The Latest: 03/15/2026 12:59pm ET

0:00This is an I Heart Podcast. Guaranteed Human Listen, we've seen what's out there for patio furniture, and what you've been paying is outrageous, but that was last season you, before you ditched the specialty stores and started saving more at home-sense. Now, you're listening to this while under a designer umbrella on a luxurious teak lounge chair, because it's easy to relax when you refuse to settle, on style, on price, and outdoor pieces that will actually outlast the season. Home Sense, the home of no compromise, part of the Home Goods family. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. President Trump says he's not ready to make a deal to end the war with Iran. Trump made the comment in a wide-ranging phone interview with NBC News adding, quote, "'Cause the terms aren't good enough yet,' Trump said. Iran wants to make a deal, but he stressed any terms would have to be very solid. The president's comments followed a Reuters report that the Trump administration has rejected

1:03efforts to advance talks to end the conflict. The Pentagon has identified the six Air Force members who were killed in a plane crash in Iraq. U.S. Central Command says the Airmen died Thursday when their military refueling tanker crashed. On Saturday, the deceased were identified as 33-year-old Major John Kleiner of Auburn, Alabama, 31-year-old Captain Ariana Savino of Covington, Washington, 34-year-old technical sergeant Ashley Pruitt of Bardstown, Kentucky, 38-year-old Captain Seth Koval of Moore's ville, Indiana, 30-year-old Captain Curtis Angst of Williamton, Ohio, and 28-year-old technical sergeant Tyler Simmons of Columbus, Ohio. The Secretary Chris Wright says he expects the war in Iran to come to an end in the next few weeks. Wright made the comment during an appearance on ABC's This Week, adding that people will quote, see a rebound in supplies and a pushing down of prices after that. We were very aware, very aware that we would have short-term disruption. We would cause a little bit of increased prices on Americans.

2:05It comes as drivers are paying steep prices at the gas pump as a result of the conflict. Triple A says the current price for regular gas in the U.S. averages about $3.70 a gallon that's up around 25 cents from last week. As of today, California gas prices are the highest in the nation with a state average for regular gas at about $5.48 a gallon. Thousands are without power in Hawaii as a huge storm batters the islands. Flash flooding has forced evacuations on Oahu's North Shore. Indian fall totals have nearly reached two feet in parts of Maui, only Sikartan. The State Department has cut the fee Americans pay to announce their U.S. citizenship. Jim Forbes has more. Ender a new rule that went into effect on Friday. The fee was lowered by nearly 80 percent, bringing the cost down from over $2,300 to $450. The State Department said in the rule that it lowered the fee as a policy decision to reduce the cost burden on people seeking a certificate of loss of nationality.

3:08The Department estimates nearly 5,000 people apply each year for the certificate to renounce their citizenship. A federal judge has blocked subpoenas that were served against Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell by the Justice Department. The subpoenas were related to a probe into the management of the Fed's renovation. Judge James Boasberg said a mountain of evidence suggests the government served these subpoenas on the board to pressure its chair into voting for lower interest rates or resigning. U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Piro, Slam Boasberg's decision and said the DOJ plans to appeal. President Trump has called for Powell to lower rates and has went after the current Fed chair since the start of his second term. Sean Diddy-Kombs is appealing his 50-month sentence. The Friday filing argues that the rapper had been found not guilty of the more serious charge and that the 50-month sentence for the man-at-conviction punishes him for crimes of which he was acquitted. Kombs is describing his sentencing as a perversion of justice. In New Jersey, two teens and a construction worker are recovering after getting heard in

4:12a gas line explosion in Newark, Lisa Selvati with more. Officials say utility workers fixing a waterline on magazine street and around noon hit a gas line by mistake. The explosion took out the front facade of a private house. ABC7 reports the kids who live in the house that was damaged, suffered injuries to their face and head. They're expected to be okay. meantime the Red Cross is assisting those who were evacuated. I'm Lisa Carton.