NPR News: 03-14-2026 6AM EDT

European Union leaders are pushing back after President Trump unilaterally decided to temporarily allow Russian oil exports back onto the international market, a move meant to ease prices amid the war in Iran. The decision breaks with the other six G7 countries, which had urged Washington to keep the curbs in place. European Commission spokesperson Siobhan McGarry confirmed the EU will maintain its own sanctions, stating flatly: "Russia should absolutely not benefit from the war on Iran." The Commission calculates Moscow has already been earning an extra $150 million U.S. dollars from the arrangement.

TSA officers miss first paycheck as shutdown drags on

Thousands of TSA officers missed their first full paycheck on Friday, having worked without pay for nearly a month during a partial government shutdown tied to the Trump administration's immigration crackdown policies. Johnny Jones, Secretary Treasurer of the American Federation of Government Employees Council 100 — the union representing about 45,000 TSA officers nationwide — said many security officers live paycheck to paycheck and are struggling. The Trump administration is blaming the missed paycheck on Democrats, who are refusing to approve DHS's budget unless Republicans and the White House agree on changes to how immigration officers operate, following the deaths of two American citizens in Minnesota.