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Gas prices are displayed at a Chevron gas station, in downtown Los Angeles, Tuesday, March 31, 2026. (AP Photo/Jae C. Hong)

Dizzying US fuel prices are determined by factors largely outside of a gas station’s control

April 2, 2026 at 7:52 a.m.

The near-daily changes in U.S. gas prices are dizzying for drivers, who are left feeling frustrated and cash-strapped by the highest fuel costs since 2022.

Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty speaks during a news conference at the Hennepin County Government Center on Aug. 14, 2025, in Minneapolis. (Renée Jones Schneider/Star Tribune via AP, File)

Minnesota sues Trump administration over shootings, including deaths of Alex Pretti and Renee Good

March 24, 2026 at 2:16 p.m.

Minnesota officials sued the Trump administration on Tuesday for access to evidence they say they need to independently investigate three shootings by federal officers, including the killings of Renee Good...

FILE – A sign in a Kwik Trip store shows the store will no longer be using pennies to give change, on Oct. 23, 2025, in Yorkville, Wis. (AP Photo/Morry Gash, File)

State lawmakers rush to set rounding rules for when there are no pennies

March 12, 2026 at 8:20 a.m.

Months after the last of the United States’ 1-cent coins were pressed, some states are beginning to offer their own 2 cents on the penny problem by setting rounding guidance...

Francisco Castillo stands next to his son’s Ford F-150 after filling up, Monday, March 9, 2026, at a gas station in De Soto, Iowa. (AP Photo/Hannah Fingerhut)

In a time of war with Iran, Americans unite in aggravation over sticker shock at the gas pump

March 10, 2026 at 8:18 a.m.

It seems a country divided on so many fronts is finding common ground in pain at the pump, where the cost of the Iran war is hitting Americans squarely in...

This photo provided by Andrew Coady shows his son, Declan Coady, posing for a photo on the day of his graduation at U.S. Army Training Center at Fort Sill, Okla., March 15, 2024. (Andrew Coady via AP)

Last 2 names of 6 US soldiers who died in Kuwait attack identified by the Pentagon

March 4, 2026 at 7:44 p.m.

The deceased U.S. soldiers were assigned to an Army Reserve unit headquartered in Des Moines, Iowa, which is temporarily operating under the 1st Theater Sustainment Command at Fort Knox.

This image provided by U.S. Central Command shows aircraft on the flight deck of the USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) that are operating in support of the war in Iran, on Tuesday, March 3, 2026. (U.S. Navy via AP)

US soldiers who died in Iran war remembered as devoted parents and reservists

March 3, 2026 at 8:57 p.m.

Four of the six U.S. soldiers killed in the Iran war were identified Tuesday by the Pentagon as members of the Army Reserve from different states who worked in logistics...

President Donald Trump speaks during an event at the Horizon Events Center in Clive, Iowa, Tuesday, Jan. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

President Trump visits Iowa trying to focus on affordability during fallout over nurse’s Minneapolis shooting

January 27, 2026 at 5:44 p.m.

President Donald Trump is headed to Iowa on Tuesday as part of the White House’s midterm year pivot toward affordability.

Poll workers help people get set up to vote at a polling site in Garfield, N.J., Tuesday, Nov. 4, 2025. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

Bomb threats in New Jersey and Trump warnings for California mark Election Day

November 4, 2025 at 8:31 p.m.

Bomb threats to New Jersey polling stations, a voter roll mishap in Pennsylvania potentially affecting thousands of voters and warnings by President Donald Trump against California’s mail balloting system marked...

An U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent inside an ICE vehicle waits outside Domestic Violence Court at 555 W. Harrison St. in Chicago on Sept. 15, 2025. (Antonio Perez/Chicago Tribune)

ICE arrests leader of Iowa’s largest public school district, calling him a ‘criminal alien’

September 26, 2025 at 5:29 p.m.

Federal immigration agents arrested the leader of Iowa’s largest school district Friday in a targeted enforcement action that shocked students and educators.

FILE – Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, speaks during an Iowa GOP event at the Cedar Rapids Country Club in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 6, 2024. (Nick Rohlman/The Gazette via AP, File)

Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa is expected to announce next month that she won’t run for reelection in 2026

August 29, 2025 at 1:37 p.m.

U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst, an Iraq War combat veteran and Iowa’s first woman elected to Congress, is expected to announce next month she will not seek reelection, leaving another vacancy...

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