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Facts Matter: Iran war brings fake news to social mediaMar 08, 2026 4:00 am - In this week’s Facts Matter column, Bob Oswald examines numerous social media claims about the Iran war, a report that Ghislaine Maxwell was pictured in Canada and more.
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Judge rules Kari Lake unlawfully ran US media agency, voiding layoffs
Mar 07, 2026 7:25 pm - A federal judge in Washington ruled Saturday that Kari Lake has unlawfully served as chief executive of the U.S. Agency for Global Media (USAGM), which oversees Voice of America, and nullified many actions she has taken in the role, including mass layoffs of staff.
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Intel report warns large-scale war ‘unlikely’ to oust Iran’s regime
Mar 07, 2026 6:00 pm - A classified report by the National Intelligence Council found that even a large-scale assault on Iran launched by the United States would be unlikely to oust the Islamic republic’s entrenched military and clerical establishment, a sobering assessment as the Trump administration raises the specter of an extended military campaign that officials say has “only just begun.”
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Long-delayed Jan. 6 plaque honoring police installed in Capitol at 4 a.m.
Mar 07, 2026 5:56 pm - The police officers were taunted and beaten. Some were knocked unconscious and dragged down stone steps, tear gas stinging their throats, to chants of “U.S.A! U.S.A!” on Jan. 6, 2021, as hundreds, then thousands, swarmed the citadel of American democracy.
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Oil and gas prices rapidly rise as Iran war shows no signs of letting up
Mar 07, 2026 5:51 pm - The price of oil surged higher and showed no signs of halting its rapid climb a week after the U.S. and Israel launched major attacks on Iran that escalated into a war in the Middle East.
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Trump grieves with families during return of soldiers killed in war in the Middle East
Mar 07, 2026 5:45 pm - President Donald Trump on Saturday joined grieving families at Dover Air Force Base at the dignified transfer for the six U.S. soldiers killed in the war in the Middle East.
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Going green at St. Pat’s paradeMar 07, 2026 4:42 pm -
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Most Democrats in 9th Congressional race cite affordability as top issueMar 07, 2026 4:37 pm - Most of the Democratic candidates for Illinois’ 9th Congressional District seat believe the rising cost of living is the greatest issue facing constituents.
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A nightclub bombing in Peru injures 33, including minors, authorities say
Mar 07, 2026 3:53 pm - A bombing at a nightclub in Peru has injured 33 people, including minors, authorities said Saturday.
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At least 10 killed in Ukraine’s Kharkiv as Russian missile hits apartment building
Mar 07, 2026 3:50 pm - Two children were among at least 10 people killed on Saturday in a Russian missile that hit a five-story residential building in Ukraine's second-largest city, Kharkiv, officials said. Sixteen others were wounded.