New Phase of War?, Longest Shutdown & Tiger Woods Arrested - Monday, March 30, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 30 March 2026
⏱️ 14 minutes
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The news to know for Monday, March 30, 2026!
What to know about possible plans to start a ground operation in Iran as thousands more American troops arrive in the Middle East — and several more have been hurt.
And Iran-linked hackers have targeted the head of the FBI.
Also, we have an update about efforts to fund DHS and pay TSA workers.
Plus: we'll tell you about Tiger Woods' latest car crash, which new women's sports team just set an all-time record for attendance, and the movie shaping up to be the year's first true blockbuster.
Those stories and even more news to know in about 10 minutes!
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, March 30th, what to know about possible plans to start a ground operation in Iran |
| 0:05.3 | as thousands more American troops arrive in the Middle East and several more have been hurt. |
| 0:09.9 | And Iran-linked hackers have targeted the head of the FBI. |
| 0:13.6 | Also, we have an update about efforts to fund DHS and pay TSA workers. |
| 0:18.1 | Plus, we'll tell you about Tiger Woods' latest car crash, which new women's sports team |
| 0:22.6 | just set an all-time record for attendance, and the movie shaping up to be this year's |
| 0:27.0 | first true blockbuster. |
| 0:28.9 | Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:33.2 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. |
| 0:38.2 | I'm Erica Mandy. |
| 0:46.7 | Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. The U.S. is now preparing for weeks of ground operations in Iran. At least that's according to news outlets like The Washington Post that say this |
| 0:51.7 | could become a dangerous new phase of war should President Trump |
| 0:55.3 | choose to escalate. Thousands more American troops started arriving in the Middle East over the weekend, |
| 1:00.2 | including Marines, Army Rangers, and Navy SEALs. Reports say they haven't been assigned specific |
| 1:04.9 | missions yet. Yesterday, President Trump told the Financial Times his preference would be to take Iran's |
| 1:10.3 | oil. And in the past, |
| 1:12.0 | he said his objectives have to do with Iran's nuclear power and ballistic missiles. So some |
| 1:16.9 | reports say an option on the table includes a risky ground assault to seize Iran's enriched uranium |
| 1:22.5 | that some American officials say could one day be used in a nuclear weapon. On the other side, Iran says |
| 1:28.4 | whatever Trump decides, its country's military is ready and waiting and that it will, quote, |
| 1:33.5 | rain fire on any American troops trying to enter Iranian territory. It's also launched a campaign |
| 1:38.8 | that's name translates to sacrificing life to recruit volunteers to fight U.S. forces. For now, the U.S. and Israel are |
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