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Mortgage Rates Rise as Iran War Ripples Through Financial Markets

Mortgage Rates Rise as Iran War Ripples Through Financial Markets www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/b...

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Phones ‘Ringing Off the Hook’ for Ukraine Defense Firms as Mideast Seeks Help

Phones ‘Ringing Off the Hook’ for Ukraine Defense Firms as Mideast Seeks Help www.nytimes.com/2026/03/13/w...

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Fears of a food shock rise as midterms loom A potential new inflation headache threatens to ripple into food supply and grocery prices months from now.

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The US May Have to Answer for the Iranian School Bombing In the early hours of the Iran war, as Israel and the US began dropping their awe-inspiring ordnance, one barrage of American Tomahawk missiles apparently struck an elementary school, killing about 17...

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We’re All Trapped in Trump’s 1980s Worldview Take a moment to digest the following, quite extraordinary sequence of events.

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Democratic senators file war powers resolution to check Trump on Cuba Senate Democrats have filed legislation that would prevent the U.S. from attacking Cuba without congressional approval.

apnews.com/article/sena... senators file war powers resolution to check Trump on Cuba

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Trump bragged about low gas prices. The Iran conflict has him doing an about-face Oil and gas prices have spiked with the war in Iran. That has President Donald Trump pivoting from bragging about low gas prices, to now saying oil prices make the country “a lot of money" because of ...

apnews.com/article/trum... bragged about low gas prices. The Iran conflict has him doing an about-face

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Congressional Democrats say Trump tariffs will cost US households more than $2,500 this year The Trump administration is scrambling to replace the revenue the federal government lost when the Supreme Court struck down his biggest and boldest tariffs last month.

apnews.com/article/tari... Democrats say Trump tariffs will cost US households more than $2,500 this year

13.03.2026 18:59 👍 3 🔁 1 💬 0 📌 0

Zelenskyy says US 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions is 'not the right decision' Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the U.S. 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions amid the Iran war is “not the right decision” and won’t help bring a stop to Russia’s more than 4-year-old ...

apnews.com/article/russ... says US 30-day waiver on Russian oil sanctions is 'not the right decision'

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Blast rocks Tehran after Israel threatened to target area of government-organized rally A large explosion rocked an area of Iran’s capital where thousands were gathered for an annual state-organized rally to support the Palestinians and call for Israel’s demise.

apnews.com/article/iran... rocks Tehran after Israel threatened to target area of government-organized rally

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Life Lessons from the Fields of the Dead When the snow melts and the warm weather arrives, I find myself yearning to visit the graveyard in Timmins, Ontario.

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Putin’s ‘hidden hand’ lies behind Iran’s drone tactics, UK defence secretary says Pilots reportedly adopting Russian tactics as statement in name of new Iranian supreme leader vows continued attacks on US bases

www.theguardian.com/world/2026/m... Russia is not our friend. It’s an ally of Iran.

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Trump admin lifts sanctions on Russian oil Month-long exemption justified by rising prices due to Iran War which Trump admin started.

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The Trouble With State Capitalism America is adopting a risky model.

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Weakened by War, Iran Hits Back by Strangling a Vital Waterway

Weakened by War, Iran Hits Back by Strangling a Vital Waterway www.nytimes.com/2026/03/12/u...

13.03.2026 16:36 👍 4 🔁 0 💬 1 📌 0

"The War At Our Door" As missiles fly across the Middle East, America confronts a chilling truth: the war overseas may already be echoing at home through violence, radicalization, and fear.

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Florida has the country’s third-highest count of measles infections—but, whereas other states have been vocal in addressing their outbreaks, Florida’s health department has been mostly silent, Katie Wu reports. She spoke with the doctors left in the dark:

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