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US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
Updated 7:47 PM EDT, March 18, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figure highlights competing administration priorities, from passing a massive tax law and boosting defense spending and immigration enforcement to chipping away at the debt itself — the latter of which Donald Trump promised to do as both a candidate and as president. The Government Accounta ...
The war in Iran is about to hit the helium supply, which is critical for more than just party balloons
Posted 4:36 PM, Mar 18, 2026 The cost of gasoline may be getting a lot of the attention, but blockages in the Strait of Hormuz impacts other industries too. Doctors are warning about the possibility of generic drugs being in short supply soon. Farmers are concerned about the cost of fertilizer, which in turn could change food prices. And continued blockages in the strait could lead to shortages of helium — the gas that is used in party balloons, and a lot more besides. Phil Kornbluth analyzes ...
Oil and natural gas prices soar as Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities. Brent crude nears $114
BANGKOK (AP) — Global oil and natural gas prices soared Thursday after Iran attacked a key natural gas facility in Qatar that can supply one-fifth of the worlds gas as well as two oil refineries in Kuwait. The attacks added to fears the energy crisis triggered by the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to tanker traffic may be longer and more extensive than feared, with lasting damage to oil and gas production. Brent crude, the international benchmark, rose to near $114 per barrel, up from under $ ...
Cable news network MS NOW shuffles schedule, moving Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez to daytime
Updated 5:09 PM EDT, March 18, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — The cable news network MS NOW is shuffling its schedule, moving anchors Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez into the daytime hours and shaving an hour off “Morning Joe.” Ruhle will anchor a two-hour daytime slot starting at 9 a.m. ET, while Menendez will start at noon, the network said on Wednesday. Ali Velshi will take over Ruhle’s current 11 p.m. show and Luke Russert will replace Menendez alongside Symone Sanders Townsend and Michael St ...
Trump Releases Dignified Transfer Photos Despite Families Requesting Private Ceremony White House posts transfer case ph
Trump Releases Dignified Transfer Photos Despite Families Requesting Private Ceremony White House posts transfer case photos to social media J.D. Wolf 8 hours ago The Trump administration released official images from Wednesday's dignified transfer ceremony at Dover Air Force Base on the same day media access was restricted at the request of the families of fallen service members, according to Fox News. The outlet reported that "at the request of the families, the dignified tr ...
US contractors stranded in Iraq under threat of imminent attack: 'We are sitting ducks'
Wed 18 Mar 2026 09.19 EDT Last modified on Wed 18 Mar 2026 10.46 EDT Hundreds of US contractors are stranded on a major military base near Baghdad, Iraq, with no evacuation plan, while local Iran-backed militants are possibly making plans to attack the base, three sources said. The contractors are employed on the Martyr Brigadier General Ali Flaih Air Base, formerly Balad Air Base, to support the Iraqi government’s F-16 fighter jet program. “With more than 200 American nationals on the base, ...
Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war
WP Exclusive Pentagon seeks more than $200 billion in budget request for Iran war Some White House officials do not think the Defense Department's request has a realistic shot of being approved in Congress, one senior administration official said. March 18, 2026 at 7:04 p.m. EDT President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office alongside Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in September. (Tom Brenner/For The Washington Post) By Noah Robertson, Jeff Stein and Riley Beggin The Pentagon has asked th ...
White House offers concession on body cameras in bid to end DHS shutdown
March 17, 2026 Updated March 18, 2026, 10:36 a.m. ET WASHINGTON ‒ Seeking to end the rapidly worsening shutdown of the Department of Homeland Security, the White House has offered to expand the use of body-worn cameras for federal immigration enforcement agents and limit their activities at churches, schools, and hospitals. But a month into the crisis, the Trump administration is still holding firm on one of the more contentious parts of the debate to reform the 9/11-era Cabinet agency, ...
Fed votes to hold rates steady, notes 'uncertain' impacts from Iran war
Published Wed, Mar 18 2026 2:00 PM EDT Updated 23 Min Ago WASHINGTON - The Federal Reserve on Wednesday voted to hold its key interest rate steady as policymakers navigate their way through higher-than-expected inflation readings, mixed signs on the labor market - and a war. In a widely expected decision, the Federal Open Market Committee voted 11-1 to keep the benchmark federal funds rate anchored in a range between 3.5%-3.75%. The rate sets overnight funding costs for banks but influences a ...
Fifa responds to Iran request to move their World Cup games from United States
Wednesday 18 March 2026 07:49 EDT Fifa has appeared to rule out the possibility of relocating Iran’s matches at the World Cup to Mexico following the US and Israeli airstrikes on the country. It comes after the president of the Iranian football federation, Mehdi Taj, said Iran was “negotiating” with Fifa to move the team’s matches outside of the United States due to the ongoing conflict. US president Donald Trump said last week that he did not believe it was “appropriate” for Iran to play ga ...
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More Than 150,000 Uncounted COVID-19 Deaths Occurred Early In Pandemic, Study Finds
3 min ago - Mar 18, 2026, 09:05 PM EDT NEW YORK (AP) — The COVID-19 pandemic’s early death toll was much higher than the official U.S. count, according to a new study that spotlights dramatic disparities in the uncounted deaths. About 840,000 COVID-19 ... (Huff Post/AP)
Analysis from West Point warns that strait of Hormuz blockade will strangle US defense industry
9 min ago - The closure of the strait of Hormuz is causing a “paralyzing, real-time problem” for any prospective manufacturing surge in the US defense industrial base, and even for the repair of defense equipment damaged by Iranian attacks, according t ... (The Guardian)
LAUSD teacher and service worker unions announce massive April 14 strike if no deal reached
21 min ago - By Howard Blume March 18, 2026 6:11 PM PT Los Angeles Unified’s two largest labor groups — the teachers union and service employees — announced Wednesday they will join forces and both go on strike April 14 if no contract deal is reach ... (LA Times)
Democrats Storm Out of Pam Bondi Meeting: 'We All Just F*cking Had It'
33 min ago - Mar 18th, 2026, 8:59 pm A group of House Democrats walked out of a meeting with Attorney General Pam Bondi on Wednesday night after they said she made it clear she does not intend to comply with the law. On Tuesday, House Oversight Committee Chair Ja ... (MEDIAite)
Tulsi Gabbard stuns senator by saying it's not her job to 'determine what is ... an imminent threat' to the US
53 min ago - Wednesday 18 March 2026 19:49 EDT Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard pointedly refused to say whether Iran presented an “imminent” nuclear threat to America before the U.S. launched its war, angering Democratic senators during ... (The Independent)
US national debt surges past $39 trillion just weeks into war in Iran
1 hr ago - Updated 7:47 PM EDT, March 18, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The national debt surpassed a record $39 trillion on Wednesday, a milestone that comes just weeks into the U.S.-Israeli war in Iran. The unprecedented figure highlights competing administrati ... (AP)
Democrats brush off latest DHS counteroffer from White House: 'Wholly inadequate'
1 hr ago - 03/18/26 7:09 PM ET Democrats on Wednesday sharply criticized the White House’s latest counterproposal aimed at ending the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) shutdown, arguing that it falls short of sufficiently addressing their concerns abou ... (The Hill)
'Warrants or bust': House hard-liners deliver ultimatum ahead of spy powers vote
2 hrs ago - 03/18/2026 06:45 PM EDT Speaker Mike Johnson is staring down his right flank as he seeks to fulfill President Donald Trump’s demand to extend warrantless government surveillance powers long detested by the conservative hard-liners. Johnson wants ... (Politico)
Senator accuses Blanche of blocking release of unredacted Epstein document
2 hrs ago - 11h (Bloomberg) -- Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche is blocking the Drug Enforcement Administration from releasing an unredacted document from the Jeffrey Epstein files about an investigation involving drug trafficking and money laundering, acco ... (msn/Bloomberg)
Oil and natural gas prices soar as Iran attacks Gulf energy facilities. Brent crude nears $114
3 hrs ago - BANGKOK (AP) — Global oil and natural gas prices soared Thursday after Iran attacked a key natural gas facility in Qatar that can supply one-fifth of the worlds gas as well as two oil refineries in Kuwait. The attacks added to fears the energy c ... (Associated Press)
Cable news network MS NOW shuffles schedule, moving Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez to daytime
3 hrs ago - Updated 5:09 PM EDT, March 18, 2026 NEW YORK (AP) — The cable news network MS NOW is shuffling its schedule, moving anchors Stephanie Ruhle and Alicia Menendez into the daytime hours and shaving an hour off “Morning Joe.” Ruhle will an ... (AP)
FBI and IRS to investigate nonprofit groups for domestic terrorism links, sources say
3 hrs ago - Updated on: March 18, 2026 / 5:07 PM EDT FBI and IRS agents are forming a new initiative to investigate nonprofit organizations over suspected possible links to domestic terrorism, sources briefed on the matter told CBS News. In December, Attorney Ge ... (CBS News)
Trump Releases Dignified Transfer Photos Despite Families Requesting Private Ceremony White House posts transfer case ph
3 hrs ago - Trump Releases Dignified Transfer Photos Despite Families Requesting Private Ceremony White House posts transfer case photos to social media J.D. Wolf 8 hours ago The Trump administration released official images from Wednesday's dignified ... (meidasnews.com)
The war in Iran is about to hit the helium supply, which is critical for more than just party balloons
3 hrs ago - Posted 4:36 PM, Mar 18, 2026 The cost of gasoline may be getting a lot of the attention, but blockages in the Strait of Hormuz impacts other industries too. Doctors are warning about the possibility of generic drugs being in short supply soon. Farmer ... (Scripps News)
A pastor called off a Target boycott. Then the backlash began.
4 hrs ago - Updated March 18, 2026, 4:06 p.m. ET When Atlanta pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant called off his yearlong Target fast, the announcement set off fireworks. At a hastily convened news conference in front of Target’s Minneapolis headquarters on March ... (USA Today)
Exclusive: DOJ antitrust head says Paramount-Warner Bros deal review is not political
4 hrs ago - March 18, 2026 3:41 PM EDT Updated 5 hours ago WASHINGTON, March 18 (Reuters) - Paramount Skydance's (PSKY.O), proposed acquisition of Warner Bros Discovery (WBD.O), will "absolutely not" have a fast track to approval because of political fact ... (Reuters)
US Intelligence Chiefs Pressed on Aid to Ukraine, and Russia's Help for Iran
6 hrs ago - WASHINGTON, DC — U.S. intelligence officials acknowledged Wednesday that a prolonged conflict with Iran could strain the supply chains and munitions needed to support Kyiv, as lawmakers questioned whether Washington can sustain both fronts at on ... (Kyiv Post)
Strikes hit world's largest natural gas field in Iran, and Tehran retaliates with more attacks
9 hrs ago - By JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ and JULIE WATSON Updated 9:40 PM CDT, March 18, 2026 Leer en español DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Iran broadened its strikes on major energy facilities in the Middle East, eliciting strong warnings from Gu ... (AP)
House Democrat grills US trademark office on Board of Peace backers
11 hrs ago - March 18 (Reuters) - The top Democratic member of the U.S. House Judiciary Committee accused the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office on Wednesday of helping obscure who controls and profits from Republican President Donald Trump's Board of Peace. ... (Reuters)
College Republicans Chapter Collapses After Erika Kirk's Visit
11 hrs ago - Updated Mar. 18 2026 1:47PM EDT Published Mar. 18 2026 12:50PM EDT An Arkansas college chapter of the late Charlie Kirk’s Turning Point USA abruptly cut ties with the conservative organization—less than a week after Erika Kirk visited the ... (Daily Beast)
