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California GOP lawmakers are incensed over a gas tax study. Rural groups say they need it

2:49 PM on Monday, March 2

California lawmakers are fighting over a bill that would study replacing the gas tax with a road use charge

FILE-A FedEx cargo plane is shown on the tarmac at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, Tuesday, April 20, 2021, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)

Federal court rejects Trump administration attempt to slow tariff refund process

2:46 PM on Monday, March 2

A federal court on Monday rejected the Trump administration’s attempt to slow the process of refunding billions of dollars’ worth of tariffs the Supreme Court struck down as illegal last month

School districts can set aside prayer time under a new Texas law. Few have done so.

2:20 PM on Monday, March 2

The Texas Legislature passed a bill last year giving schools the option of setting aside a daily school prayer period

FILE - A Cuban woman hanging laundry on her balcony is seen reflected in a glass window decorated with a poster of Cuba's leader Fidel Castro in Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 27, 2007. (AP Photo/Dado Galdieri, File)

Cuba's president pushes for 'urgent' changes to island's economic and business model

1:31 PM on Monday, March 2

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel says his government should “immediately” focus on implementing urgent transformations to the island’s economic and social model as oil reserves in the Caribbean country dwindle

Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but says he's prepared 'to go far longer than that'

11:59 AM on Monday, March 2

Trump says Iran operations likely to last 4 to 5 weeks, but says he's prepared 'to go far longer than that'

Smoke emits from Afghan side as trucks are parked along roadside following cross-border clashes between Pakistan and Afghan forces, at near Torkham border crossing point, Pakistan, Saturday, Feb. 28, 2026. (AP Photo/Maaz Awan)

Pakistan's president defends ongoing strikes in Afghanistan and urges Kabul to dismantle militants

11:22 AM on Monday, March 2

Pakistan’s president is defending cross-border strikes in Afghanistan and urges the Taliban government to disarm militants attacking his country

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10:00 AM on Monday, March 2

FILE - In this Dec. 18, 2015 file photo, Hassan Khomeini, grandson of Ayatollah Khomeini, speaks at the election headquarters of the interior ministry in Tehran, Iran. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

A look at some of the contenders to be Iran's supreme leader after the killing of Khamenei

9:32 AM on Monday, March 2

Iran’s leaders are scrambling to replace Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who ruled the country for 37 years before he was killed in the surprise U.S. and Israeli bombardment

Voters stand in line to vote early for the primary election, in Dallas, Tuesday, Feb. 17, 2026. (AP Photo/LM Otero)

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in the Texas state primaries

9:12 AM on Monday, March 2

Two hotly contested U.S. Senate primaries in Texas will help officially kick off the 2026 midterm election cycle Tuesday

AP Decision Notes: What to expect in North Carolina's state primaries

8:50 AM on Monday, March 2

North Carolina voters will narrow down the field of candidates Tuesday in a competitive U.S. Senate race that could decide control of the closely divided chamber in November

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with students and staff, during a visit to the Walbottle Academy Campus in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Scott Heppell/PA via AP)

World hurries to respond to rapidly changing war around Iran

7:49 AM on Monday, March 2

The joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran have sparked global anger and urgent diplomacy as the conflict spreads across the region

In this photo taken Nov. 15, 2016, students line up outside a classroom with a map of Africa on its wall, in Yei, in southern South Sudan. (AP Photo/Justin Lynch, file)

169 people killed after insurgents raid a village in a remote area of South Sudan

7:28 AM on Monday, March 2

An official says at least 169 people were killed after insurgents raided a village in a remote area of South Sudan

A man holds an Iranian flag as he looks at the damaged façade of Gandhi Hospital, which was hit Sunday when a strike also struck a state TV communications tower and nearby buildings across the street during the ongoing joint U.S.–Israeli military campaign in Tehran, Iran, Monday, March 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Where things stand after the US and Israeli strikes on Iran

5:24 AM on Monday, March 2

The United States and Israel targeted Iran in coordinated attacks over the weekend that killed Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and set off a furious Iranian response

Shiite Muslims attend funeral prayer of protesters, who were killed in the violent clashes with security forces during a rally to condemn the killing of Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, in Karachi, Pakistan, Sunday, March 1, 2026. (AP Photo/Muhammad Farooq)

Pakistan deploys troops and imposes curfew after deadly protests over US-Israeli strikes on Iran

5:10 AM on Monday, March 2

Pakistan has deployed troops and imposed a curfew after deadly protests erupted over the killing of Iran’s Supreme Leader in U.S.-Israeli strikes

FILE -The main building of Russia's Foreign Ministry dominates the skyline in downtown Moscow, Aug. 16, 2006, with a Soviet Union state emblem on the facade. (AP Photo/Mikhail Metzel, File)

Russia condemns US-Israel strikes on Iran as 'unprovoked act of armed aggression'

6:24 AM on Saturday, February 28

Russia has condemned U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and urged an immediate stop to the campaign and a return to diplomacy

British Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer speaks with students and staff, during a visit to the Walbottle Academy Campus in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, England, Thursday, Feb. 26, 2026. (Scott Heppell/PA via AP)

World leaders react cautiously to US and Israeli strikes, death of Iran Ali Khamenei

6:12 AM on Saturday, February 28

World leaders have been responding cautiously amid U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, reports of its supreme leader's death and fears of a wider war

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