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President Trump has set a new deadline for Iran to open the Strait of Hormuz. In a profane social media post, he threatened to bomb Iran's power plants and bridges if the country doesn't open the key waterway by 8 p.m. ET tomorrow. Last week, Trump said that countries reliant on oil coming through the Strait would have to secure it themselves. Civilian infrastructure is protected by international law. Trump also announced that U.S. forces on Sunday rescued a U.S. Air Force officer whose plane was shot down in Iran.
President Donald Trump speaks in the Oval Office of the White House before signing an executive order Tuesday, March 31, 2026, in Washington. Alex Brandon/AP hide caption
NASA's Artemis II crew is expected to make its closest approach to the moon this afternoon, after launching from the Kennedy Space Center last week. As the Orion space capsule loops around the moon, the astronauts will go farther in space than any humans before them.
An update to the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) regulations, set to take effect at the end of the month, could make it easier for blind students to navigate their college education. The new rule set new standards for what accessibility should look like. "Just as stairs can exclude people who use wheelchairs from accessing government buildings, inaccessible web content and mobile apps can exclude people with a range of disabilities," the rule says. The ADA has long required web accessibility, but the government had never established specific technical standards. NPR spoke to students who are blind. They shared how a lack of digital accessibility has blocked their educations and made them feel forgotten.
Today show host Savannah Guthrie returns to her position as co-anchor today, more than two months after her mother, Nancy Guthrie, went missing. Nancy Guthrie was last seen on the night of Jan. 31. Questions still linger about her whereabouts. The Guthrie family has publicly responded to ransom notes with video messages offering to pay for their mother's return home, but they have not received a response. Savannah Guthrie said that her mother largely inspired her to return to work despite her grief. "I won't let sadness win. For her," she said.
Image Source/Getty It's critical that couples talk about money as soon as they can and be vulnerable to each other about their finances, according to entrepreneur and author Vivian Tu. She says the first time she got "financially naked" in front of her partner, it was out of desperation. She had just started her career on Wall Street, she had no money and had just broken her lease on a roach-infested New York City apartment. She says opening up to her partner strengthened their relationship, and eventually they got married. In her book Well Endowed, she offers young people advice on making major financial decisions. She shares with Life Kit questions couples should ask each other if they want to get "financially naked" with each other.
Remains of the Gunsight Mine on the Nopah Mountain Range in Death Valley, California on Sunday March 22, 2026. Photos for NPR by Krystal Ramirez Krystal Ramirez for NPR hide caption
Botanist Naomi Fraga has spent more than 15 years attempting to collect seeds from the rare Death Valley sage for safekeeping in a vault of native California seeds. She's come back empty-handed every time. The plant is challenging to study and sample, and climate change threatens its existence. Fraga often hikes up mountainsides and drives on backroads to find it. Some years, it doesn't flower at all, so there won't be any seeds. But a big bloom this year gives Fraga another chance to gather seeds. See photos of what she's found in Death Valley so far.
Rapper and producer Ye, also known as Kanye West, seen before a 2025 concert in Shanghai. Hector Retamal/AFP via Getty Images hide caption
This newsletter was edited by Treye Green.
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