A period of open hostilities between the United States and Iran has spilled into the global economy, straining Iran's fuel reserves and raising a dispute over whether the confrontation amounts to a war — a question with real consequences for military families.

A jump in oil prices tied to renewed fighting involving the United States and Iran pushed government bond yields higher around the world this week, reviving concerns that inflation could persist and lifting borrowing costs across major markets.

Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney called on the United States to return to trade negotiations and drop what he described as theatrics, telling Washington to stop 'doing memes' and 'throwing shade.'

A Postal Service whistleblower has warned that the agency's effort to comply with a Trump administration order on mail voting could interfere with ballot delivery, a claim now before a federal court in Boston weighing whether to extend a ban on the changes.

ICE said it arrested nearly 51,000 people in August, a figure it described as a record, as immigration hearings shift locations, an officer faces a federal indictment over a shooting, and the agency received authorization to force-feed a Cuban detainee.