The United States added 178,000 jobs in March, blowing past expectations and showing a resilient labor market just as the war with Iran began escalating, sending up oil prices. Subscribe…
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Savannah Guthrie returns to ‘TODAY’ amid search for mother: ‘It’s good to be home’
by adminSavannah Guthrie returned to the “TODAY” anchor desk Monday, more than two months after her mother disappeared. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free articles and…
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Americans are getting smaller pay raises while tariffs and higher gas prices are threatening to make everything more expensive. Subscribe to read this story ad-free Get unlimited access to ad-free…
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Midterm alarm bells: Democrats face steep favorability deficit despite election gains
by adminA new national poll is the latest to indicate that Democrats are facing major problems with their party’s image as they try to win back congressional majorities from the Republicans…
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A Democratic congresswoman whose parents fled the regime of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini decades ago announced Monday she would file articles of impeachment against Secretary of War Pete Hegseth for alleged…
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American journalist kidnapped in Iraq is set free, must leave country ‘immediately,’ her employer says
by adminShelly Kittleson, the American journalist who was kidnapped last week in Iraq, has been released, according to Al-Monitor, the Middle East publication where she works as a freelance contributor. Viral surveillance…
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WASHINGTON — House and Senate Republican leaders jointly announced a plan Wednesday that they said would end the shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security that caused major airport delays. Subscribe…
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Fourth-generation Iowa farmer Mark Mueller is no stranger to the ups and downs of the agriculture industry. But right now, he thinks America is on the cusp of a farm…
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U.S. oil has its biggest one-day price increase in six years, driving the cost of gas even higher
by adminOil prices surged Thursday, threatening to further drive up the price of gas as hopes for a near-term resolution to the Iran war faded following President Donald Trump’s address to…
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Child of Chinese illegal immigrants charged with planting explosive at US military base
by adminThe Department of Homeland Security revealed that a suspect who fled to China after allegedly planting a deadly explosive device at a military base is the child of two Chinese…
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After being scorned on social media, “Dirty Jobs” television show veteran Mike Rowe doubled down on his criticism of Jimmy Kimmel’s “tone deaf” monologues mocking new Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne…
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Alcatraz could reopen as a ‘state-of-the-art secure prison’ under Trump’s $152M budget request
by adminThe White House on Friday requested $152 million to begin reopening Alcatraz as an operational prison. The funding proposal, included in the Trump administration’s fiscal year 2027 budget request, would…
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Senate agrees to fund DHS, except ICE and CBP, in bid to end extreme airport delays
by adminWASHINGTON — The Senate agreed unanimously early Friday to fund the Department of Homeland Security, but without funding for immigration enforcement and deportation operations. Senators approved the package at 2:20…
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Insider trading concerns around oil and military moves are on the rise. Can anyone police the bets?
by adminA flurry of bets made prior to major announcements about the Iran war has ramped up speculation that individuals or groups with advance knowledge of U.S. military plans are cashing…
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Markets plunge and U.S. oil hits $100 as Trump’s ability to reassure Wall Street hits its limit
by adminPresident Donald Trump is used to bending financial markets to his will. But with the war in Iran, he may have reached the limit of his ability to do so.…
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‘No Kings’ calls itself leaderless, but its own internal documents tell a very different story
by admin“No Kings,” a decentralized protest movement that crystallized in opposition to President Donald Trump’s second term, will hold thousands of events on Saturday morning, according to Sarah Parker, an organizer…