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Senate passes bipartisan housing bill to improve access and affordability

By CHARLOTTE KRAMON, ALEX VEIGA and MARY CLARE JALONICK
Mar 12, 2026 1:03 pm - The Senate passed a broad bill on Thursday to make U.S. housing more accessible and affordable, a rare bipartisan effort in Congress to address a growing national problem.
How the Iran war and surging oil prices are affecting consumers at the gas pump and beyond

By CATHY BUSSEWITZ, MAE ANDERSON and CHRIS RUGABER
Mar 12, 2026 7:18 am - As the war in Iran ratchets up, the price of crude oil has been swinging sharply. Consumers are already feeling the effects of the war and its destabilizing effect on worldwide energy production.
Zelenskyy says Ukraine awaits White House sign-off on US drone production deal

By HANNA ARHIROVA
Mar 12, 2026 7:13 am - Ukraine is awaiting White House approval for a major drone production agreement proposed by Kyiv last year, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Thursday, as countries scramble to modernize their air defenses after the Iran war exposed shortcomings.
Iran’s supreme leader resolves to keep fighting in his first public remarks

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and NATALIE MELZER
Mar 12, 2026 7:03 am - Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Israeli attacks have killed top Iranian nuclear scientists.
Outdated intel likely led US to carry out deadly strike on Iranian elementary school, AP sources say

By JULIA FRANKEL, MICHAEL BIESECKER and ERIC TUCKER
Mar 11, 2026 7:44 pm - Outdated intelligence likely led to the United States carrying out a deadly missile strike on an elementary school in Iran that killed over 165 people, many of them children, in the opening hours of the conflict, according to a U.S. official and a second person briefed on findings of a preliminary U.S military investigation into the incident.
O'Hare and Midway so far avoiding TSA delays plaguing airports elsewhere

By Marni Pyke
Mar 11, 2026 6:59 pm - Chicago Department of Aviation officials are advising spring break travelers to arrive early at airports amid TSA meltdowns elsewhere.
Democrats ask what happened to millions earmarked for Trump’s library

By Dan Diamond and Aaron Schaffer
Mar 11, 2026 4:29 pm - Congressional Democrats are opening a probe into millions of dollars private companies pledged to President Donald Trump’s planned presidential library, asking what happened to the money after the original fund was dissolved last year.
Senators seek review of Justice Department’s handling of Epstein files

By Theodoric Meyer
Mar 11, 2026 4:20 pm - A bipartisan group of senators is asking the Government Accountability Office to examine the Justice Department’s handling of files related to Jeffrey Epstein amid concerns the department has not released all the documents required by law.
Pentagon bars press photographers over ‘unflattering’ Hegseth photos

By Scott Nover
Mar 11, 2026 12:22 pm - Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s staff took issue with photos taken in a rare briefing last week and decided to shut out press photographers from two subsequent news conferences.
Virginia has a data center boon. Officials debate whether it's time to scrap its tax breaks

By OLIVIA DIAZ and MARC LEVY
Mar 11, 2026 7:24 am - Nearly two decades ago, Virginia gave tech companies a tax break on equipment and software, and they began to build. The state became a data center hub, and they kept building. Residents bemoaned the noise while they built some more. Artificial intelligence boomed, and the power grid strained — still, more building.

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