Luke Vargas

I do see a deal in Iran.

Mr. President.

Could be soon.

Plus, Europe hunts for sources of gas beyond the Middle East.

And as checks start arriving for some TSA workers, it could still take days for airports to return to normal.

It's Monday, March 30th.

I'm Luke Vargas for The Wall Street Journal, and here is the AM edition of What's News, the top headlines and business stories moving your world today.

A new unit of more than 2,000 U.S.

troops has arrived in the Middle East.

National security correspondent Shelby Holliday says that the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit puts a number of options on the table for President Trump as he weighs whether to intensify the U.S.

war effort.

One such mission that Trump is considering would involve seizing almost 1,000 pounds of uranium from Iran, a complex task that could put American forces inside the country for days or longer.

We report that Trump hasn't made a decision on whether to give the order, but remains open to the idea since it could prevent Iran from making a nuclear weapon in the future.

White House Press Secretary Caroline Leavitt said it was the Pentagon's job to draft a range of options for the president and that it didn't mean he had made a decision.

The Pentagon didn't comment on the potential operation, and a spokesman for U.S.

Central Command declined to comment.

Meanwhile, the war escalated on several fronts over the weekend, with Yemen's Houthi rebels attacking Israel for the first time on Saturday, following through on a threat to intervene unless the U.S.

and Israel ended fighting.

Israel said that it intercepted a pair of drones from Yemen overnight as it continues to face missile and rocket fire from Iran and Hezbollah.

The Houthi attacks come as Israel has begun rationing its high-end missile interceptors, hoping to preserve supplies of its most capable defensive weapons after four weeks of fighting.