Chapter 1: What recent developments are there in the Iran conflict?
Operation Epic Fury could restart. I'm Dave Anthony, Fox News. We remain present. We remain vigilant and we remain ready if called.
That's CENTCOM Commander Admiral Brad Cooper in a new post on X. After President Trump warned Iran on Truth Social, all ships and personnel, ammunition and weaponry will remain in place until... the real agreement is in place and fully implied with. Adding, if it's not, the shooting starts bigger and better and stronger.
Now, Iran continues to claim the ceasefire is being breached by Israel with deadly attacks in Lebanon.
We do have a new statement from Iran's president, Massoud Poseshkin, who said the repeated aggression by the Zionist entity against Lebanon is a flagrant violation of the... initial ceasefire agreement and a dangerous indicator of deceit and lack of commitment to potential accords.
Chapter 2: How is inflation impacting the economy amid the Iran situation?
The coordination of these aggressions will render negotiations meaningless. Our hands will remain on the trigger and Iran will never abandon its Lebanese brothers and sisters.
That's Fox's Trey Yinkston, Tel Aviv, also potentially threatening the ceasefire ahead of negotiations this weekend. News reports from Iran suggesting they have mined the Strait of Hormuz, which President Trump demanded be open immediately to allow more oil and other shipping. And so oil prices have gone back up, rising 6% WTI back over $100 a barrel.
And speaking of prices... Inflation before the Iran conflict came in as expected, rising 2.8% for the year ending in February, matching the January reading. The PCE price index was up 0.4% from January to February.
Fox's Ginny Casola also details another report showing the economy grooving less than we thought back in the fall.
The gross domestic product for the end of last year, the reading on the overall economy, was revised slightly lower to up half a percent. The quarter was impacted by the government shutdown.
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Chapter 3: What are the current trends in unemployment claims and jobless benefits?
In another report, first-time unemployment claims rose last week, but the number of people continuing to collect jobless benefits declined, and there's a little bit of a sell-off on Wall Street. America's listening to Fox News. Back to Wall Street. The day after the biggest surge since April of last year when the Dow rose more than 1,300 points. The Dow giving a little back. It's down 50.
The NASDAQ losing 60 points. The S&P 500 off by about 7. We mentioned oil rising back up. Gas rising.
Chapter 4: How have oil prices changed due to geopolitical tensions?
Not changed today. AAA's national average for regular remains $4.16 a gallon, still a dollar more than or plus than the conflict before Iran started. And diesel's up to $5.68, 13 cents shy of a record high.
And speaking of paying more... According to LendingTree, the cost for raising a child for 18 years in the United States has climbed to $303,418 now here in 2026. If you average that out, it's about $16,857 per year. First time the figure has gotten up over 300 grand since LendingTree began the analysis in 2023. It's up about 2% from a year earlier.
Three states saw costs jump more than 20% though from a year earlier. Alaska, Kansas, and Montana. The most expensive state to raise a child?
Chapter 5: What is the financial cost of raising a child in 2026?
Hawaii. Families expected to spend more than $412,000 over the 18 years. John Saucier, Fox News.
Now an update on the case against Tiger Woods. Martin County, Florida prosecutors are seeking Tiger Woods prescription drug records from a pharmacy that a week after his vehicle crashed and he was arrested on suspicion of DUI.
According to documents, they want the times the prescriptions were filled, the number of pills, the dosage amounts and any instructions that accompanied the pills, such as warnings about driving while taking them. Woods said last week that he is stepping away to seek treatment. It's the second time Woods has taken a leave from public life following a car crash.
He was also in a 2021 car crash that damaged his right leg so badly, he said doctors considered amputation. Jay Berman, Fox News.
Chapter 6: What updates are there on the Tiger Woods case?
So, of course, Tiger Woods is not at Augusta missing the Masters this year. Golf's first major teed off this morning. I'm Dave Anthony and this is Fox News.