The Latest: 03/11/2026 02:59pm ET

0:00This is an iHeart podcast. Guaranteed Human. Run a business and not thinking about podcasting? Think again, more Americans listen to podcasts than add supported streaming music from Spotify and Pandora. And as the number one podcaster, iHeart's twice as large as the next two combined, learn how podcasting can help your business, call 844-844-iHeart. This is your 24-7 News Update, the latest views this hour in just four minutes. The US and Israel's war against Iran has entered its 12th day. It comes as UK's maritime agency confirmed three ships were hit by projectiles near the strait of her moves earlier today. Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard told state media today it launched missiles for about three hours overnight at US and Israeli targets. President Trump says he's unaware of a report that says the US is at fault in the deadly strike on an Iranian elementary school. The New York Times' story sites US officials and others familiar with the report. Trump was asked about the report while exiting the White House today and he said he didn't know about that.

1:01More than 95 million people from Texas to New York are facing severe weather. The Fox 4 case enters says severe weather will push through the Mississippi Valley and eventually into the Ohio and Tennessee valleys. All modes of the weather are possible today with a level two out of five risk of severe thunderstorms stretching from East Texas through lower Mississippi, Tennessee and Ohio valleys. President Trump is making a visit to Northern Kentucky today. Crowds have been forming outside Verst Logistics contract packaging facility in Hebron where the president is set to discuss the ongoing affordability issue. I've been with him since 2016, because of all of the decades of our country going to pot and rot and all of the woke things that have happened and we're fed up. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear took to X about Trump's visit writing that he has done nothing to make America more affordable. Trump will also be in writing Ohio today where he'll visit pharmaceutical and biotechnology company Thermo Fisher Scientific to discuss his new drug prescription

2:03website, Trump RX. Costco is partnering with a New Jersey based fertility network to offer low cost care to customers across the country. RMA Network assisted reproductive specialists will work with the company to provide widespread access to fertility services to those who face barriers. Costco says they'll get coordinated care through every step of the process. I'm Chris Caragio. Anthropic is getting legal support from Microsoft as the AI startup fights the Pentagon over a supply chain risk designation Tammy Trujillo as the latest. The Department of Defense officially banned Anthropics technology last week labeling it a supply chain risk in a move that's historically been reserved for foreign adversaries and tropics suit on Monday. And now Microsoft is asking the US District Court in San Francisco to issue a restraining order in the case. Microsoft believes the Pentagon's decision must be frozen or it will risk a dramatic change in how AI companies deal with the government. I'm Tammy Trujillo. March is national peanut month and a dietician is highlighting the health benefits of peanuts.

3:05Dr. Christian Kirkpatrick with the Cleveland clinics as peanuts have healthy fats protein and fiber. So they really are a nutritional powerhouse. They're highly versatile and they've got a lot of nutrients that are really things that we don't get enough of. So specifically folate magnesium vitamin A while peanuts can be eaten in a variety of ways Kirkpatrick says getting the purest form of peanut butter is oftentimes the most optimal form this year's Oscars swag bag will include free liposuction and a custom prenup the 98th annual Academy Awards of this weekend and movie stars attending the ceremony will receive promotional gift bags filled with expensive merchandise this year swag bags will include a free vacation at a wellness resort in Sri Lanka a body sculpting liposuction experience and a custom prenuptial agreement created by a celebrity divorce attorney. Other freebies in the bag include chocolate pretzels topped with edible gold crystals and a luxury cannabis gift set from Bebo the Oscars will be handed out Sunday.

4:06A burger chain is offering a buy one get one free deal this week five guys says it'll offer the deal again this week after running out of stock during last month's Bogo offer. The chain also says it plans to give employee bonuses for workers on the job during the last Bogo deal. I'm Chris Caragio.