March 28, 2026: Houthis Launch Missiles at Israel, Foiled Paris BofA HQ Bombing, More

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who the militants launched ballistic missiles at Israel on Saturday marking their entry into the month long Iran war.

That has already caused chaos and energy markets and killed thousands of people.

Some 3,500 sailors and Marines arrived in the region on an amphibious assault ship.

Israel continued bombing Iran overnight and on Saturday while Tehran stepped up strikes across the region

and wounded more than a dozen American personnel in an attack on a Saudi base.

The Yemen-based Houthis, who are supported by Iran, said they would continue operations until US-Israeli attacks on the Islamic Republic

and its proxy militant groups, including Hezbollah and London Seas.

Later Saturday, the Houthis said they carried out a second military operation targeting Israel with cruise missiles and drones.

French anti-terrorism authorities are investigating a foiled bombing near the Bank of America headquarters in Paris

that they said appeared to be linked to the Middle East conflict.

Interior Minister Lawrence Nunez said on BFM TV the attempted attack in the early hours of Saturday,

in which suspects attempted to detonate a homemade explosive device,

was similar to recent events in neighboring European countries, including the Netherlands and Norway.

Like in those cases, the bombing Paris was placed by miners or young men who were paid to carry out the plan.

Saudi Arabia is still pumping and shipping oil, despite the crisis caused by the war in Iran, Bloomberg's Monica Ricks reports.

Saudi Arabia's east-west pipeline has hit capacity to offset the closure of the Strait of Hormuz.

It's now pumping seven million barrels of oil a day, with crude exports via Yanbu,

which is a major port city on the Red Sea coast, reaching five million barrels a day.

Hormuz was seeing triple that amount before the war.

But the bypasses one reason, oil prices haven't reached the crisis level highs of previous supply shocks.

Saudi Arabia's had a contingency plan in place for decades,

and reportedly got to work within hours of the first U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran.

It's been ramping up shipments ever since.

Monica Ricks, Bloomberg Radio.

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky Saturday made unannounced visits to the United Arab Emirates and Qatar

as Ukraine seeks to use its drone expertise to help Gulf Arab states blunt Iran's attacks during the war in the Middle East.

Zelensky said the Ukraine has already signed 10-year security agreements with Saudi Arabia and Qatar,

and expects to shortly finalize a similar agreement with the UAE.

As Congress continues fighting over DHS funds, President Trump has signed his own executive order to get TSA workers paid.

Jill DeGenevitch works for the TSA and represents union workers in Las Vegas.

She talked about ICE at airports.

Well, we haven't actually had them deployed in Las Vegas because our lines haven't been that long.

However, because they aren't trained to do our jobs, I don't know how much help they would actually be.

Essentially, they would be delegated to roles serving out in the queue, moving traffic, pushing it around.

So they aren't properly able to help passengers' divest items from their bags,

thus leading to more bag checks on our end, while we are actually screening that luggage.

The TSA is Jill DeGenevitch on Bloomberg this weekend.

DHS says workers will start seeing paychecks as soon as Monday.

No Kings rallies in protest of Trump administration policies took place across the country Saturday

with Minnesota taking center stage.

This is Minnesota Governor Tim Walls.

When the wannabe dictator in the White House sent his untrained, aggressive thugs to do damage to Minnesota,

it was you, Minnesota, who stood up for your neighbors, who stood up for decency, who stood up for kindness.

Also in Minnesota, singer Bruce Springsteen.

The power and the solidarity of the people of Minneapolis and Minnesota was an inspiration to the entire country.

You are strength, and your commitment told us that this is still America.

In Washington, hundreds of marchers moved through the streets past the Lincoln Memorial into the National Mall,

holding signs that red put down the crown clown and regime change begins at home.

Demonstrators rang bells, played drums, and chanted no Kings.

They've been hurt by steep tariffs, but President Trump says help is on the way for farmers.

As Bloomberg's Matt Piper reports, one farmer says it's a little too late.

John Bartman is a fifth-generation farmer, specializing in corn and soybean cultivation in Illinois.

He joined Bloomberg this weekend on the complex challenges facing farmers, a mid-policy uncertainty,

and trade disruptions made worse, he says, by the Trump administration.

According to the University of Illinois last year, every farmer lost $100 an acre.

This year, according to the American Farm Bureau, every single commodity that we grow is unprofitable.

And there's a reason why last year, all the farm equipment that was sold is half of what it was during Biden's last year in his administration.

He says farmers need stability, and they're losing out to places like South America.

Matt Piper, Bloomberg Radio.

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