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Hannah Jewell
Iran's regime appears to be going nowhere President Trump threatened to take Cuba and if you thought sharks were friendless, think again. That's some of what we'll get to on the Seven from the Washington Post, I'm Hannah Jewell. It's Tuesday, March 17th. Let's get you caught up with today's seven stories. One. According to US Intelligence, Iran's regime will likely remain in power for now. US And Israeli airstrikes have been hitting Iran for more than two weeks. The strikes have significantly degraded Iran's missile capability and navy and killed many of its leaders, including Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. But US Intelligence assessments say that Iran's regime will likely stay in place, weakened but more hardline. The 47 year old Islamic Republic and its security forces could even be emboldened by the conflict. According to people familiar with the assessments, the regime believes it stood up to Trump and survived. Meanwhile, US Allies in the Gulf say they are furious with the Trump administration and alarmed at being the targets of retaliatory barrages of Iranian missiles and drones. Trump yesterday expressed surprise at the breadth of Iran's retaliation. He said, we were shocked they fought back. President Trump told reporters he will have the honor of taking Cuba. That's number two. Since capturing Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro in January, Trump has hinted repeatedly that Cuba would be next. He has been piling pressure on the Caribbean nation with an oil blockade yesterday. Cuba's energy grid collapsed. Trump was asked yesterday what his plans were for Cuba. He threatened again to topple its communist government.
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Donald Trump
You know, all my life I've been hearing about the United States and Cuba. When will the United States do it? I do believe I'll be the honor of having the honor of taking Cuba. That'd be good. Honor. That's a big honor. Taking Cuba. Taking Cuba in some form. Yeah, taking Cuba. I mean, whether I free it, take it, I think I could do anything I want with it. You want to know the truth? They're a very weakened nation right now. They were for a long time.
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Hannah Jewell
When asked for clarity about what the president meant, a White House official said Trump would prefer to make a deal. Number three, Critics say Trump's appointees are not qualified to vote on his White House ballroom. A federal planning commission will control the fate of Trump's White House ballroom project. The law governing the panel requires commissioners to have experience. Appointees have traditionally worked in areas such as planning, architecture or historic preservation. But Trump's three appointees to the commission lack that required expertise. That's according to watchdog groups, several former members of the commission and congressional Democrats. Yesterday, Trump's other hand picked board at the Kennedy center approved his plan to close the performing arts venue for two years for renovations. Speaking ahead of the vote, Trump, along with speaker of the House Mike Johnson, revealed health information to reporters about retiring Representative Neil Dunn, a Florida Republican. Here's that moment and if others got
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Donald Trump
this diagnosis, they would be apt to go home and retire. What was the diagnosis? It was, I mean, I think it was a terminal diagnosis. He would be dead by June. Okay, that wasn't public, but yeah, okay, that's. It was grim. That's what I was going to say.
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Hannah Jewell
A spokesperson for Dunn did not respond to a request for comment yesterday. Number four, A judge halted Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr's overhaul of childhood vaccines. In January, the federal government cut the number of shots routinely recommended to children, including for flu, hepatitis A and meningococcal disease. Last year, Kennedy also dismissed all 17 members of the vaccine advisory panel to the CDC and replaced them with hand picked members. Yesterday, a federal judge blocked those changes for now. He slammed the administration's approach to revamping government recommendations. He said Kennedy unlawfully altered vaccine policy and improperly reconstituted the federal vaccine advisory panel. This block is only temporary as an extended legal battle is expected to play out that will decide who ultimately gets to decide on the scientific standards shaping federal vaccine recommendations. Climate change could be harming us in a surprising way. That's our fifth story. Researchers are increasingly studying the less direct ways that climate change harms human health. Beyond the dangers of heat and natural disasters, a new study in Lancet Global Health offers physical inactivity. As temperatures go up, people move less, taking fewer walks outside and working out less. And a sedentary lifestyle increases the risk of heart disease, diabetes and cancer. Researchers projected that this inactivity due to heat would cause up to 520,000 additional deaths by 2050. The pattern of rising heat and falling activity was concentrated in low and middle income countries, probably because people in richer countries can adapt with air conditioning and gyms to keep moving. These projections are not certain, but provide a warning for how shifts in human behavior as the planet warms could could cost additional lives. Six we asked weight training experts for their best tips to help anyone who wants to get stronger Strength training is having a moment. That's good news because weight training is good for men and women, young and old. Recent research has equated it with boosts in longevity and mood. So the Post asked five experts for their advice on getting started. They gave us lots of tips. One suggested that it's worth starting out by lifting nothing or using the lowest possible setting on a machine. That means you can focus on getting the movements right and helps ensure that your efforts are safe and effective. Another expert said sticking at it is key because it can take a long time to see the results people might be looking for, such as bigger muscles. Strength increases first, and you might notice that it gets easier to lift things like suitcases. For more advice, check out today's newsletter. Follow the link to that in our show notes. And at number seven it turns out that sharks have friends. Sharks were once viewed as solitary creatures, not to mention kind of mean ones. But a new study fights back against that loner reputation and reveals that some species actually have relatively rich social lives. Researchers observed 184 bull sharks in Fiji over six years by swimming with them day after day, which sounds like kind of a terrifying job, but getting up close with the creatures allowed them to observe how shark buddies hang. They found that both sexes of sharks preferred to socialize with females, but that males had more social connections. And shark friends like to stay close together, enjoy some parallel swimming and more fun activities. They also tend to avoid the sharks. They don't like sharks. They really are just like us. Alright, you're all caught up right now. You can get a premium subscription to the Washington post for just $6 every four weeks for the first six months. After that, it renews at $19 every four weeks and it comes with three extra accounts to share with all your shark friends. You can cancel anytime. Head to washingtonpost.com subscribe to get that deal. I'm Hannah Jewell. I'll meet you back here tomorrow.
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