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  • trumpPolitics

    Iran attacks Gulf, Israeli infrastructure and Trump considers a big strike to wipe out drinking water supplies

    By Jon Gambrell, Josh Boak, and others
  • trumpEnergy

    Why Trump just can’t talk the oil price down—and why markets and Americans are starting to tune him out

    By Josh Boak, Fatima Hussein, and others
  • trumpEnergy

    Trump bragged about gas $2.30 a gallon just a month ago. He’s changed his tune

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • Prices are displayed electronically at a QuikTrip convenience store, Wednesday, March 4, 2026, in Greenwood Village, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)Economy

    Trump said the ‘economy is roaring’ but the job market has evaporated, soaring gas prices could boost inflation, and stocks have plunged

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • trumpAI

    Trump admits the hyperscalers ‘need some PR help’ because the American taxpayer is on the hook for their data centers

    By Josh Boak, Matthew Daly, and others
  • Rescue workers and military personnel survey the scene of a direct hit a day after an Iranian missile struck in Tel Aviv, Israel, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)Politics

    Iran will pick a new supreme leader in ‘one or two days’ as retaliation attacks spread to more targets after Khamenei’s death

    By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • protestPolitics

    A month before Iran strikes, Trump told Iranian protesters help was on the way amid a government crackdown

    By Aamer Madhani, Josh Boak, and others
  • khameneiPolitics

    Iranian Supreme Leader Khamenei dies after major attack by Israel and the U.S., Iranian state media confirms

    By Jon Gambrell, Melanie Lidman, and others
  • Rubble remains in the aftermath of an Israeli-U.S. strike in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Amir Kholousi, ISNA)Politics

    Trump calls death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the ‘single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’

    By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026.(AP Photo)Politics

    U.S. airstrikes target members of Iranian leadership while retaliation focuses on Israel and American bases in the region

    By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, and others
  • trumpLaw

    Trump on ruling that he violated Constitution: Justices were ‘disloyal to our Constitution’

    By Josh Boak, Steve Peoples, and others
  • trumpEconomy

    American small business bills tripled due to Trump’s tariffs in 2025, JPMorgan finds

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Construction equipment is seen near new homes on July 11, 2025, in Happy Valley, Ore. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)Real Estate

    Trump’s plan to send home prices higher will help him with baby boomer voters ahead of midterm elections but could spark a ‘generational war’

    By Josh Boak and The Associated Press
  • FILE – Former President Barack Obama talks with then President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump reads the funeral program before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)Politics

    Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after bipartisan backlash. The White House initially defended it, then blamed a staffer

    By Bill Barrow, Josh Boak, and others
  • trumpEconomy

    How Trump created a trade deal bonanza—for all of America’s former allies who realized they needed new partners

    By Paul Wiseman, Josh Boak, and others