Day: March 23, 2026

President Trump has given Iran 48 hours to reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face strikes on its power plants and Iran is threatening to close the vital shipping waterway indefinitely if he follows through. Congress returns this week with airport lines growing and TSA agents going unpaid, as President Trump links any DHS deal to a long list of new demands including voter ID and ending mail-in voting. And hundreds of ICE agents have been deployed to help address chaos in airports across the U.S., but mixed messages have left questions about what they will actually do ease security lines. Want more analysis of the most important news of the day, plus a little fun? Subscribe to the Up First newsletter. Today’s episode of Up First was edited by Hannah Bloch, Anna Yukhananov, Mohamad ElBardicy, and Alice Woelfle. It was produced by Ziad Buchh and Ava Pukatch. Our director is Christopher Thomas. We get engineering support from Zo van Ginhoven. Our technical director is Carleigh Strange. (0:00) Introduction (01:57) Trump’s Hormuz Deadline (05:50) Congress DHS Funding (09:18) ICE In Airports To manage podcast ad preferences, review the links below: See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for sponsorship and to manage your podcast sponsorship preferences. Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy

At a New York airport, an Air Canada plane collided with a ground vehicle during landing, killing two pilots.

The incident happened on the runway as the plane was landing and the vehicle was moving toward another plane.

There were 72 passengers and four crew members onboard. 41 people were hospitalized.

The airport was temporarily closed.

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) Mar 23, 2026

Some US car buyers envy what they cannot have – affordable Chinese EVs  reut.rs/3PFe98h  reut.rs/3PFe98h

— Reuters (@Reuters) Mar 23, 2026

Daytime view of the fires at the Primorsk oil transfer terminal after being struck by Ukraine in a large-scale strike last night.

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— OSINT Intuit™ (@UKikaski) Mar 23, 2026

Former Google executive Matt Brittin named new BBC director-general, The Times reports  reut.rs/4bLDmoZ  reut.rs/4bLDmoZ

— Reuters (@Reuters) Mar 23, 2026