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Fox News Hourly Update

11PM ET 03/18/2026 Newscast

19 Mar 2026

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Chapter 1: What recent events are escalating tensions in the Middle East?

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Tensions rising in the Middle East. I'm Lisa Lucera, Fox News. As Iran launches a fresh round of attacks on its neighbors. Saudi Arabia says five drones flew at their oil infrastructure. Four ballistic missiles flew at Riyadh. And the Saudi foreign minister said what little trust existed before with Iran has completely been shattered.

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Iran also fired on Qatar's largest liquefied natural gas field. That prompted Qatar to declare Iranian security and military attaches persona non grata. Fox's Mike Tobin in Tel Aviv. Qatar is a key source of natural gas. It already shut its production earlier this year.

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President Trump posting on True Social a short time ago that Israel would not make any more attacks on Iran's South Pars gas field. But he wrote, if Iran attacks Qatar again, the U.S. will retaliate and blow up the entirety of the field. Democrats claim Attorney General Pam Bondi can't be trusted as they storm out of a closed-door meeting about the Epstein files. Attorney

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Attorney General Pam Bondi responding to Democrats walking out of a briefing on the Epstein files. We gave them really as much time as they wanted. And one congresswoman screamed C-SPAN wasn't in there, so she didn't want to ask questions. Yet all day long they've been on social media saying they had all these questions.

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Stressing she made it clear she would follow the law regarding her subpoena, House Oversight Committee Ranking Member Congressman Robert Garcia. We look forward to asking all of our questions of the Attorney General when she comes in, in a deposition, under oath, transcribed, and then made available to the American people.

Chapter 2: How is Qatar responding to Iranian military actions?

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alleging Bondi's briefing was a way to evade testifying under oath. Fox's Christian Goodwin. Bondi has been subpoenaed by the committee and is expected to appear for a deposition next month. A confirmation hearing held today for President Trump's pick to next head the Department of Homeland Security. Mark Wayne Mullen claimed he would be a steady hand. America's listening to Fox News.

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This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52-episode podcast series, The Life of Jesus. A listening experience that will provide hope, comfort, and understanding of the greatest story ever told. Listen and follow now at foxnewspodcasts.com or wherever you listen to podcasts. Vice President J.D. Vance in Michigan today pushing President Trump's agenda.

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Speaking at Engineering Design Services, a manufacturing plant in Auburn Hills, Michigan, Vice President J.D. Vance talking up the 2,000 jobs added in the state under President Trump's second term, saying no longer will American manufacturing be sent overseas. We were sick of shipping American industry overseas.

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We are going to build right here in Michigan, right here at home, right here in the United States of America, and that's what we've done. Michigan Democrats call the policies anti-union.

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Chapter 3: What are the implications of President Trump's statements regarding Iran and Qatar?

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The vice president saying the administration's tax cuts have also started making their way into the Michigan economy. Democrats point to higher prices at the gas pump. Jeff Monasso, Fox News. The Trump administration tells the federal court the artificial intelligence company Anthropic is an unacceptable risk to national security.

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Anthropix sued after being designated a national security supply chain risk, banning it from defense or defense-related contracts. Its cloud AI model is used in classified military systems, including in Iran. War Secretary Hegzith wants a provision in Anthropix's contract that its technology can be used for any lawful purpose.

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The company objects to its use for mass surveillance or the development of autonomous weapons. Government attorneys say Anthropix's behavior during negotiations shows it cannot be a trusted partner. The lawsuit in California is asking a judge to block the supply chain risk designation while the case plays out in court. A separate lawsuit in D.C.

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is over President Trump ordering all federal agencies to stop using clot, giving the Pentagon six months to phase it out of military systems. Chris Foster, Fox News.

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Chapter 4: What controversies surround Attorney General Pam Bondi's briefing on the Epstein files?

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After his death, a generative AI version of Al Kilmer will co-star in an independent film and one of the boldest uses yet of artificial intelligence in movie making. Kilmer had signed on to do the movie but was unable to due to his health. His estate gave permission to use his image. Kilmer died last April from pneumonia at age 65. I'm Lisa Lucera. This is Fox News.

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