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Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran warMar 18, 2026 8:43 pm - The Pentagon has asked the White House to approve a more than $200 billion request to Congress to fund the war in Iran, according to a senior administration official, in an enormous new ask that is almost certain to run into resistance from lawmakers opposed to the conflict.
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Bucks' Giannis Antetokounmpo sidelined with hyperextended knee and bone bruiseMar 18, 2026 8:25 pm - MILWAUKEE — Giannis Antetokounmpo wasn’t available for the Milwaukee Bucks’ 123-116 loss to Cleveland on Tuesday night after leaving a victory over Indiana two days earli...
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US eases Venezuela oil sanctions as Trump seeks to boost world oil supply during Iran warMar 18, 2026 8:25 pm - 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 global oil supplies during the Iran war.
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Ex-counterterrorism official says he wasn’t allowed to share concerns about Iran war with TrumpMar 18, 2026 8:18 pm - Joe Kent, the former counterterrorism director who resigned this week over concerns about the Iran war, said Wednesday that he and other senior officials with doubts about the airstrikes “were not allowed” to share them with President Donald Trump.
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The WBC is thriving. Rob Manfred says MLB might consider moving it to midseasonMar 18, 2026 7:52 pm - MIAMI — Having set attendance and broadcast viewer records, the World Baseball Classic will return in 2029 or 2030 and at some future point could be moved to midseason, w...
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Madison County judge finds name in Epstein files because of legal representationMar 18, 2026 6:16 pm - Andrew Carruthers was an associate in the Edwardsville civil firm HeplerBroom when he was assigned a collection case in Lake County related to Jeffrey Epstein in 2013. Carruthers, who was appointed to the bench eight years later, said Epstein “was completely unknown to us” when the firm accepted his business. Carruthers said he never met or communicated with the convicted sex offender, but acted as local counsel to enforce a judgment handed down in the Virgin Islands.
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Penn forward TJ Power's status for first-round game vs. No. 3 Illinois uncertain because of illnessMar 18, 2026 4:29 pm - GREENVILLE, S.C. — Penn forward TJ Power’s status for the Quakers’ first-round NCAA Tournament game on Thursday night against No. 3 seed Illinois is uncertain after he mi...
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US stocks sink on worries about inflation as gold falls below $5,000 per ounceMar 18, 2026 4:11 pm - U.S. stocks slumped Wednesday after a report said inflation was primed to worsen even before the war with Iran caused oil prices to spike. That and comments from the head of the Federal Reserve pushed Wall Street to see less chance of getting the lower interest rates that it loves.
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Could rail yard sale in South Loop lead to new White Sox stadium?Mar 18, 2026 4:04 pm - On Wednesday, Crain’s Chicago Business reported that Ishbia’s private equity firm, Shore Capital Partners, was in the process of buying a 47-acre Amtrak rail yard in the South Loop, located across the south branch of the Chicago River from “The 78,” the development that will house a new Chicago Fire stadium and one the Sox have also been eyeing for years.
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A landmark WNBA labor deal nears reality, paving the way for the first million dollar playersMar 18, 2026 3:47 pm - NEW YORK — A landmark new WNBA collective bargaining agreement was reached in principle early Wednesday morning that will give the league its first million dollar players...