Lead On March 14, 2026, the Trump administration filed plans with the National Capital Planning Commission to build a 33,000-square-foot visitor screening facility for the White House, sited at Sherman Park adjacent to the grounds. The proposal, which calls for much of the structure to be placed below grade, is pitched as a permanent replacement … Read more
Lead Meta has announced it will stop supporting end-to-end encryption (E2EE) for Instagram direct messages after May 8, 2026, notifying users through an updated support page and in-app alerts. Affected users will receive guidance on how to download any media or message history they wish to keep, and some users may need to update the … Read more
Construction on the Vineyard Wind offshore project was completed Friday night with the installation of its final turbine blades, marking the first major U.S. offshore wind project to reach that stage during President Donald Trump’s time in office. The 62-turbine, 800-megawatt project sits about 15 miles south of Martha’s Vineyard and Nantucket, Massachusetts, and has … Read more
Hulu has decided not to move forward with its proposed Buffy the Vampire Slayer reboot starring and executive produced by Sarah Michelle Gellar, the actress announced on Instagram Saturday morning. The pilot — ordered roughly a year earlier and tentatively titled Buffy: New Sunnydale — was directed by Oscar winner Chloé Zhao from a script … Read more
Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher whose work shaped postwar debates about democracy, public discourse and reason, died on March 14, 2026, in Starnberg, Germany. He was 96. His publisher, Suhrkamp, confirmed his death. Over more than five decades and dozens of books, Habermas defended the Enlightenment faith in reason and developed key concepts — most … Read more
March 14, 2026 — 3:49 PM UTC (updated 6:42 PM UTC) U.S. President Donald Trump intensified calls to reopen the Strait of Hormuz on March 14, urging allied and partner countries to deploy warships near Iran’s coast so commercial vessels can transit safely. He posted the appeal on Truth Social and used the word “hopefully” … Read more
Lead: Universal’s Reminders of Him led North American box office on Friday, earning $8.0 million from 3,402 locations as Disney–Pixar’s Hoppers remained strong with $7.1 million in its second weekend. The drama is on track for a roughly $19 million domestic total by Sunday, while Hoppers is projected near $30 million for the weekend and … Read more
Lead On March 14, 2026, Pope Leo XIV formally took possession of the restored apartments in the Vatican’s Apostolic Palace, a suite his predecessor had declined to use. Ten months after his May 8, 2025 election as head of the world’s 1.4 billion Catholics, the 70-year-old pope moved in with his closest collaborators following extensive … Read more
With Selection Sunday looming, 31 of the 68 spots in the 2026 men’s NCAA Tournament have been decided by conference champions. Championship week produced a cascade of automatic qualifiers across midmajors and smaller conferences, with programs from Howard to Gonzaga clinching berths. UMBC — the Retrievers who shocked Virginia in 2018 — secured the America … Read more
Lead On March 14, 2026, a federal judge in Washington ordered that Representative Joyce Beatty, a Democrat from Ohio and an ex officio member of the John F. Kennedy Center board, must be given planning documents and a chance to oppose proposed changes at an upcoming board meeting. The ruling addressed a dispute over access … Read more
Lead: Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema has acknowledged in court filings that she entered a romantic relationship with a member of her security detail beginning in late May 2024, documents show. The relationship and subsequent communications are central to a North Carolina lawsuit filed by Heather Ammel, who says the contact contributed to the end … Read more
On March 14, 2026, a pickup truck drove into the parking lot of Temple Israel in West Bloomfield Township, Michigan, and after sitting there for hours the driver plowed the vehicle through the synagogue’s front doors while more than a hundred preschoolers and staff were inside. Security officers exchanged gunfire with the driver; authorities say … Read more
Lead Jürgen Habermas, the German philosopher whose writing on communication, rationality and modern society shaped debates across disciplines, has died at 96. His publisher, Suhrkamp, announced he died on Saturday in Starnberg, near Munich. Over more than half a century Habermas moved between academic theory and public intervention, best known for the two-volume Theory of … Read more
Lead Former president Jair Bolsonaro, 70, has been admitted to an intensive care unit in Brasilia with bronchopneumonia, hospital officials said on Friday. He was transferred from prison after waking with chills and vomiting and is receiving IV antibiotics and non‑invasive respiratory support. Doctors described his condition as serious and said treatment is likely to … Read more
With Selection Sunday two days away, On3’s Bracketology shows a largely settled 68-team field but several bid-stealers remain alive after Saturday’s conference finals. The latest projection — last updated at 9 am ET on 3/14 — preserves Duke, Michigan, Arizona and Florida as the projected 1-seeds while mapping the First Four and the last teams … Read more
