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Latest News • Mar 26

Trump reveals Iran’s ‘present’: 10 oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz

Trump's Cabinet made its case for the war during its first meeting since conflict with Iran began nearly a month ago. But the signals were mixed,...

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Latest News • Mar 26

Meta Stock Slides As Court Losses Bring 'Big Tobacco Moment' Comparisons

Meta Platforms (META) stock slid Thursday after back-to-back court rulings this week held the Facebook parent company liable for harm to young people.

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Latest News • Mar 26

Social media trials usher in Big Tech's latest moment of reckoning

Tech giants boast massive wealth and a track record of weathering attacks in Congress and the courts, but two jury verdicts could shift their fortunes.

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Latest News • Mar 26

The Sweet 16 starts with two nail-biters and Purdue and Iowa are moving on. Here’s what to know

For the last few days, the fans of 16 men's college basketball teams haven't been able to get one thought out of their heads: Two more wins until the Final...

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Latest News • Mar 26

US passengers enraged by hours-long lines and missed flights: ‘Absolutely insane’

Some people are opting not to travel at all amid what they call 'a manufactured crisis by the Trump administration'

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Latest News • Mar 26

Tehran’s ‘toll booth’: How Iran picks who to let through Strait of Hormuz

Iran has blocked the passage of vessels carrying 20 percent of the world's oil and liquefied natural gas supplies.

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Latest News • Mar 26

Iran Live Updates: Trump Extends Deadline for Iran to Open Strait of Hormuz or Face Power Grid Strikes

President Trump moved the deadline to reopen the major transit route for oil tankers from Friday to April 6. Stocks fell sharply and oil prices rose.

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Latest News • Mar 26

Trump-backed Utah redistricting repeal fails to make ballot

A Republican-led initiative to repeal an anti-gerrymandering law in Utah will fail to make November's ballot, despite garnering support from President...

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Latest News • Mar 26

Hoping to unseat Collins, Maine Democrats battle it out in an expensive U.S. Senate primary

As June's primary election nears, Democratic Gov. Janet Mills and combat veteran Graham Platner are effectively engaged in a proxy battle between factions...

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Latest News • Mar 26

Storms Could Bring Tornadoes, Hail and Heavy Rain to the Midwest on Thursday

Storms moving across the Midwest on Thursday afternoon will bring with them the possibility of hail, strong winds and a few tornadoes, forecasters with the...

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Latest News • Mar 26

More budget pain is in store for Mamdani

The cash-strapped New York City mayor will have to negotiate new union contracts this year. It's going to cost him. Supporters of Zohran Mamdani display...

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Latest News • Mar 26

It's Equal Pay Day. Women have lost ground for the second year in a row

The annual observance marks how far into the new year women must work to make what men earned in the previous year. This year, it's March 26, a day later...

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Latest News • Mar 26

Abigail Spanberger faces a national test with Virginia redistricting

Democrats are starting to worry they could lose the April special election, with the GOP seeing strong early voting turnout.

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Latest News • Mar 26

MLB's "robot umpire" debuts in Yankees-Giants season opener

Major League Baseball's "robot umpire" made its debut in the season-opening New Yankees-San Francisco Giants game in Oracle Park.

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Latest News • Mar 26

Democrats clamored for George Santos’ ouster. Soon they could face having to evict one of their own.

The House Ethics Committee is about to embark on a rare trial to determine Rep. Sheila Cherfilus-McCormick's political future.

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Latest News • Mar 26

Melania Trump shares the spotlight with a robot at an education and technology event

The robot accompanied the first lady to the White House East Room for the final day of a summit she had convened with counterparts from around the world...

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Latest News • Mar 26

UN calls for reparations to remedy the 'historical wrongs' of trafficking enslaved Africans

UNITED NATIONS — The U.N. General Assembly on Wednesday adopted a resolution declaring the trafficking of enslaved Africans "the gravest crime against...

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Latest News • Mar 26

War with Iran disrupts fertilizer exports as U.S. farmers prepare for planting season

Gulf states are major fertilizer producers, and the war with Iran has triggered a 25% price hike just as struggling U.S. farmers are planting corn.

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Latest News • Mar 26

Trump's Iran strategy is to pursue two off-ramps at once

US President Donald Trump appears increasingly interested in finding an off-ramp with Iran, or what he calls "winding down" the war. But his exit strategy...

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Latest News • Mar 25

Contentious House USPTO Oversight Hearing Centers on PTAB Reforms, Trump’s Political Influence

Today, the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property, Artificial Intelligence, and the Internet...

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