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Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike in Dahiyeh, Beirut's southern suburbs, Lebanon, Monday, March 9, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)2026-03-10T03:24:48Z DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) Iran launched new attacks Tuesday at Gulf Arab countries as it keeps up pressure on the region, while five pro-Iranian militants were killed by an airstrike in northern Iraq. Incoming missile sirens sounded early in the morning in Dubai in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, while Saudi Arabia said it had destroyed two drones over its oil-rich eastern region and Kuwaits National Guard said it had show down six drones. In addition to firing missiles and drones at Israel and American bases in the region, Iran has also been targeting energy infrastructure which, combined with its stranglehold on the Strait of Hormuz, has sent oil prices soaring. Brent crude, the international standard, spiked to nearly $120 on Monday before falling back but was still at around $90 a barrel on Tuesday, nearly 24% higher than when the war started on Feb. 28. U.S. President Donald Trump, who has previously said that the war could last for a month or longer, on Tuesday sought to downplay growing fears that it could be a long-term regional conflict, saying it was going to be a short-term excursion. Trump sends contradictory messages as Tehran says its prepared for a long warThe war has choked off major supplies of oil and gas to world markets and sent fuel prices rising across the U.S. The fighting has also led foreigners to flee from business hubs and prompted millions to seek shelter as bombs hit military bases, government buildings, oil and water installations, hotels and at least one school.Iran has effectively stopped tankers from using the Strait of Hormuz, the shipping lane between the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman the gateway to the Indian Ocean through which 20% of the worlds oil is carried. Attacks on merchant ships near the strait have killed at least seven sailors, according to the International Maritime Organization. In a post on social media on Tuesday, Trump seemed not to acknowledge that, saying that If Iran does anything that stops the flow of Oil within the Strait of Hormuz, they will be hit by the United States of America TWENTY TIMES HARDER than they have been hit thus far. In an apparent response to Trumps remarks published in Iranian state media, a spokesperson for the paramilitary Revolutionary Guard, Ali Mohammad Naini, said Iran will determine when the war ends. Kamal Kharazi, foreign policy adviser to the office of the supreme leader, told CNN on Monday that Iran is prepared for a long war. He said he sees no room for diplomacy anymore unless economic pressure prompts other countries to intervene and stop the aggression of Americans and Israelis against Iran.Airstrike on Iran-linked militia in Iraq kills fiveAs the conflict has spread against the region, Israel has launched multiple attacks on Hezbollah in Lebanon and the Iranian-linked militia has responded by firing missiles into Israel. Pro-Iran militias in Iraq have also launched attacks at U.S. bases in the country since the beginning of the conflict.Early Tuesday, one of those militias, the 40th Brigade of the Popular Mobilization Forces in the city of Kirkuk, was hit with an airstrike that killed at least five militants and wounded four others, according to officials, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they werent authorized to brief reporters. It was not immediately clear who was behind the strikes. Since the war began, at least 1,230 people have been killed in Iran, at least 397 in Lebanon and 11 in Israel, according to officials.A total of seven U.S. service members have been killed.Financial markets, which swung wildly in recent days, opened the day Tuesday in Asia with early gains, building on late optimism in the U.S. ___Magdy reported from Cairo, and Weissert reported from Washington. Qassim Abdul-Zahra in Baghdad, Iraq, and David Rising in Bangkok contributed to this story. JON GAMBRELL Gambrell is the news director for the Gulf and Iran for The Associated Press. He has reported from each of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries, Iran and other locations across the world since joining the AP in 2006. twitter instagram mailto WILL WEISSERT Weissert covers the White House for The Associated Press. He is based in Washington. twitter mailto SAMY MAGDY Magdy is a Middle East reporter for The Associated Press, based in Cairo. He focuses on conflict, migration and human rights abuses. twitter facebook mailto

Motorists queue up as others wait behind a rope for their turn to get fuel at a pump, fearing a possible fuel shortage due to the Iran war, in Dhaka, Bangladesh, Sunday, March 8, 2026. (AP Photo/Mahmud Hossain Opu)2026-03-10T05:00:08Z WASHINGTON (AP) The war with Iran is doing collateral damage to the world economy.The conflict is driving up energy and fertilizer prices; threatening food shortages in poor countries; destabilizing fragile states such as Pakistan; and complicating options for the inflation fighters at central banks like the Federal Reserve.Causing much of the pain: Iran shut down the Strait of Hormuz through which a fifth of worlds oil passes after the U.S. and Israel launched missile strikes Feb. 28 that killed Iranian leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei.For a long time, the nightmare scenario that deterred the U.S. from even thinking about an attack on Iran and which got them to urge restraint on Israel was that the Iranians would close the Strait of Hormuz, said Maurice Obstfeld, a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics and former chief economist at the International Monetary Fund. Now were in the nightmare scenario. With a key shipping route cut off, oil prices have surged from less than $70 a barrel on Feb. 27 to a peak of nearly $120 early Monday before settling closer to $90. Theyve taken gasoline prices with them. According to AAA, the average price of U.S. gasoline has shot up to $3.48 a gallon from just under $3 a week ago. Prices could be felt even more significantly in Asia and Europe, which are more dependent on Middle Eastern oil and gas than the United States. 20 million barrels of oil a day go missingEvery 10% increase in oil prices provided they persist for most of the year will push up global inflation by 0.4 percentage points and reduce worldwide economic output by as much as 0.2%, said Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund.The Strait of Hormuz has to be reopened, said economist Simon Johnson of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and recipient of the 2024 Nobel memorial prize in economics. Its 20 million barrels of oil a day going through there. Theres no excess capacity anywhere in the world that can fill that gap. The world economy has shown it can take a punch, absorbing blows from the Russian invasion of Ukraine four years ago and from President Donald Trumps massive and unpredictable tariffs in 2025. Many economists express hope that global commerce can stagger through the latest crisis. The world economy has shown itself capable of shaking off significant shocks like broad U.S. tariffs, so there is room for optimism that it will prove resilient to the fallout of the war on Iran, said Eswar Prasad, professor of trade policy at Cornell University.Timing is everythingEspecially if oil prices can fall back to the $70-to-$80-a-barrel range, wrote economist Neil Shearing of Capital Economics, the world economy may absorb the shock with less disruption than many fear.But a lot of ifs remain.The question is how long is it going to go on? said Johnson, also former IMF chief economist. Its hard to see Iran backing down now that its announced this new leader Mojtaba Khamanei. The son of the slain ayatollah is believed to be even more of hardliner than his father.Also muddying the outlook for an end to the crisis is uncertainty about what the United States is trying to achieve. This is all about President Trump, Johnson said. Its not clear when hes going to declare victory. Economic winners and losers For now, the war is likely to create economic winners and losers.Energy importers most of Europe, South Korea, Taiwan, Japan, India and China will get clobbered by higher prices, Shearing wrote in a commentary for Londons Chatham House think tank.Pakistan finds itself in an especially bleak position. The South Asian country imports 40% of its energy and relies especially heavily on liquified natural gas from Qatar, supplies of which have been cut off by the conflict. Higher energy prices will squeeze Pakistani families and damage their economy.Far from cutting interest rates to provide some relief, though, the countrys central bank will probably have to raise them instead, say economists Gareth Leather and Mark Williams of Capital Economics. That is partly because inflation remains uncomfortably high in Pakistan and higher energy prices threaten make it worse. But oil-producing countries outside the warzone Norway, Russia, Canada will benefit from high oil prices without the risk of missile and drone attacks.Energy isnt the only issue. Up to 30% of world fertilizer exports including urea, ammonia, phosphates, and sulfur pass through the Strait of Hormuz, according to Joseph Glauber of the International Food Policy Research Institute.Disruption in the Strait has already cut off fertilizer shipments, raising costs for farmers and is likely pushing food prices higher.Any countries with significant agriculture sectors, including the United States, would be vulnerable, Obstfeld said. The effects are going to be most devastating in low-income countries where agricultural productivity may already be challenged. Add this extra cost component and you get the prospect of significant food shortages. Where things stand in the US The United States, now a net exporter of energy, should gain slightly overall from higher oil and gas prices. But ordinary families will feel the pain at a time when Americans are already furious about high costs ahead of Novembers midterm elections.U.S. households pay an $2,500 a year, or nearly $50 a week, to fill up their cars, said Mark Mathews, chief economist at the National Retail Federation. A 20% increase in gasoline prices means an extra $10 a week out their budgets, forcing them to cut back elsewhere. If I have to pay more for an essential, then I would reduce a discretionary item, Mathews said. If oil prices remain around $100 a barrel, analysts at Evercore ISI calculated, the resulting higher gasoline prices will wipe out for most Americans the benefits of higher tax refunds this year arising from Trumps 2025 tax cuts. Only the top 30% would still see a gain.A quandary for central banks The Iran crisis also puts the worlds central banks in a bind. Higher energy prices feed inflation. But they also hurt the economy. So should central bankers raise rates to curb inflation or cut them to give the economy a lift?The Fed is already divided between policymakers who think a weak American job market needs help from lower rates and those still worried that inflation remains stuck above the central banks 2% target.Their minds will easily go to the 1970s Johnson said, when conflict in the Middle East and an Arab oil embargo sent oil prices rocketing. Central bankers are haunted by the memory that their predecessors didnt get it right in the 1970s. They thought it was a temporary shock. They thought they could accommodate with lower interest rates, and they ended up regretting that because inflation became much higher.Johnson predicted that higher energy prices ignited by the war with Iran are going to massively intensify the debate inside the Fed and make U.S. rate cuts less likely.____AP Retail Writer Anne DInnocenzio in New York and AP Economics Writer Christopher Rugaber in Washington contributed to this report.

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An aerial view of a container terminal in seen in Shanghai, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (Chinatopix via AP)2026-03-10T03:38:22Z HONG KONG (AP) Chinas exports jumped nearly 22% in the first two months of the year from a year earlier, powered by a surge in shipments of computer chips, autos and electronics. The export figures released by Chinas customs agency on Tuesday were much better than economists had forecast. They far exceeded the 6.6% annual pace of growth recorded in December.Shipments to the U.S. fell 11% in January and February, narrowing from a 30% drop in December. Exports to the European Union increased almost 28% while those to Latin America climbed 16%.Exports to the rest of Asia, including Japan and India, also were sharply higher. Chinas exports have been a bright spot for its economy despite tensions with the U.S. Chinese exports climbed 5.5% for 2025 as its trade surplus surged to a record of nearly $1.2 trillion. Higher shipments to other regions have helped offset weaker exports to the U.S. after U.S. President Donald Trump imposed a variety of higher tariffs on imports from many countries. The boom in use of artificial intelligence is driving strong demand for computer chips of all kinds. Chinas exports of semiconductors by value soared nearly 73% in the first two months of the year, partly also lifted by higher prices as the world faces a memory chip shortage. Its exports of autos rose 67% and mechanical and electrical items rose 27%. Trumps planned visit to Beijing at the end of March is being closely watched for a possible extension of a trade truce between the two countries reached in October last year, which could be positive news for Chinese exports to the U.S. A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling against Trumps sweeping tariffs has already resulted in lower tariffs for countries including China.While the recent pace of gains is unlikely to be sustained, exports are likely to remain robust given the recent decline in U.S. tariffs and strong demand for semiconductors, Zichun Huang, a China economist at Capital Economics, wrote in a note. Chinas total imports in January and February rose almost 20%, up from Decembers 5.7% year-on-year increase. However, its imports from the United States dropped nearly 27% from a year earlier.Chinas global trade surplus in January-February was $213.6 billion. Trade data is typically combined for January to February each year to help even out seasonal impacts from the Lunar New Year festival, the biggest holiday of the year. A slowing domestic economy fueled by a yearslong property sector downturn has been weighing on the worlds second largest economy. Last week, Chinese leaders announced an economic growth target of 4.5% to 5% for 2026, the lowest since 1991.The war in the Middle East has raised uncertainty over the outlook for trade and for Chinas own energy security. An effective blockade of the Strait of Hormuz, a transit point for much of the worlds trade in oil and gas, may restrict Chinas access to relatively cheap Iranian oil and also impede its broader commerce with the region.For China, export competitiveness is paramount, said Han Lin, China Country Director at consultancy The Asia Group. Energy inflation is the last thing Beijing policymakers need, he said.If the war drags on, a surge in oil prices fueling global inflation could also weaken consumption abroad, potentially hurting overseas demand for Chinese goods, said Daniel Russel, a distinguished fellow at the Asia Society Policy Institute. CHAN HO-HIM Chan writes about business and economy in China for The Associated Press, reporting on key sectors of the worlds second-largest economy from autos, technology to trade. He is based out of Hong Kong. mailto

A currency trader passes by a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), rear center, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won, rear left, at the foreign exchange dealing room of the Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, March 10, 2026. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)2026-03-10T04:20:35Z TOKYO (AP) Asian shares rebounded Tuesday from their sharp declines a day before as global investors wagered that the war with Iran may not last too long. But the gains fell far short of losses Monday, when oil prices neared $120 per barrel before falling back to about $90. U.S. futures were trading about 0.2% lower. Helping to assuage investors fears, U.S. President Donald Trump told CBS News he thinks the war is very complete, pretty much. He also made other comments that seemed to threaten intensified action against Iran if it makes any attempt to stop the globes oil supply. Tokyos benchmark Nikkei 225 added 2.9% to 54,248.39 after the government released revised economic data that showed Japans economy grew slightly faster than initially estimated in the final quarter of last year, boosted by solid business investments. The economy expanded at an annual pace of 1.3%. The initial estimate was a much weaker 0.2%. Today is the rebound, obviously positive comments from President Trump overnight, were starting to see the light at the end of the tunnel for the war, said Neil Newman, a managing director and head of strategy at Astris Advisory Japan. So volatility is going to remain with us but things are certainly looking a lot brighter today, he said. Australias S&P/ASX 200 gained 1.1% to 8,692.60. South Koreas Kospi jumped 5.4% to 5,532.59. Hong Kongs Hang Seng added 2.1% to 25,937.59, while the Shanghai Composite index rose 0.6% to 4,120.45. Share prices have been swinging mostly in tandem with oil prices, which have gyrated as the war has deepened. In energy trading Tuesday, benchmark U.S. crude fell $5.78 to $88.99 a barrel. Brent crude, the international standard, dipped $5.79 to $93.17 a barrel.On Monday, stock prices swerved from a steep early loss to a moderate gain. The S&P 500 dropped as much as 1.5% before flipping to a gain of 0.8%. It closed at 6,795.99. The Dow Jones Industrial Average clawed back a plunge of nearly 900 points to rise 239 points, or 0.5%, to 47,740.80. The Nasdaq composite climbed 1.4% to 22,695.95.Share prices have wavered due to uncertainty about just how high oil prices will go and how long they will stay there because of disruptions to Middle East energy facilities. If oil prices stay very high for very long, households budgets already stretched by high inflation could break under the pressure. Companies would see their own bills jump for fuel and to stock items on their store shelves or in their data warehouses. It all raises the possibility of a worst-case scenario for the global economy, stagflation, where growth stagnates and inflation remains high. Concerns have focused in particular on the Strait of Hormuz, a narrow waterway off Irans coast that a fifth of the worlds oil sails through on a typical day. Iran has threatened to set fire to ships sailing the strait.If the strait remains closed for only a few weeks, the price of oil could push to $150 per barrel of higher, according to oil and gas strategists at Macquarie Research. Trump also added that when it comes to the Strait of Hormuz, hes thinking about taking it over, according to CBS. In the bond market, the yield on the 10-year Treasury fell to 4.10% from 4.15% late Friday.Worries about high inflation and oil prices are pushing upward on Treasury yields, and the 10-year yield briefly rose above 4.20% early Monday. Yields then slid late in the day when oil prices eased.In currency trading early Tuesday, the U.S. dollar edged up to 157.48 Japanese yen from 157.67 yen. The euro was unchanged at $1.1638. ___AP Videographer Ayaka McGill in Tokyo contributed. YURI KAGEYAMA Kageyama covers Japan news for The Associated Press. Her topics include social issues, the environment, businesses, entertainment and technology. twitter instagram facebook mailto

President Donald Trump gestures as Rep. Tom Emmer, R-Minn., and House Speaker Mike Johnson of La., applaud at the Republican Members Issues Conference, Monday, March 9, 2026, at Trump National Doral Miami in Doral, Fla. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)2026-03-10T01:01:02Z WASHINGTON (AP) President Donald Trump said Monday he wont sign any other legislation into law until Congress passes a strict proof-of-citizenship voting bill that he says also must end Americans ability to vote by mail, a startling demand months before the midterm elections.Trump told House Republicans during their annual retreat at his golf club in Florida that he doesnt think they will win elections unless voting laws are toughened up to prevent fraud even though mail ballots are popular in many states and federal law already requires that voters in national elections be U.S. citizens, with scant evidence that noncitizens ever try to vote.The president wants to bolster the so-called SAVE America Act, which the House has already approved, and he pressed the Senate to push past its filibuster rules to send it to his desk. Voting experts have said the bill could disenfranchise some 20 million American voters who dont have birth certificates or other documents readily available, a number that would likely swell with the additional ban on mail balloting that Trump is demanding. Im not going to sign anything until this is approved, Trump said, calling it his No. 1 priority. Itll guarantee the midterms, he said. If you dont get it, big trouble. Voting rights groups sound alarmsThe presidents determination to impose election changes has sounded alarms from voting rights groups as the Trump administration reaches deep into the realm of the states, which, under the Constitution, are in charge of election ballots and procedures in the U.S. It also comes as his Republican Party, which narrowly controls Congress, faces headwinds this fall, its majorities at risk. Lawmakers have other priorities, including the more immediate need to fund the Department of Homeland Security as airport workers and others are going without paychecks amid the fight in Congress over the agencys immigration and deportation operations. Democrats largely oppose Trumps efforts to seize more control over elections, and Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Trumps demands would gridlock the chamber. This is what he does hes a thug, hes a bully, said Schumer of New York.House Speaker Mike Johnson, who is close with Trump, appeared alongside the president on the stage with other GOP leaders applauding the bill.But Senate Majority Leader John Thune has said using the so-called talking filibuster to pass the voting bill, as Trump and others propose, isnt as easy as it seems.We cant find a piece of legislation in history thats been passed that way, Thune told reporters.Trump has said even if it takes six months, he wants the bill approved before any others will be signed into law. Trumps grievances over his 2020 defeatThe president continues to claim that he was not the loser in the 2020 election and his Justice Department is digging into his concerns. The FBI took the highly unusual move of seizing ballots and elections materials in Georgia and, most recently, in Arizona.Trump wants the GOP-led Congress to build on the Safeguarding American Voter Eligibility, or SAVE America Act, with a new package, which he calls the best of Trump. Already, the bill, as approved by the House, would require voters to present proof of citizenship with a passport or birth certificate when they register to vote. They would also have to show a photo ID when they cast ballots, as many states already require.Trump would add one main provision: to ban mail-in ballots, which are used by many states nationwide. He would make exceptions for voters who are disabled, in the military, or in other situations.The president believes mail-in ballots are fraudulent, but voting groups have long championed the practice as helping to make it easier for Americans to vote. The president also wants to tack on two unrelated provisions around transgender rights issues one that would ban those born as men from playing in womens sports and another to block sex reassignment surgeries on some minors. Trump also mentioned the possibility of adding an unrelated foreign surveillance bill, known as FISA, which is up for an extension and is often a difficult political matter in Congress. Lets go for the gold, he told the House Republicans at his resort in Doral. A coalition of Trump supporters has been pushing versions of the SAVE America Act, with its proof of citizenship provisions a longtime goal of the presidents MAGA coalition. Trump also warned the House GOP that their existing version of the bill is inadequate. Were not going to sign a watered-down version, he said. GOP senators mixed over filibusterRepublican senators plan to discuss how to move forward at their own private meetings this week. So far, there is no consensus, with some wanting to use a talking filibuster to pass the voting bill and others strongly against.Thune has warned that opening the Senate to endless debate, as would happen under the talking filibuster proposal, would also open the floor to endless amendments that could change the bill in ways that could divide the Republicans. But other senators say the time has come to force the issue, and push past Democrats who oppose the bill.___Associated Press writers Mary Clare Jalonick and Steven Sloan in Doral, Florida, contributed to this report.

Police detain Emir Balat after he attempted to detonate an improvised explosive device during a counterprotest against far right influencer Jake Lang staging an anti-Islam protest outside Gracie Mansion, Saturday, March 7, 2026, in New York. (AP Photo/Julius Constantine Motal)2026-03-10T04:06:27Z NEW YORK (AP) Investigators are trying to learn more about two Pennsylvania men accused of bringing homemade bombs to a protest outside the home of New York Citys mayor.Emir Balat, 18, and Ibrahim Kayumi, 19, told authorities after their arrests that they were inspired by the Islamic State group, law enforcement officials said, but much remains undisclosed about their motives and how much they planned. The FBI said Monday that it had conducted multiple searches in connection with the investigation, including an examination of a Pennsylvania storage unit. Tests were being performed on some of the devices recovered at the scene.Balats lawyer, meanwhile, portrayed him as a confused teenager who didnt know what he was doing.Prosecutors, police and FBI officials say Balat and Kayumi, who lived in Philadelphias suburbs, drove to New York City on Saturday and joined a throng of counter protesters at a small, anti-Muslim rally organized by the far-right Christian nationalist Jake Lang. Journalists photographed Balat hurling a device, smoking with a lit fuse, that was later found to contain the explosive TATP. The object, which also contained nuts and bolts, extinguished itself without harming anyone. Balat then dropped a second object near some police officers and tried to run, but was tackled and arrested, according to a court complaint.Balat and Kayumi were being held without bail after a court appearance Monday on charges that include attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and using a weapon of mass destruction. Balats lawyer, Mehdi Essmidi, said outside court that his client, a high school senior, had complicated stuff going on in his personal life.I believe hes 18 and he doesnt have any idea what hes doing, Essmidi said. He added that he didnt believe Balat and Kayumi had known each other long. New York Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch said there were no indications Monday that the attack was connected to the ongoing war in Iran. After Balat was arrested, police officers asked him whether he was aiming to accomplish something akin to the 2013 Boston Marathon bombing that killed three people. No, even bigger, Balat replied, according to a criminal complaint.

Republican Colton Moore, who resigned from the state Senate to run for Congress, poses for a photo outside the Georgia Capitol, Tuesday, Jan. 13, 2026, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/Jeff Amy, File)2026-03-10T04:01:52Z ATLANTA (AP) Months after Marjorie Taylor Greene resigned from Congress after a falling out with President Donald Trump, voters in her Georgia district will vote for her successor in a special election Tuesday.With top candidates including Republicans Clay Fuller and Colton Moore and Democrat Shawn Harris, this round of voting could be only the first step in an elections marathon in northwest Georgias 14th Congressional District.Fuller, a district attorney endorsed by Trump, is hoping to avoid an April 7 runoff, which would be necessary if no candidate wins a majority of votes in the district that stretches across 10 counties from suburban Atlanta to the Tennessee state line. We need to win this thing on March 10 and send an America First warrior to fight for President Trump, Fuller told a crowd in Rome, Georgia, on Feb. 19 before a speech by Trump. But with 12 Republicans, three Democrats, a Libertarian and an independent running in the all-party special election, that may be difficult, even after five Republicans withdrewThe winner will serve out the remaining months of Greenes term. But if they want to remain in Congress beyond next January, they will have to run again. Republicans and Democrats seeking a full two-year term are set for a May 19 party primary, and possibly a June 16 party runoff, before advancing to the general election in November. Last week, 10 Republicans and Harris qualified to run in Novembers election for a full two-year term. That includes Fuller, as well as Moore, a former state senator and favorite of far-right activists who drew attention for a vociferous attack on Trumps prosecution in Georgia for alleged election interference. Harris, a cattle farmer and retired general, promises moderation and a focus on the districts problems. However, a Democrat is unlikely to prevail in the 14th District, which is rated as the most Republican-leaning district in Georgia by the Cook Political Report. Voters there embraced Greenes hard-right campaign in 2020, when she parachuted into the district after aborting a campaign in a more closely contested district closer to Atlanta. Greene was one of the most well-known members of Congress until she left in January. She remained loyal to Trump after he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, promoting Trumps falsehoods about a stolen election. When Trump ran again in 2024, she toured the country with him and spoke at his rallies while wearing a red Make America Great Again hat. But Greene began clashing with Trump last year after he and other Republicans pushed back against her running for U.S. Senate or governor. Greene criticized Trumps foreign policy and his reluctance to release documents involving the Jeffrey Epstein case. The president eventually had enough, saying he would support a primary challenge against her. Greene announced a week later that she would resign.Returning another Republican to Congress would bolster the partys narrow majority in the House. Republicans currently control 218 House seats to Democrats 214. JEFF AMY Amy covers Georgia politics and state government for The Associated Press. He began work with the AP in 2011 and covered Mississippi for eight years before transferring to the Atlanta bureau in 2019. twitter RSShttps://feedx.net https://feedx.site

The entrance of the San Rafael Ranch, which was previously owned by Jeffrey Epstein and called the Zorro Ranch, is seen, Jan. 31, 2026, near Stanley, N.M. (AP Photo/Savannah Peters)2026-03-10T00:52:09Z SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) State investigators began searching a secluded ranch in New Mexico on Monday where financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein once entertained guests amid allegations that the property may have been used for sexual abuse and sex trafficking of young women.The office of state Attorney General Ral Torrez announced that the search was being done with the cooperation of the current ranch owners.Torrez last month reopened an investigation of the ranch. New Mexicos initial case was closed in 2019 at the request of federal prosecutors in New York, and state prosecutors say now that revelations outlined in the previously sealed FBI files warrant further examination.Epstein purchased the sprawling Zorro Ranch in Stanley, New Mexico, about 30 miles (48 kilometers) south of Santa Fe, in 1993 from former Democratic Gov. Bruce King and built a hilltop mansion with a private runway. The property was sold by Epsteins estate in 2023 with proceeds going toward creditors to the family of Don Huffines, a candidate in Texas for state comptroller who won the Republican primary last week. The New Mexico Department of Justice appreciates the cooperation of the current property owners, the agency said in a statement. Prosecutors will continue to keep the public appropriately informed, support the survivors, and follow the facts wherever they lead. Additionally, New Mexico state legislators have established a new commission to look into past activities at the ranch.Epstein killed himself in a Manhattan jail while awaiting trial in 2019 on charges that he sexually abused and trafficked dozens of underage girls.Epstein never faced charges in New Mexico, but the state attorney generals office in 2019 confirmed that it had interviewed possible victims who visited Epsteins ranch.

Tomoko Kobayashi looks at a color-coded map of radiation levels created by local residents during an interview near a radiation monitoring lab in Odaka, Friday, Feb. 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Louise Delmotte)2026-03-10T04:09:59Z ODAKA, Japan (AP) Fifteen years after the 2011 nuclear disaster, color-coded radiation maps hang on the wall of Futabaya Ryokan, the family-run inn Tomoko Kobayashi operates in her near-deserted hometown in northeastern Fukushima. Kobayashi conducted her own radiation surveys before reopening the inn in 2016. Now, she and other monitors share radiation data as part of efforts to rebuild this once-bustling textile town.These empty lots used to be filled with shops, Kobayashi says of the pre-disaster town as she heads to a radiation monitoring lab, walking past a kindergarten she attended as a child. Its now used as a museum because there are too few children since the nuclear crisis.There used to be businesses, community activity and children playing, she says. We used to live our ordinary daily lives here, and I hope to see that again. Only about one-third of Odakas pre-disaster population of 13,000 have returned over the past decade.The town was destroyed, and we need to rebuild it. Its a time-consuming process that cannot be accomplished in just a couple of decades, she said. But I hope to see the progress, with new people and new development added to what this town used to be.Facing an invisible dangerWhen a magnitude 9.0 quake struck off Japans northeastern coast at 2:46 p.m. on March 11, 2011, Kobayashi was at the Futabaya inn. Despite the long, violent shaking, the inns walls didnt fall. But about an hour later, a tsunami poured into the kitchen like a river, she said.A much higher wave hit the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant. It destroyed key cooling systems and caused meltdowns at three reactors. The No. 1 reactor building was damaged by a hydrogen explosion on March 12. Two days later the Unit 3 reactor building exploded, followed by the No. 4 reactor building, spewing radioactive particles that contaminated the surroundings and caused hundreds of thousands of residents to flee. Some areas remain unlivable today. Kobayashis family first headed to a gymnasium in nearby Haramachi town, but it was full. Eventually they made it to Nagoya, where she and her husband stayed for a year. In 2012, the couple returned to Fukushima to start measuring radiation while living in temporary housing near Odaka, which was still off-limits. The town has recovered some since then. Her guests include students and others who want to learn about Fukushima, as well as people interested in opening new businesses. I had to understand what the nuclear accident was about. I thought someone had to go back and keep an eye out, she said. As she kept measuring, she started seeing what used to be invisible to her and understanding radiation. Now it has become my lifetime mission.Citizens document radiation from the disasterKobayashi and her comrades gather twice a year, spending two weeks each time measuring the air at hundreds of locations so they can produce the color-coded maps. They have also set up a lab to test local produce to determine what they can safely eat and serve.We are not professional scientists, but we can measure and show the data. Whats important is to keep measuring, because the government maintains that its safe, as if radiation no longer exists, she says. But we know for a fact that its still there.Their lab now sits next to a free folklore museum with paintings, sculptures, photographs and other artwork inspired by the Fukushima disaster. Fukushima Daiichi gets a facelift, but a mess remainsFifteen years ago, the plant looked like a bombed factory because of the hydrogen explosions at the reactor buildings where workers risked their lives to keep the crisis under control. Radiation levels have since come down significantly, and the plant has built enhanced seawalls designed to withstand another big tsunami. Now, for the first time since the disaster, all of the plants reactor buildings have their rooftops enclosed. Our decommissioning work at the plant is about how to reduce risks of radiation, says Akira Ono, head of decommissioning at the plant operator, Tokyo Electric Power Holdings Company. Remote-controlled robotics, careful planning, and practice are key to keeping workers safe, he said.At Unit 1, under its brand-new roof, top floor decontamination will begin ahead of the planned removal of spent fuel from the cooling pool. The three reactors contain at least 880 tons of melted fuel debris with radiation levels still dangerously high and their details little known.TEPCO successfully took tiny melted fuel samples last year from the Unit 2 reactor. To examine melted fuel inside the Unit 3 reactor, workers last week deployed micro-drones, a technology not quite realistic 15 years ago, Ono said.TEPCO plans remote-controlled internal probes to analyze melted fuel and to develop robots for more fuel debris removal that experts say could take decades more. Pressure to be silentFukushima prefecture tests thousands of pre-distribution samples every year and says all farm, fisheries and dairy products in stores are safe. Sale of some fruits, mushrooms, river fish and a number of other harvests in former no-go zones is still restricted.Radiation levels have come down significantly over the past 15 years, but I wouldnt use the word safe, just yet, says Yukio Shirahige, a former decontamination and radiation survey worker at Fukushima Daiichi who now helps Kobayashis monitoring project.When he tested wild boar meat recently, he found it was more than 100 times over the safety limit and could not be consumed.In a major reversal after a decade of working to phase out nuclear technology, Japan in 2022 announced plans to accelerate reactor restarts and bolster nuclear power as a stable energy source. Shirahige was at Fukushima Daiichi when the quake and tsunami struck in 2011. After evacuating his family, he returned in late March to help the emergency cleanup at the plant for six months.Shirahige has received support and equipment from university researchers and is in charge of testing locally produced food and other samples. Shirahige, now 76, says measuring radioactive material and sharing that data is his lifes work.As the government pushes Fukushimas safety and recovery, Shirahige says, we are under growing pressure to be silent. MARI YAMAGUCHI Yamaguchi is based in Tokyo and covers Japanese politics, security, nuclear energy and social issues for The Associated Press. twitter mailto

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Under the Biden administration, a rigorous supporter of the agency, consumers rates of relief for such complaints rose to about 10 times as high as in 2020.But Sheppard needed help under the Trump administration, which has drastically curtailed the CFPBs mission, including its policing of credit bureaus. With the agency weakened, two of the three major credit bureaus, TransUnion and Experian, have sharply reduced the share of consumer complaints they resolved in customers favor, according to a ProPublica analysis of federal complaint data.TransUnions relief rate, which had remained relatively steady for several years, began plunging in the summer of 2025. By October it was providing relief roughly half as often.Note: Credit reporting agencies can close complaints in customers favor by providing financial or nonmonetary relief, such as changing information on a credit report. Otherwise, complaints are generally closed with an explanation. Complaints are shown in the month the CFPB received the complaint. Companies have up to 60 days to provide a final response. Data as of Feb. 23, 2026. Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. Joel Jacobs/ProPublicaExperians drop was even more dramatic. The company resolved nearly 20% of complaints in consumers favor in 2024. Last year, that figure fell to less than 1%.Joel Jacobs/ProPublicaThe third major bureau, Equifax, did not show a similar decline. Just days before President Donald Trump was inaugurated, the company entered into a consent order with the CFPB over deficient dispute and investigation practices. Under the agreement, the company committed to reforms and ongoing oversight.Equifaxs consumer relief mostly kept up with complaints.Joel Jacobs/ProPublicaThe timing of the drops at TransUnion and Experian coincides with the Trump administrations dismantling of the CFPB.In February 2025, Russell Vought, a White House official who oversaw sweeping cuts across federal agencies, took control of the CFPB as acting director. He quickly ordered a stop to nearly all agency work. Under his leadership, the CFPB has attempted to fire most of its staff, frozen investigations and dropped enforcement actions, including against TransUnion. One of the CFPBs new lawyers leading the pullback on enforcement represented Experian for years before joining the administration.The credit bureaus want to do as little as possible, said Chi Chi Wu, director of consumer reporting at the National Consumer Law Center, which is a plaintiff in a lawsuit that has so far blocked some of the administrations dismantling efforts.The thing that is making them do any kind of effort is a lawsuit or a regulator, and now we dont have the regulator, Wu said.In statements to ProPublica, the credit bureaus said that many complaints are illegitimate, including a large volume filed by credit repair organizations that charge customers to challenge negative information on their reports. Experian said in a statement that some of those companies mislead consumers into believing they can remove accurate information, adding that it investigates all legitimate complaints. The company did not respond to specific questions about its decline in relief.Third parties are allowed to submit complaints on behalf of consumers if they disclose their involvement and get permission. Federal regulators have acknowledged that bad actors exist, but the CFPB and a House subcommittee found that the credit bureaus systems for identifying third-party involvement were overly broad and dismissed legitimate concerns.Asked about the decline in relief, TransUnion said it recently changed its processes to handle third-party complaints and now redirects those with insufficient documentation to a more appropriate internal channel for review.For years, the CFPBs complaint system has served as a public middleman: forwarding consumer issues to the bureaus, requiring responses and publishing data showing how companies handled them.But the companies have successfully lobbied the Trump administration to start steering some consumers away from the transparent process and toward their internal systems.A CFPB spokesperson said the complaint system was inundated with submissions from bots and third-party credit repair firms, and the agency was working to address that so legitimate consumers can more effectively get help. The agency did not respond to written questions about the decline in relief or enforcement.How many consumers get help or dont when using the credit bureaus internal systems is not public. But CFPB data shows that since Trumps inauguration in January 2025, more than 2.7 million credit reporting complaints submitted to the CFPB have gone without relief, leaving some people at risk of being denied loans, housing or employment and subject to higher rates from insurers and lenders.One anonymized complaint came from a Texan who said a fraudulent account remained on their credit report despite their disputes. I have an important deal that I need to complete that is important for the safety and survival of my family, the person wrote. CFPB records show that Equifax provided relief, while TransUnion and Experian did not.Also among those who complained was an Air Force veteran and elections organizer in Arkansas who said the bureaus refused to restore his erroneously deleted mortgage history. ProPublica interviewed the man, Kwami Abdul-Bey, who said the error left him unable to refinance his home or car even after going to multiple lenders.Each time they tell me that I do not have enough years of credit. I was paying on that mortgage for a decade before that trade line disappeared, he said.After ProPublica contacted his mortgage servicer, Wells Fargo, the company reached out to Abdul-Bey to apologize for his situation and said it would investigate.Equifax and Experian did not reply to questions about individual consumers who filed complaints. TransUnion declined to comment on individual situations but said in a statement that the company has multiple resources available to consumers to help with every step of the dispute process.Everyday Americans cannot opt out of having their financial data collected and sold by credit bureaus. Congress passed the Fair Credit Reporting Act in 1970, giving consumers the right to flag errors. But more recently, the credit bureaus have employed a limited number of workers often overseas to handle enormous volumes of investigations.TransUnion, for example, had 171 workers responding to consumer disputes covering 38 million line items in 2021. A TransUnion spokesperson said in an email that the company has since added staffing but would not provide a number.These investigators, they have a stack of disputes like a mile high that they have to go through every day, said Liam Hayden, a Chicago attorney who has represented consumers in credit reporting cases. A real, authentic investigation costs money.After the 2008 financial crisis, Congress created the CFPB to protect Americans from unfair and abusive practices. By 2015, the big three credit bureaus had become the most complained about firms in the agencys complaint system.Credit Reporting Complaints About the Three Major Credit Bureaus Have Surged in Recent YearsComplaints about Equifax, TransUnion and Experian vastly outnumber all other complaints, for matters such as credit cards, loans or debt collection.Source: Consumer Financial Protection Bureau Joel Jacobs/ProPublicaIn 2022, identifying a lack of responsiveness by the credit bureaus to consumer issues, the CFPB released a critical report, alongside guidance on how the companies should address shoddy investigation practices. Over the next few years, relief rates rose as the companies provided more individualized responses to complaints filed through the agency.Announcements on the CFPBs website show the agency has brought a dozen enforcement actions against consumer reporting companies since 2015.Just days before Trump took office, the CFPB announced an enforcement action against Equifax. The company settled, agreeing to pay $15 million and operate under a legally binding consent order designed to fix its dispute process.Among the reforms, the company agreed to improve its web interface for submitting disputes, avoid relying on faulty information from creditors and not automatically dismiss repeated concerns from the same consumer. The agreement did not specifically mention the companys handling of CFPB complaints. Equifax was given about a year to put many of the changes in place and has to remain compliant for five years after.ProPublica found that the agency had approved a similar action against TransUnion in July 2024, but it was never brought. Settlement talks ended shortly after the change in administration.Given recent changes in CFPB leadership, our engagement with the agency on this matter has paused, TransUnion wrote in a February 2025 Securities and Exchange Commission filing. We cannot provide an estimate of when, or if, such engagement will resume.That month, the CFPB dropped a lawsuit against TransUnion and a former company executive over alleged deceptive practices. TransUnion denied the allegations, calling them meritless. The CFPB later ended an agreement meant to fix the companys failure to promptly place and remove credit freezes.The CFPB sued Experian shortly before the administration changed, alleging failures in its dispute handling processes. Experian has denied the allegations in court, called the suit completely without merit and said the company investigates every consumer dispute thoroughly.The Experian case remains active. A CFPB spokesperson said that Victoria Dorfman, the new senior legal adviser who previously represented Experian, has recused herself from the case.In a July public comment letter, Experian argued it should not be required to respond to individual CFPB complaints and that the vast majority of those filed recently are illegitimate. The industrys lobbying arm, the Consumer Data Industry Association, has urged the CFPB to route more consumers away from the complaint system and make the remaining complaints private.This year, just a week after receiving a letter from the lobbying group, the CFPB added three notices for consumers to click through before filing a public complaint, warning them that their requests might be ignored if they have not already disputed issues directly with credit bureaus a standard the agency previously said companies cannot reliably verify.In a statement to ProPublica, the CDIA highlighted that a notice instructing consumers to first dispute directly had been present in the CFPB complaint portal briefly around 2012. The new changes are necessary to address the widespread misuse of the portal that divert resources away from legitimate concerns, the group said.Sheppard Theo Stroomer for ProPublicaBut consumer advocates contend that the industry-friendly changes present even more obstacles for consumers like Sheppard who are trying to get their issues resolved.She twice disputed the student loan error directly with the bureaus. Then in June, she turned to the CFPB. All three responded that they had verified that the debt was hers without addressing documentation she provided to the contrary.In December, she sent another dispute by certified mail, but TransUnion replied with a postcard stating it believed the submission had not come from her.In response to Sheppards fourth attempt to get TransUnion to fix an error on her credit report, the company sent her a postcard saying that it did not believe the request came from her. Rebecca SheppardThey didnt even try, Sheppard said. The fact that they sent that little postcard was just ridiculous.TransUnion did not provide a response regarding Sheppards situation but said in a statement that it cannot change information furnished to us absent sufficient documentation and clear instruction from the consumer.In her mailed dispute, Sheppard included a letter she received from the loan account manager stating that she was not responsible for the debt.With no other options, Sheppard sued the three credit bureaus in January. The companies have not yet responded in court.Without a functioning CFPB, enforcement may fall to state attorneys general and private lawsuits. The Federal Trade Commission can bring cases but lacks the authority to conduct routine supervision.A future without a CFPB will leave consumers increasingly trapped, said Hayden, the Chicago attorney. In five years, the resolution of consumer disputes is going to be worse, credit reports are going to be worse and its going to be harder for folks to fix them, guaranteed.The post Credit Bureaus Are Leaving More Mistakes on Frustrated Consumers Reports Under Trumps CFPB appeared first on ProPublica.

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(Scott Strazzante/San Francisco Chronicle via AP)2026-03-09T14:57:58Z Super Bowl MVP Kenneth Walker III is the new running back for Patrick Mahomes in Kansas City, Miami settled on Malik Willis for a reset at quarterback and receiver Mike Evans is headed to San Francisco after 12 years in Tampa Bay.People with knowledge of the agreements told The Associated Press on Monday, the opening day of NFL free agency, that Walker was leaving Seattle after winning a championship and the Dolphins reached a deal with Willis after announcing earlier in the day that they were releasing Tua Tagovailoa.The people spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity because contracts cant be signed until Wednesday, the first day of the new league year.The negotiating window opened with a flurry of significant deals, including the Indianapolis Colts keeping their top free agent in receiver Alec Pierce.Edge rusher Jaelan Phillips and the Carolina Panthers agreed on a four-year, $120 million contract with $80 million guaranteed. 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Kareem Hunt and Isiah Pacheco, their top two running backs, are both free agents. The deal came as Kansas City was nearing an agreement to bring back four-time All-Pro tight end Travis Kelce for his 14th season.Walker is the fourth Super Bowl MVP to change teams the following season: Larry Brown went from the Cowboys to the Raiders in 1996, Desmond Howard from the Packers to the Raiders in 1997 and Dexter Jackson from Tampa Bay to Arizona in 2003.The Dolphins reached an agreement with Willis a few hours after dumping Tagovailoa, who later agreed to a one-year deal with Atlanta, and incurring a record $99 million hit on their salary cap. Willis will reunite with general manager Jon-Eric Sullivan and first-year coach Jeff Hafley. 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Share Share Facebook Copy Link copied Print Email X LinkedIn Bluesky Flipboard Pinterest Reddit Read More The move for the 32-year-old comes with the Niners planning to release Brandon Aiyuk; they placed him on the reserve/left squad list last season after he stopped showing up to rehabilitate a knee injury that had sidelined him for a year.The Colts keeping Pierce on a $116 million, four-year deal coincided with them sending Michael Pittman Jr. to Pittsburgh for a late-round draft pick. Pittman spent his first six seasons with Indianapolis.Tennessees headliners were defensive end John Franklin-Myers and cornerback Alontae Taylor on deals with annual average values of at least $20 million. Franklin-Myers played for the Jets when Saleh was head coach.The Titans filled a need at receiver by adding WanDale Robinson, who was drafted by the Giants when Daboll was a rookie head coach in 2022. Daboll was fired by the Giants last season. 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