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Inflation likely to spike in coming months after costs appeared to cool in 2026

By CHRISTOPHER RUGABER
Mar 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.
Iran targets busiest international airport as top UN body demands halt to attacks on Gulf neighbors

By JON GAMBRELL, SALLY ABOU ALJOUD and LISA MASCARO
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.
Whistleblower claims ex-DOGE member says he took Social Security data to new job

By Meryl Kornfield, Elizabeth Dwoskin and Lisa Rein
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.
What Americans think about the war in Iran, according to recent polls

By LINLEY SANDERS
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.
Trump-backed Fuller and Democrat Harris move to Georgia runoff to succeed Marjorie Taylor Greene

By JEFF AMY
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.
GOP Rep. Ogles says Muslims ‘don’t belong in American society’

By Amy B Wang and Clara Ence Morse
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.
Voting machine company Smartmatic says DOJ is targeting it to bolster false 2020 claims

By Jeremy Roebuck
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.
FDA finds little evidence that a drug touted by Trump can help people with autism

By MATTHEW PERRONE
Mar 10, 2026 11:42 am - The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday approved a generic medication for a rare brain disorder, while walking back statements by President Donald Trump and other administration officials that the drug showed great promise for people with autism.
Israel says Iran is using cluster munitions. What to know about the weapons

By SAM METZ and MELANIE LIDMAN
Mar 10, 2026 11:39 am - Israel says Iran has been firing cluster munitions throughout their 10-day war — adding a complicated and deadly challenge to Israel’s already-stretched air defenses.
US says it destroyed 16 minelaying vessels as Iran threatens to block Gulf oil exports

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SAMY MAGDY
Mar 10, 2026 8:57 am - The U.S. military said it took out multiple Iranian vessels Tuesday as the Islamic Republic vowed to block the region's oil exports and concerns grew about the country's threats to stop tankers from using a waterway through which 20% of the world’s oil is shipped.

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