Oil prices spiked near $120 per barrel Monday as the Iran war intensified, threatening production and shipping in the Middle East and pummeling financial markets.
BY JON GAMBRELL, SAM METZ, KAREEM CHEHAYEB AND SAMY MAGDY Updated 5:40 PM EDT, March 8, 2026 DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Iran’s late supreme leader, has been named his successor, Iranian state TV announced Sunday, as the nine-day war that began with his father’s killing took a dramatic turn. The younger Khamenei had long been considered a contender for…
U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday appeared to rule out talks with Iran absent its “unconditional surrender.”
Gas prices in the U.S. are the highest they’ve been in 11 months.
Republicans are invoking the war in Iran and the prospect of retaliatory terrorist attacks as they tee up votes Thursday on a funding bill for the Department of Homeland Security.
The House is preparing to vote Thursday on a war powers resolution to halt President Donald Trump’s attack on Iran, a sign of unease in Congress over the rapidly widening conflict that is reordering U.S. priorities at home and abroad.
A U.S. submarine sank an Iranian warship in the Indian Ocean, as Washington and Israel intensified their bombardment Wednesday of Iran’s security forces and other symbols of power.
The Senate is headed toward a vote Wednesday on President Donald Trump’s decision to embark on a war against Iran, an extraordinary test in Congress for a conflict that has rapidly spread across the Middle East with no clear U.S. exit strategy.
Gas prices both in South Carolina, and nationally have climbed once again, however according to GasBuddy, markets have still not yet shown how gas prices will react to the weekend’s U.S.–Iran attacks.
U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, approving of Donald Trump and Israel’s continued strikes in Iran, offered a hint at where he wants the United States to focus its attention next.
