Japan and Australia said they were not planning to send navy vessels to the Middle East to escort ships through the Strait of Hormuz, after President Trump called on allies to create a coalition to reopen the vital waterway reut.rs/4bcu7iB

Tokyo is not currently planning to deploy the SDF to the Middle East, Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi said, after U.S. leader Donald Trump called for Japan and others to send warships to help secure the Strait of Hormuz. 👉 ebx.sh/SKl6uo

Trump blasts Boasberg for quashing the subpoena for Powell, says "To preserve the integrity of the Judiciary, he should be removed from all cases pertaining to us, and suffer serious disciplinary action, as should numerous other Corrupt Judges that, unfortunately, our Country has had to endure!"

Advocates say delays in paperwork renewal by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services have increased, with some delays stretching up to six months. Without the renewal, DACA recipients are in danger of being placed in deportation proceedings.

NEWS: The Trump administration is reviewing DACA renewals so slowly that the delays are causing people to lose their jobs, licenses, and deportation protection. It’s happening across the country. Our Sunday story with @lauranrodriguez.bsky.social www.chicagotribune.com/2026/03/15/d...

Trump: "We're always there for NATO. We're helping them with Ukraine. It's got an ocean in between us. It doesn't affect us, but we've helped them. It would be interesting to see what country wouldn't help us with a very small endeavor, which is just keeping the Strait open."

wait is he going to delay the meeting until Xi sends the PLAN to work alongside the US Navy??? i'm fucking dying

Trump warns Nato faces ‘very bad future’ if allies fail to help US in Iran ft.trib.al/EtoJkOL

I called Trump and he picked up.. Has Nato and the UK in his sights again www.ft.com/content/1ca6...

Trump: "The story was knowingly FAKE and you can say those Media Outlets that generated it should be brought up on Charges for TREASON for dissemination of false information! ... I am so thrilled to see Carr looking at the licenses of some of these Corrupt & Highly Unpatriotic 'News' Organizations."

FT - President Trump warns NATO that it faces a "very bad" future if US allies fail to assist in opening up the Strait of Hormuz, sending a blunt message to European nations to join his war effort in Iran. www.ft.com/content/1ca6d121-7...

President Trump has warned NATO that it faces a "very bad future" if it fails to assist the US in opening up the Strait of Hormuz.- FT www.ft.com/content/1ca6...

Fraud on an industrial scale: "Fake rooms, props and a script to lure victims: inside an abandoned Cambodia scam centre" www.theguardian.com/technology/2...

(WSJ) - American oil executives delivered a bleak message to Trump officials in recent days: The energy crisis the Iran war has unleashed is likely to get worse. @wsj.com www.wsj.com/business/ene...

www.reuters.com/world/us/min... Economic damage linked to the immigration operation in January alone totals $203 million. Some 76,000 residents whom he said were too afraid to go to work or whose workplaces shut down, need rental assistance.

Researchers in Japan pioneered reprogrammed cells 20 years ago. Now the country has given the first-ever authorizations to manufacture and sell medical products based on the technology. www.wired.com/story/japan-...

This is delightful. "Can it run Doom?" Well, yes. www.nature.com/articles/d41...

WaPo Deputy Opinion Editor is just straight up lying about Mamdani's estate tax proposal (in both tweets and an op-ed). The bill contains a $1.75 million primary residence exemption, exempts retirement accounts, and the 50% marginal rate doesn’t kick in until $30 million.

Hello, I'm mental.

In a paradoxical way, the overwhelmingly left-liberal disposition of this website has led some to think that skepticism of Israel and of pro-Israel politics isn't actually ascendant, but this is one of those issues where the Democratic base is actually perfectly in sync with much of this website.

President Donald Trump told Speaker Mike Johnson in a private conversation this week that “no one gives a [bleep] about housing,” according to four sources who heard the speaker recount the conversation. punchbowl.news/article/hous...

"The majority of all voters (72%) believe Trump’s tariffs have had a negative rather than a positive impact and 67% said tariffs aren’t the right solution for improving the economy." www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

"Banning institutional investors from buying homes will backfire for many Americans, experts say" fortune.com/2026/03/15/i... "Despite Trump’s claim that the U.S. is at risk of being 'a nation of renters,' there are about a million fewer single-family rentals than a decade ago"

"Poll: Trump era tilts US allies toward Beijing" www.politico.com/news/2026/03...

"Bahrain Starts Cutting Output at World’s Top Aluminum Smelter" www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

"To Address Farm Labor Shortage, Trump Administration Turns to Migrant Workers" www.nytimes.com/2026/03/15/u... "As the president’s immigration policies squeeze an already tight supply of farm labor, the Trump administration is making it cheaper to hire foreign farmworkers."

So, yeah, seems like Brendan Carr coordinated that tweet about punishing networks for critically reporting on the Iran War with Trump -- and may have even created that meme that Trump shared on Truth Social. @brianstelter.bsky.social reports that Carr was at Mar-a-Lago this weekend.

Afghan man dies in ICE custody Mohammad Nazeer Paktyawal was legally evacuated out of Afghanistan after the fall of Kabul and had served with US forces for ten years. He leaves behind six children, one of whom is a US citizen.

Afghan asylum-seeker dies in ICE custody, US advocacy group says reut.rs/4bcKNqk

He wasn't just an asylum seeker. Paktyawal was an Afghan special forces soldier who worked with the U.S. Army's 3rd Special Forces Group. He was evacuated on August 30, 2021, entered the U.S. legally and had a pending case with a work permit and social security number. Killed by ICE maggots.

Little is known about the exact whereabouts of Salvadorans who were deported from the U.S. and are now imprisoned in CECOT. Relatives and lawyers say they have had no contact with their detained loved ones and have been unable to confirm where they are being held.

For nearly 200 years, these iconic — and Ionic — columns have welcomed visitors to the White House. Trump has privately mused about changing them to his preferred style, and now his top arts commissioner has proposed a plan to do exactly that. With @asteckelberg.bsky.social.

President Trump has tried to withhold billions of dollars in federal funding to coerce states, punish opponents, remake programs and impose his views. His targets have repeatedly sued to stop him, and the courts have repeatedly rebuked him — only for the president to try again and again.

“.. the most ubiquitous industrial metal after steel ..” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

Yami Yugi’s English VA on a Yu-Gi-Oh clip being used in that White House Twitter video. It’s insane that this is where we are as a country now.

Pakistan targets Taliban installations and 'terrorist hideouts' in Kandahar during overnight strikes reut.rs/4ry6xBI

WHY did I have to keep going down this path? Nate Cavanaugh was part of DOGE outing Mohammed Halimi, who was exiled from Afghanistan. DOGE accused Halimi of sending money to the Taliban through his work at the Institute for Peace. The Taliban then kidnapped Halimi’s family.

I hope everyone’s got your Minsky books somewhere where you can reach them easily. giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

Personally, my favorite allied-country expression of naval non-commitment is “intensively looking”. What’s yours?

Pakistan’s president Saturday warned neighboring Afghanistan’s Taliban government that it had “ crossed a red line ” by launching drone attacks on civilian areas in Pakistan, and hours later the country reportedly conducted strikes on an Afghan drone storage facility. apnews.com/article/paki...

The invitation-only conference in Rome has proven so controversial that Catholic universities initially associated with it have all denied official involvement. https://religionnews.com/2026/03/13/thiel-brings-antichrist-lectures-to-vaticans-doorstep-and-catholic-institutions-back-away/ 

Yes, Congressman. You should use your time and position on a powerful committee to determine whether or not I should have a job that *checks notes* I have never had. We deserve better than this.

Sorry @jamellebouie.net we hold the trademark on liberalism, I’m afraid you owe us $10. In fact we have to charge you the Very Good Liberalism Content rate, so $20 youtu.be/Lrmm6yZzyOU?...

Japan’s vending machines, often a marvel of engineering and old-school tech, are also falling victim to mundane economic pressures. Their omnipresence could someday be a thing of the past.

Is Japan pulling the plug on vending machines?

Japan loses its thirst for vending machines ft.trib.al/D90GpXo

US airline CEOs urge Congress to end standoff, pay airport security officers reut.rs/4sj3nmQ