DAYTON, MARCH 17, 2026 — College basketball’s biggest stage opens tonight. 68 teams. One trophy. Three weeks. And somewhere in this bracket — there is always somewhere in this bracket — a team nobody is talking about right now is…
WASHINGTON, MARCH 17, 2026 — The Federal Reserve walks into its most consequential meeting of 2026 on Tuesday morning facing an economic equation that has no clean solution. Oil above $100. Jobs disappearing. Growth slowing. Inflation rising. Two problems, one…
PARK CITY, MARCH 17, 2026 — She wrote a book about grief to help her sons cope with losing their father. She appeared on television to promote it, describing the challenges of navigating loss as a family. Then a jury…
WASHINGTON, MARCH 17, 2026 — Standing at a pharmacy counter and watching the total climb past $300, $500, or even $1,000 for a single prescription is an experience tens of millions of Americans know too well. Two-thirds of Americans say…
WASHINGTON, MARCH 17, 2026 — The board voted unanimously. The chairman presided. The meeting was held at the White House. And just like that, one of America’s most iconic cultural institutions — the performing arts center that bears the name…
DUBAI, MARCH 17, 2026 — The war that has already closed the Strait of Hormuz, killed 13 Americans, and sent oil past $100 a barrel reached one of the world’s most traveled crossroads on Monday. An Iranian drone struck a…
COLUMBIA, MARCH 16, 2026 — Every year, oncologists make one of the most consequential decisions in medicine: which cancer treatment is right for which patient. Get it wrong and a patient endures months of toxic therapy that was never going…
WASHINGTON, MARCH 16, 2026 — Jerome Powell walks into the most complicated Federal Reserve meeting in recent memory on Monday morning. When he walks out on Wednesday afternoon, he will have to explain to the American public how the central…
INDIANAPOLIS, MARCH 16, 2026 — Selection Sunday delivered exactly what college basketball needed — a bracket filled with elite programs, dangerous underdogs, and enough storylines to keep every office pool in America arguing until April. Duke is the No. 1…
SHANGHAI, MARCH 16, 2026 — Formula 1 came to China this weekend to race. It left with something far heavier than a trophy — a confirmation that the Iran war has now reached deep into the heart of global sport.…
WASHINGTON, MARCH 16, 2026 — Nearly 78 million Americans are enrolled in Medicaid right now. Millions more qualify and don’t know it. And every year, thousands of families lose coverage — or never apply — because they misunderstand the rules.…
WASHINGTON, MARCH 15, 2026 — For decades, Mars has been defined by what it lost. The red planet’s thin atmosphere, its frozen poles, its bone-dry surface — all of it tells the story of a world that once had water…