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President Donald Trump said Saturday that he’s not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran despite the country’s willingness to do so “because the terms aren’t good enough yet,” but declined to say what those terms would be.In a wide-ranging, nearly 30-minute telephone interview with NBC News, the president also said he is working with other countries on a plan to secure the Strait of Hormuz amid surges in global oil prices, and he dismissed Americans’ concerns about rising gas prices since the U.S. and Israel launched their joint military operation two weeks ago.The president also…

An adult black bear swiped a woman with its claw on Saturday in Monrovia in what police described as an unusual incident.A woman walking her dog on the 700 block of Oakglade Drive was approached by the bear at 9:20 a.m. It “kind of charged” the woman, said Lt. Kevin Oberon, before swiping the back of her knee. She was treated for non-life-threatening and non-serious injuries.Police said the Department of Fish and Wildlife has been notified of the incident.California is home to roughly 60,000 black bears, the highest population estimate for anywhere in the contiguous U.S., but attacks are rare.…

Gazans were urged to take shelter as a sandstorm swept across the enclave on Saturday. Most of the more than two million Palestinians living in the enclave are displaced, living in tents or buildings heavily damaged by the war with Israel. First responders operating under the Hamas-run Interior Ministry warned people to secure their tents to prevent them from being blown away. Sandstorms also present particular health risks to those with respiratory and cardiovascular diseases.

Jack Harlow’s new album Monica is out today (March 13), and it’s notable for, aside from being a new Jack Harlow album, taking the artist’s sound in a more R&B-inspired direction. That’s evident in the video Harlow shared today, for album highlight “Trade Places.” It’s a chill track with some soft and emotive Harlow vocals, which he sings as he walks down the streets and meets up with a special someone. In an interview with New York Times‘ Popcast, Harlow discussed the musical direction of the project, saying: “I love Black music. I love the sound of Black music. And,…

(This was originally posted on the website of the Groundwork Collaborative, where I am a senior fellow. I’m hoping to be doing these more regularly in the future, so if there’s anything that would make them more useful or interesting, please let me know.)   The September Jobs Report: Evidence of Past Success, and of Dangers Ahead After a gap caused by the government shutdown, employment numbers are back, albeit a month delayed. The Bureau of Labor Statistics conducted its September surveys as usual, though the October surveys were not. This will have longer-term repercussions for U.S. economic data, but…

In his top post at the Department of Homeland Security, David Harvilicz sets policy on protecting the nation’s elections infrastructure, including voting machines. He’s also the co-founder of a company with James Penrose, who helped hatch debunked conspiracy theories blaming hacked voting machines for Donald Trump’s loss in the 2020 presidential election. Penrose assisted in a push to seize voting machines to overturn Trump’s defeat. On social media, Harvilicz has called for doing away with voting machines, saying they are “eminently vulnerable to exploitation.” In a March post, he wrote that “DHS needs to ban voting machines for all federal…

This year, for the first time in Big Ten men’s basketball history, all 18 teams in the conference will compete for the postseason title and an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament. Due to the expansion to 18 teams, the top four seeds will have three days off, rather than two, before their first game.Action started Tuesday and runs through Sunday — right up until Selection Sunday — at Chicago’s United Center, and we’ve got you covered with everything you need to know: matchups, seeding, dates, times, TV channels and more.Here’s how the bracket looks:Final – Sunday, March 15Game 17:…

HARRISBURG, Pa. — Hundreds of thousands of people were left without power Saturday after high winds raked eastward from the Great Lakes region, leaving trees down and substantial property damage in their wake. Further west, at least one person died in a massive wind-driven wildfire in Nebraska. Nearly 450,000 customers were still affected by midafternoon in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Michigan, according to PowerOutage.us, which tracks outages nationwide. A 66 mph (106 kph) gust at Pittsburgh International Airport on Friday was deemed its fourth-strongest on record that was not caused by a thunderstorm, according to the National Weather Service. Cleveland Burke…

Iran has threatened to destroy oil and energy facilities in the region that cooperate with, or are partly owned by, the US if Iran’s energy facilities are hit, local media has reported.“All oil, economic, and energy facilities belonging to oil companies in the region that are partly owned by the United States or that cooperate with the United States will be immediately destroyed and reduced to ashes” if Iran’s energy assets are attacked, the Iranian Fars News Agency reported the military’s Al-Anbiya Central Headquarters has said.Kharg Island is the most valuable piece of economic infrastructure to Iran.APThe warning came after…

Politics / March 13, 2026 In a new X post building on an earlier Hollywood action-clip montage, the White House tries to render the horrors of war as a Wii game. Ad Policy An Iranian bomb site rendered as a Wii target by the Trump White House.(Image via X.com) Yesterday, the White House dropped a second pop culture clip to promote its war in Iran. Emblazoned with the trademark alpha-male boast “UNDEFEATED,” the post appeared on the White House’s official X.com account. Done in the style of Nintendo’s line of Wii games, it greets us with the words “Operation Epic…