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 …

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 …

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 …

Trump's ‘shock and war’ makes this economic crisis different  —  Conflict with Iran will leave deeper and more lasting scars than last year's tariffs crisis  —  The writer, an FT contributing editor, is a former chief economist at the Bank of England  —  Since the US and Israel attacked Iran …

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.

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 …

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 …

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.

The Billionaire Backlash Against a Philanthropic Dream … Just a few months after Warren Buffett convened a series of high-end dinners across America to collect signatures for something called the Giving Pledge, he was feeling optimistic about his new idea for philanthropy.

The riches of Viktor Orbán's home village  —  Hungary's longtime leader is trailing in the polls ahead of April's election, as the opposition alleges widespread corruption  —  Marton Dunai in Felcsút and Paul Caruana Galizia and Chris Cook in London

We Have Reached End-Stage Polarization  —  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 Center study shows us exactly what that sickness is.

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 …

Trump admin's “no quarter” Iran talk alarms legal experts  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's pledge of “no quarter, no mercy for our enemies” violates a bright-line ban in the laws of war, legal experts say.  —  Why it matters: International humanitarian law explicitly forbids declaring that …

The GOP's blue-state blues  —  Donald Trump Immigration US elections Joe Biden  —  After President Donald Trump's unexpectedly competitive showings in big blue states around the country, Republicans emerged from the 2024 election expressing optimism about their prospects in places that Democrats have dominated for years.

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.

Top US allies are turning toward China instead.  Blame Trump. … Respondents in these countries increasingly see China as a more dependable partner than the U.S. and believe the Asian economic colossus is leading on advanced technologies, including artificial intelligence.

Sunday Pages: “It's Up To You”  —  A musical collage by Steinski and Mass Media  —  At the end of the Iran-Iraq War in 1988, Saddam Hussein, the despotic ruler of the latter land, was in debt to the tune of $9 billion to his smaller, wealthier neighbor to the southeast—Kuwait …