Nation and World
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Inflation likely to spike in coming months after costs appeared to cool in 2026Mar 11, 2026 7:00 am - Inflation likely was elevated last month even before the spike in oil and gas prices of the past two weeks that is expected to send consumer costs soaring in the months ahead.
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Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors
Mar 11, 2026 6:55 am - Iran attacked commercial ships on Wednesday and targeted Dubai International Airport, escalating a campaign of bottling up the oil-rich Persian Gulf as global energy concerns mounted and American and Israeli airstrikes pounded the Islamic Republic.
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Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job
Mar 10, 2026 9:51 pm - The Social Security Administration’s internal watchdog is investigating a complaint that alleges a former U.S. DOGE Service employee claimed he had access to two highly sensitive agency databases and planned to share the information with his private employer — a claim that, if true, would constitute an unprecedented breach of security protocols at an agency that serves more than 70 million Americans.
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Pentagon says about 140 troops wounded, 8 severely, in war with Iran
Mar 10, 2026 7:05 pm - About 140 U.S. service members have been wounded in the war with Iran, a Pentagon official said Tuesday, as personnel remain under threat from drones and missiles that have left seven U.S. troops dead.
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Trump’s mixed signals on the war with Iran
Mar 10, 2026 6:53 pm - The U.S.’ unpopular war with Iran is in its second week, and most Americans expect it to make gas prices worse. President Donald Trump has started saying the conflict is almost over but is giving mixed signals about just how soon.
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What Americans think about the war in Iran, according to recent polls
Mar 10, 2026 6:46 pm - Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support.
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Alabama governor commutes death sentence of man whose accomplice fired fatal shot
Mar 10, 2026 4:18 pm - Alabama Gov. Kay Ivey on Tuesday commuted the death sentence of a 75-year-old inmate who was set to be executed this week even though he was not in the building when the victim was killed during a 1991 robbery.
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Trump-backed Fuller and Democrat Harris move to Georgia runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene
Mar 10, 2026 4:10 pm - Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling-out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district are voting for her successor in a special election Tuesday.
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GOP Rep. Ogles says Muslims ‘don’t belong in American society’
Mar 10, 2026 4:05 pm - Rep. Andrew Ogles (R-Tenn.) wrote on social media Monday that “Muslims don’t belong in American society,” becoming the latest Republican lawmaker to voice blatantly Islamophobic sentiments.“Pluralism is a lie,” Ogles added in his post on X.
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Voting machine company Smartmatic says DOJ is targeting it to bolster false 2020 claims
Mar 10, 2026 3:56 pm - A voting machine company at the heart of President Donald Trump’s conspiracy theories about the 2020 election accused the Justice Department on Tuesday of bringing a criminal case against it to further his administration’s baseless claims about that vote.