Trump gives Iran an ultimatum — and gets threats in return

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  Good morning.

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  Trump tells Iran to open up the Strait of Hormuz today or face major escalation.

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  The president is not going to stand for this regime

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  as it's threatened and tried for five decades

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  to hold the world's energy supplies hostage under its genocidal intent.

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  But so far, Iran is showing no signs of budging.

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  Also, why ICE agents are turning up at airports today.

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  And what happened when the US government accidentally turned off tax deadlines.

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  This is a reminder that Congress sometimes writes laws

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  in ways that have unintended consequences and the words on the page matter.

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  It's Monday, March 23rd.

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  I'm Cecilia Leigh and this is Apple News Today.

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  Is the war winding down as President Trump suggested on Friday, or is it about to escalate in a dramatic way?

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  That might become a little clearer by the end of today.

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  In a Truth Social post over the weekend, Trump said that

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  if Iran doesn't start letting oil tankers through the Strait of Hormuz by tonight,

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  the US forces will, quote, "obliterate the country's power plants."

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  Trump's ambassador to the UN, Mike Waltz, said he wouldn't rule anything out on CBS yesterday, including nuclear plants.

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  "I would never take anything off the table for the president, certainly not on national television.

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  However, there are larger plans. There's one outside of Tehran,"

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