{"id":205116,"date":"2026-03-23T17:41:45","date_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:41:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-gives-iran-an-ultimatum-iran-issues-middle-east-a-threat-the-guardian\/"},"modified":"2026-03-23T17:41:45","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T17:41:45","slug":"trump-news-at-a-glance-president-gives-iran-an-ultimatum-iran-issues-middle-east-a-threat-the-guardian","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quixnet.net\/wpinstance\/trump-news-at-a-glance-president-gives-iran-an-ultimatum-iran-issues-middle-east-a-threat-the-guardian\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump news at a glance: president gives Iran an ultimatum, Iran issues Middle East a threat – The Guardian"},"content":{"rendered":"

Trump vows to \u2018hit and obliterate\u2019 Iran\u2019s power plants if it fails to reopen strait of Hormuz by his deadline \u2013 key US politics stories from 22 March at a glance
Donald Trump has given Iran 48 hours to reopen the strait of Hormuz to shipping or face the destruction of its energy infrastructure, as Tehran launched its most destructive attack yet on Israel.
The ultimatum, made just a day after the US president said he was considering \u201cwinding down\u201d military operations<\/a> after three weeks of war, came as the key oil passage remained effectively closed and thousands more US Marines headed to the Middle East.
Trump wrote on Truth Social that the US would \u201chit and obliterate\u201d Iranian power plants \u2013 \u201cstarting with the biggest one first\u201d \u2013 if Tehran did not fully reopen the strait within 48 hours, or 23:44 GMT on Monday according to the time of his post.
Tehran in response said it will \u201cirreversibly destroy\u201d essential infrastructure across the Middle East, including vital water systems, if the US follows through on Donald Trump\u2019s threat.
Here are the main stories:
Trump\u2019s ultimatum came hours after two Iranian missiles struck southern Israel, injuring more than 100 people<\/a> in the most destructive attack since the war began. The Israel prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, vowed to retaliate \u201con all fronts\u201d.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump<\/a> and his border tsar, Tom Homan, have confirmed that the president\u2019s administration is sending Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to US airports beginning Monday to assist with security amid extremely long lines \u2013 and to help airport security agents who have been working without pay since 14 February because of a partial government shutdown.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
\u201cHe tends to be naive about how things can happen,\u201d Leon Panetta<\/a>, a former US defence secretary and Central Intelligence Agency director, told the Guardian. \u201cIf he says it and keeps saying it there\u2019s always a hope that what he says will come true. But that\u2019s what kids do. It\u2019s not what presidents do.\u201d
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Donald Trump has endorsed Hungary\u2019s prime minister, Viktor Orb\u00e1n, who faces his toughest electoral challenge next month since taking power 16 years ago, as Europe\u2019s far-right leaders gather for a \u201cgrand assembly\u201d in Budapest.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
During Donald Trump\u2019s second administration, the SEC has retreated from its prior approach under Joe Biden\u2019s administration, as well as the first Trump administration<\/a>, which entailed regulating the sector through frequent enforcement actions and approaching a wide slate of crypto-assets as securities.
Read the full story<\/sub><\/a>
Federal prosecutors have dropped criminal charges against a woman accused of participating in a controversial January protest at a Minnesota church<\/a><\/strong> after the woman apparently did not attend the event at all.
Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s nomination of Republican senator Markwayne Mullin<\/a> of Oklahoma to be the president\u2019s next head of homeland security on Sunday advanced toward final confirmation after the US Senate voted 54-37 to limit debate on the appointment<\/a><\/strong>.
Officials have warned of serious consequences after the number of volunteer firefighters, the bedrock of firefighting in the US, plunged, leading to entire departments closing in some states<\/a><\/strong>.
Trump and RFK Jr touted leucovorin as a treatment for autism. Then the FDA quietly walked it back<\/a>.<\/strong>
Last week, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency registered the alien.gov and aliens.gov web domains, adding both to the official government website registry<\/a><\/strong>.
Catching up? Here\u2019s what happened on 21 March 2026<\/a><\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n

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