Gas and grocery prices are up across Charlottesville, Lynchburg, and Danville — and the cause connects to a war far from home. Here's what it's costing central Virginia families right now.

Pennsylvania already had the highest gas tax in the country before the Iran war started. Now Harrisburg and York families are absorbing three separate cost layers at once — and there's no relief in sight.

When U.S. strikes on Iran began in February 2026, the ripple hit American farms within weeks. Fertilizer costs spiked, diesel surged, and planting season collided with a global supply crisis. Seven in ten farmers say they couldn't afford all the fertilizer they needed — and the conflict isn't over yet.

Pennsylvania drivers already pay some of the highest fuel taxes in the country. Then the Iran war hit. Here's what families in Harrisburg and York are now paying at the pump — and at the register.

Every summer, families across America fire up grills, toss fresh salads, and trust that the food on their tables is safe. That trust depends on systems most people never think about — until those systems disappear.

Ken Paxton skipped America's 250th birthday celebrations back home, spotted instead in London with his alleged mistress, Tracy Duhon — his second overseas trip with her in as many weeks.

A $14 million makeover of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool turned green within days, and now the cleanup, the dead ducks, and the president's vandalism claims are all under scrutiny.

For years, rural America has been the political foundation that Republican candidates — and Donald Trump in particular — have counted on when election results start rolling in. But a new round of polling data suggests that foundation is developing some serious cracks, and the reasons why matter for anyone who lives in or depends on small-town and farming communities across the country.

A maternity ward inside a refugee camp in Rwanda that slashed newborn death rates is at risk of closing after the Trump administration froze U.S. foreign aid funding, The Independent has reported. The clinic, located at the Mahama refugee camp in eastern Rwanda and run by the charity Save the Children, opened in 2023 and provides emergency cesarean sections, vaccinations, and malnutrition treatment. It is almost entirely funded by U.S. dollars — 70 percent from the U.S. gover

Asked about gas prices hitting $4.53 a gallon, President Trump brushed off the question on May 19. 'This is peanuts,' he said, adding: 'I don't think about Americans' financial situations.'

For families watching every dollar, Spirit Airlines was often the difference between a vacation and staying home. Now that affordable option is gone — and millions of travelers, along with roughly 17,000 workers, are suddenly facing a very different reality.

For millions of Americans, the cost of filling up a gas tank or buying groceries has become a source of daily stress — and a months-long military conflict with Iran is making things worse.

A veteran of Montana politics is lending his name to Ryan Busse's congressional run. Brian Schweitzer, who built a reputation as one of the state's most independent and outspoken governors during his two terms in office, wrote to the Daily Inter Lake this week urging readers to support Busse in the Democratic primary for the western Montana U.S. House seat — a race Schweitzer says demands exactly the kind of candidate Busse is. The full letter can be read below. "Being a Mont

A string of controversial moves by President Donald Trump — from posting an AI-generated image depicting himself as Jesus Christ to threatening to end Iranian "civilization" — has triggered an unusual wave of pushback from his own supporters, raising questions about presidential rhetoric and restraint in an already turbulent political moment.

A week of sharp controversy surrounding President Donald Trump has drawn an unusual chorus of criticism — not just from political opponents, but from conservative allies, Catholic leaders, and members of his own base. The uproar centered on two separate but connected flashpoints: an AI-generated image Trump posted depicting himself as Jesus Christ, and a series of escalating threats aimed at Iran that alarmed lawmakers on both sides of the aisle.

When the leader of the world's 1.4 billion Catholics and the President of the United States openly clash over war, religion, and global leadership, it's worth paying attention. The ongoing public dispute between Pope Leo XIV and Donald Trump is unlike anything seen before between an American president and a sitting pope — and it's escalating fast.

A Colombian-born pastor with no criminal record is spending Holy Week inside a New Jersey immigration detention center, separated from his wife and three daughters — and for nearly a week, he wasn't even allowed to have a Bible.

Gas prices in the United States have climbed to roughly $3.47 per gallon , the highest level in several years , as global oil markets react to escalating military tensions with Iran. The surge follows disruptions to oil shipping in the Strait of Hormuz, one of the world’s most important energy chokepoints. Nearly 20 percent of global oil shipments pass through the corridor , meaning even the threat of conflict can send prices soaring. But while Americans are paying more at th

The Trump administration has canceled $500 million in deliveries from a federal food aid program that provides U.S.-produced meat, dairy, eggs, and produce to food banks nationwide. The cuts, representing roughly a quarter of the program’s 2024 budget, have disrupted The Emergency Food Assistance Program (TEFAP), which for decades has helped feed millions of Americans facing food insecurity. The cancellations began in mid-May and affected more than 4,300 scheduled deliveries

President Donald Trump has chosen E.J. Antoni, chief economist at the Heritage Foundation, to be the next commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) — the federal agency that tracks America’s jobs, wages, and inflation.