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There's a global shortage of natural gas because of the war. That has consequences for the U.S., the world's largest exporter of liquefied natural gas or LNG.

The Iran war created a global natural gas shortage — a windfall for U.S. companies

With Qatar's liquefied natural gas still offline, U.S. companies see an opening and are bringing in new investments.

A forensic chemist with the Drug Enforcement Administration holds vials of fentanyl pills at a DEA research laboratory in this file photo. Fentanyl deaths are plunging in the U.S, but the recovery is threatened by a new "synthetic soup" of toxic street drugs.

Historic decline in U.S. overdose deaths threatened by changing street drug supply

Drug overdose deaths are plummeting in the U.S. in ways never seen before. Experts worry new, toxic "synthetic" street drugs could derail the recovery.

In an effort to challenge the Trump administration's views on autism spectrum disorder, a new independent panel of experts plans to meet just weeks after Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. appointed 21 new members to the federal panel.

New autism group meets to counter MAHA's 'ideological agenda'

Autism experts plan to convene in Washington Thursday to propose a research agenda at odds with the one endorsed by the Trump Administration.

Ed Gallrein, Republican congressional candidate for Kentucky, speaks on May 18 in Hebron, Ky.

Endorsed by Trump, Ed Gallrein defeats Rep. Thomas Massie in GOP House primary

In a major victory for President Trump, his hand-picked challenger, Ed Gallrein, beat out U.S. House Rep. Thomas Massie in a Kentucky House GOP primary, ending Massie's reelection bid.

Artist renderings and diagrams for President Trump's proposed triumphal arch released by the U.S. Commission of Fine Arts on April 10, 2026.

Trump touts newly released plans for D.C. triumphal arch

The proposed 250-feet-tall, white-and-gilded monument would stand on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., by the Potomac River.

Adam Hardesty looks through the construction at his home in Carlsbad on Feb. 19, 2025. Hardesty wanted to convert the garage of his three-story condo into a ground-floor apartment despite opposition from his own Homeowners Association.

California HOA triumphs over ADU law

A Carlsbad condo-owner lost his legal battle to turn his garage into an apartment over the objections of his homeowners association.

A woman walks past an anti-U.S. and anti-Israel mural in Tehran on Tuesday.

Iran says it seized ships in Strait of Hormuz as U.S. blockade continues amid ceasefire

Three vessels came under fire in the Strait of Hormuz, after the U.S. and Iran failed to meet in Pakistan for talks to end the war and as President Trump extended the ceasefire but kept the blockade.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio, U.S. Ambassador to Lebanon Michel Issa, Lebanon Ambassador to the U.S. Nada Hamadeh Moawad and Israel Ambassador to the U.S. Yechiel Leiter pose for a photo before their meeting at the State Department in Washington, D.C.

Israel and Lebanon agree to start peace negotiations after rare talks in D.C.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said the talks were meant to lay out a framework for lasting peace and to bring an end to Hezbollah's influence in the region.

The labor economics of 'Alien' — and its lessons for inequality on Earth

Behind the acid blood and jump scares of the Alien franchise is an even more insidious horror: a single employer with unchecked power. How Weyland-Yutani helps explain monopsony — and the rise of inequality on Earth.

A woman named looks out from her destroyed apartment in the remains of a residential and commercial building in the Shahrak-e Gharb neighborhood of Tehran, Iran, on March 21. The building was hit on March 16 amid U.S. and Israeli attacks and resulted in several deaths.

Iran rejects Trump's proposal to end the war and lays out 5 conditions

Iran says no to President Trump's ceasefire plan and publicized a counterproposal that includes war reparations and Iranian sovereignty over the Strait of Hormuz.

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