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The Federal Reserve is facing tough choices as the economy faces deep uncertainty Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell and his colleagues are expected to hold their benchmark interest rate steady. Saul Loeb/AFP hide caption toggle caption Saul Loeb/AFP The Federal Reserve's balancing act is getting harder. The central bank is expected to hold its benchmark

Senegal supporters protest after a controversial penalty was awarded to Morocco during the Africa Cup of Nations final soccer match between Senegal and Morocco on Jan. 18, 2026, in Rabat, Morocco. Youssef Loulidi/AP hide caption toggle caption Youssef Loulidi/AP GENEVA — Morocco was stunningly awarded the Africa Cup of Nations title on Tuesday by governing

The Venezuela team celebrates after defeating the United States in the championship game of the World Baseball Classic, Tuesday, March 17, 2026, in Miami. Lynne Sladky/AP hide caption toggle caption Lynne Sladky/AP MIAMI — Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth-inning lead to beat the United States

Power supply is slowly resuming in Havana, but the country’s deeper crisis in relations with the US is endemic, long-term. The traffic lights are finally back on in Havana, but most of Cuba is still in the dark. Cuba’s national power grid collapsed yet again on Monday, and there was no electricity supply across the

Colombian President Gustavo Petro (left), Brazil's federal Supreme Court minister Alexandre de Moraes and Francesca Albanese, United Nations special rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Palestinian territories, have all been sanctioned by the Trump administration. Oliver Contreras, Evaristo Sa and Bastien Ohier/Hans Lucas/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Oliver Contreras

X marks many spots. jclegg/Getty Images hide caption toggle caption jclegg/Getty Images What is X? X is a letter, a sound, a word, a symbol. X is the unknown. It can be sleek and edgy; it can be religious. For just a simple shape of two crossed lines, X is a lot of things. "I

Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kan., along with other members of the Democratic Women's Caucus of the House of Representatives, are calling for all clinics that get Title X funding to get the same dollars in 2026 as in 2025. Ed Zurga/AP hide caption toggle caption Ed Zurga/AP A group of 128 Democratic members of Congress are

Leqaa Kordia, left, embraces friends, family and suppporters after being released from the Prairieland Detention Center in Alvarado, Texas, Monday, March 16, 2026. Tony Gutierrez/AP hide caption toggle caption Tony Gutierrez/AP ALVARADO, Texas — A Palestinian woman who was the last person still in immigration detention after the Trump administration's 2025 crackdown on pro-Palestinian activism

Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, xAI, which makes the Grok chatbot, is being sued by teenagers who say the company's AI models were used to create nonconsensual nudes of them. Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images hide caption toggle caption Nicolas Tucat/AFP via Getty Images Three Tennessee teenagers have filed a class action lawsuit against Elon

Residents and Taliban police gather the remains of a projectile at the site of a strike in Kabul, Afghanistan, on March 13. Barackatullah Popal/AP hide caption toggle caption Barackatullah Popal/AP KABUL, Afghanistan — Afghanistan accused Pakistan of targeting a hospital for drug users in the Afghan capital late Monday, saying the airstrike had killed at