Trump News for Sunday, March 15, 2026

Top Trump adviser says Iran war price tag at $12bn so far

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Pressure grows on the US president's administration as war costs spiral and the mission's endgame remains unclear.

Muted response as Trump urges nations to escort ships through Hormuz Strait

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

The US president's plea for allied naval forces comes as Iran's Revolutionary Guard says, 'Let him send his ships'.

Democrats will win the Senate – not just the House – in November, campaign arm boss predicts

Ryan King, Carl Campanile, New York Post

The head of the Democrats' official Senate campaign arm was bullish about the party's chances of flipping the upper chamber in November due to candidate quality issues.

What voting under SAVE America Act could look like for married women, other US voters

Rae Deng, Snopes.com

Trump said on March 8 that he would not sign any other legislation into law until the SAVE America Act is passed.

Pope Leo condemns US-Israeli war on Iran

RT

Pope Leo XIV has called for a ceasefire in the US-Israeli war on Iran and denounced what he called “horrific violence” in the conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

Oil prices climb as the US and Israel's war on Iran enters its 3rd week

Lauren Edmonds, Business Insider

For Americans, surging oil prices mean spending more at the pump. The national average price for gasoline hit $3.69 on Sunday.

Jack Schlossberg reveals he has skeleton clad in grandfather JFK’s clothes — and his bizarre reason for it

Alex Oliveira, New York Post

Jack Schlossberg has a skeleton clad in clothes from his slain presidential grandfather John F. Kennedy in his home -- and a bizarre reason for keeping the macabre display.

Karoline Leavitt Invents Another Justification For Iran Attack

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Trump spokesliar Karoline Leavitt made an appearance on Trump's daughter-in-law Lara's show on Fox this Saturday and came up with this new head-spinning response as to why the US supposedly needed to attack Iran in the first place, while also lying about why …

Iran War Enters Sixteenth Day: FCC Head Threatens Broadcasters’ Licenses

Harrison Berger, The American Conservative

State of the Union: The White House insists the U.S. is decisively winning the war with Iran. The post Iran War Enters Sixteenth Day: FCC Head Threatens Broadcasters’ Licenses appeared first on The American Conservative.

Ukraine eyes money and tech in return for Middle East drone support

Edna Mohamed, Al Jazeera English

Ukraine leader previously said advisers were sent to Qatar, UAE, and Saudi Arabia to help thwart Iranian drone attacks.

The SEC and CFTC join hands: State of Crypto

Nikhilesh De, CoinDesk

The SEC and CFTC signed a memorandum of understanding to do a better job providing a combined regulatory approach to the digital asset sector.

Fox's McEnany Blames Trump's Iran War On Obama And Biden

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

Former Trump spokesliar turned Fox host Kayleigh McEnany served up a huge heaping helping of revisionist history trying to defend Trump's reckless war with Iran. McEnany basically accused both President Obama and President Biden of propping up the Iranian reg…

Ron Johnson: Blame The Democrats If We Can't Kill Democracy!

Chris capper Liebenthal, Crooksandliars.com

Just how desperate are the Republicans to pass the SAVE Act? Well, Ron Johnson is willing to blame the Democrats for saving democracy if it doesn't get passed! He said as much to Eric Bolling on his show on Real Russian Voice, er, Real American Voice: ROJO: T…

US Senator Van Hollen: Trump ‘has no idea where this war is going’

Al Jazeera English

Democratic US Senator Chris Van Hollen argues that US-Israel war on Iran ‘is making America and our allies less safe'.

FCC warns broadcasters over Iran War coverage

CK Smith, Salon

Trump and FCC attack networks' Iran war coverage, critics warn of chilling effect on press freedom

Bank of America Corporation (BAC) Says Q1 Net Interest Income Is Tracking at Least 7% Higher Year Over Year

Jeff Lewis, Yahoo Entertainment

Bank of America Corporation (NYSE:BAC) is one of the 12 Most Undervalued Financial Stocks to Buy Now. On March 10, 2026, Bank of America Corporation...

Brendan Carr and the Fog of War

Stuart Benjamin, Reason

In actual wars, the facts are hard to determine. The facts of Carr’s war against broadcasters are easier to see.

“Raising money over the bodies”: Buttigieg accuses Trump of using dead soldiers as prop

Alex Galbraith, Salon

The former Cabinet official said that Trump was "unfit" to lead.

'Not very bright': US intelligence shows Khamenei was unsure of his son replacing him as leader

Miriam Sela-Eitam, The Jerusalem Post

CBS added that the White House further believes that the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) is currently pulling the strings within Iran. US...

Europe not interested in Ukraine peace process – Kremlin

RT

European leaders do not want to help the US-backed Ukraine peace talks, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said Read Full Article at RT.com

Van Orden Rages: 'I Don't Give A Sh*t If You Vote For Me Or Not'

Chris capper Liebenthal, Crooksandliars.com

Rep Drunken Van Orden got into it with a constituent over Trump's unjust and illegal war with Iran. "I don't give shit if you vote for me or not." That's what #WI03 Rep. Derrick Van Orden has to say to his constituents who are concerned about entering int…

The Foilies 2026

Dave Maass, Aaron Mackey, Beryl Lipton, EFF

Recognizing the Worst in Government Transparency  The Foilies were written by EFF's Beryl Lipton, Dave Maass and Aaron Mackey and MuckRock's  Dillon Bergin, Kelly Kauffman and Anna Massoglia.  For the last six years, a class of journalism students at the …

Military sites and 90% of crude oil trade: Why is Iranian island struck by US important

RT

The US has struck military facilities on Iran’s Kharg Island, but refrained from attacking sites related to the oil trade Read Full Article at RT.com

Strategic oil release may calm markets but cannot fix Hormuz disruption

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Record oil release steadies markets, but war-driven disruption in the Strait of Hormuz keeps energy supplies uncertain.

Trump calls for naval coalition to open Strait of Hormuz: Can it work?

Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera English

Analysts say US president's solution to secure the strait is fraught with problems.

Trump Disrespects Fallen Soldiers By Using Them To Fundraise

Heather, Crooksandliars.com

It's bad enough that Trump completely disrespected our troops during the dignified transfer of the six United States service members who were recently killed in Kuwait. Now one of his PACs is using it to raise money: Trump fundraising email uses photo from so…

Oil prices will drop after Iran war ends ‘in the next few weeks,’ Energy Secretary Chris Wright says

Ryan King, New York Post

“This conflict will come to an end in the next few weeks, and we’ll see a rebound in supplies and a pushing down of prices after that,” Wright told ABC News’ “This Week” on Sunday.

AI Czar David Sacks wants Trump to ‘get out’ of Iran

Terrence O’Brien, The Verge

David Sacks, the White House's AI and crypto czar, has warned that a continued war in Iran could be catastrophic. On the All In podcast, Sacks said that "we should try to find the off-ramp." He expressed concern that Iran could demolish oil and gas infrastruc…

Maine Dem Senate hopeful claims Jewish leaders found his excuse for Nazi tattoo ‘eminently reasonable’

Ryan King, New York Post

Maine Senate hopeful Graham Platner seemingly changed his tune about the Nazi-linked tattoo he was caught with last year, downplaying it as a "skull-and-crossbones."

The VA Wants to Use AI to Scrutinize Veteran Benefits. What Could Possibly Go Wrong?

Ryan Bort, Rolling Stone

The Department of Veterans Affairs plans to use AI to scrutinize benefits, the latest turn in its mission to clamp down on benefits.

Iran War A Convenient Fund-Raising Opportunity For Jared Kushner

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

There is just never enough profit for the Trump and Kushner family from “public service work,” apparently. The family has already raked in at least $4 billion from the P***y Grabber presidency 2.0. Now, Ivanka Trump hubby Jared Kushner, is looking to squeeze …

Trump Cosplays As Cowboy While Sending Troops Into Harm’s Way

NewsHound Ellen, Crooksandliars.com

On Friday, it was revealed that Donald Trump’s Pentagon is sending a Marine expeditionary unit, able to conduct ground operations, to the Middle East. Clearly, the White House sees no reason to let that get in the way of Trump’s light-hearted amusement. Or fl…

Trump’s prison order draws a line that reality should have drawn first

Amie Ichikawa, TheBlaze

When the news broke that President Trump followed through on his promise to bar taxpayer-funded gender surgeries in federal prisons, the coverage quickly pivoted to one question: How will this affect transgender-identifying inmates?As a former inmate — I serv…

Keisuke Honda loses US advertising deal over Iran support at World Cup

Hafsa Adil, Al Jazeera English

Japanese football legend says his opinion prompts US company to cancel advertising campaign before FIFA World Cup.

Trump’s Strait of Hormuz problem

Heather Digby Parton, Salon

Oil prices surge as the Trump administration shows no clear plan for the world’s most critical shipping lane

Authentic photos of Trump with daughter Ivanka as a child recirculate online

Aleksandra Wrona, Snopes.com

Two photos shared on social media authentically show U.S. President Donald Trump with his daughter Ivanka as a child sitting on his lap.

ICC judge says US sanctions left her without bank cards and Google accounts

Al Jazeera English

An ICC judge says sanctions imposed by the Trump administration are punishing her for carrying out her judicial duties.

How Trump’s unchecked power has changed the world

Simon Speakman Cordall, Al Jazeera English

Diplomatic norms, law and institutions have proven no hindrance to the US president. Can he really do anything he wants?

As Trump pushes deportations, immigration data becomes harder to find

Yahoo Entertainment

What happens when ICE shows up at New York City hospitals?

Caroline Lewis, Gothamist

Anti-ICE protesters outside Glendale Memorial Hospital in California on July 17, 2025. Fears of immigration enforcement at hospitals have grown since the Trump administration lifted restrictions on ICE activities at such sensitive locations. Health care pr…

U.S. military names six killed in plane crash as Iran war enters third week

NPR Staff, NPR

The conflict in the Middle East has entered a third week, with Israel announcing a barrage of new strikes on western Iran on Sunday, while the U.S. defense department released the names of six service members who died when their military refueling aircraft cr…

The ancient prophecy behind the Iran war is a modern invention

Russell Payne, Salon

Religious leaders warn that apocalyptic beliefs might outweigh the nuclear taboo

US, China hold trade talks in Paris to clear path to Trump-Xi summit

Al Jazeera, Al Jazeera English

The world's two largest economies trying to hash out trade issues before US President Trump is expected to visit China.

The Pentagon’s Total War Against Anthropic

John Herrman, New York Magazine

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and Secretary of War Pete Hegseth are locked in battle over AI’s use in war.

Trump Has Brought American Paramilitary Violence Home

Caleb Brennan, The New Republic

Hours after Renee Good was gunned down on a Minneapolis street by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent inside her Honda Pilot, Aurin Chowdhury, the council member for Minneapolis’s Twelfth Ward, told me the city was under siege. “We’re already in a ma…

Crypto Spends Big in Illinois House Races to Say Consumer Rights Supporters Are Corrupt

Matt Sledge, The Intercept

A crypto PAC smeared one progressive backed by Bernie Sanders as a “corporate pawn” and spent millions calling another a tax cheat. The post Crypto Spends Big in Illinois House Races to Say Consumer Rights Supporters Are Corrupt appeared first on The Intercep…

Trump says US may hit Iran’s Kharg Island again ‘just for fun’

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

US president says his country may carry out more strikes on oil hub as he urges allies to help open Strait of Hormuz.

Week in review: AiTM phishing kit used to hijack AWS accounts, year-long malware campaign targets HR

Help Net Security

Here’s an overview of some of last week’s most interesting news, articles, interviews and videos: Turning expertise into opportunity for women in cybersecurity Speaker diversity in cybersecurity has been a talking point for over a decade, with panels, pledges…

Marjorie Taylor Greene Was Never Fringe

Sarah Jones, New York Magazine

The Georgia congresswoman is out of office. Sarah Jones writes about how Greene’s conspiracies have come to define the American right — and the Republican Party’s long tradition of paranoia.

Iran war: What is happening on day 16 of US-Israel attacks?

Yashraj Sharma, Al Jazeera English

Israel and US attacks on Isfahan kills 15 people as Tehran carries out retaliatory attacks on Israel and Gulf countries.

Shadow fleets of sanctions-skirting ships facing global crackdown: analysis

CBC News

A CBC News analysis reveals the global scope of an enforcement crackdown on ships belonging to shadow fleets — vessels often flying under false flags in order to skirt sanctions — as the scale of seizures and detentions has skyrocketed in recent months.

Nordic leaders meet in Oslo with Carney as Arctic tensions sharpen over Greenland, Russia

CBC News

Leaders from the five Nordic countries and Canada meet in Oslo for a mini-summit on Arctic security amid rising geopolitical tensions. Discussions follow a massive NATO exercise in northern Norway and focus on Russian military risks, the fallout from U.S. thr…

Minab: When the world’s most precise missile chose a classroom

Ali Bahreini, Al Jazeera English

Targeting a school and the mass killing of children are war crimes, and those responsible need to be held to account.

‘SNL’: Doctor Harry Styles Leads RFK Jr.’s ‘MAHA’ Hospital

William Vaillancourt, Rolling Stone

SNL spoofs medical drama The Pitt, with Styles running a hospital according to the Trump administration official's pseudo-science

As Syria marks 15 years since anti-Assad uprising, security issues remain

Al Jazeera Staff, Al Jazeera English

Syrians celebrate the start of the 2011 uprising that, in 2024, put an end to Bashar al-Assad's rule.

Trump calls Zelensky the ‘last person we need help from’

RT

Donald Trump has rejected Vladimir Zelensky’s proposal to involve Ukraine in countering Iranian drones in the Middle East Read Full Article at RT.com

Neocon Nightmare: Americans Flee Iraq as US Embassy is Hit and Oil Ports are Closed

Juan Cole, Juancole.com

Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shi'a al-Sudani on Wednesday called up</a> Iranian President Massoud Pezeshkian and condemned Trump's "unjust war"

‘Saturday Night Live’ Opens With Scathing Take On Donald Trump And Pete Hegseth’s Handling Of High Gas Prices And Other Iran War Fallout

Ted Johnson, Deadline

Saturday Night Live again went with a cold open that skewered Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth for their lack of planning for the fallout from the war in Iran. Over the past week, as gas prices have shot up, the president has tried to offer a counter argument, w…

Bitcoin sold off first when the U.S.-Iran war began. Two weeks later, it's outperforming nearly everything

Shaurya Malwa, CoinDesk

Each escalation in the Iran conflict has been larger than the last, but each bitcoin drawdown has been getting smaller.

US Fed expected to hold rates steady as Iran war roils outlook

AFP, The Times of India

Federal Reserve officials are likely to keep interest rates steady next week. The ongoing US-Israel war on Iran is creating market uncertainty and impacting oil prices. Recent economic figures also indicate a slowdown. Policymakers face a challenge balancing …

Belgian PM urges EU to negotiate with Russia

RT

Bart De Wever has argued that diplomacy is the only viable path to ending the Ukraine conflict Read Full Article at RT.com

FCC chair threatens to pull licenses of broadcasters airing 'distortions' about the Iran war

Katherine Tangalakis-Lippert, Business Insider

Carr's threat, targeting unspecified broadcasters, amplified Donald Trump's criticism of coverage by The New York Times and The Wall Street Journal.

Will Trump help or hinder Zimbabwe's white farmers in their compensation battle?

BBC News

They have engaged a lobbying firm with close ties to the US president to argue their case.

Iran war live: Trump urges allies to keep Hormuz open amid Gulf attacks

Adam Hancock, Al Jazeera English

US President Donald Trump says allies who rely on Gulf oil must help keep the Strait of Hormuz open.