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Hey, it's Howie Mandel and I am inviting you to witness history as me and my Howie Do It Gaming team take on Gilly the King and Wallow $267 million gaming in an epic Global Gaming League video game showdown. Four rounds, multiple games, one winner, plus a halftime performance by multi platinum artist Travie McCoy. Watch all the action and see who wins and advances to the championship match against Neo right now@globalgamingleague.com that's globalgamingleague.com everybody games.
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A senior Trump official resigned over the war in Iran. It's about to get really hot for a lot of people and I'll share a theory about iPads and boomers. That's some of what we'll get to on the Seven from the Washington Post, I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Wednesday, March 18th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. We'll start with the war in the Middle east and a Post exclusive. Israel has urged Iranians to revolt, but privately assesses they'll be slaughtered if they do, according to a State Department cable reviewed by the Post. Senior Israeli officials told US Diplomats their grim prediction if Iranians take to the streets against their government. Israel's assessment is that Iran's regime is not cracking and is willing to fight to the end. Earlier this year, the regime killed thousands of protesters during anti government demonstrations. Publicly, Israel is calling for a popular uprising in Iran. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has repeatedly said Iranians should overthrow their government. Experts say the dual messages on display in the cable will be viewed by many Iranians as callous and exploitative of Iranian lives. Meanwhile, top US Allies yesterday rejected President Donald Trump's demand to send warships to help reopen the Strait of Hormuz to allow oil and gas tankers to pass. Trump's not happy about that, as he made clear in the Oval Office yesterday.
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But you would have thought they would have said, we'd love to send a couple of minesweepers. It's not a big deal, doesn't cost very much money. But they didn't do that. So you know it. I think it's very unfair to the United States. Not to me, but to the United States.
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European leaders are reluctant to join a conflict Trump started without consulting them. A senior official broke with the White House and resigned over the war in Iran. That's number two. Joe Kent was the intelligence community's top counterterrorism official and an aide to Director of National Intelligence Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard Yesterday, he became the first senior official to openly break ranks with the White House over Iran. In a letter posted on X, he wrote, I cannot in good conscience support the ongoing war in Iran. He said Iran posed no imminent threat to the US and that the war was started because of pressure from Israel. Kent's resignation highlights a divide within Trump's coalition. Some are skeptical of American interventions overseas, while others believe the US Military should advance America's interests around the world. Reacting to the resignation, Trump called Kent a nice guy but very weak on security.
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Somebody is working with us that says they didn't think Iran was a threat. We don't want those people because. And there are some people, I guess I would say that, but they're not smart people or they're not savvy people. Iran was a tremendous threat.
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You will probably hear more from Kent soon. He is expected to record a live episode of the Tucker Carlson show today. Number three voters went to the polls yesterday for primary elections in Illinois. The key race was a Democratic primary for a rare open U.S. senate seat to replace the retiring Senator Dick Durbin, who's also a Democrat. Lieutenant Governor Juliana Stratton won the primary, all but guaranteeing that she will be elected to replace Durbin later this year. She celebrated at a victory party last night. I'm Juliana Stratton. I'm so proud to serve as your
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lieutenant governor, and I am humbled and honored to stand before you tonight as your Democratic nominee.
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Stratton's win was also a victory for Illinois Gov. J.B. pritzker, a billionaire and potential 2028 presidential candidate. Pritzker endorsed Stratton and contributed at least $5 million to a super PAC supporting her. Stratton will become the sixth black woman to serve in the Senate if she wins in November. She will face Dawn Tracy, the former Illinois Republican Party chairman who won the Republican primary. A judge reinstated a thousand Voice of America employees. That's number four. Staffers at the international broadcaster have spent a full year on paid administrative leave while the Trump administration has tried to shrink it to oblivion. Now they've been ordered back to work by Monday. U.S. district Judge Royce Lamberth ruled that the near total shutdown of the agency that oversees VOA violated federal administrative law. He criticized the government's failure to uphold statutory requirements set by Congress, calling it flagrant, and lambasted Carrie Lake. She's the Trump official who oversaw the dismantling of the agency. A group of employees who sued the government celebrated the ruling and said they were eager to rebuild the trust of the global audience we have been unable to serve for the past year. At number five, one city has figured out how to rein in its out of control housing market. Saving up for a home down payment is difficult, but in Portland, Oregon, changes to the zoning code are helping push down prices. The city now has duplexes, triplexes, fourplexes, and even sixplexes on what were once single family lots. Some of the houses are in backyards, some are on wheels, and they don't all face the street. Homes like these are profitable for developers, so Portland doesn't have to incentivize their construction. They are also far more affordable for buyers. So while the county's home prices have continued to rise, overall, the prices of these types of homes are falling. In 2018, the average price was over $800,000. But in 2024 it was about $615,000. An unprecedented March heat wave is ramping up in the West. That's number six when it comes to daytime high temperatures. It's been the warmest March on record so far across, and it's only getting hotter over the next week. More than 800 high temperature records are forecast to be broken at 165 locations, some of them by more than 10 degrees. In parts of California, temperatures will not only break records for March, but April too. In Riverside county, for example, Friday could reach 114 degrees. This unusual heat is being caused by a heat dome which traps hot air over a region. That's on top of rising average temperatures pushed up by climate change, which increases the likelihood, severity and frequency of extreme heat. This kind of heat can be dangerous. So in our newsletter today we have tips for how to stay cool and how to recognize and treat the signs of heatstroke. And at number seven, boomers might be the real iPad babies. When we worry about phone addiction, we usually think about younger people. But perhaps we need to take a closer look at the boomers. Research shows that social media use is growing among people aged 65 and over. An October survey found that adults 50 and older spend 22 hours per week on their devices. All that screen time might not be good for the brain. The impact of phone addiction during retirement, which coincides with the typical age of cognitive decline, has yet to be fully understood. So if you feel like your parents are ignoring you because they're busy scrolling or you've noticed that you're always online, you're not alone. People told the Post about loved ones glued to their phones during family dinners or choosing to scroll rather than play with their grandkids. If you want advice on cutting your screen time, follow the link to the newsletter in our Show Notes. You can also send it to your parents. They're probably online right now. Alright, you're all caught up. But before you go, a reminder that if you're a subscriber to the Washington Post, you can get access to our shows ad free in Apple Podcasts. All you have to do is find the Washington Post channel in Apple Podcasts and connect your post subscription. If you're not a subscriber, this is a great time to start. You can sign up at our channel in Apple Podcasts or through the link in our Show Notes. I'm Hannah Jewell. I'll meet you back here tomorrow.
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Hey, it's Howie Mandel and I am inviting you to witness history as me and my How We Do It Gaming team take on Gilly the king and wallow. $267 million gaming in an epic Global Gaming League video game showdown. Four rounds, multiple games, one winner, plus a halftime performance by multi platinum artist Travy McCoy. Watch all the action and see who wins and advances to the championship match against Neo right now@globalgamingleague.com that's globalgamingleague.com everybody games.
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