Chapter 1: What updates are there on U.S. military involvement in the Middle East?
More troops head to the Middle East. I'm Kathleen Maloney, Fox News. Thousands of Marines on their way to Iran in case President Trump orders a ground invasion. Even as Iranian parliament leader says its military is waiting for American troops. Fox's Lucas Tomlinson with the latest from the White House.
The White House said from the beginning this war would last four to six weeks. We're now past the one-month mark. With one aircraft carrier now out of the fight, Ford in Croatia at anchor and likely heading home soon, flight operations continue aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln in the northern Arabian Sea.
There's been some skepticism on Capitol Hill about the war and some lawmakers asking why Iran is still able to launch dozens of drones and ballistic missiles each day one month into the war, weeks after the Pentagon claimed 90 percent have been destroyed. More than 2,000 Marines aboard the USS Tripoli have now arrived in the Arabian Sea.
Chapter 2: How is the White House responding to the ongoing war with Iran?
Meanwhile, Pakistan's foreign minister says his country will host talks between the U.S. and Iran in hopes of finding a resolution to the war. He made a televised announcement today after top diplomats from regional countries met in Islamabad. He didn't say whether the talks would be direct or indirect, but did say both Iran and the U.S.
have expressed their confidence in Pakistan facilitating those talks. A civilian plane had to be intercepted by NORAD aircraft near President Trump's location in Palm Beach, Florida this afternoon. Fox's Mark Meredith with the details.
NORAD dispatched F-16 fighter jets after a private aircraft entered a no-fly zone or a TFR, temporary restrictions, near where the president was. No matter where the president goes, the FAA and Secret Service create these areas where they don't want any aircraft to be in. NORAD says the F-16s had to dispatch flares to get the pilots' attention.
Chapter 3: What measures are being taken for airport security amid funding issues?
The Secret Service says the president was at no point in danger. U.S. fighter jets escorted the plane out of the no-fly zone. America is listening to Fox News.
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Chapter 4: What challenges are TSA officers facing during the government shutdown?
One officer says that they're very grateful for that, but they do feel betrayed by the government right now who still cannot find a way to fund DHS. And he says he's not sure how much the order will change things. I will thank the president if that does come to fruition because certainly it will help. It's not the cure-all because, again, people are in a hole right now, financial hole.
So he's talking about that record-long government shutdown that happened months ago. But something that is helping out TSA this time around are ICE agents. We're now seeing a lot of them checking people's IDs before the TSA checkpoints.
Fox's Madison Scarpino at Hartsfield-Jackson International Airport. The Senate still needs to vote on the House bill. In Jerusalem, police blocked leaders of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre ahead of Palm Sunday Mass.
Chapter 5: What is the significance of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre during Holy Week?
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying it was for their safety. Fox's Stephanie Bennett has more.
The church authorities say Cardinal Pier Battista Pisabala and also Reverend Francesco Yelpon were stopped outside of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre, believed to be the site of Jesus Christ's crucifixion, where they plan to hold a mass to mark the start of Holy Week, something that has been done, of course, for centuries. But the move is drawing criticism from global leaders and the church.
The U.S. ambassador to Israel, Mike Huckabee, wrote on X, quote, Homefront command guidelines restrict any gatherings to 50 people or less. The four representatives of the Catholic Church were well below that restriction. For the patriarch to be barred from entry to the church on Palm Sunday for a private ceremony is difficult to understand or justify.
Netanyahu's office says it has a plan to enable church leaders to worship at the holy site in the coming days. Missile fire is disrupting Passover and Easter events in Jerusalem.
Chapter 6: How are missile attacks affecting religious events in Jerusalem?
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