4, 2026
Middle EastDespite a $200 billion price tag, Trump admits the Iran war could just swap one bad leader for another
By Tristan BoveMarch 4, 2026
CommentaryOne key difference on America and Iran, then and now: the CIA had a plan for what would happen in 1953
By Gregory F. Treverton and The ConversationMarch 4, 2026
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