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United Airlines Raises Bag Fees Amid Rising Fuel Costs and Introduces Tiered Premium Fares

(Headline USA) Most travelers flying with United Airlines will pay $10 more to check their luggage beginning on Friday, as higher jet fuel costs driven by the war in the Middle East push another major U.S. carrier to increase fees. The first piece of checked luggage will now cost customers...

Trump Addresses Nation on Iran Strikes; Signals Conflict Nearing End

(Sarah Roderick-Fitch, The Center Square) Just over a month after Operation Epic Fury began, President Donald Trump Wednesday proclaimed U.S. strikes on Iran are nearing completion, while telling allies to step up defense of the Strait of Hormuz, a critical oil and gas passageway. During a nearly 20-minute address from...

US Crude Tops $110 Per Barrel and Wall Street Tumbles After Trump Vows to Escalate Attacks on Iran

(Headline USA)  Stocks are dropping and oil prices are soaring after President Donald Trump vowed the U.S. will continue to attack Iran and failed to offer a clear timetable for ending the conflict in the Middle East. The S&P 500 fell 1.2% and the Dow sank 600 points and...

Gas Prices Eclipse $4 a Gallon in the US, the Highest Since 2022

/tag/Tax(Headline USA) U.S. gas prices jumped past an average of $4 a gallon for the first time since 2022 on Tuesday, as the Iran war continues to push fuel prices higher worldwide. According to AAA, the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline is now $4.02 — over a...

Trump Tells Other Countries Reliant on the Strait of Hormuz To Go and ‘Take It’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump said in a post on Truth Social on Tuesday that other countries that are reliant on energy shipments through the Strait of Hormuz should get involved militarily and “take it” from Iran, as the Iranian military continues to control the strategic waterway. “All of...

Trump Threatens To ‘Blow Up’ Iran’s Desalination Plants

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump on Monday added Iran’s desalination plants to the list of infrastructure he may “blow up” if a deal isn’t reached to end the war, threatening attacks on the country’s water supply, a clear war crime under international law. “The United States of America is...

Trump Says He Wants To Invade Iran’s Kharg Island To ‘Take the Oil’

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) President Donald Trump told the Financial Times on Sunday that he wants to “take” Iran’s oil in an operation that could involve the US seizing and occupying Kharg Island, a major Iranian oil export hub deep inside the Persian Gulf. The US president said that his “preference...

Gas Prices Approach $4 a Gallon in U.S., $6 in California

(Liam Hibbert, The Center Square)  The average U.S. gallon of gas neared $4 on Wednesday as California closed in on $6, with prices fueled by the uncertainty around the U.S.-Israel conflict with Iran. With no clear end in sight for the Iran conflict that has killed nearly 3,000 people across...

US Arms Control Official Refuses To Comment When Asked If Israel Has Nuclear Weapons

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) A senior US arms control official on Wednesday refused to comment when asked during a congressional hearing if Israel has nuclear weapons, maintaining the US government’s ambiguity over Israel’s undeclared nuclear arsenal. “I can’t comment on that specific question. I’d have to refer you to the Israelis on...

Iran Says It Will Completely Close Strait of Hormuz If US Bombs Iranian Power Plants

(Dave DeCamp, Antiwar.com) The Iranian military has warned that if the US or Israel bomb Iran’s power plants or other energy infrastructure, it will completely close the Strait of Hormuz and target similar infrastructure in Israel and regional countries hosting US bases. Lt. Col. Ebrahim Zolfaqari, spokesman for Iran’s Khatam al-Anbiya...

Jet Smashes into Fire Truck at NY Airport, Killing 2

(Headline USA) An Air Canada regional jet struck a fire truck on the runway after landing at New York’s LaGuardia Airport late Sunday night, crushing the nose of the plane, according to authorities and photos of the wreckage. Two people were killed, according to a person familiar with the investigation into...

Iran Strikes Near Israeli Nuclear Research Center

(Headline USA) Iranian missiles struck two communities in southern Israel late Saturday, leaving buildings shattered and dozens injured in dual attacks not far from Israel’s main nuclear research center, while President Donald Trump warned the U.S. will “obliterate” Iranian power plants if it doesn’t fully open the Strait of Hormuz...
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