March 15th, 2026

• Maher: West's 'Ruling Class' Likes 'to Pretend' Many People in Middle East Don't Want Theocracy
• Last shah's son says ready to lead Iran transition 'as soon as Islamic Republic falls' - Reza Pahlavi asserts transition team he's assembling will 'in the shortest possible time, establish order, security, freedom, and conditions for Iran's prosperity and flourishing'
• IDF confirms 400th strike wave in Iran since start of Op. Roaring Lion - Defense Minister Israel Katz said Saturday morning that Israel was "entering the decisive stretch" in its campaign in Iran
• Israel kills acting chiefs of Iran's Khatam al-Anbiya intelligence in Tehran strike
• Explosion rocks Tehran square during Quds Day march, Iranian state media says - Several prominent political figures were said by state media to be marching in Tehran at the time, including Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian and FM Abbas Araghchi
• Iranian missiles spark blaze and cause damage in central Israel - Iranian missile strikes hit central Israel, southern Israel and Jerusalem, causing damage but no injuries. Most missiles intercepted.
• Iranian missiles wound 3 in Eilat, including child; Israel hits hundreds of Iran sites
• US embassy in Baghdad hit in missile attack - as smoke, fire rise from compound
• The Race to Evacuate the World's Elite Horses From the Iran War - Nearly 150 show-jumping horses were in Qatar for a top competition when Iranian missiles lit up the sky
• Some Iranian soccer players granted asylum by Australia chose to return home, local official says
• Gingrich: If Iranians Had Their Way, Threat Would Be Nuclear Weapons Taking Out a U.S. City
• Trump and Iran both reject international efforts to launch ceasefire talks
• Iran's 'Crown Jewel' Hit - Trump: U.S. 'Obliterated Every Military Target' on Kharg in Historic Mideast Raid
• Major UAE Oil Terminal In Flames Hours After US Strikes Iran's Kharg Island - US President Donald Trump on Saturday announced that US forces had bombed targets on Iran's Kharg Island, a crucial hub for Iran's oil industry
• Trump threatens Iran's oil infrastructure after US bombs military sites on key fuel island
• Trump Declares Victory in Iran, Says "Many Countries" Will Send War Ships to Strait of Hormuz - Urges China, France, Japan, South Korea, the UK, and others to Send Ships as US Continues "Bombing the Hell Out of the Shoreline"
• Trump vows to open Strait of Hormuz 'one way or the other' as Iran threatens area's ports
• Trump: US will keep 'shooting Iranian boats and ships out of the water,' Hormuz will soon reopen
• Trump Knew the Risk of Iran Blocking the Strait of Hormuz. He Still Went to War - The president told his White House team that Tehran would likely capitulate before closing the strait, the world's most vital shipping lane
• Iran holds world energy hostage with 'nightmare' Strait of Hormuz sea mines, former CENTCOM official warns - Col. Joe Buccino says Iran is exploiting a critical U.S. naval gap to wage 'psychological' war
• Actuarial Warfare: How Seven Insurance Letters Closed the World's Most Critical Chokepoint and Why Markets Are Mispricing Duration by 300%
• S&P 500 falls to new low for year on Iran oil crisis, posts third-straight losing week
• Commentary: Why high oil prices may outlast Trump's Iran war
• It's not just oil. Here comes Hormuz inflation. Garden supplies, birthday balloons and semiconductors could get hit by price inflation or shortages.
• The Oil Tankers Trump Seized Are Costing the U.S. Millions of Dollars - Although President Trump said seizing tankers would be a financial boon, the cost of maintaining just one aging ship has already reached $47 million
• How Iranians are communicating with the world despite internet blackout - As regime-imposed data shutdown hits two weeks, Iranians risk punishment to connect via expensive Starlink satellite terminals, opposition radio broadcasts, landlines, and more
• Cascade of A.I. Fakes About War With Iran Causes Chaos Online
• Axios: The gamification of war
• Israel Air Force drops leaflets with QR codes over Beirut, which allegedly lead to an Israeli intelligence unit responsible for recruiting agents
• Israel's next test: Turkey positions itself to lead a post-Islamic Iran Middle East - With Iran in decline, Turkey emerges as a major player, reshaping the balance of power in the Middle East
• Entire families wiped out and towns emptied as Israel's war on Lebanon intensifies - Communities displaced and destroyed while death toll rises faster than during any previous war in Lebanon
• 'Like Gaza': Israel said planning 'massive' south Lebanon ground invasion to uproot Hezbollah
• Hezbollah goes 'all in' on an 'existential' war against Israel. It could be its last
• French plan to end Lebanon war includes recognition of Israel
• Hamas asks Iran not to target 'neighboring countries' after attacks on Qatar, Turkey
• Hamas faces public outrage after killing Gazan civilians
• Palestinian actor says he can't attend Academy Awards because of Trump's travel ban
• Man reported killed in W. Bank settler attack; separately, 3 said hurt by settler gunfire
• Maher: Being Jewish 'Maybe a Complete Dealbreaker in the Democratic Party'
• Netherlands: Bomb Blast Targets Jewish School in Amsterdam Neighborhood
• Canada to invest $10 million to boost Jewish safety after synagogue attacks
• California moves to recognize Muslim celebrations Eid al-Fitr, Eid al-Adha as official state holidays
• North Korea fires about 10 ballistic missiles toward sea in show of force, South Korea says
• Russia Shuts Off Internet in Moscow as It Tests Nationwide Censorship System
• Russian strike on Kyiv region kills 4 and wounds 15, with peace talks stalled
• In a World Distracted by Other Conflicts, the Burma Army Continues Its Campaign of Killing and Displacement
• Cuba Rising: Angry Residents Storm Communist Headquarters in Moron, Burn Regime Furniture and Propaganda
• Protesters torch Communist Party HQ in Cuba; video appears to capture gunfire - State media denies shots were fired during unrest in Morón as Cuba faces worsening blackouts and economic crisis
• Cuba Lacks Fuel, Food, and Power. Christians Provide a Lifeline. Trump's recent oil blockade exacerbated an already desperate situation in the Communist country.
• Trump seeks to close $1.6 trillion revenue gap with raft of new tariffs
• 'Everything is going up': Americans struggle with affordability despite Trump's claims - US workers are finding it difficult to afford basic necessities as the president claims 'the economy is roaring back'
• Fears of 'Cockroaches' in the Private Credit Market - Wall Street figures are turning to colorful metaphors, including invoking the hated insect, to express caution about the $3 trillion risky-lending market
• Whistleblower Bernstein says lax gov't oversight made Minnesota 'great environment for fraud' - The social services fraud in Minnesota is estimated at $9 billion
• 300 TSA workers quit amid Dems' refusal to fund DHS - Chuck Schumer claimed that the Democrats are "ready to fund TSA," but voted down funding on Thursday
• Capitol Hill Standoff: Up to 50 House Republicans Say Senate Bills Are Dead on Arrival Until SAVE America Act Passes
• Trump Asked if RINO John Thune Should be Removed as Senate Majority Leader: Says He's Never Seen a Bill as Popular as the SAVE America Act - "We'll See What Happens"
• RINO Sen. Lisa Murkowski Says She Won't Support SAVE America Act Because it Will "Disenfranchise an Extraordinary Majority"
• Election Fraud in Deep Blue California? Officials Investigate Alleged Scheme Paying People to Sign Ballot Petitions With Fake Names
• New study raises concerns about AI chatbots fueling delusional thinking - First major study on 'AI psychosis' suggests chatbots can encourage delusions among vulnerable people
• Zach Braff shuts down rumors he has an AI chatbot girlfriend: 'Please update all gossip sites'
• Meta eyes massive 20% workforce cut as AI infrastructure costs continue to soar across operations: report
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the Kuril Islands
• 5.1 magnitude earthquake hits the northern Mid-Atlantic Ridge
• Marapi volcano in Indonesia erupts to 40,000ft
• Sangay volcano in Ecuador erupts to 21,000ft
• Reventador volcano in Ecuador erupts to 16,000ft
• Semeru volcano in Indonesia erupts to 15,000ft
• Fuego volcano in Guatemala erupts to 15,000ft
• Santa Maria volcano in Guatemala erupts to 14,000ft
• Ambae volcano on Vanuatu erupts to 13,000ft
• Over 130,000 customers lose power across Hawaii as Kona low brings damaging winds and flash flooding
• Evacuation warning issued after possible Wahiawa Dam failure alert on Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
• US forecasts blizzard, polar vortex, heat dome and atmospheric river all at once
• March megastorm: Blizzard, dangerous winds to threaten nearly 200 million - A rapidly strengthening storm could evolve into a bomb cyclone, unleashing blizzard conditions in the Midwest and strong winds across much of the central and eastern United States
• High winds cause power outages in Rust Belt, fuel fires in Nebraska
• 'Unprecedented' March Heat Could Topple Records Across the Southwest
• Extreme Heat Watches issued for California and Arizona as anomalous heat intensifies across parts of the Southwest
• Riley Moore Plans Bill to De-Naturalize Citizens Involved in Terrorism After Attacks Carried Out by Immigrants
• Jeh Johnson on Old Dominion Attack: It's 'Very Cumbersome' to Take Away Citizenship, I'd Rather Suspect Be in Jail
• Virginia Man Charged with Illegally Selling Firearm Used in Old Dominion University Terror Shooting - Feds Say Gun Had Obliterated Serial Number
• Florida Girls Allegedly Planning to Recreate Sandy Hook Massacre Laugh And Joke After Arrest
• Ex-jihadist warns of predatory recruitment after ISIS-inspired bomb plot in New York City - Counterterrorism expert reveals how recruiters use 'drug dealer' tactics to attract young people
• Trump Calls Out Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum - "The Cartels Are Running Mexico. We Can't Have That!"
• Prominent DC NeverTrumper Admits to Collaborating with Epstein in Bid to Take Down Trump
• World Economic Forum faces fresh scrutiny as Epstein ties revive past scandals, criticism
• How Epstein lured girls to his Zorro Ranch and kept authorities away - At least 10 women and girls say they were groomed at what was once Jeffrey Epstein's Zorro Ranch in New Mexico
• VA sheriff refuses to hand over illegal immigrant arrested for groping 12 girls at Fairfax High School to ICE
• Mamdani appoints trans-identified male to lead newly-created LGBTQIA+ affairs office
• School district tells SCOTUS to butt out of dispute with mom over girl's secret gender transition - The Supreme Court has rejected California's claim that its practices balance parental rights with student welfare
• Long COVID leaves thousands of L.A. county residents sick, broke and ignored