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Foreign. Bill O'Reilly, here. You are listening to the O'Reilly Update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater.
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Thank you, Bill. It is Thursday, March 12, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Attack on tankers, temporary protected status, Starbucks leaving Seattle and John Cornyn flips. It's all coming up. And Bill's gonna be here with your message of the day. But first, Iran is launching sea drones against oil tankers. At least three oil tankers were struck by Iran, one off the coast of the UAE and two off of Basra, Iraq. The BBC is reporting that one of the ships that was struck off the coast of Iraq is a US Owned but a Marshall Islands flagged ship. The practice of flagging is to allow ship owners to operate their ship under lower regulatory burdens while paying fewer costs. And it's been a conversation for a while now how much security the US should give to ship owners who fly the cheapest flag of convenience. The Marshall Islands doesn't even have a military. But either way, innocent ships. We've been told about Iran's so called mosquito fleet of several hundred small boats with Chinese made anti ship missile launchers on them. It's being reported that the new Supreme Leader, the 56 year old son of the old supreme leader has lost a leg, has other serious injuries and might even be in a coma. The Department of Justice issued an emergency request for the Supreme Court to lift a judge's decision preventing the termination of temporary protected status amnesty for about 350,000 Haitian migrants. The Department of Justice says lower courts were again attempting to block major executive branch policy initiatives in ways that inflict specific harm to the national interest and foreign relations. In February, a Biden appointed judge blocked President Trump's administration from ending TPS amnesty for Haitian migrants, arguing that the administration's process was illegitimate. Temporary protected status lasts usually six months. Haitians have had it for 16 years after an earthquake in 2010. The founder of Starbucks, Howard Schultz, said he and his wife are moving from the Democrat run city of Seattle, Washington to Florida. This is right after Washington passed a millionaire's tax affecting people who make more than a million dollars a year. Florida has zero income tax for everybody. Starbucks headquarters are also expanding in Nashville, Tennessee, another state with no income tax. Senator John Cornyn of Texas is in a big primary battle to keep his job and to try to save his job. He said he has now switched his view on ending the filibuster. He wrote an op ed in the New York Post called why the SAVE Act Matters more than the filibuster, he said, a rule is only a rule if both sides follow it. I believe that Democrats, with their votes and statements, have already dealt the filibuster a fatal blow. The Senate rules will change eventually, whether Republicans like it or not. He then said, I support whatever changes to Senate rules may prove necessary for us to get the Save America act passed. I'm Mike Slater. I have a podcast called Politics by faith on the YouTube. Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day next.