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A thick plume of smoke rises from an oil storage facility hit by a U.S.-Israeli strike late Saturday in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

President Trump’s ‘roaring’ economy meets a rough start to 2026. Here’s what the latest numbers show.

March 8, 2026 at 1:15 p.m.

President Donald Trump promised that 2026 would be a bumper year for economic growth, but instead it has kicked off with job losses, rising gasoline prices and more uncertainty about...

Government supporters chant slogans as they gather in mourning after state TV officially announced the death of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Tehran, Iran, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

US, Israel pound Iran as President Trump signals willingness to talk to new leadership after Khamenei’s death

March 1, 2026 at 3:40 p.m.

The U.S. and Israel pounded targets across Iran on Sunday, dropping massive bombs as part of an intensifying military campaign following the killing of Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.

People watch as smoke rises on the skyline after an explosion in Tehran, Iran, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP)

Iranian state media say country’s supreme leader is dead

February 28, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei died following a major attack by Israel and the United States, Iranian state media confirmed early Sunday.

President Donald Trump dances after speaking at a rally at Coosa Steel Corporation in Rome, Ga., Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

How Trump will use his State of the Union address to sell skeptical midterm voters on his plans

February 23, 2026 at 8:17 a.m.

President Donald Trump’s State of the Union address on Tuesday is likely to be a test run of the message Republicans will give to voters in November’s elections for control...

President Donald Trump arrives to speak with reporters in the James Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House, Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

What happens next after the Supreme Court slapped down President Donald Trump’s tariffs

February 20, 2026 at 7:56 p.m.

If anything, Friday opened a new chapter in Trump’s ongoing tariffs drama and raised urgent questions about his ability to make good on his promises of an economic revival.

Former President Barack Obama talks with then President-elect Donald Trump as Melania Trump reads the funeral program before the state funeral for former President Jimmy Carter at Washington National Cathedral in Washington, Jan. 9, 2025. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin, File)

Trump’s racist post about Obamas is deleted after backlash despite White House earlier defending it

February 6, 2026 at 7:12 p.m.

President Donald Trump’s racist social media post featuring former President Barack Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama, as primates in a jungle was deleted Friday after a backlash from both...

Kevin Warsh, speaks to the media about his report on transparency at the Bank of England, in London on Dec. 11, 2014. (Alastair Grant/AP)

Who is Kevin Warsh?

January 30, 2026 at 8:42 a.m.

President Donald Trump says he’ll tap former Federal Reserve governor Kevin Warsh as the next Fed chair to replace Jerome Powell in May — with Trump believing that he can...

President Donald Trump holds the charter during a signing ceremony on his Board of Peace initiative at the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Trump rolls out his Board of Peace at Davos, but many top US allies aren’t participating

January 22, 2026 at 8:03 a.m.

President Donald Trump on Thursday inaugurated his Board of Peace to lead efforts at maintaining a ceasefire in Israel’s war with Hamas, insisting that “everyone wants to be a part”...

President Donald Trump speaks during the Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, Wednesday, Jan. 21, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Trump cancels tariff threat over Greenland, says NATO agreed to ‘framework’ of future Arctic deal

January 21, 2026 at 3:08 p.m.

President Donald Trump insisted that he wants to “get Greenland, including right, title and ownership,” but said he would not use force to do so.

Sewage overflowed parts of a makeshift tent camp for displaced Palestinians in Deir al-Balah, Gaza Strip, Saturday, Jan. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

$1 billion gets a permanent seat on Donald Trump’s ‘Board of Peace’ for Gaza, as India and others invited

January 18, 2026 at 2:36 p.m.

At least six more countries said Sunday the United States has invited them to join U.S. President Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” a new body of world leaders meant to...

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