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Los Angeles consumers and nationwide are feeling the strain of higher prices at the pump and other parts of their budget as the Iran War and block of the Strait of Hormuz continues into its fourth week. (Frederic J. BROWN / AFP / Getty Images))

An ultimatum & a global oil prices shock

CK Smith
The U.S. Capitol building is seen on March 09, 2026 in Washington, DC. U.S. Senators return to Capitol Hill while the House of Representatives is out of session this week. (Photo by Heather Diehl/Getty Images)

How Congress can push back on Iran war

Charlie Hunt, SoRelle Wyckoff Gaynor - The Conversation
A demonstrator holds a picture of Iran’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei at Enghelab Square in central Tehran on March 9, 2026, as supporters gather for a rally backing his appointment to replace his father after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was killed in joint U.S. and Israeli strikes on February 28. (Photo by Arezoo/Getty Images)

Khamenei defiant in first statement

Garrett Owen
As escalation continues, scenes like this become everyday scenarios for Iran and its neighboring countries in the Middle East. Casualty counts, including US service members, continue to grow as well. (Kaveh Kazemi / Getty Images)

Iran power struggle looms amid strikes

CK Smith
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President Trump's demands for Iran's "unconditional surrender" and threatens further strikes. Iran says "no" as other countries hope for deescalation through diplomacy. (picture alliance / Getty Images)

Trump: Iran will be "hit very hard" soon

CK Smith
A protestor displaying a portrait of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on her clothes gestures during a demonstration against the US and Israel attack of Iran and the killing of the Supreme leader. The growing conflict sparks fears of regional war with explosions reported across the Middle East as the Islamic republic retaliated with barrages of missiles. (OZAN KOSE / Getty Images)

Ayatollah killed, death toll climbs

CK Smith
Americans react to the US-Israeli strikes on Iran as many Congressional members argue for a war powers vote to keep the White House in check. (Tasos Katopodis / Getty Images)

Congress to challenge Trump on Iran

CK Smith
Iran strikes back after US-Israel missiles hit hundreds of sites within Iran. US-Israel allies in the region, like Bahrain (above), are now short-range targets for Iran's retaliation. (Anadolu / Getty Images)

US-Israel strike Iran for regime change

CK Smith
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Signs point the way to measles testing in the parking lot of the Seminole Hospital District across from Wigwam Stadium on February 27, 2025 in Seminole, Texas. ((Photo by Jan Sonnenmair/Getty Images))

The US will lose its measles-free status

Kathryn H. Jacobsen - The Conversation
Scott Bessent speaks at the National Conservative Conference in Washington D.C., Wednesday, July 10, 2024. (Dominic Gwinn/Getty Images)

Bessent: I'm a soybean farmer too

Alex Galbraith
US Vice President JD Vance speaks during a visit to East Palestine, Ohio, on February 3, 2025. (REBECCA DROKE/POOL/AFP via Getty Images)

VP: "Dumb presidents" start Mideast wars

Alex Galbraith
US President Donald Trump speaks at a Hurricane Helene recovery briefing in a hangar at the Asheville Regional Airport in Fletcher, North Carolina, on January 24, 2025. (MANDEL NGAN/AFP via Getty Images)

Canada mulls retaliation on auto tariffs

Alex Galbraith
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A sign lets shoppers know about possible egg shortages at a grocery store in Glendale, California on January 6, 2025. (ROBYN BECK/AFP via Getty Images)

Record egg prices are no yolk

Quinn Sental
Ecstasy tablets, with an imprint of the country of Australia (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Why Australia has embraced psychedelics

Niko Vorobyov
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images)

Trudeau visits Trump at Mar-a-Lago

Alex Galbraith
A view of a flooded street in a residential area after Saddle River crested and spilled into the streets of Lodi, New Jersey, causing flooding in some homes and spurring people to evacuate in some cases on January 10, 2024. (Lokman Vural Elibol/Anadolu via Getty Images)

Who is most to blame for climate change?

Matthew Rozsa
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The US-Mexico border wall is pictured in Sasabe, Arizona, on December 8, 2023. (VALERIE MACON/AFP via Getty Images)

A lack of data on migrant deaths

Levi Stallings
Smoke rises over the buildings as the Israeli airstrikes continue in Gaza City, Gaza on October 9, 2023. (Ashraf Amra/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images)

The threat of Israel-India-U.S. triangle

Priti Gulati Cox, Stan Cox - TomDispatch.com
A view of city in dense smog amid rising air pollution levels, on June 18, 2023 in Noida, India. (Sunil Ghosh/Hindustan Times via Getty Images)

India succeeds where US fails on climate

Matthew Rozsa
Russian President Vladimir Putin | Destroyed Russian tank in the village of Bohorodychne, eastern Ukraine (Photo illustration by Salon/Getty Images)

Putin's men and the rebellion in Russia

Chauncey DeVega
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A layer of pollution can be seen hovering over Los Angeles, California (Getty/Frederic J. Brown)

1 in 3 Americans breathe unhealthy air

Akielly Hu - Grist
In this aerial view, flooding is seen on June 14, 2022 in Livingston, Montana. The Yellowstone River hit has a historic high flow from rain and snow melt from the mountains in and around Yellowstone National Park. (William Campbell/Getty Images)

Small towns grapple with climate

Brett Marsh - Grist
Exhaust air rises from the chimneys of the Moorburg coal-fired power plant into the sky. (Christian Charisius/picture alliance via Getty Images)

US emissions rose in 2022

Jake Bittle - Grist
Three miners push a load of coal through the tunnel (Fox Photos/Getty Images)

How Germany saved coal miners' health

Noam N. Levey - KFF Health News
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