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Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 - President Donald Trump said Sunday that he would like to "take the oil in Iran" and is considering seizing the export hub of Kharg Island, which is responsible for more than 90% of Iran's oil exports. In an interview with the Financial Times, Trump said his "preference would be to take the oil." "To be honest with you, my favorite thing is to take the oil in Iran but some stupid people back in the U.S. say: 'Why ...

Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 - Frustrating security lines dwindled at U.S. airports on Monday, removing some of the worst bottlenecks as Transportation Safety Administration officers began receiving backpay for working during the government shutdown. What was a four-hour checkpoint line at Houston's George Bush Intercontinental Airport turned into a wait of 10 minutes or less on Monday. Wait times pushed beyond two hours at New York's LaGuardia ...

Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 - for children born in the United States to someone in the country illegally or temporarily. Wednesday in the Trump administration's appeal of a ruling by a federal judge in New Hampshire who concluded that the executive order the Republican president signed on the first day of his second term "likely violates the Fourteenth Amendment of the Constitution" and federal law. Trump's order was part of his ...

Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 - The information "has come out recently because of a stupid lawsuit that was filed, but the military is building a massive complex under the ballroom, and that's under construction, and we're doing very well," Trump told reporters on Air Force One. "So we're ahead of schedule." that a military bunker under the East Wing would be renovated. The East Wing was demolished in October to be replaced with a $400 million ...

Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 - Knesset approves measure that has been criticised by European countries and rights groups Israel's parliament has passed a law imposing the death penalty on Palestinians convicted of fatal attacks, a measure sharply criticised as discriminatory by European countries and rights groups. The legislation makes the death penalty the default punishment for Palestinians in the Israeli-occupied West Bank found guilty of ...

Monday, Mar 30th, 2026 - Stay up to date with notifications from The Independent Notifications can be managed in browser preferences. Trump may launch a ground invasion of Iran according to reports as the war in the Middle East enters its fifth week Removed from bookmarks As thousands of U.S. Marines head to the Middle East amid reports of an impending ground invasion of Iran , many conservatives are becoming increasingly critical of ...