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Trump struggles to sell the Iran war as Americans feel the squeeze at the pump

Josue Hernandez, 35, pumps gas into his work pickup truck at a gas station in Southfield, Mich., Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

When it comes to gas prices and partisanship in Washington, what a difference a few years make.

Israel has assassinated many of Iran’s key leaders. How is the regime in Tehran still standing?

A protester holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the U.S. embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) **FILE**

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

An intense Israeli assassination campaign has not yet been enough to bring down Iran’s hard-line regime, which is still standing despite losing scores of its top officials over the past four weeks.

A protester holds a portrait of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during a protest against U.S. and Israeli attacks on multiple cities across Iran at a bridge leading to the fortified Green Zone where the U.S. embassy is located in Baghdad, Iraq, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Hadi Mizban) **FILE**

Israel has assassinated many of Iran’s key leaders. How is the regime in Tehran still standing?

By Vaughn Cockayne - The Washington Times

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republicans, Democrats spar on status of DHS negotiations as hope fades for ending shutdown

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

Lori Schott, center right, embraces Mary Rodee after the verdict in a landmark trial over whether social media platforms deliberately addict and harm children at Los Angeles Superior Court, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/William Liang)

Juries find social media platforms knowingly harmed children

By Sean Salai - The Washington Times

Missiles launched from Iran streak across the sky over central Israel, early Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Lawmakers press for answers on Iran endgame as more U.S. troops deploy to Mideast

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

People wait in a TSA security line at Terminal A of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, N.J., U.S., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Record airport security lines among long list of DHS shutdown impacts

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

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Missiles launched from Iran streak across the sky over central Israel, early Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Lawmakers press for answers on Iran endgame as more U.S. troops deploy to Mideast

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

People wait in a TSA security line at Terminal A of Newark Liberty International Airport (EWR) in Newark, N.J., U.S., Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Record airport security lines among long list of DHS shutdown impacts

By Lindsey McPherson - The Washington Times

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin listens during the annual Alaska Sustainable Energy Conference in Anchorage, Alaska, on June 3, 2025. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane) **FILE**

EPA waives gas restrictions to ease rising energy costs

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Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon at the HM Naval Base, in Portsmouth Harbour, in Hampshire, England, Tuesday March 3, 2026, ahead of being deployed to protect British military personnel in Cyprus. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

What happened to Britain’s Royal Navy? Mideast conflict exposes London’s inability to deploy ships

By Andrew Salmon - The Washington Times

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Vice President JD Vance salutes as he walks off Air Force Two, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 at Joint Base Andrews, Md., returning from a day trip to Waterford Township, Mich. (Elizabeth Frantz/The New York Times via AP, Pool)

Sorry, MAGA faithful: Why Vance’s 2028 dreams might be a mirage

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Voters stuck in political instant replay as Democrats and Republicans recycle the same battles

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Democratic lawmaker asks judge to take Trump’s name off Kennedy Center

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Campbell Law School student Justin Booker said he was told to remove flyers condemning political violence that depict slain conservative leader Charlie Kirk from campus hallways and columns in September 2025, even though other posters were allowed to remain. (Courtesy of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)

Law school allows return of Charlie Kirk posters after free-speech complaint

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Russia’s war in Ukraine is surging while world focuses on Mideast

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In this image released by the U.S. Department of Defense, German soldiers assigned to Surface Air and Missile Defense Wing 1, fire the Patriot weapons system at the NATO Missile Firing Installation, in Chania, Greece, on Nov. 8, 2017. Patriot missile systems have long been a hot ticket item for the U.S. and allies in contested areas of the world as a coveted shield against incoming missiles. In Europe, the Middle East and the Pacific, they guard against potential strikes from Iran, Somalia and North Korea. So it was a critical turning point when news broke this week that the U.S. has agreed to send a Patriot missile battery to Ukraine. (Sebastian Apel/U.S. Department of Defense, via AP, File)

Strategy against Iran drones unsustainable, cheaper missiles years away as war saps U.S. stockpiles

By John T. Seward - The Washington Times

Tucker Carlson attends a meeting with President Donald Trump and oil executives in the East Room of the White House in Washington on Friday, Jan. 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon) **FILE**

Tucker Carlson calls for U.S. to share power with China, says American military can’t defend Taiwan

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War of choice prevents war of necessity as Iran threat expands and critics look away

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Josue Hernandez, 35, pumps gas into his work pickup truck at a gas station in Southfield, Mich., Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Corey Williams)

Trump struggles to sell the Iran war as Americans feel the squeeze at the pump

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

First lady Melania Trump arrives, accompanied by a robot, to attend the "Fostering the Future Together Global Coalition Summit," with other first spouses, at the White House, Wednesday, March 25, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

A White House first: Robot walks the halls with Melania Trump for tech summit

By Tom Howell Jr. - The Washington Times

President Donald Trump speaks during the swearing in for Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin in the Oval Office of the White House, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Trump showed off a classified map during a 2022 plane trip, a Democratic lawmaker alleges

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Trump urges Congress to pass clean extension of FISA, cites military action in Iran

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GOP’s plan to defeat Virginia’s new congressional map: Strong rural vote, no city blowouts

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President Donald Trump arrives on Air Force One, Wednesday, March 18, 2026, at Joint Base Andrews, Md., after attending the casualty return at Dover Air Force Base, Del., for the six crew members of an Air Force refueling aircraft who died when their plane crashed in western Iraq while supporting operations against Iran. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks during a news conference after a policy luncheon on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, March 24, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Mariam Zuhaib)

Republicans, Democrats spar on status of DHS negotiations as hope fades for ending shutdown

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Supreme Court tries to define where the U.S. border begins for asylum purposes

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

Iran's players pose for a team photo before an Asian group A qualifying soccer match against North Korea for the 2026 World Cup, June 10, 2025, at Azadi Stadium in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, file)

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Former Department of Justice Special Counsel Jack Smith accompanied by his attorney Lanny Breuer, leave after his closed-door interview with House Republicans at Capitol Hill, Wednesday, Dec. 17, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Jack Smith obtained secret subpoenas for Kash Patel’s phone records

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

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Free-speech group FIRE blasts Catholic University for blocking antisemitism speakers

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Man arrested for trespassing in Florida while wearing jail uniform from another state

By Brad Matthews - The Washington Times

Mifepristone tablets are seen in a Planned Parenthood clinic, July 18, 2024, in Ames, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall, File)

Most voters want to bring back in-person medical visits for abortion pills

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USPS readies to implement first-ever fuel surcharge on packages

By Mary McCue Bell - The Washington Times

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Congress members shut down DHS? Then they can forget Delta’s special services

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Missiles launched from Iran streak across the sky over central Israel, early Tuesday, March 24, 2026. (AP Photo/Ohad Zwigenberg)

Lawmakers press for answers on Iran endgame as more U.S. troops deploy to Mideast

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A mushroom cloud rises from a test blast at the Nevada Test Site on June 24, 1957. (U.S. Energy Department via AP, File)

U.S. set to resume underground nuclear tests

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Royal Navy Type 45 destroyer HMS Dragon at the HM Naval Base, in Portsmouth Harbour, in Hampshire, England, Tuesday March 3, 2026, ahead of being deployed to protect British military personnel in Cyprus. (Andrew Matthews/PA via AP)

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Trump to visit China in May, White House says

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Nationals unveil opening day roster, portion of starting rotation

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

The Trajekt Arc pitching machine is demonstrated during the Major League Baseball winter meetings Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

LOVERRO: Nationals’ shiny new toy can’t fix what really ails them

By Thom Loverro

A baseball travels through the Trajekt Arc pitching machine as it is demonstrated at the Major League Baseball winter meetings Wednesday, Dec. 6, 2023, in Nashville, Tenn. (AP Photo/George Walker IV)

Nats go high-tech: New regime brings out pitching machines, apps, spin-axis balls

By Liam Griffin - The Washington Times

Iowa State's Tamin Lipsey (3) drives past Kentucky's Denzel Aberdeen (1) during the second half in the second round of the NCAA college basketball tournament, Sunday, March 22, 2026, in St. Louis. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

Top seeds still remaining in Sweet 16 are winning convincingly

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Brave Books released the America Wins Bundle on March 23, 2026, a package of children's books by (from left) conservative leaders Riley Gaines, Ben Carson and Kirk Cameron telling the story of America's founding and achievements ahead of the nation's 250th anniversary. (Brave Books photo)

Kirk Cameron, Ben Carson, Riley Gaines release patriotic children’s books cheering America at 250

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Campbell Law School student Justin Booker said he was told to remove flyers condemning political violence that depict slain conservative leader Charlie Kirk from campus hallways and columns in September 2025, even though other posters were allowed to remain. (Courtesy of the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression)

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Juries find social media platforms knowingly harmed children

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