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NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! Sen. John Cornyn’s reversal on scrapping the Senate filibuster is sparking backlash among some supporters of the 60-vote rule, with one leading proponent, former Sen. Joe Manchin, I-W.Va., accusing the Texas Republican of ditching his longstanding position for political expediency. “When I was a U.S. Senator, there was not another person more committed to keeping the filibuster than Senator John Cornyn,” Manchin wrote in a scathing social media post Thursday. “He understood the incredible political pressure I faced from my former party to get rid of the filibuster and give Democrats complete power…

U.S. Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell reacts during a press conference following a two-day meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) on interest rate policy, in Washington, D.C., U.S., Jan. 28, 2026. Jonathan Ernst | ReutersAs both energy prices and inflation fears pop, expectations for Federal Reserve interest rate cuts are sliding.Traders in recent days have abandoned hopes of an early summer easing from the central bank, a change in thinking that coincided with the U.S.-Israel attacks on Iran and a burst in oil prices to around $100 a barrel.Prior to the conflict, the market anticipation had been for…

Experts say the war in Iran is driving up the cost of jet fuel, which will drive up the cost of flying. “I think what you’re seeing happening now is a volatility in jet fuel that hasn’t been seen in years,” John Gradek, a former Air Canada executive and McGill University faculty lecturer in aviation management, told Global News.“I think that the volatility starts with the price of oil, where it was up to 110 [a barrel] last week, or earlier this week, down to 89 yesterday and up to 98 again today. So it’s bouncing up and down. The…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! A 43-year-old rideshare driver was arrested and charged with kidnapping and multiple counts of sexual assault and kidnapping, prompting authorities to search for possible additional victims.Felipe Rico-Ceballos of Ontario, California, was taken into custody March 5 in connection with an alleged Feb. 27 assault, according to the Costa Mesa Police Department.Investigators say Rico-Ceballos offered to assist an intoxicated woman in getting home. Instead, he allegedly drove her to another location, where the assault occurred, before dropping her off elsewhere.”We are seeking to identify potential additional victims of a man arrested for sexually…

NEWYou can now listen to Fox News articles! PGA Tour winner Collin Morikawa played just one hole at The Players Championship after withdrawing due to injury on Thursday.Morikawa, 29, made par on the 10th hole, the lone hole he would play, before stunningly injuring his back on a practice swing.”I felt fine in warm-up,” Morikawa said, according to the New York Post. “Like nothing’s been any signs of back problems. Honestly, (on the) first hole (I) felt great, hit two great shots, hit a great putt. Teed it up, nothing felt bad. (I) teed it up on 11 and took one practice…

UEFA has opened disciplinary action against Chelsea star Pedro Neto for pushing a ball-boy off his chair in the Champions League clash at Paris St Germain.

BEIJING: China is expected to pass a law on a “shared” national identity among the country’s 55 ethnic minority groups on Thursday (Mar 12), a move critics say will further erode the identity of people who are not the majority Han Chinese and risk making anyone challenging that “unity” a separatist punishable by law.Called “Promoting Ethnic Unity and Progress”, the ethnic minority law aims to forge national unity and advance the rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) at its core, a draft copy of the law showed.It is due to be passed at the closing…

1. Barrel roll-outPumpjacks operate while others stand idle in the Belridge oil field on March 10, 2026 near McKittrick, California. Mario Tama | Getty ImagesThe member states of the International Energy Agency yesterday agreed to release 400 million barrels of oil from its reserves, the largest release from the agency’s emergency stockpile ever. The move did little to help oil prices, though: Crude prices rose about 5% overnight, with Brent crude briefly hitting the $100 per barrel mark.Here’s what to know:The IEA did not provide a timeline for the reserves release, which agency chief Fatih Birol said is aimed at…

As oil prices rise, the US, Israel and Iran seem ready to keep fighting no matter the costs.The price of oil has soared over $100 a barrel globally as a result of the US-Israeli war on Iran. Iran has effectively shut down shipping lanes in the Strait of Hormuz, while Israel has attacked critical Iranian oil depots. Despite public pressure and outrage, all parties seem prepared to continue the war. What will it mean for the global economy and the people caught in the crossfire?Listen to more about the Strait of Hormuz here.In this episode:  Zein Basravi (@virtualzein), Al Jazeera…

A father of three felt that he had no other choice but to quit his job as a Transportation Security Administration officer and find other work as the partial government shutdown goes on.Robert Echeverria worked the TSA checkpoints at Salt Lake City International Airport for nine years.”I love the agency. I love the people that I worked with,” he said. “But it just, my family has to come first.”With no paycheck or end in sight to the latest shutdown, which has so far lasted nearly a month, Echeverria made what he said was a difficult decision to quit. He’s among…