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Divergent CEO Lukas Czinger gives Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth a tour in Torrance, Calif., in January. Image: Divergent

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  • Mike Allen
Oil prices volatile after Trump's Strait of Hormuz threat
Oil prices volatile after Trump's Strait of Hormuz threat
Pritzker tries to put past donations to AIPAC behind him
Pritzker tries to put past donations to AIPAC behind him
Dems eyeing White House lean into their childhood traumas
Dems eyeing White House lean into their childhood traumas
Trump to deploy ICE agents to airports Monday
Trump to deploy ICE agents to airports Monday
    • Kathleen Hunter
    Updated 16 hours ago
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    Politics & Policy
    Senate votes to advance Mullin's nomination to lead DHS
    Sen. Markwayne Mullin at his confirmation hearing to be Homeland Security secretary on March 18.

    Sen. Markwayne Mullin at his confirmation hearing to be Homeland Security secretary on March 18. Photo: Oliver Contreras / AFP via Getty Images

    The Senate voted 54-37 on Sunday to advance Markwayne Mullin's nomination to lead the Department of Homeland Security.

    Why it matters: Mullin is on track to be confirmed this week to succeed Kristi Noem as Homeland Security secretary when Noem steps down at the end of the month.

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    • Neil Irwin
    21 hours ago
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    Business
    Washington ignores America's fiscal cliff
    Illustration of a detonator on a rolled-up bill.

    Illustration: Lindsey Bailey/Axios

    The United States faces a dire and unsustainable fiscal outlook. You'd never know it from the action in Washington.

    • Across parties and policy areas, you'd never guess that the U.S. faces fiscal constraints created by its high-and-rising public debt, ballooning deficits without precedent in times of prosperity, and a looming entitlement spending crisis when the Social Security trust fund runs out.
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    • Barak Ravid
    21 hours ago
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    World
    Trump to Iran: Open Hormuz in 48 hours or U.S. bombs power plants
    President Donald Trump gestures while speaking to reporters outdoors at the White House, with Secretary of State Marco Rubio standing behind him.

    President Donald Trump speaks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House as Secretary of State Marco Rubio looks on before a trip to Miami on March 20, 2026, in Washington, D.C. Photo: Celal Gunes/Anadolu via Getty Images

    President Trump on Saturday night gave Iran a 48-hour deadline to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or else the U.S. will start destroying Iranian power plants.

    Why it matters: The threat marks a dramatic reversal from just a day earlier when Trump floated ending the war without reopening the strait, signaling the Hormuz crisis has become the issue he can't walk away from, even as he looks for an exit.

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