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How AIPAC, crypto and a billionaire governor shaped the Illinois primaries

Theodoric Meyer
Mar 18, 2026 9:47 am - The win capped a mixed night for AIPAC and crypto, which spent heavily in Illinois’ primary elections.
US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran war

By FATIMA HUSSEIN and REGINA GARCIA CANO
Mar 18, 2026 9:21 am - 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 world oil supplies during the Iran war.
Jet fuel prices and airfares are rising. Travelers are still booking flights, US airlines say

By Rio Yamat
Mar 18, 2026 9:01 am - Rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in the Middle East are adding hundreds of millions of dollars in expenses for some major U.S. airlines. But executives from Delta, American and United told investors Tuesday that strong ticket sales are helping offset those higher costs, with all three carriers reporting record bookings this year.
Strikes hit world’s largest natural gas field in Iran, and Tehran retaliates with more attacks

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY
Mar 18, 2026 9:00 am - Israel said Wednesday it killed another top Iranian official, the third in two days, while Iran lashed out with attacks on its Persian Gulf neighbors and Israel, using some of its latest missiles to evade air defenses and killing two people near Tel Aviv.
Trump’s tariffs are hurting American manufacturers instead of helping them

By JOSH BOAK
Mar 18, 2026 8:27 am - WASHINGTON — Jay Allen is a fan of President Donald Trump, and voted for him on the belief that the Republican would cut taxes and trim regulations, helping his manufactu...
Republicans are launching a voting bill debate that could last days or even weeks

By MARY CLARE JALONICK
Mar 17, 2026 7:33 pm - Republicans launched an unprecedented effort on Tuesday to hold the Senate floor and talk for days about a bill that they know won't pass — an attempt to capture public attention on legislation requiring stricter voter registration rules as President Donald Trump pressures Congress to act before November’s midterm elections.
Attorney General Pam Bondi subpoenaed to answer questions from Congress about the Epstein files

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER
Mar 17, 2026 7:22 pm - Attorney General Pam Bondi was subpoenaed Tuesday to answer questions from Congress about the Justice Department's sex trafficking investigation of Jeffrey Epstein and the agency's handling of millions of files related to the disgraced financier.
Judge reinstates 1,000 Voice of America employees, deems wind-down illegal

By Scott Nover
Mar 17, 2026 7:18 pm - Voice of America employees have spent a full year on paid administrative leave while President Donald Trump’s administration has tried to shrink the international broadcaster to its “statutory minimum.” That extended absence is coming to an end.
Israel urges Iranians to revolt but privately assesses they’ll be ‘slaughtered’

By John Hudson
Mar 17, 2026 11:42 am - Israeli officials told U.S. counterparts they hope for an uprising even though it would lead to a massacre, according to a State Department cable reviewed by The Post.
Afghanistan says more than 400 dead in Pakistan airstrike on Kabul hospital

By ABDUL QAHAR AFGHAN, MUNIR AHMED and ELENA BECATOROS
Mar 17, 2026 11:38 am - Rescuers recovered more bodies from the rubble of a drug rehabilitation hospital in Kabul on Tuesday after officials said an overnight airstrike killed more than 400 people in a dramatic escalation of a conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan that is now in its third week.

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