Brent oil tops $100 per barrel, as tumbles for Tesla and Alphabet yank Wall Street lower
Brent oil shot to its highest price since May on Thursday as increased fighting in the Middle East threatens to slow the global flow of crude.
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House again passes resolution seeking to halt military action in Iran as some Republicans defect
The House on Thursday narrowly passed a resolution to halt U.S. military action in Iran, sending a warning to President Donald Trump for the second time as the war has escalated and the future of the conflict is increasingly uncertain.
House Republicans adopt $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump’s priorities
Speaker of the House Mike Johnson, R-La., leaves the chamber as members debate a series of measures including a continuing resolution to fund the government and a spending package for the Iran war, at the Capitol in Washington, Tuesday, July 21, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) WASHINGTON (AP) — The House adopted a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a…
House Republicans push $95 billion package for the Iran war and Trump’s priorities
House Speaker Mike Johnson will try to advance a Republican-only $95 billion budget proposal Wednesday, a long-shot effort to fund the Iran war and other White House priorities over Democratic objections as a GOP priority before the midterm elections.
Democrats could take preliminary vote on their 2028 presidential primary calendar later this week
Democrats could vote as early as this week on the order of their primary calendar for the 2028 presidential election, although the decision wouldn’t be final until the full Democratic National Committee agrees.
SEC’s move to 9-game conference schedules pauses some rivalries and awakens others
It used to be the biggest rivalry game of the week, the month — maybe the entire season.
Trump says US will destroy a bridge or power plant for each Iranian attack in the Strait of Hormuz
U.S. President Donald Trump warned Wednesday that the U.S. will destroy one bridge or power plant each time Iran shoots at a ship in the Strait of Hormuz.
Appeals court rejects Biden’s bid to block release of recordings of ghostwriter interviews
A federal appeals court has rejected a request by Joe Biden to block the release of audio recordings and transcripts of his interviews with a memoir ghostwriter before he was elected president.
Attacks between US and Iran across Mideast overshadow efforts to keep diplomacy alive
A 10th straight day of attacks between the United States and Iran across the Middle East on Tuesday overshadowed diplomatic efforts in Pakistan to salvage an interim ceasefire deal that collapsed earlier this month as the two countries battled for control of a waterway vital to world energy supplies.
DNA from the skull of an unknown Revolutionary War soldier reveals more than his name
After 246 years, Pvt. John Pumphrey is unknown no more.
