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US Population Growth Slows Amid Immigration Backlash

Especially hard hit: communities along Mexican border, hurricane-slammed Florida

(Newser) - Population growth rates in US metro areas dropped the steepest last year in communities along the border with Mexico due to declines in immigrants, while counties along Florida's Gulf Coast lost residents due to a series of hurricanes, according to population estimates released Thursday by the US Census Bureau....

Israel Says It's Taken Out Another Big Iranian Name

Iran's Alireza Tangsiri, the IRGC's naval chief, is dead, according to Israel Katz

(Newser) - Israel says it has taken out a top Iranian military figure in a strike it's framing as help for Washington. Defense Minister Israel Katz on Thursday announced that an overnight attack killed Alireza Tangsiri, the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps' navy chief, and other senior naval officers allegedly involved in...

US Emissions Have Caused $10T in Global Damage
US Emissions Have Caused
$10T in Global Damage
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Mar 26, 2026 8:21 AM CDT

US Emissions Have Caused $10T in Global Damage

Including losses of $500B in India, and $330B in Brazil, study finds

(Newser) - The United States' role in warming the planet just got a price tag, and it's a staggering one: roughly $10 trillion in economic damage worldwide since 1990, per a new study in Nature . Researchers say no country has slowed global growth more through its greenhouse gas emissions, with China close...

Zelensky Says Russia Is Blackmailing the US

Moscow's support for Iran, including reported drone deliveries, may hinge on one point

(Newser) - Russia is reportedly gearing up to arm Iran, the very ally that's been arming it. Western intelligence officials say Moscow is close to completing a delivery of drones, as well as medicine and food, to Iran—a shift that would mark Russia's first confirmed supply of lethal hardware to Tehran...

FCC Blocks Future Imports of Home Wi-Fi Routers

Agency claims they pose 'unacceptable' security risks

(Newser) - Americans may soon find their next Wi-Fi upgrade stuck in regulatory limbo. The Federal Communications Commission has moved to effectively block most new consumer routers made abroad from entering the US, arguing they pose "unacceptable" national security and cybersecurity risks. The decision adds all foreign-made consumer-grade routers to the...

Zelensky: Trump Wants Ukraine to Surrender Donbas

Zelensky says US security guarantees conditioned on giving up Donbas to Russia

(Newser) - Ukraine's president says the price tag Washington is floating for long-term security guarantees is land, Politico reports. Volodymyr Zelensky told Reuters the US has linked a potential security deal to Kyiv agreeing to withdraw from the entire Donbas region, a move he warned would strengthen Russia's defenses and...

Report: US Touted Narco Raid That Actually Destroyed a Farm

NYT investigation uncovers allegations of torture amid US-Ecuadorian operation

(Newser) - The dramatic blast US officials touted as proof they were " now bombing Narco Terrorists on land " in Ecuador may have wiped out a small dairy operation, not a cartel camp, according to a New York Times investigation. The strike earlier this month near the village of San Martín was...

Iran's Cheap Drones Are a Big Problem for US

$35K Shahed drones strain Gulf defenses despite US strikes: Nicholas Kulish

(Newser) - The United States' problem in the Iran war isn't what it can blow up—it's what it can't see. Nicholas Kulish of the New York Times reports that even as American strikes level drone factories like one recently hit near Isfahan, Iran's Shahed attack drones remain cheap, simple, and surprisingly...

82nd Airborne Troops Are Being Deployed to Middle East

Pentagon deployment boosts US options for potential ground operations against Iran

(Newser) - The Pentagon is tapping one of its fastest-moving units as the White House weighs how far to take its confrontation with Iran. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division's 1st Brigade Combat Team and division headquarters at North Carolina's Fort Bragg have been given written orders to head to...

Report: Crown Prince Urges Trump to Intensify Iran War

Saudi Arabia's Mohammed bin Salman reportedly calls for broader strikes on Iran, including oil sites

(Newser) - Saudi Arabia's crown prince is reportedly telling US President Trump that now is not the time to hit pause on the Iran war. People briefed by American officials say Mohammed bin Salman has urged Trump in recent calls to press ahead with the US-Israeli military campaign against Iran, framing...

French Energy Giant Scraps Two US Wind Farms

White House strikes deal with TotalEnergies to direct $1B into fossil fuels instead

(Newser) - A French energy giant just made a big U-turn on America's seas. TotalEnergies said Monday it will walk away from two offshore wind farms it was developing off North Carolina and New York, reports the Wall Street Journal . The company struck a deal with the Trump administration to relinquish...

In Cuba, a 'Solidarity Caravan' Has Arrived

Humanitarian aid flows into desperate island nation amid US blockage

(Newser) - Some 650 delegates from 33 countries and 120 organizations began arriving in Cuba on Friday as part of a solidarity caravan transporting some 20 tons of humanitarian aid as the island grapples with a severe energy crisis. Members of "Our America Convoy to Cuba" arrived by air from Italy,...

Rising Health Costs Force Millions to Cut Down, Borrow

Survey finds Americans delaying medical care, major life events due to health care costs

(Newser) - A growing share of Americans say the price of staying healthy is forcing them to change how they live. A new West Health-Gallup survey estimates that about 1 in 3 adults—roughly 82 million people—have cut back or taken on debt to cover medical bills, from skipping meals to...

Iran Says Airstrike Hit Nuclear Enrichment Facility

State media: Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was attacked Saturday, with no radiation leakage

(Newser) - Iran's Natanz nuclear enrichment facility was hit in an airstrike on Saturday, Iranian state media reports. Iran's official Mizan news agency said there was no radiation leakage after Saturday's strike on the Natanz nuclear facility, nearly 135 miles southeast of Tehran. The facility, Iran's main uranium...

Trump Slams 'Cowards' Amid Push to Reopen Strait

President criticizes NATO allies for not helping as American forces work to secure Hormuz

(Newser) - President Trump escalated his criticism of NATO allies reluctant to help as American forces worked to secure the Strait of Hormuz on Friday. In a Truth Social post, Trump labeled the allies "cowards" in all caps and warned again that the US would remember. "They didn't want...

'Ghost in the Skies' Apparently Hit by Iranian Fire

US stealth F-35 makes emergency Mideast landing during combat mission; investigation is underway

(Newser) - An American F-35 stealth jet flying over Iran was forced to make an emergency landing at a US base in the Middle East after being hit by what US officials believe was Iranian fire, sources tell CNN . A US Central Command spokesperson said the aircraft was on a combat mission...

US Knew Gas Field Strike Was Planned, Israeli Officials Say

Trump had said attack was a surprise

(Newser) - President Trump's shifting account of an Israeli strike on a major Iranian gas field has become more muddled. Three Israeli officials said the attack on Iran's South Pars gas field was coordinated with the Trump administration in advance, despite the president's initial claim online that the US...

Trump Temporarily Freezes Jones Act to Ease Fuel Costs

Waiver greenlit by president allows foreign tankers to move US fuel, related cargo domestically

(Newser) - President Trump is temporarily setting aside a 100-year-old shipping rule as his administration scrambles to curb rising fuel costs tied to the war in Iran. The White House on Wednesday approved a 60-day waiver of the Jones Act, a 1920 law that normally requires goods moving between US ports to...

Iran Doesn't Want to Play Its World Cup Matches in US

Nation's Mexico embassy says it's in talks with FIFA to try to move those games due to safety fears

(Newser) - Iran's Embassy in Mexico on Tuesday said the country is negotiating with FIFA to move Iran's World Cup matches from the US. It was unclear whether such talks are actually happening with FIFA, which didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. The embassy posted a statement attributed...

Trump: I Believe I'll Have 'the Honor of Taking Cuba'

Pressure increases on Havana, which is also dealing with a massive blackout

(Newser) - Amid reports that the US is pressuring Havana to remove its president from power , President Trump is renewing his talk of taking control of the island nation. "I do believe I'll be … having the honor of taking Cuba," Trump told reporters on Monday, reports the Guardian ...

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