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Top News Stories for Saturday, March 14th 2026
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Gasoline prices have jumped 64 cents a gallon in two weeks. Diesel is at $4.60 nationally, up 83 cents since the U.S. and Israel began bombing Iran in late February. In California, drivers are paying $5.34 a gallon . Fertilizer prices have surged 44 percent. Food prices are climbing. The Trump administration has assured Americans these are temporary disruptions. Once the military objectives are achieved, prices ...
Source: bradenton.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
United States President Donald Trump has said the country's military bombed military installations on Iran's Kharg island , warning the area's critical oil facilities could be next if Iran continues to block the Strait of Hormuz. Iran, in turn, threatened on Saturday to reduce US-linked oil facilities to "a pile of ashes" if oil structures on the island were attacked, as the US-Israel war on Iran, now in its ...
Source: aljazeera.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... TALLAHASSEE — With only 60 days to pass a full plate of bills and a balanced budget, the Florida Legislature's grand plans to add property tax cuts to their crowded calendar never had a chance. Lawmakers did not even get a budget out before the close of business Friday, the end of the regular session, much less a complicated ballot measure that would ask voters in ...
Source: orlandosentinel.com
Saturday, Mar 14th, 2026 -
With voters wary of AI and both parties' ability to tackle it, the issue has not fallen along usual partisan lines, even in an election year. A rare source of bipartisanship has broken out in state capitols across the country: tackling data centers. Legislators from both major parties in red, blue and battleground states alike are rushing to figure out how to regulate the construction and energy consumption of the ...
Source: nbcnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
A federal judge put the brakes on the Justice Department's criminal probe of the Federal Reserve, saying it was part of an improper campaign by the Trump administration to pressure the central bank into cutting interest rates more aggressively. Judge James Boasberg quashed subpoenas that had been issued to the Fed in January, ostensibly seeking information about cost overruns on the renovation of the Fed's ...
Source: npr.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
Bye-bye to build-to-rent housing. On Thursday afternoon, the U.S. Senate voted 89–10 to pass House Resolution 6644, otherwise known by its cumbersome title, the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act. The bill is essentially an amalgam of two pieces of wonky housing legislation that the House and Senate have been working on for over a year now, and which make a bunch of modest changes to existing regulations ...
Source: reason.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
The Trump administration's top trade official launched investigations Thursday into dozens of countries accused of failing to crack down on forced labor, flexing a law that lets the federal government impose tariffs and other trade restrictions as President Trump grapples with a Supreme Court ruling that struck down many of his tariffs. The investigations are taking place under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974, ...
Source: cbsnews.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
TSA employees have been working in US airports without pay since the partial shutdown began in February A rising number of US airports are asking for donations to support employees affected by the partial government shutdown with airport security officials missing their first full paychecks Friday. Transportation Security Administration (TSA) employees have been working in airports around the US without pay since a ...
Source: theguardian.com
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
WASHINGTON (AP) — Richard Grenell, an ally of President Donald Trump who oversaw far reaching changes at the Kennedy Center that prompted many artists to abandon the iconic performing arts venue, will step down as the institution's president. Trump announced the change in a social media post on Friday after it was first reported by Axios. The president said Matt Floca, who manages the ...
Source: pbs.org
Friday, Mar 13th, 2026 -
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba has held talks with the U.S. government, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Friday, marking the first time the Caribbean country has confirmed widespread speculation about discussions with the Trump administration as it grapples with a severe energy crisis. Díaz-Canel said the talks "were aimed at finding solutions through dialogue to the bilateral differences between our ...
Source: apnews.com