Fox News Hourly Update - 1AM ET 03/18/2026 Newscast

0:00The conflict with Iran rolls on. I'm Ted Lindner, Fox News. Who Israelis killed by Iranian strikes, Fox is banked Tobin with the details from Tel Aviv. This cluster bomb came in a missile fired by Iran. They hit the ground. They hit a rail station and two people died of severe shrapnel wounds. Now this came after Israel killed Ali Larajani, also killed by Israel, Ghulamoreza, Soleimani. He was the head of the plane closed militia, the besiege force that put down the popular uprising in January. Meantime in the north of Israel, the Jewish state has been peppered by dozens of rockets throughout the day. Israel has now put a force inside the border with Lebanon. They're in defensive positions now, but that could change to offensive to stop the rocket fire. Iran's president said his country won't surrender and vow to take revenge for killing Larajani. A top Trump administration official resigning over the military operations at Iran. Joe Kent is out as director of the National Counterterrorism Center, writing an statement that Iran posed no eminence threats to our nation. President Trump said he doesn't want anyone working for him that doesn't consider Iran

1:03a threat. And after voting to advance the Save America Act with a simple majority in the Senate, debate on the bill has begun the main goal. The proposed legislation is to require a proof of citizenship to register to vote, Fox's Jessica Rosenthal. During debate, Missouri Republican Senator Eric Schmidt discussed his amendments, which include banning transgender women from women's sports and bans gender transitioning surgery for minors. If the law cannot defend women, from men acting as women, it cannot defend reality. Democrats like Virginia Senator Mark Warner were initially focused on the initial premise of the act, requiring proof of citizenship to register to vote. This effectively, frankly, guts online in mail-in voter registration process that are available across many states, creating, I think, an unnecessary burden for all voters. Saying he believes this will disenfranchise millions of voters. Jessica Rosenthal, Fox News. Instagram Teen Accounts, Automatic Protections for teens.

2:04Instagram Teen Accounts have built-in content settings, now inspired by 13-plus movie ratings, and limits for who can contact teens. Plus, teens under 16 can't change these default safety settings without parental approval, so parents can help teens connect safely. Instagram Teen Accounts, Automatic Protections for who can contact teens, and the content they can see. Learn more at Instagram.com and slash teen accounts. Neil and Oy Gubanatorial primary is officially set to stage for a rematch between incumbent Democrat Governor JB Pritzker and Republican Darren Bailey in the upcoming November general election, former State Senator Darren Bailey winning the four-way Republican Contest Tuesday. This afternoon, the Federal Reserve said to deliver its decision on interest rates. Fox's Hillary Barski's got a preview. The Central Bank will make its second interest rate announcement of the year, and it's widely expected that the Fed will keep interest rates unchanged at a range of three and a half to three and three quarters percent. Analysts are forecasting that the Fed will adopt a cautious wait and see approach to monitor

3:07potential oil market disruptions and their economic impact due to the Iranian conflict. However, they still believe the Fed will slash rates, but not until October or December. Some even anticipate that the war will cause the Central Bank to leave its rate untouched all year. Hillary Barski Fox News. Nigeria's president in the UK today, it's Nigeria's first state visit at Great Britain in 37 years. Fox's Jonathan Savage has wore on this. King Charles welcomes President Bulletinubu to Windsor Castle for a state visit that's politically important, but also controversial. President Tanubu will hold talks with Prime Minister Keir Starmer, but he won't meet the main opposition leader as his tradition. Conservative Kemi Badanakh, who's of Nigerian descent, has repeatedly criticized the country she grew up in over public corruption and violence. The two leaders want to improve their country's $8 billion trade relationship. It's not known if they'll discuss the violent insurgency that has seen thousands killed

4:09and kidnapped. Hillary London, Jonathan Savage, Fox News. And Venezuela won the World Baseball Classic for the first time, rebounding from a blown eighth inning lead to beat the United States three to two on Tuesday night on New Genio Suarez's tie breaking double in the ninth inning. I'm Ted Lindner, and this is Fox News. Rinse knows that greatness takes time, but photos laundry. So rinse will take your laundry and hand deliver it to your door, expertly cleaned, and you can take the time pursuing your passions. Time one spent sorting and waiting, folding and queuing, now spent challenging and innovating and pushing your way to greatness. So pick up the Irish flute or those calligraphy pens or that daunting beef Wellington recipe card and leave the laundry to us. Rinse, it's time to be great.