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Lawmakers are set to return to Washington this week as questions over future pay for Department of Homeland Security (DHS) employees — including Transportation Security Administration (TSA) officers — loom over efforts to end the partial shutdown. The impasse follows a last-minute split before the Easter recess, when Senate Republicans advanced a measure to fund most of...

In one of Europe's most consequential elections of the year, Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orbán has conceded to the party led by Péter Magyar, ending his run as Hungary's leader after more than 16 years. With 60 percent of the votes counted, Magyar's Tisza Party had more than 52 percent of the vote compared with Orbán’s...

Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) said Sunday that he didn’t understand the “logic” behind President Trump’s recent announcement that the U.S. military would begin blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz. “We know we've got $4-a-gallon gasoline. We know that 25 percent of the world's natural gas goes through the strait. We know a...

In many cases, however, the price difference is less than 5 cents.

President Trump said Sunday that the prices of oil and gas could drop, stay even or go “maybe a little higher” by this year’s midterm elections in comments that follow his announcement that the U.S. military would start blockading ships looking to enter the Strait of Hormuz. “So, do you believe the price of oil...

Republican Sen. Ron Johnson (Wis.) said Sunday that the U.S. has not “won” the war with Iran yet, despite President Trump saying otherwise on Saturday.  “We will not have won until we have completely defanged the Iranian regime. … To me, finishing the job is to make sure that Iran can never produce a nuclear...

After his vice president departed Pakistan without an agreement to end hostilities with Iran, President Trump’s next steps are uncertain, as 10 days remain in the ceasefire between the two sides. Speaking to reporters in the Pakistani capital of Islamabad on Sunday, Vice President Vance said that while talks with Iranian officials were “substantive,” the...

It's the first price hike for the service since 2023.

The war in Iran may be on pause, but its effects on prices are still in motion and will continue to ripple through the economy.

There are no broods of periodical cicadas expected to awaken this year, but you may still see some late (or early) bugs around.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Sunday that any possible agreements or discussions with the United States are "possible" but "difficult" amid heightened tensions between the two countries. "I think we can have an approach in terms of what is possible and what is difficult. I think dialogue and deals with the U.S. government are possible,...

No American president should ever casually speak of wiping out a civilization.

President Trump on Sunday defended his social media post from earlier this week stating “a whole civilization" would die in Iran, arguing it brought the Iranian government to the negotiating table. “I’m fine with it,” Trump told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News's “Sunday Morning Futures,” when she asked about the post. On Tuesday, less...

President Trump said Sunday that the U.S. Navy will “clean out” the Strait of Hormuz, just a few hours after he announced that the military branch will block ships from entering the passageway.  “We're going to clean out the strait,” Trump told host Maria Bartiromo on Fox News’s “Sunday Morning Futures.” The president also said...