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Fox News Hourly Update

5PM ET 03/18/2026 Newscast

18 Mar 2026

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Chapter 1: What are the latest threats discussed by intelligence officials?

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Top intelligence officials on the Capitol Hill Grill. On Lisa Brady, Fox News. At a Senate hearing on worldwide threats, focusing mainly on Iran. National Intelligence Director Tulsi Gabbard told the Senate Intelligence Committee the Iranian regime remains intact, but its leadership and military capabilities have been significantly degraded.

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The ICSS is that if a hostile regime survives, it will likely seek to begin a years long effort to rebuild its military missiles and UAV forces. She said this about a threat to the United States.

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Chapter 2: How is Iran responding to recent military actions?

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The intelligence community assesses that Russia, China, North Korea, Iran and Pakistan have been researching and developing an array of novel, advanced or traditional missile delivery systems with nuclear and conventional payloads that put our homeland within range. and that adversarial countries will be able to threaten us with a collective 16,000 missiles by the year 2035.

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Fox's Jessica Rosenthal, Democrats challenging Gabbard's insistence that the president decides what is or isn't an imminent threat. Iran loses another top official, the third taken out by Israel in two days, this time the country's intelligence minister. And Iran has been firing back at Israel... As Iran retaliates, neighborhoods near Tel Aviv burned.

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Last night, at least two cluster bombs were fired into Israel by Iranian missiles. They break up into dozens of bomblets, which are making it past the air defenses. Last night, after midnight local time, a cluster bomb hit several neighborhoods around Tel Aviv.

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Chapter 3: What allegations are emerging against Cesar Chavez?

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Two people, 70 years old, were hit by shrapnel when a bomblet hit their apartment, and they were killed. Fox's Mike Tobin in Tel Aviv. Iran also launching another round of attacks on Persian Gulf neighbors, including a strike in a Saudi Arabian province home to many oil fields, while threatening to ramp up strikes on oil and gas facilities in Qatar and the UAE.

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Meantime, Iran's state media releasing a second written statement said to be from the new supreme leader, vowing vengeance for martyrs. Earlier today, President Trump attending a dignified transfer for six U.S. service members killed in a crash over Iraq. America is listening to Fox News. This is Ainsley Earhart. Thank you for joining me for the 52-episode podcast series, The Life of Jesus.

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Chapter 4: How is extreme weather affecting different regions in the U.S.?

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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. A renowned labor and civil rights leader who died more than 30 years ago is facing more abuse allegations with a group named for him already distancing itself from annual celebrations in his honor.

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Leaders of the United Farm Workers Union say not only will it not be involved in this month's celebrations of Cesar Chavez, it's also planning to establish a, quote, confidential channel for people to share details or experiences they had with him in the union's early years.

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It comes after the Cesar Chavez Foundation announced on Tuesday that he is accused of engaging in, quote, inappropriate sexual behavior with women and children during his time as president of the Farm Workers Union, which was co-founded by Chavez in 1962. Cesar Chavez Day is celebrated on his birthday on March 31st to commemorate workers' rights. Fox's Tanya J. Powers.

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In a statement released today, labor rights leader Dolores Huerta says she was sexually abused by Chavez and stayed silent for 60 years out of concern for the farmworker movement. While the Midwest is digging out from a blizzard, the southwestern U.S.

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Chapter 5: What is the current state of the Federal Reserve's interest rate policy?

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is hit with a March heat wave, an extreme heat warning in effect for cities including Phoenix, Vegas, and around L.A., facing possible triple-digit heat with the potential for record temperatures in some areas. The Fed leaves its benchmark interest rate unchanged, still forecasting just one rate cut this year.

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The decision to pause was widely expected, but not unanimous, with Stephen Myron dissenting. But Chairman Powell is pointing to persistent inflation and the escalating war over in Iran as major risks. With gas prices spiking, the chance of a rate cut has dramatically shifted. Analysts who previously hoped for spring relief are now pushing their forecasts all the way back to October or December.

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Fox Business's Darren Botello at the White House, though the Fed chief also says no one is sure at this point how the economic impact of fighting in the Middle East will play out. Rising oil and gas prices weighing on stocks, though the Dow dropping 768 points. I'm Lisa Brady, Fox News. Join Fox in supporting our troops.

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