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Iran defends strikes on Gulf neighbors. They say a ‘huge trust gap’ will last for decades
Foreign workers look at a tall plume of black smoke ascends following an explosion in the Fujairah industrial zone on March 3, 2026. Fadel Senna | Afp | Getty Images Iran has defended its strikes against its Gulf neighbors, telling CNBC that U.S. military assets located in surrounding territories were “legitimate” targets in its fight […]
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Oil plunges 10% as Trump warns to hit Iran ‘twenty times harder’ if it blockades Strait of Hormuz
Oil prices surged about 20% on Monday as the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran continued, raising fears of prolonged disruptions to energy supplies. Anton Petrus | Moment | Getty Images Oil prices plunged 10% Tuesday after U.S. President Donald Trump warned that Tehran would be hit “twenty times harder” if it attempted to halt oil flows through the […]
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Democrats threaten more Iran war powers votes, call for Hegseth, Rubio to testify
Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after President Donald Trump selected Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Kristi Noem as the Department of Homeland Security secretary on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats on Monday laid out a […]
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Elon Musk’s xAI wants to build a power plant in Mississippi. Regulators plan a key meeting on Election Day
Elon Musk waves to the crowd during the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 22, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters With Elon Musk’s xAI planning to build a massive, natural-gas burning power plant in Southaven, Mississippi, the state’s environmental authority has scheduled a board meeting for Tuesday — Election Day […]
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Top permitting-reform Republican, Democratic senators meeting as talks thaw: API chief
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) speaks to the media following the weekly policy luncheons at the U.S. Capitol on June 21, 2023 in Washington, DC. Kevin Dietsch | Getty Images Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chair Shelley Moore Capito and ranking Democrat Sheldon Whitehouse are meeting to discuss reforming the federal energy permitting […]
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Warsh to meet Tillis as Senate confirmation remains blocked
U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) attends a Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee hearing on the Financial Stability Oversight Council’s annual report to Congress, on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C., U.S., February 5, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | Reuters Federal Reserve chair nominee Kevin Warsh will meet this week with the Republican senator who has […]
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Watch live: Trump holds press conference as Iran war fallout roils oil market
[The stream is slated to start at 5:30 p.m. Please refresh the page if you do not see a player above at that time.] President Donald Trump is set to hold a press conference at his Miami-area golf club. The president’s comments at Trump National Doral are coming within hours of him telling CBS News […]
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FBI obtains records of Arizona Senate audit of 2020 Maricopa County election results, Republican says
People deposit their mail-in ballots for the US presidential election at a ballot collection box in Phoenix, Arizona on October 18, 2020. Robyn Beck | Afp | Getty Images A federal grand jury issued a subpoena for records of the Arizona state Senate’s audit of 2020 election results in Maricopa County, the Senate president said […]
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Anthropic was the Pentagon’s choice for AI. Now it’s banned and experts are worried
Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Ruhani Kaur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Last August, Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael, a former Uber executive and attorney, took on the added role of overseeing the Defense Department’s artificial intelligence portfolio. A […]
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Trump tells CBS that Iran ‘war is very complete’
US President Donald Trump speaks during a “Saving College Sports” roundtable in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, US, on Friday, March 6, 2026. Aaron Schwartz | Bloomberg | Getty Images President Donald Trump on Monday told a CBS News reporter that the war against Iran could be over soon. “I […]
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