The Latest: 03/19/2026 11:59pm ET

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1:00assault ships are being sent to the region. Trump says the Pentagon's new ask for $200 billion in funding is not just for the war in Iran, saying it's a very volatile world and the U.S. needs vast amounts of ammunition. The White House will have to submit the $200 billion request to Congress. President Trump is hosting Japan's Prime Minister for a dinner tonight, speaking ahead of the event. Trump welcomed Prime Minister Sanae Takahichi for her first visit to the White House. We become very close, so close that I endorse her for her election. And she did what she got the greatest, the highest number ever gotten by somebody running for the highest position in Japan. During a meeting in the Oval Office today, Takahichi backed Trump in the war with Iran, stopping short of pledging any military support to secure the straight-of-hormose. Trump was asked by a Japanese reporter why he didn't inform U.S. allies like Japan about the strikes against Iran in advance. Who knows better about surprise than Japan?

2:03Okay, why didn't you tell me about Pearl Harbor? Okay? Right? The Prime Minister did not respond after Trump's comment. Former FBI director James Comey's being subpoenaed by the Justice Department. Postal reports say federal prosecutors in Miami issued the subpoena as part of a DOJ investigation into former officials who have been involved in investigating President Trump. Reports say the DOJ probe centers on whether officials in the Obama administration broke the law when investigating alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election. I'm Scott Carr. Major League Baseball and Polymarket have entered a new agreement that will give Polymarket the exclusive right to use the league's trademarks and logos as well as access to official league data and marketing opportunities across the league's events and online properties. The league also announced a separate memorandum of understanding with the chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which is the main federal agency overseeing prediction

3:05markets. In Florida, the Trump administration is asking officials there to step up the efforts to stamp out Medicare and Medicaid fraud, Karen Curtis has details. Governor Ron DeSantis says he welcomes the federal government investigating Medicaid fraud in South Florida. Dr. Mehmet Oz, who heads Medicare and Medicaid Services, sent a letter to DeSantis stating that fraud won't be accepted regardless of political leadership. We're glad to partner. I mean, as you know, Medicaid is federal dollars and state administrators through different things. So there's different jurisdictions that can be implicated if somebody is committing fraud. Florida Attorney General James Oathmeyer says Florida's Medicaid system is overwhelmed with fraud and abuse and he looks forward to working with Dr. Oz on these issues. The parents of a 16 year old girl in San Diego, California have been arrested after a party drew several hundred people in Rancho Santa Fe and it got out of control as we hear from Jack Cronin. The party happened Saturday night with miners consuming alcohol on site, a resident called the Sheriff's Office and the party had gotten out of control and people were refusing

4:09to leave. The party was so large that Sheriff's deputies had to call in highway patrol in San Diego police. The DeS office is reviewing possible charges of the parents that could carry up to six months in jail if convicted and that could be held responsible for the cost of a law enforcement response. NASCAR's CUP series roles send to a classic track this Sunday, the field will square off in the good year 400 from the Darlington race wing in South Carolina. Danny Hamlin's trying to build on his Penn's oil 400 win in Vegas last weekend. I'm Scott Carr.