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The University of Florida is facing threats of a lawsuit for disbanding a Republican student group after one of its leaders was photographed doing the Nazi salute.
Washington Capitals’ Nic Dowd (26) tries to face wash Montreal Canadiens’ Kirby Dach (77) during the third period of an NHL hockey game in Montreal, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press via AP)
US President Donald Trump warned that Nato faces a “very bad future” if allies fail to help the United States secure shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, according to an interview with the Financial Times.
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Although President Donald Trump issued an executive order Friday to resume offshore drilling in California, don’t expect to see prices at the pump drop anytime soon.
In a sudden move, US President Donald Trump targeted South Korea, declaring that tariffs on Korean goods would be reverted to pre-trade deal levels.
Another weekend of violence compounded global market concerns over war in the Middle East, following US strikes on the vital oil hub
A teen mom from Washington state allegedly filmed an upbeat TikTok video as her infant son was dying from “abusive head trauma” — that she and the baby’s dad are accused of inflicting, according to reports.
Senior Iranian officials have repeatedly invoked the convicted paedophile Jeffrey Epstein to attack Washington’s political elite during the ongoing Israeli-US war on the country.
Few misinformation efforts beat the “Democratic-media” complex’s work “to tag the Trump administration with a global energy crisis,” thunders The Wall Street Journal’s Kimberley A. Strassel.
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Suburban New Jersey voters face a clear choice in next month’s special election to replace now-Gov. Mikie Sherrill in the House: Unless they want a radical, antisemitic socialist representing them in Washington, they need to cast their ballots for sensible centrist Joe Hathaway, whom The Post strongly endorses today.
The United States has spent $12bn on its war against Iran since launching joint strikes on the country with Israel on February 28, Trump’s top economic adviser said, as domestic concerns grow over the Middle East conflict’s burgeoning economic impacts.
President Donald Trump’s suggestion that countries send their warships alongside US naval forces to keep the Strait of Hormuz “open and safe” has brought no immediate commitments, as oil prices soar due to the US and Israel’s war on Iran.
WASHINGTON — The head of the Democrats’ official Senate campaign arm was bullish Sunday about the party’s chances of flipping the upper chamber in November.
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In separate calls, the leaders discussed reopening the Strait of Hormuz to end the disruption to global shipping, Downing Street said
Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials held "remarkably stable" talks in Paris on Sunday that touched on potential areas of agreement in agriculture, critical minerals and managed trade for U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping to consider in Beijing, two sources familiar with the talks said.
U.S. President Donald Trump said Iran is ready to make a deal to end the war but the U.S. wants better terms, signaling no let up in a conflict that’s brought shipping in the strategic Strait of Hormuz to a near standstill and upended energy markets.
U.S. crude prices topped $100 per barrel Sunday evening, as the Trump administration weighs military strikes on OPEC member Iran's key oil export facilities on Kharg Island.
A TSA agent wears a U.S. Department of Homeland Security patch on their uniform at Love Field Airport, in Dallas, Wednesday, Feb. 18, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)
The chief executive officers of major US airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay, warning it could further disrupt US air travel.
Federal Communications Commission Chair Brendan Carr has drawn fierce backlash from Democratic lawmakers and free speech advocates for threatening to revoke broadcasters' licenses over their coverage of the war in Iran.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Washington Capitals signed 19-year-old defenseman Cole Hutson to a three-year entry-level contract with an average annual value of $975,000.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Taryn Barbot scored 23 points, twin sister Taylor added 16, and top-seeded Charleston defeated 10th-seeded Hofstra 68-56 on Sunday to win the Coastal Athletic Conference Tournament and reach women’s March Madness for the first time.
WASHINGTON — This feud is getting nuts.
WASHINGTON — Texas Senate hopeful James Talarico’s leftwing rhetoric on social media, which made him a darling of Lone Star state progressives, is coming back to haunt his campaign as he tries to win over Texans in the general election.
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Global oil prices have risen to their highest levels since 2022, following an escalation of the US-Israel war with Iran. Source: Getty / Ian Forsyth
For some 46 years, until 2025, Iran enjoyed a North Korea-like reputation in the heart of the Middle East: unpredictable, reckless, dangerous, self-destructive, nihilistic and inevitably, one day, nuclear.
Arkansas guard Darius Acuff Jr., center, passes the ball away from Vanderbilt forward Jalen Washington (13) and guard Chandler Bing, right, during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game in the final of the Southeastern Conference tournament Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walk…
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Senator Ron Johnson pushes back, saying he’s not in favor of government meddling in freedom of speech
Crisis talks over petrol prices and supply will be held in Sydney today as the war in the Middle East expands further.The war, which shows no signs of ending soon, has upended global air travel, disrupted oil exports from the region and sent fuel prices rising across the world.The critical meeting chaired by NSW Ene…
Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the war in the Middle East, this Monday March 16.
A senior US senator has raised the alarm that the United States and Israel have pushed the Middle East into a rapidly escalating crisis after launching a war on Iran, saying President Donald Trump has “lost control” of the conflict.
WASHINGTON — The war in Iran has cost at least $12 billion so far, President Trump’s top economic adviser revealed Sunday.
After two weeks of war with Iran, looking behind the mirage of the US president's words paints a picture of his true intentions.
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Nearly month-long funding lapse has disrupted US air travel and caused long wait times amid security officers’ absences
Maryland: Janet Stolba keeps a close eye on petrol prices. “These two gas stations used to be the cheapest gas around, and everybody came,” she says as she fills up near a major intersection in Hyattsville, Maryland.
WASHINGTON — Famed Democratic strategist James Carville has opened up about some of his worst botched predictions, admitting that experts don’t necessarily have better insights into the future than the average person.
Discussions expected to focus on trade, investment and rare earths ahead of crucial Xi-Trump summit later this month in Beijing
Democrat says Congress ‘doing nothing’ may embolden president to attack countries such as Cuba and North Korea
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BILLS seeking to increase the salaries of public school teachers are once again pending before Congress. The latest proposal is Senate Bill 127, filed by Sen. Paolo Benigno Aquino IV. SB 127 seeks to raise the monthly salary of public school teachers by P10,000 within the next three years, to be paid in tranches as …
US forces have struck military facilities on Kharg Island off Iran’s coast, with US President Donald Trump warning that a major oil terminal there might also be attacked if Tehran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz.
US forces have struck military facilities on Kharg Island off Iran’s coast, with US President Donald Trump warning that a major oil terminal there might also be attacked if Tehran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz.
Response to Donald Trump’s callout for military support in the waterway has so far been vague and reluctant
United States President Donald Trump has called for a naval coalition to deploy warships to secure the Strait of Hormuz, through which one-fifth of world oil shipments transit, as oil markets reel from supply disruptions caused by the US-Israeli war with Iran.