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U.S. Energy Secretary Chris Wright has directed a Texas-based oil and gas company to restore operations in waters off southern California that were damaged by a 2015 oil spill, invoking the Defense Production Act

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Turkey’s foreign minister says diplomacy between the U.S. and Iran is stalled, but he thinks quiet back-channel talks remain possible

2:36 PM on Saturday, March 14

Federal prosecutors in New York have accused a lobbyist of trying to extort a former client and the client’s son for $500,000

1:35 PM on Saturday, March 14

The American flag has been raised over the U.S. Embassy in Caracas for the first time since 2019

12:58 PM on Saturday, March 14

The massive sewage pipe that ruptured and leaked millions of gallons of raw waste into the Potomac River has returned to operation after the completion of emergency repairs

12:20 PM on Saturday, March 14

Powerful winds and extreme weather are knocking out power, damaging property, and fueling wildfires across parts of the United States

12:06 PM on Saturday, March 14

Pope Leo XIV is moving into the newly renovated papal apartment in the Apostolic Palace

12:03 PM on Saturday, March 14

A federal judge says a Democratic lawmaker is entitled to participate in a Kennedy Center board meeting to discuss President Donald Trump’s plan to close the performing arts center for two years of renovations

11:35 AM on Saturday, March 14

The Justice Department has moved to dismiss charges against an Army veteran who set fire to an American flag near the White House last year to protest President Donald Trump’s executive order on flag burning

11:25 AM on Saturday, March 14

Kyrsten Sinema says in a legal document that she had a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail, but her lawyer argues a lawsuit seeking damages against her should be dismissed

10:16 AM on Saturday, March 14

German philosopher Jürgen Habermas has died at age 96

8:15 AM on Saturday, March 14

Burt Jones is Georgia's lieutenant governor and he seemed to have a clear path to be the Republican nominee for governor this year with President Donald Trump's endorsement, But then health care tycoon Rick Jackson got into the race in February and he's already spent more than $30 million of his own money on television campaign ads

6:34 AM on Saturday, March 14

Pakistan’s president says Afghanistan’s Taliban government has crossed a red line by launching drones into Pakistan, and Pakistan has reportedly answered with airstrikes

4:19 AM on Saturday, March 14

A Russian missile and drone strike has hit the Kyiv region in Ukraine and killed at least four people

12:44 AM on Saturday, March 14

Iran has threatened for the first time to attack civilian infrastructure in a neighboring country, urging people to evacuate three major ports in the United Arab Emirates it claimed the U.S. military was using to launch strikes on Iran

12:02 AM on Saturday, March 14

Airline ticket prices are starting to climb as carriers respond to rising jet fuel costs tied to the war in Iran

12:01 AM on Saturday, March 14

The Michigan synagogue that came under attack this week when an armed man drove his car into the building had for months been strengthening its security apparatus

12:01 AM on Saturday, March 14

Every year, math nerds and dessert enthusiasts unite to celebrate Pi Day on March 14, a date whose digits represent the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi