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Trump, Rubio call for new Cuban leaders as latest blackout underscores deepening economic crisis

By MILEXSY DURÁN
Mar 17, 2026 7:38 pm - U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday pledged imminent action against Cuba's socialist government as his moves against the island bring the U.S.' longtime opponent deeper into crisis.
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.
Flight cancellations and delays continue after US storms dump snow in the Midwest and head east

By EMIILIE MEGNIEN and RIO YAMAT
Mar 17, 2026 7:25 pm - ATLANTA — Travel disruptions continued Tuesday in the U.S. as airlines worked to recover from a powerful storm system that had already snarled flight schedules a day earl...
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.
US tells all its embassies to ‘immediately’ review security after strikes

By Adam Taylor
Mar 17, 2026 3:45 pm - The State Department has ordered all U.S. diplomatic posts worldwide to “immediately” undertake security evaluations, citing “the ongoing and developing situation in the Middle East and the potential for spillover effects,” according to a cable sent Tuesday that was reviewed by The Washington Post.
Trump fumes at NATO for refusing to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, and embraces going it alone

By AAMER MADHANI, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and MICHELLE L. PRICE
Mar 17, 2026 3:32 pm - President Donald Trump said Tuesday NATO and most other allies have rejected his calls to help secure the Strait of Hormuz, grousing that he has been unable to rally support behind his war of choice in Iran that he insists he's conducting for the good of the world, even if it doesn't appreciate his effort.
Iran war choke-points begin to cast doubt on global chip supply

By Debby Wu and Christina Kyriasoglou
Mar 17, 2026 1:22 pm - As the war in the Middle East stretches into a third week, the global semiconductor industry is facing mounting threats the conflict will choke off key supplies vital for chipmaking and spike the cost of power in Taiwan — the foundation of today’s technology industry.
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.
Trump delays China trip until next month to focus on the war in Iran

By COLLIN BINKLEY
Mar 17, 2026 11:34 am - President Donald Trump is delaying a diplomatic trip to China that had been planned for months but began to unravel as he pressured Beijing and other world powers to use military might to protect the Strait of Hormuz.

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