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Trump administration allows for Russian oil sales as energy prices soar

Evan Halper
Mar 13, 2026 7:43 am - The Trump administration on Thursday night temporarily lifted sanctions on Russian oil shipments in an effort to calm markets and stem the economic fallout from its war on Iran, which has sent crude prices spiraling upward.
Trump says US bombed military sites on an island vital to Iran’s oil network

By JON GAMBRELL, DAVID RISING and SALLY ABOU ALJOUD
Mar 13, 2026 6:57 am - President Donald Trump said the U.S. bombed military sites Friday on an island vital to Iran's oil network, while an American official said 2,500 more Marines and an amphibious assault ship are being sent to the Middle East nearly two weeks into the war with the Islamic Republic.
US military refueling plane crashed in Iraq, killing 6

By KIM TONG-HYUNG and ADAM SCHRECK
Mar 13, 2026 6:53 am - All six crew members of a KC-135 refueling aircraft supporting operations against Iran are dead, the U.S. military said Friday, after their plane crashed in western Iraq.
Live Nation employee mocks customers as ‘so stupid’ in internal messages released in court case

By LARRY NEUMEISTER
Mar 12, 2026 9:06 pm - Incendiary internal messages in which a Live Nation employee mocks customers as “so stupid” and says the company is “robbing them blind, baby” have been made public as over two dozen states weigh whether to continue their antitrust trial against the entertainment giant and its subsidiary Ticketmaster.
Trump bragged about low gas prices. The Iran conflict has him doing an about-face

By JOSH BOAK
Mar 12, 2026 9:02 pm - Since starting a war with Iran caused oil and gasoline prices to spike, President Donald Trump has pivoted from a focus on keeping energy prices low to trying to paint high oil prices as a positive.
Lebanon appeals to Israel’s allies to intervene and says hundreds are killed

By Mohamad El Chamaa, Suzan Haidamous and Ellen Francis
Mar 12, 2026 8:57 pm - The U.S.-Israeli war against Iran has engulfed Lebanon, pushing the beleaguered country to a new precipice as Israel expands a ferocious bombing campaign and threatens an invasion of south Lebanon in response to strikes by Hezbollah, Tehran’s most powerful proxy.
Trump administration denounces CNN for airing messages from Iranian leaders

By DAVID BAUDER
Mar 12, 2026 8:54 pm - The Trump administration denounced CNN on Thursday for airing a portion of the new Iranian supreme leader's public statement, the second time in three days that he's targeted the network for reporting on how the regime is responding to the American attacks.
Israeli military drops charges against soldiers accused of sexually assaulting Palestinian detainee

By JULIA FRANKEL
Mar 12, 2026 3:38 pm - Israel's military on Thursday said it was dropping charges against five soldiers accused of beating and sexually abusing a Palestinian detainee in an alleged assault partially caught on camera.
Man who rammed his vehicle into Michigan synagogue was naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, DHS says

By COREY WILLIAMS
Mar 12, 2026 1:05 pm - The armed man who rammed his vehicle into one of the nation’s largest Reform synagogues has been identified as a 41-year-old naturalized citizen born in Lebanon, according to federal officials.
Celebrity chef René Redzepi resigns from iconic Danish restaurant Noma after abuse allegations

By JAMES BROOKS and STEFANIE DAZIO
Mar 12, 2026 11:39 am - René Redzepi, founder and celebrity chef at the iconic Danish restaurant Noma that won three Michelin stars and other international accolades for its innovative “New Nordic” cuisine, has stepped down from his post following allegations of abuse and assault at the Copenhagen landmark.

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