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Iran juggles oil cuts and storage strain to resist U.S. blockade

As the US naval blockade in the Strait of Hormuz tightens around Iran’s oil trade, exports have plunged in recent weeks and storage is rapidly filling. Already,

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Meta just bumped its 2026 capex forecast up to as much as $145 billion—and investors flinched

Meta Platforms is splashing some serious cash on AI infrastructure, and investors have flinched.  The company reported first quarter 2026 earnings results on Wednesday and

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DOJ uses White House correspondents’ dinner shooting to pressure preservations to drop ballroom suit

President Donald Trump’s Justice Department is using the shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on Saturday to try to pressure preservationists to drop their lawsuit over

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U.S. Army soldier arrested for insider trading tied to capture of Maduro in Venezuela

Gannon Ken Van Dyke, a soldier stationed at Fort Bragg in North Carolina, helped plan and execute Operation Absolute Resolve, a daring mission that saw

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Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is leaving Trump’s Cabinet after abuse of power allegations

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer is out of President Donald Trump’s Cabinet, the White House said Monday, after multiple allegations of abusing her position’s power, including

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White House chief of staff to meet with Anthropic CEO about dangerous new Mythos model, official says

White House chief of staff Susie Wiles plans to sound out Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei about the artificial intelligence company’s new Mythos model, which has

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Trump’s White House: America is short 10 million houses

White House economists estimate the United States has a shortage of 10 million houses, according to a new report out Monday — and say regulatory

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Trump downplays talks for ceasefire deal with Iran, claiming military victory. ‘It doesn’t matter’

The United States and Iran began face-to-face negotiations Saturday in Pakistan, days after a fragile, two-week ceasefire was announced. The war that has killed thousands of

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The Iran war is either concluding with the world worse off, or escalation is just delayed again

A fragile ceasefire agreement in the war began with bombs continuing to explode in Lebanon and contradictory statements about whether Iran will continue to control

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CIA deception campaign in Iran helped the spy agency uncover the location of the downed F-15 airman

The United States pulled off a daring rescue of two aviators whose fighter jet was shot down by Iran, plucking the pilot from behind enemy