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11:25 AM ET, March 15, 2026

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NBC News:
Trump says Iran is ready to negotiate a ceasefire but he's not ready to make a deal  —  The president said the “terms aren't good enough yet” to make a deal with Iran amid a widening war in the Middle East.  —  President Donald Trump said Saturday that he's not ready to make a deal to end …
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The Guardian:
Trump says US may strike Iran's Kharg Island oil export hub ‘just for fun’  —  In comments to NBC News, US president also deflates hope of deal with Tehran, saying 'terms aren't good enough'  —  Donald Trump said on Saturday that the United States may carry out more strikes …
Discussion: Middle East Monitor
Jason Sattler / THE FARCE:
Man Who Spat on Allies For a Year Demands the World Clean Up His Catastrophe  —  Liberation Day was April 2, 2025.  Trump stood in the Rose Garden and announced that America had been ripped off for fifty years by allies who'd bled with us in every war since 1945.
Discussion: BBC, Al Jazeera and Wall Street Journal
Michael Birnbaum / Washington Post:
Trump is eager to declare victory, but a battered Iran still has cards to play  —  The U.S. and Israel crippled Iranian forces in two weeks of war, but Tehran's ability to disrupt oil flows and its uranium stockpile complicate the push to end it.  —  Just now
Discussion: Salon, The Week and UPI
Jennifer Jacobs / CBS News:
U.S. intelligence shows Iran's late supreme leader was wary of his son taking power, sources say  —  Add CBS News on Google  —  U.S. intelligence has circulated to President Trump and to a small circle around him that Iran's late supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei …
Discussion: Breitbart and Metro.co.uk
New York Times:
For Trump, a Promised Economic Boom Collides With the Costs of War  —  President Trump had envisioned a growing economy and improving fortunes for American families in 2026.  That appears at risk in his war with Iran.  —  To President Trump, the U.S. economy appeared to be moving in his direction at the turn of the year.
Wall Street Journal:
Five Takeaways From WSJ's Reporting on Trump's Decision to Launch a War in Iran  —  The president was warned that military attack could prompt Tehran to close Strait of Hormuz, but moved ahead  —  President Trump's decision to attack Iran came after briefings about one of the war's biggest risks …
Linda Qiu / New York Times:
To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers … For years, the agricultural sector has faced a tight labor market as farmworkers age and fewer new immigrants and younger Americans are willing to toil in the fields.  Top Trump administration officials vowed …
Washington Post:
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  —  For nearly two centuries, the White House's main entrance …
Discussion: Newsweek
G. Elliott Morris / Strength In Numbers:
Forget the “MAGA split” on Iran.  It's the independents and soft partisans that matter.  —  Plus, most “moderates” favor left-wing economic policies.  Your weekly political data roundup for March 15, 2026.  —  This is my weekly roundup of new political data published over the last seven days.
David French / New York Times:
The Omnipresence of Donald Trump Should Open Our Eyes  —  Does anyone think a healthy nation with a healthy political culture would elect a man like Donald Trump not once, but twice?  —  The eternal return of President Trump is a sign of our national sickness, and a recent Pew Research …
Alex Isenstadt / Axios:
MAGA ramps up pressure on Trump to dump Cornyn  —  President Trump, already at odds with many MAGA leaders over Iran, is getting pressured hard by MAGA activists not to endorse Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) for reelection. … Trump was leaning toward backing Cornyn before MAGA went ballistic, officials tell Axios.
Discussion: IJR
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Ashley Ahn / New York Times:
F.C.C. Chair Threatens to Revoke Broadcasters' Licenses Over War Coverage  —  The comment from Brendan Carr came on the heels of a social media message from President Trump criticizing the news media's coverage of the war with Iran.  —  Brendan Carr, the chairman of the Federal Communications Commission …
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Ted Johnson / Deadline:
Trump's FCC Chairman Threatens Broadcasters' Licenses After POTUS' Tirade Over Iran War News Coverage
Discussion: NPR, Raw Story, UPI and CBS News
The Guardian:
Israeli police kill two young Palestinian boys and their parents in West Bank  —  Mother, father and brothers aged five and seven shot in the head as they returned from Ramadan shopping trip  —  Israeli police have killed two young Palestinian brothers and their parents in the occupied West Bank …
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Isaac Chotiner / New Yorker:
How Israel Used the War in Gaza to Accelerate Settlements in the West Bank
Discussion: Associated Press and Al Jazeera
Reuters:
Zelenskiy says Ukraine wants money, technology in return for Middle East drone help  —  Ukraine wants money and technology in return for helping Middle Eastern nations that have sought its expertise as they defend against Iranian kamikaze drones, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said, after Kyiv sent specialists to the region.
Discussion: KEYT-TV and Bloomberg
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Paul Krugman:
Costs and Benefits from the New Energy Crisis  —  There are many losers, but also some winners  —  Operation Epic Fury, the U.S.-Israeli bombing campaign against Iran, began on Feb. 28.  At first, the reaction of energy markets was muted.  As the days passed, however …
Niko Gallogly / New York Times:
California's Billionaire Tax Battle  —  Wealthy residents of the state have put millions of dollars toward stopping a proposed 5 percent tax on their assets.  —  Jon Feldhammer, like many Californians, often passes canvassers holding clipboards at the grocery store or on his commute to work.
Discussion: Mercury News
Josie Ensor / The Times:
Jeffrey Epstein victim: He trafficked me to Mohamed Al Fayed  —  ‘Natalie’ says she was sent to the Harrods boss as a teenage model and he sexually assaulted her on his yacht  —  Josie Ensor, Chief US Reporter, Katie Tarrant and Dipesh Gadher, Home Affairs Correspondent  —  What you need to know
New York Times:
In Texas, an Unyielding Gun Culture Jumps Off YouTube and Into Politics  —  Brandon Herrera, a Republican candidate for Congress, built a large online fan base as a “guntuber.”  —  Two young men stood on the windswept prairie of Northern Colorado.  —  One of them, Brandon Herrera …
Rebecca Santana / Associated Press:
As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find  —  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 and arrest thousands of alleged gang members.
Josh Gerstein / Politico:
Trump's latest tariffs face a fresh set of legal hurdles … Legal experts told POLITICO that Trump's backup tariffs are probably on stronger legal footing than the “Liberation Day” taxes the high court struck down.  —  Despite that, his challengers are exuding bravado about their chances.
Jeff Sommer / New York Times:
It's Good to Be a Billionaire, Even at Tax Time  —  Paying taxes would feel better if the truly rich were bearing a fair share, our columnist says.  —  If you've been thinking about your tax bill, here's something else to stew about.  —  Scores of people with enormous wealth are paying relatively little, if anything, in taxes.
Discussion: Lawyers, Guns & Money and The.Ink
Wall Street Journal:
He Was Chevron's Man in Venezuela—and a CIA Informant  —  After retiring from the U.S. oil giant, Ali Moshiri warned the Trump administration it would face a morass if it tried to replace Maduro with the democratic opposition  —  In the months before President Trump moved …
 
 
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Chelsea Long / Gainesville Sun:
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Philip Bump / MS NOW:
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Shelby Talcott / Semafor:
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Discussion: Middle East Monitor
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Tom Sims / Reuters:
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After Trump said some publications wanted the US to “lose the War”, FCC's Carr threatened broadcasters, saying they can lose their license over war coverage

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