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Hegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civilians

The Defense secretary's decision to cut offices that mitigate civilian harm faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike that killed hundreds of Iranian children. Top military officials warned the Pentagon unsuccessfully last year not to gut oversight offices that limit risk to civilian casualties and investigate responsibility for their deaths, such as the recent strike on an Iranian girls' school that killed hundreds of children. Then-Central Command chief Erik Kurilla and J ...

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Energy Secretary Warns There's 'No Guarantees' Trump Will Lower Gas Prices Soon

Mar 15, 2026, 03:08 PM EDT Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that rising gas prices amid the U.S. conflict with Iran is just a “short-term disruption to the flow of energy” ― but stressed that there aren’t any guarantees Americans will stop feeling it in their pockets anytime soon. Wright made the comments after moderator Kristen Welker mentioned to him that gas prices are “top of mind for Americans” right now Sunday on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “Since the war began, the national averag ...

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Exclusive: Trump Administration Plans to Announce Coalition to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz

Live Updated 1 hour ago Exclusive: Trump Administration Plans to Announce Coalition to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz By Alexander Ward The Trump administration as soon as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form a coalition that will escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, which runs along the Iranian coast, U.S. officials said. They are still discussing, however, whether those operations would begin before or after hostilities end. The White House d ...

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US airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers

March 15, 2026 6:03 AM EDT Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - The chief executive officers of major U.S. airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial ‌government shutdown that has forced 50,000 airport security officers to work without pay, warning it could further disrupt U.S. air travel. Absences by Transportation Security Administration officers have already disrupted travel at some major airports over the last week, raising alarm ...

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Senate Republican rebukes Carr's threats to revoke broadcast licenses over Iran coverage

03/15/26 1:00 PM ET Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday rebuked Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over TV networks’ news coverage. “I am a big supporter of the First Amendment,” Johnson said on Fox News’s “The Sunday Briefing.” “I do not like the heavy-handed government, no matter who is wielding it. … I would rather the federal government stay out of the private sector as much as possible.” “The federal government’s role is ...

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More Than 60,000 Washington Post Customers Canceled Subscriptions After Jeff Bezos Axed 44% of Reporters

Mar 14th, 2026, 5:46 pm The sweeping job cuts that Washington Post owner Jeff Bezos supported led to more than 60,000 customers canceling their digital subscriptions last month, according to a report from The New York Times on Saturday. The story — titled “How Jeff Bezos Upended the Washington Post” — looked at how the Amazon founder has played a larger role at his paper in recent years. Bezos was able to convince executive editor Matt Murray to stick around late last year and handle hundre ...

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Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers

Appointee wants to replace White House columns with the ones Trump prefers The head of a federal arts commission is proposing the more ornate Corinthian style for the nearly 200-year-old columns at the building's front entrance Today at 5:00 a.m. EDT The White House on Feb. 4. (Anna Rose Layden/For The Washington Post) By Dan Diamond and Aaron Steckelberg For nearly two centuries, the White House's main entrance -- framed by a row of graceful Ionic columns -- has been a signature image of t ...

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Gun activists hand out AR-15 magazines at Capitol to defy upcoming ban

March 14, 2026 5:00PM ET Documentarian Ford Fischer captured video of pro-gun activists handing out free 30-round AR-15 magazines outside the Virginia State Capitol, in a direct challenge to pending legislation set to ban the sale of such magazines in the state. The distribution occurred ahead of the expected signature of a bill that would prohibit the sale of high-capacity magazines in Virginia, marking a significant policy shift for the state. The activist giveaway represents an apparent ...

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Pentagon tightens controls over Stars and Stripes after calling it "woke"

March 14, 2026 6:18 PM ET The Defense Department has begun to exert greater control over Stars and Stripes, weeks after a top spokesman accused the independent military newspaper of focusing on "woke distractions." The Pentagon announced what it calls "modernization" changes this week, in a memo dated March 9 and effective immediately, according to a copy seen by NPR and first reported by Stars and Stripes on Friday. It's the latest effort by the Pentagon and Defense Secr ...

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Construction finishes on a major offshore wind farm, the first during Trump's tenure

March 14, 2026, 4:30 PM EDT / Source: The Associated Press Construction is finished on a major Massachusetts offshore wind farm, the first project to reach this stage during President Donald Trump's time in office. Offshore construction was completed Friday night on Vineyard Wind with the installation of the final blades, Craig Gilvarg, a spokesperson for the project, said Saturday. Trump, who often talks about his hatred of wind power, has said his goal is to not let any "windmills&quo ...

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Iran's control over the Strait of Hormuz could raise consumer prices across the board

10 min ago - March 15, 2026 / 7:00 PM EDT / CBS News The threat of Iranian attack on ships in the Strait of Hormuz is disrupting global energy supplies and could soon send the price at the pump to a new record high. With the passage of oil tankers and cargo ship ... (CBS News)

Trump says that he's asked 'about 7' countries to join coalition to police Iran's Strait of Hormuz

43 min ago - Updated 10:07 PM EDT, March 15, 2026 CAIRO (AP) — President Donald Trump said Sunday that he has demanded about seven countries send warships to keep the Strait of Hormuz open, but his appeals have brought no commitments as oil prices soar durin ... (AP)

Exclusive: US, China discuss farm goods, managed trade in 'remarkably stable' Paris talks-sources

1 hr ago - March 15, 2026 6:32 PM EDT Updated 9 hours ago PARIS, March 15 (Reuters) - Top U.S. and Chinese economic officials held "remarkably stable" talks in Paris on Sunday that touched on potential areas ‌of agreement in agriculture, critical mi ... (Reuters)

NBC's Welker Straight-Up Asks Trump Energy Honcho 'If You Were Prepared' Why Is Strait Closed?

1 hr ago - Mar 15th, 2026, 5:42 pm NBC News anchor Kristen Welker straight-up asked Secretary of Energy Chris Wright why the Strait of Hormuz is “effectively closed” if the Trump administration was “prepared,” and got a puzzling response. A ... (MEDIAite)

Warner on deadly Iranian girls' school strike: 'I want a thorough investigation'

2 hrs ago - 03/15/26 3:02 PM ET Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) on Sunday discussed a recent strike on an Iranian girls’ school, saying he desires “a thorough investigation” into the matter. “We’ve only got preliminary assessments, and I want a ... (The Hill)

Oscars 2026 live updates: 'One Battle After Another' takes best picture

6 hrs ago - Edited By LUENA RODRIGUEZ-FEO VILEIRA and MALLIKA SEN Updated 10:02 PM CDT, March 15, 2026 The wait in Hollywood is over: The 98th Academy Awards saw ‘One Battle After Another’ win big with six awards, including best picture, director, sup ... (AP)

Six Wounded by Iranian Missile Strikes Across Central Israel

6 hrs ago - Six Wounded by Iranian Missile Strikes Across Central Israel Two Iranian cluster missiles damaged buildings, cars and property in several cities across central Israel; one man was moderately wounded in Bnei Brak while sitting in his car at the time o ... (Haaretz)

Hospital officials say Israeli strikes killed 12 in Gaza, including 2 children and a pregnant woman

7 hrs ago - By SAMY MAGDY Updated 2:38 PM CDT, March 15, 2026 Leer en español CAIRO (AP) — At least 12 Palestinians, including two boys, a pregnant woman and eight police officers, were killed Sunday by Israeli airstrikes in the war-torn Gaza Strip, ... (AP)

Trump rages that media outlets should be charged with 'treason' over Iran war coverage

9 hrs ago - President Donald Trump raged in a rambling Truth Social post on Sunday that media outlets that write negative stories about the Iran war should be charged with treason. Trump issued the threat in response to a report by The Wall Street Journal about ... (Raw Story)

Oil Industry Warns Trump Administration Fuel Crunch Will Likely Worsen

9 hrs ago - exclusive Energy & Oil Oil Industry Warns Trump Administration Fuel Crunch Will Likely Worsen Oil executives told officials in White House meetings the closure of the Strait of Hormuz may push up oil prices further By Collin Eaton and Benot More ... (The Wall Street Journal.)

A media-rating company says a Trump agency is threatening its livelihood

9 hrs ago - Updated 11:09 AM EDT, March 15, 2026 As media organizations go, NewsGuard cuts a low public profile as it follows its mission of issuing credibility ratings about news outlets. The Trump administration knows about it, though, and the company has join ... (AP)

Senate Republican rebukes Carr's threats to revoke broadcast licenses over Iran coverage

9 hrs ago - 03/15/26 1:00 PM ET Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) on Sunday rebuked Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr’s threats to revoke broadcasters’ licenses over TV networks’ news coverage. “I am a big supporter of the Fi ... (The Hill)

Exclusive: Trump Administration Plans to Announce Coalition to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz

9 hrs ago - Live Updated 1 hour ago Exclusive: Trump Administration Plans to Announce Coalition to Escort Ships Through Strait of Hormuz By Alexander Ward The Trump administration as soon as this week plans to announce that multiple countries have agreed to form ... (The Wall Street Journal.)

Wyoming's new six-week abortion ban prompts lawsuit

10 hrs ago - Sun 15 Mar 2026 09.57 EDT First published on Sun 15 Mar 2026 07.00 EDT Wyoming’s Republican-dominated legislature passed a six-week abortion ban this week, prompting a new lawsuit and some lawmakers to call it “an insult to voters and our i ... (The Guardian)

As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find

10 hrs ago - Updated 8:14 AM EDT, March 15, 2026 WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration likes to promote its immigration enforcement agenda through numbers, with ambitious goals to deport 1 million people, report zero releases at the U.S.-Mexico border a ... (AP)

'Unfit!' Buttigieg hammers Trump for fundraising 'over the bodies of America's war dead'

11 hrs ago - March 15, 2026 10:12AM ET Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg hammered President Donald Trump on Sunday over his political action committee’s recent effort to use images from the dignified transfer of American service members killed i ... (Raw Story)

Energy Secretary Warns There's 'No Guarantees' Trump Will Lower Gas Prices Soon

11 hrs ago - Mar 15, 2026, 03:08 PM EDT Energy Secretary Chris Wright says that rising gas prices amid the U.S. conflict with Iran is just a “short-term disruption to the flow of energy” ― but stressed that there aren’t any guarantees America ... (Huff Post)

Schiff on lifting of some Russian sanctions: 'We're enriching our adversary'

12 hrs ago - 03/15/26 12:47 PM ET Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) on Sunday slammed the Trump administration’s “terrible decision” to lift some sanctions on Russian oil amid the war in Iran. “I think this is a terrible decision, but it is one of t ... (The Hill)

US airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers

13 hrs ago - March 15, 2026 6:03 AM EDT Updated 1 hour ago WASHINGTON, March 15 (Reuters) - The chief executive officers of major U.S. airlines urged Congress on Sunday to move quickly to end a 29-day partial ‌government shutdown that has forced 50,00 ... (Reuters)

Hegseth ignored military officials when he slashed offices that limit risk to civilians

14 hrs ago - The Defense secretary's decision to cut offices that mitigate civilian harm faces renewed attention as the Pentagon investigates a strike that killed hundreds of Iranian children. Top military officials warned the Pentagon unsuccessfully last year no ... (Politico)