Tuesday, March 17, 2026

Trump Pressures Cuba, Vaccine Policies Blocked & St. Patrick’s Day

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Read more about the stories in today's show:

Allies Divided Over Mideast War: NY Times, WSJ, AP, NBC News, Reuters, The Guardian

Trump Threatens Cuba Amid Island-Wide Blackout: Bloomberg, Reuters, CNN, AP, NY Times

IL Primaries Today: ABC News, NY Times, AP, WMAQ, Yahoo! News

White House Chief of Staff’s Cancer Diagnosis: Truth Social, Politico, WaPo, Axios, Reuters

Severe Weather Smashes Records: TWC, Fox Weather, USA Today, AP, ABC News

Board Approves Kennedy Center Closure: AP, The Hill, WaPo, NY Times

Judge Blocks RFK Jr. Vaccine Policies: NBC News, AP, WSJ, Bloomberg

Bank of America Reaches Epstein-Related Settlement: ABC News, Insider, BBC, WSJ

New Anti-Fraud Business Alliance: Google, Axios, Engadget, UN News

St. Patrick’s Day: Nat Geo, History, BBC, USA Today, WNBC, CBS News

Trivia Tuesday: Which part of the body feels the most pain?
Last Week’s Q: Who was the only U.S. president born on the west coast?
Last Week’s A: Richard Nixon
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