Top Iranian Leaders Killed, Senate's Marathon Debate & Banksy Unmasked - Wednesday, March 18, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 18 March 2026
⏱️ 15 minutes
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The news to know for Wednesday, March 18, 2026!
We're talking about a critical moment in the war in the Middle East and why a high-ranking Trump administration official has resigned in protest.
Also, a bitter debate now underway as Congress considers a controversial election bill.
And the goals of a new government hiring push barely a year after massive government downsizing.
Plus: what was behind a rare fireball seen above several states, how new shipping options work for Amazon customers, and who made history at the shocking World Baseball Classic championship.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Wednesday, March 18th. We're talking about a critical moment in the war in the Middle |
| 0:04.4 | East and why a high-ranking Trump administration official has resigned in protest. Also a bitter |
| 0:09.6 | debate now underway as Congress considers a controversial election bill and the goals of a new |
| 0:15.0 | government hiring push barely a year after massive government downsizing. Plus, what was behind |
| 0:20.3 | a rare fireball seen above several |
| 0:22.2 | states, how new shipping options work for Amazon customers, and who made history at the shocking |
| 0:27.6 | World Baseball Classic Championship. Those stories and even more news to know coming up. |
| 0:34.1 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. |
| 0:38.4 | I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. Let's do this. |
| 0:44.4 | The latest attacks in the Middle East have been called the most damaging blows to Iran since the first day of the war. |
| 0:50.5 | Israeli strikes killed influential Iranian leaders, including top security official Ali Lairijani. |
| 0:56.1 | He was a strong force in Iran's theocracy and was believed to be leading the current war effort. |
| 1:01.3 | The strikes also killed Golam Reza Salamani, who led Iran's powerful plain-closed militia. |
| 1:07.0 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says the killings now give the Iranian people the chance to remove the regime for good. |
| 1:13.3 | But there have been no signs of anti-government protests since the war began. |
| 1:17.3 | And experts say the latest deaths could embolden more hardline Iranian officials who think the Islamic Republic can survive only through fighting. |
| 1:25.3 | Already this morning, Iran has responded with new missile and drone attacks on |
| 1:29.2 | Israel and its Gulf Arab neighbors. And another strike reportedly hit inside the U.S. embassy compound |
| 1:34.6 | in Baghdad Iraq early this morning. Meanwhile, the U.S. still seems concentrated on the Strait of |
| 1:40.1 | Hormuz, which is considered the world's most important energy transfer route. The U.S. military |
| 1:45.1 | says it fired multiple bombs on Iranian missile sites along Iran's coastline near the strait. The bombings |
| 1:51.0 | were announced hours after President Trump confirmed NATO and other allies rejected his calls to help |
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