Trump Says He Wants Iran's Oil And Travelers Frustrated With Congress Over Shutdown: Morning Rundown

In today’s newsletter: Trump says he wants to return Iran’s lipid as nan warfare sends world prices surging. Travelers definitive vexation pinch Congress arsenic TSA workers are caught successful nan shutdown crossfire. And a stunning March Madness decorativeness seals nan Men’s Final Four.

Here’s what to cognize today.

Trump says he wants Iran's lipid and could prehend Kharg Island

President Donald Trump said yesterday that he would for illustration to “take nan lipid successful Iran” and is considering seizing nan export hub of Kharg Island.

“To beryllium honorable pinch you, my favourite point is to return nan lipid successful Iran but immoderate stupid group backmost successful nan U.S. say: ‘Why are you doing that?’ But they’re stupid people,” nan president said successful an question and reply pinch nan Financial Times.

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The question and reply marks immoderate of Trump’s astir nonstop comments astir his reasoning connected what to do pinch Iran’s lipid and comes arsenic global prices jump. Brent crude lipid surged 3% to much than $116 a tube past night, nan highest level since nan conflict started. Average U.S. gasoline prices deed $3.98 a gallon, according to AAA.

Thousands of U.S. troops arrived successful nan Middle East complete nan weekend, but Trump and his management proceed to sound optimistic astir their 15-point connection to extremity nan warfare a 15-point connection to extremity nan war. Iran accused Washington of secretly readying an battle while seeking negotiations.

The U.S. is “unaware that our men are waiting for American soldiers to participate connected nan crushed truthful they tin group them ablaze and punish their location partners forever,” said Iran’s parliament speaker, Mohammad Bagher Ghalibaf, according to authorities media.

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More connected nan Iran war:

• Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said that his country’s subject will widen its crushed campaign successful confederate Lebanon.
• Russia took outer images of a U.S. aerial base days earlier Iran attacked nan tract and wounded Americans, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told NBC News.

Travelers disappointment pinch Washington arsenic DHS shutdown drags on

Travelers hold successful statement for information screening astatine O'Hare International Airport connected March 27 successful Chicago.Scott Olson / Getty Images

Amid nan agelong lines and airdrome delays, travelers nationwide opportunity they consciousness profoundly sympathetic to nan hose workers caught up successful nan Department of Homeland Security shutdown.

TSA workers “are suffering enough,” said 1 female astatine San Diego International Airport. “We don’t want different 9/11. ... I’d for illustration these group to get funded.”

After an bid from Trump, TSA workers are expected to person astir of their backmost salary starting today, according to an email shared by an agency officer.

Travelers who said pinch NBC News besides expressed vexation pinch Congress and nan national government’s inability to activity together.

“I blasted them all. It’s their occupation to activity this retired and they’re not doing it,” said a Florida resident astatine Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport. “I blasted nan Democrats much if I had to prime a side. Withholding TSA money is not connected target for nan rumor that they’re protesting.”

Here’s what different travelers said.

March Madness nears decorativeness statement arsenic teams beforehand to Final Four

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The Final Four successful nan men’s NCAA Tournament is set: The No. 1 Arizona Wildcats will play nan No. 1 Michigan Wolverines, and nan No. 3 Illinois Fighting Illini will return connected nan No. 2 Connecticut Huskies Saturday successful Indianapolis.

UConn secured its spot aft a come-from-behind victory against nan No. 1 Duke Blue Devils successful nan last crippled of nan men’s Elite Eight yesterday. Huskies freshman Braylon Mullins deed a 3-pointer pinch 0.3 seconds near to win.

In nan women’s bracket, UConn became nan first to triumph a spot successful nan Final Four aft beating Notre Dame 70-52. UCLA besides precocious pinch a 70-58 triumph complete Duke. The last 2 spots will beryllium wished coming arsenic Michigan faces Texas and TCU plays South Carolina.

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Democrats push Trump management to tackle insider trading successful booming prediction markets

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Over 40 Democrats successful nan U.S. House and Senate signed a missive to apical management regulators and morals officials coming asking for governmentwide training connected insider trading successful prediction markets.

The missive highlights concerns that national labor whitethorn person utilized insider knowledge to make hundreds of thousands of dollars successful profit from trades relating to nan seizure of Nicolás Maduro, nan decease of Iran’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei Ayatollah and nan magnitude of White House property conferences.

Federal labor are prohibited by rule from early contracts aliases trading utilizing nonpublic accusation they summation from their jobs. The letter, organized by Sen. Elizabeth Warren, asks nan Commodity Futures Trading Commission and nan Office of Government Ethics to rumor guidance connected regulations.

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• Staying sedentary tin summation dementia risk, but these encephalon workouts could beryllium a defense.

• A video of Taylor Frankie Paul attacking her ex-boyfriend reignited fevered online discourse astir home unit and reactive abuse.

• Trump said he has “no problem” pinch a Russian lipid tanker disconnected nan seashore of Cuba pinch a Russian lipid tanker delivering alleviation to Cuba amid a U.S. lipid blockade.

• A existent property agent’s execution rocked nan industry. After a caller apprehension successful nan long-dormant case, immoderate agents opportunity nan barrage of threats persist — and not capable is done to protect them.

Staff Pick: NASA's make-or-break satellite shot

The countdown is connected for NASA’s first motorboat toward nan satellite successful much than 50 years. As a abstraction reporter, I’m each excessively acquainted pinch nan twists and turns, fits and starts (and often agelong delays) that travel pinch covering large NASA programs, for illustration nan agency’s efforts to return to nan moon. The roadworthy to nan upcoming Artemis II ngo is surely nary exception.

NASA’s Artemis program, which intends to build a guidelines connected nan satellite and found a semipermanent beingness connected nan lunar surface, is years down schedule and billions of dollars complete budget. But an upcoming motorboat connected April 1 — nan first clip astronauts will thrust aboard NASA’s Space Launch System satellite rocket and Orion capsule — could quiet nan program’s critics. The astronauts will not onshore connected nan satellite this clip around, but a successful formation could inject immoderate much-needed momentum into nan agency’s efforts to return astronauts location 1 day.

My communicative examines the precocious stakes progressive pinch nan upcoming Artemis II launch, and outlines nan melodramatic backstory that sewage a 322-foot-tall satellite rocket backmost retired to nan launchpad.

— Denise Chow, science reporter

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