The Cuban government has refused a request by the U.S. Embassy in Havana to allow it to import diesel for its generators while the Trump administration continues to impose a fuel blockade on the island, according to two U.S. officials familiar with the matter
March 21, 2026A federal judge has blocked the Trump administration from enforcing a policy limiting news reporters’ access to the Pentagon, ruling that key portions of the new rules are unlawful
March 21, 2026What we know on the 21st day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 20, 2026The former counterterrorism director who resigned this week in protest of the Iran war is denying allegations that he improperly shared classified information
March 21, 2026Your tax refund is likely bigger this year. But Trump’s war with Iran could take a bite out of it
March 20, 2026The U.S. military says it attacked an alleged drug-smuggling vessel in the eastern Pacific Ocean as part of the Trump administration’s campaign against alleged traffickers
March 20, 2026The White House just laid out how it wants to regulate AI
March 20, 2026Trump administration sues Harvard, alleging school didn’t protect Jewish students as settlement talks go nowhere
March 20, 2026Treasury Department to take over some federal student loans, as Trump administration works to dismantle Education Department
March 20, 2026The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department
March 20, 2026What we know on the 20th day of the US and Israel’s war with Iran
March 19, 2026Two dozen states, along with more than a dozen cities and counties, sued the Environmental Protection Agency on Thursday, challenging the Trump administration’s repeal of a scientific finding that had been the central basis for U.S. action to regulate greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change
March 20, 2026Cracks emerge in GOP over Iran war cost as administration floats more than $200B request to Congress
March 20, 2026ICE releases NYC student Dylan Lopez Contreras 10 months after his arrest sparked protests
March 20, 2026The Trump administration’s new child care subsidy rules are the latest measure to challenge the struggling industry.
March 19, 2026Takeaways from former Trump administration counterterrorism chief Joe Kent’s extensive interview
March 19, 2026The FBI is investigating whether Joe Kent, who resigned his position as a top counterterrorism official this week in protest of the Iran war, improperly shared classified information
March 19, 2026Suspending the Jones Act will increase the supply of fuel by allowing foreign-flagged ships to transport oil between US ports, which should eventually educe gas prices.
March 19, 2026A former senior counterterrorism official who resigned over the Iran war says he and other national security officials with concerns about U.S. strikes on Iran were not allowed to express those concerns to President Donald Trump
March 19, 2026Democratic lawmakers have stormed out of a closed-door briefing on the Jeffrey Epstein files by Justice Department leaders, and say they will push to force Attorney General Pam Bondi to answer questions under oath about the case
March 19, 2026Cuba’s president has lashed out after the latest threat from the Trump administration after President Donald Trump said he can do “whatever he wants” with the island
March 18, 2026US downgraded in democracy index as press freedom concerns grow
March 18, 2026The Treasury Department is easing sanctions on Venezuela’s state oil company
March 18, 2026Takeaways from intelligence officials’ testimony amid war with Iran
March 19, 2026There’s a growing body of data showing the tariffs President Donald Trump said would help American factories are, in fact, squashing many of them
March 18, 2026Exclusive: Here’s how many immigrants have signed on to DHS’s nearly billion-dollar ‘self-deportation’ plan
March 18, 2026A federal judge has ordered the Trump administration to restore the government-run Voice of America to full operations, putting hundreds of journalists who have been on administrative leave for a year back to work
March 18, 2026A federal judge has for now halted Robert F. Kennedy Jr.’s biggest vaccine moves, disrupting his push to remake U.S. immunization policy
March 18, 2026Arizona has become the first state to file criminal charges against Kalshi, accusing the prediction market platform of operating an illegal gambling business within its borders
March 18, 2026US gas prices surge to their highest since October 2023
March 16, 2026The Trump administration is expanding its growing Medicaid fraud crackdown to Florida
March 18, 2026Judge mocks White House East Wing ‘alteration’ as a ‘brazen interpretation of the laws of vocabulary’
March 18, 2026Gregory Bovino says he plans to retire from the U.S. Border Patrol in the coming weeks
March 18, 2026Just over a year ago, the Trump administration began an immigration enforcement campaign that swept up multiple people who had participated in pro-Palestinian activism on U.S. campuses
March 18, 2026The war in Iran has cut off diplomatic efforts to limit the country’s development of nuclear weapons. Securing that material and equipment in other ways would be difficult and dangerous.
March 17, 2026Flailing Cuba invites exiles to return, but hurdles remain
March 17, 2026Explosions are sounding in Dubai after the United Arab Emirates reopened its airspace following a brief closure amid incoming attacks from Iran
March 16, 2026Palestinian protester held in immigration detention for over a year is released
March 17, 2026Salvadoran nationals deported from the United States are arbitrarily detained in El Salvador and their loved ones do not know where they are or how to contact them
March 17, 2026White House chief of staff Susie Wiles has been diagnosed with early stage breast cancer but plans to continue working through her treatment, retaining her place as one of President Donald Trump’s closest aides
March 16, 2026Trump and his officials pressure the news media in unison as Iran war scrutiny intensifies
March 16, 2026How Anthropic may benefit from its fight with Trump
March 16, 2026The United States’ war with Iran is entering its third week, but Congress has yet to publicly test the Trump administration’s case for the conflict
March 16, 2026The Trump administration’s immigration crackdown is expanding, but the public data that tracks it is drying up
March 15, 2026The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to operation after the completion of emergency repairs
March 14, 2026The White House wants to build an underground center to provide security screening before visitors access the grounds
March 14, 2026The Trump administration this week stepped up its ambitious effort to replace about $1.6 trillion in lost tariff revenue that was eliminated by the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down a range of the president’s import taxes
March 14, 2026Cuban president says talks held with the United States amid intense pressure from Trump
March 13, 2026Oil prices stay high despite US temporarily lifting sanctions on Russian oil stranded at sea
March 13, 2026Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval
March 13, 2026The Trump administration is denouncing CNN for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's first public statement since he got the job
March 13, 2026Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran
March 13, 2026The Trump administration is suing California over the state's nation-leading vehicle emission standards
March 13, 2026A coalition of 17 state Democratic attorneys general has filed a lawsuit challenging a Trump administration policy that requires higher education institutions to collect data showing they aren't considering race in admissions
March 12, 2026Iran war complicates the economic pivot GOP badly wants to see from Trump
March 12, 2026The Trump administration is opening a new trade investigation into manufacturing in foreign countries
March 12, 2026CDC vaccine committee drops push to stop recommending mRNA Covid-19 shots, for now
March 12, 2026Word of the Week: The price of Brent crude oil is going crazy — but who is ‘Brent’?
March 12, 2026Trump asks Supreme Court to let protections for Haitians expire
March 12, 2026As critics question President Trump’s motivations for war on Iran, it’s not just about politics. It’s about the Constitution and whether Congress has any hope of checking the president’s warmaking.
March 12, 2026House Republicans sweat Iran’s costs as they struggle to push economic agenda
March 11, 2026The Trump administration is leaning away from dramatic funding cuts and settlements with universities, and more toward standard tactics to try to limit funding.
March 11, 2026U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said that Tuesday would be the most intense day yet of U.S. strikes inside Iran
March 10, 2026North Korea, South Korea, Japan, and China are watching warily as war spreads across the Middle East
March 10, 2026Americans are divided along party lines on U.S. military action against Iran, according to polls conducted since the war began, with most polls showing opposition is higher than support
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