• U.S. wholesale prices surged 4% last month during the Iran war

    U.S. wholesale prices surged 4% last month during the Iran war

    Apr 14, 2026 02:17 PM EDT

    ... February and 3.8% from a year earlier. The gains in wholesale prices were smaller than economists had forecast. The surge in prices complicates the work of the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve, who have faced intense pressure from President Donald Trump to lower their benchmark interest rate. But ...

  • After election win, Magyar says he’d ask Putin to end the Ukraine war: 'It would be nice to end the killing'

    After election win, Magyar says he’d ask Putin to end the Ukraine war: 'It would be nice to end the killing'

    Apr 13, 2026 09:56 PM EDT

    ... bid and even dispatched U.S. Vice President JD Vance to Budapest last week to stump for the incumbent. Magyar's victory might signal a shift in European politics that has been dominated by a far-right shift over the past decade. Magyar comes from a right-wing background but ...

  • Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats

    Democrats grow bolder on talk about removing Trump from office after his Iran threats

    Apr 09, 2026 04:12 PM EDT

    ... didn't stop after his announcement of a ceasefire. “Temporary ceasefire or not, Trump already committed an impeachable offense. Congress needs to get back to work and remove him from office before he does more damage to our country and the world,” said Rep. Seth Moulton of Massachusetts, a veteran ...

  • Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

    Ceasefire is threatened as Israel expands Lebanon strikes and Iran closes strait again

    Apr 08, 2026 09:29 PM EDT

    ... money it raised for reconstruction. That would upend decades of precedent treating the strait as an international waterway that was free to transit. Such a shift would likely be unacceptable to the Gulf Arab states, which also need to rebuild after repeated Iranian attacks targeting their oil fields. Iran’s ...

  • TSA workers finally paid after 44 days, but challenges continue

    TSA workers finally paid after 44 days, but challenges continue

    Mar 30, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... other income and that other work. And where would you have time to do that when you are already pulling a 10-to-12 hour shift and with one day off a week trying to cover for those that couldn't come to work. William Brangham: Right. Can you give ...

  • Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

    Idaho bill aims to criminalize transgender bathroom use in private businesses

    Mar 27, 2026 12:32 AM EDT

    ... have to accept that someone’s presence alone is traumatizing and harmful enough to criminalize.” It could also make it difficult for transgender people to work, said Boise resident Laura Volgert. “People might be able to hold it for an hour if they're at a restaurant for lunch or ...

  • WATCH: Senate passes deal to fund TSA, DHS

    WATCH: Senate passes deal to fund TSA, DHS

    Mar 26, 2026 02:54 PM EDT

    ... Trump’s proof-of-citizenship voting bill in a subsequent legislative package. Republicans said after a private lunch meeting that there were other options to shift money than invoking the national emergency. The GOP’s big tax cuts bill that Trump signed into law last year funneled billions to DHS ...

  • WATCH LIVE: Senate meets as lawmakers consider deal to fund Homeland Security

    WATCH LIVE: Senate meets as lawmakers consider deal to fund Homeland Security

    Mar 24, 2026 03:44 PM EDT

    ... a group of Republican senators headed to the White House late Monday to meet with President Donald Trump. Senators said they expected the negotiators to work through the night hammering out the details and present written proposals for both parties to discuss Tuesday at their weekly caucus lunches. “All I ...

  • Long lines, frustrations grow at airports as DHS shutdown strains TSA staffing

    Long lines, frustrations grow at airports as DHS shutdown strains TSA staffing

    Mar 20, 2026 10:40 PM EDT

    ... is just support workers in ways that they can. So I mentioned the parking earlier. They're also giving the workers one meal voucher per shift. And so that's their way of enticing people to come to work and show them their appreciation for what they're doing. In ...

  • What Joe Kent’s resignation says about U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts

    What Joe Kent’s resignation says about U.S. intelligence and counterterrorism efforts

    Mar 17, 2026 10:45 PM EDT

    Nick Schifrin: Right. Nicholas Rasmussen: But I don't want to understate how important it is that that work go on even to support those beyond the president. For example, when you're thinking about the homegrown violent extremist threat here in the United States, it's just as important ...