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In this March 12, 2020, photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

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The Venezuelan government deliberately used drugs as a weapon of mass destruction against the U.S., Venezuelan-American political commentator Franklin Camargo told a panel of House lawmakers Wednesday.

Fed keeps interest rates steady, says impact of Middle East war is ‘uncertain’

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

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The Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged on Wednesday, maintaining its wait-and-see approach after a series of cuts in late 2025.

Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell speaks during a news conference after a Federal Open Market Committee meeting, Wednesday, Jan. 28, 2026, at the Federal Reserve Board Building in Washington. (AP Photo/Jacquelyn Martin)

Fed keeps interest rates steady, says impact of Middle East war is ‘uncertain’

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President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Intel chiefs say Trump team knew Iran would retaliate with attacks on energy infrastructure

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United Farm Workers leader Cesar Chavez is shown at an anti-apartheid rally in St. Paul's Cathedral in Boston, Mass., on Feb. 26, 1985. (AP Photo/Charlie Krupa) **FILE**

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during the Senate Committee on Intelligence hearings to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Patel says FBI is now buying Americans’ internet location data

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., President Donald Trump's pick for Homeland Security secretary, testifies during Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs hearing, Wednesday, March 18, 2026 on Capitol Hill in Washington. (AP Photo/Manuel Balce Ceneta)

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FBI Director Kash Patel testifies during the Senate Committee on Intelligence hearings to examine worldwide threats on Capitol Hill Wednesday, March 18, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Patel says FBI is now buying Americans’ internet location data

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Postmaster General David Steiner speaks at an event marking the 250th anniversary of the postal service's founding, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

Postmaster General mulls cutting one day of mail delivery as financial woes mount

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Duke's Cameron Boozer (12) and Maliq Brown, left, react after a play during the first half of an NCAA college basketball game against North Carolina in Durham, N.C., Saturday, March 7, 2026. (AP Photo/Ben McKeown)

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Academy ‘extremely upset’ after security guard shoves actress Teyana Taylor at Oscars

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President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

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This March 16, 2019, file photo shows a natural gas refinery at the South Pars gas field constructed by Revolutionary Guard-affiliated company, Khatam al-Anbia, the largest Iranian contractor of government construction projects, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf, in Asaluyeh, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

Israel strikes Iran’s massive natural gas facility

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President Donald Trump speaks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio during a roundtable discussion on college sports in the East Room of the White House, Friday, March 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson)

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Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., speaks with reporters on the steps at the Capitol in Washington, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

Trump’s homeland security pick Mullin is poised to inherit a department beset by challenges

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President Donald Trump steps off Air Force One, Saturday, March 7, 2026, at Dover Air Force Base, Del. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Trump will pay his respects in Delaware to 6 US service members killed in the Middle East

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President Donald Trump speaks during a meeting with Irish Prime Minister Micheál Martin in the Oval Office of the White House, on St. Patrick's Day, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

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In this March 12, 2020, photo, Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gives a press conference at the Miraflores presidential palace in Caracas, Venezuela. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) **FILE**

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Postmaster General David Steiner speaks at an event marking the 250th anniversary of the postal service's founding, July 23, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen, File)

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Taliban security personnel guard as people carry the remains of victims of a Monday airstrike on a drug rehabilitation hospital, ahead of the burials Wednesday, March 18, 2026, Kabul, Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Siddiqullah Alizai)

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