Nation and World
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What Americans are giving up to afford ACA health insurance, according to a new poll
Mar 19, 2026 3:20 pm - NEW YORK — Lately, Priscilla Brown has had to choose between properly managing her Type 2 diabetes and affording other necessities, like gas in her car. Some days, she ta...
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Mullin's DHS nomination advances to full Senate despite opposition from Republican Rand Paul
Mar 19, 2026 3:12 pm - WASHINGTON — Sen. Markwayne Mullin moved a step closer to becoming President Donald Trump's next homeland security secretary after a Senate committee Thursday narrowly ad...
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California's Gov. Newsom supports move to rename César Chavez Day over alleged sexual abuse
Mar 19, 2026 3:08 pm - SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California Gov. Gavin Newsom said he supports a proposal to rename César Chavez Day as Farmworkers Day following stunning allegations of abuse agains...
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Japan's Takaichi tries to reaffirm alliance with Trump as he seeks help securing Strait of Hormuz
Mar 19, 2026 3:05 pm - WASHINGTON — Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi sought to reaffirm her alliance with President Donald Trump on Thursday after the president this week seemed to compla...
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US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
Mar 18, 2026 8:47 pm - The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran.
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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
Mar 18, 2026 8:43 pm - The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to a senior administration official, in an enormous new ask that is almost certain to run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict.
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US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war
Mar 18, 2026 8:25 pm - U.S. companies will be allowed to do business with Venezuela's state-owned oil and gas company after the Treasury Department eased sanctions, with some limitations, on Wednesday as the Trump administration looks for ways to boost global oil supplies during the Iran war.
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Ex-counterterrorism official says he wasn’t allowed to share concerns about Iran war with Trump
Mar 18, 2026 8:18 pm - Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes “were not allowed” to share them with President Donald Trump.
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US stocks sink on worries about inflation as gold falls below $5,000 per ounce
Mar 18, 2026 4:11 pm - U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a report said inflation was primed to worsen even before the war with Iran caused oil prices to spike. That and comments from the head of the Federal Reserve pushed Wall Street to see less chance of getting the lower interest rates that it loves.
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César Chávez accused of sexually abusing labor rights leader Dolores Huerta
Mar 18, 2026 3:40 pm - Labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by César Chavez amid reported allegations of abuse by others during his tenure as president of The United Farm Workers union.