Warships Wanted, New Cholesterol Guidelines & 'One Battle' Wins Big - Monday, March 16, 2026
The NewsWorthy
Erica Mandy
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🗓️ 16 March 2026
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The news to know for Monday, March 16, 2026!
What to know about the latest targets hit in the Middle East and President Trump's new messages for enemies and allies as more American troops head that way.
Also, a massive storm system with widely different impacts depending on where you live. We'll tell you which states are expected to see what today.
Plus: who took top honors at last night's Academy Awards, how the White House is making billions of dollars from the TikTok deal, and the brackets are set! What you need to know about this year's March Madness.
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| 0:00.0 | Today is Monday, March 16th. What to know about the latest targets hit in the Middle East, |
| 0:04.9 | and President Trump's new messages for enemies and allies as more American troops head that way. |
| 0:10.4 | Also a massive storm system with widely different impacts, depending on where you live, |
| 0:15.0 | will tell you which states are expected to see what today. Plus, who took top honors at |
| 0:19.5 | last night's Academy Awards, how the White House is |
| 0:22.0 | making billions of dollars from the TikTok deal, and the brackets are set, what you need to know |
| 0:26.9 | about this year's March Madness. Those stories and more news coming up. |
| 0:32.7 | Welcome to The Newsworthy, all the day's news in less than 15 minutes. I'm Erica Mandy. Thanks so much for being here. |
| 0:39.6 | Let's do this. The war with Iran has now entered its third week, and at this point, it's not |
| 0:47.7 | clear exactly how or when it will end. Air strikes have been hitting Iran throughout the weekend and have |
| 0:53.4 | hit major Iranian targets like |
| 0:55.4 | Karg Island, which was considered a big escalation since the island is critical to the country's |
| 1:00.5 | economy. About 90% of Iran's oil exports move through facilities there, though none of those |
| 1:06.4 | facilities were actually hit over the weekend. President Trump says he held off on hitting |
| 1:10.6 | oil infrastructure |
| 1:11.6 | at Carg Island for reasons of decency. But it's a decision he says he would reconsider if ships |
| 1:17.3 | continue to be targeted in the Strait of Hormuz, which is considered the world's most important |
| 1:21.7 | energy transfer route. President Trump is also calling on other countries to send warships to end |
| 1:27.2 | what's essentially |
| 1:27.9 | Iran's blockade of the strait. And he told the Financial Times, if they don't agree, it will be, quote, |
| 1:33.1 | very bad for the future of NATO. The Wall Street Journal says the Trump administration plans to |
| 1:37.7 | announce as soon as this week that it's formed a coalition with other countries to escort ships |
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