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How High Are Gas Prices Where You Live?

Here is a county-level look at where drivers are facing the highest costs.

By Matthew Bloch, Steven Rich and Emmett Lindner

President Trump is seen standing at attention at a lectern bearing the seal of the President of the United States.

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Why Trump’s Iran Address Failed to Soothe Markets

Oil surged and stocks sold off after the president delivered an unclear case for continuing the war in the Middle East.

By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly and Brian O’Keefe

Donald Trump holds a rendering in front of reporters.

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Trump Reveals New Look for White House Ballroom After Times Article

Architects and preservation organizations have warned that little scrutiny has been given to the project’s design plans.

By Emily Badger

IN CASE YOU MISSED IT

A diagram of the Artemis II trajectory

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Around the Moon and Back in 10 Days

Here's how NASA plans to send four astronauts on a trip around the moon, the first time that anyone would travel this far from Earth since the end of the Apollo program in 1972.

By Marco Hernandez and Kenneth Chang

The skyline of Los Angeles.

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Immigration Slowdown Hits Every Metro Area in the U.S., Census Shows

Large urban counties and the border were the most affected. And in three-quarters of U.S. counties, population growth either slowed or turned negative.

By Jeff Adelson and Amy Qin

A man wearing a navy blue suit jacket and a bright red tie holds up a sign that reads “47” at a 2024 rally for Donald Trump.

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Guest Essay

MAGA Was Supposed to Be Antiwar. Nope.

It might be time to ditch some common assumptions about Republicans.

By Kristen Soltis Anderson

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