Trump threatens to ‘take’ Cuba; how to strength train like a pro; shark friends; and more
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🗓️ 17 March 2026
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Tuesday, March 17. The seven stories you need to know today.
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| 0:00.0 | Iran's regime appears to be going nowhere. |
| 0:06.0 | President Trump threatened to take Cuba. |
| 0:09.2 | And if you thought sharks were friendless, think again. |
| 0:13.5 | That's some of what we'll get to on the seven from the Washington Post. |
| 0:17.5 | I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Tuesday, March 17th. |
| 0:22.7 | Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. Number one. According to U.S. intelligence, Iran's regime will likely remain in |
| 0:34.1 | power for now. U.S. and Israeli airst air strikes have been hitting Iran for more than two weeks. |
| 0:41.0 | The strikes have significantly degraded Iran's missile capability and navy, and killed many of |
| 0:46.8 | its leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Hamenei. But U.S. intelligence assessments say that Iran's |
| 0:53.2 | regime will likely stay in place, weakened, but more hard line. |
| 0:58.2 | The 47-year-old Islamic Republic and its security forces could even be emboldened by the conflict. |
| 1:05.3 | According to people familiar with the assessments, the regime believes it stood up to Trump and survived. Meanwhile, U.S. |
| 1:12.7 | allies in the Gulf say they are furious with the Trump administration and alarmed at being |
| 1:18.0 | the targets of retaliatory barrages of Iranian missiles and drones. Trump yesterday expressed |
| 1:24.5 | surprise at the breadth of Iran's retaliation. He said, we were shocked. |
| 1:29.9 | They fought back. President Trump told reporters he will have the honor of taking Cuba. That's number two. |
| 1:41.7 | Since capturing Venezuelan leader Nicholas Maduro in January, Trump has hinted repeatedly that Cuba would be next. |
| 1:49.4 | He has been piling pressure on the Caribbean nation with an oil blockade. |
| 1:54.1 | Yesterday, Cuba's energy grid collapsed. |
| 1:57.4 | Trump was asked yesterday what his plans were for Cuba. |
| 2:00.9 | He threatened again to topple its communist government. |
| 2:04.5 | You know, all my life I've been hearing about the United States and Cuba. |
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