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Iran threatens to start hitting Gulf power plants and mine waters.聽The escalation comes after President Donald Trump warned Saturday evening that he would give Iran 48 hours to open the vital Strait of Hormuz or face a new round of attacks. Iran responded by warning early Sunday that any strike on its energy facilities would prompt attacks on U.S. and Israeli energy and infrastructure assets. Today Iran renewed strikes on its neighbors and Israel has launched a new wave of attacks against Tehran. A top American commander is telling Iranians to remain in shelters for the foreseeable future. 鈥� The Associated Press
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The US has waived sanctions on the purchase of Iranian oil at sea for 30 days. Friday鈥檚 move is the Trump administration鈥檚 latest attempt to ease oil prices that have been driven up by the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran. The waiver will bring some 140 million barrels of oil to global markets and help relieve pressure on energy supply, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent posted on the social platform X. The United States has not meaningfully imported Iranian oil since Washington imposed measures after the 1979 revolution. 鈥� Reuters

Union for TSA workers knocked a White House plan to place ICE at airports. President Trump said Immigration and Customs Enforcement will help Transportation Security Administration employees starting Monday amid a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security entering its sixth week. Everett Kelley, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, said airport security workers 鈥渄eserve to be paid, not replaced by untrained, armed agents who have shown how dangerous they can be.鈥� While ICE鈥檚 role remains unclear, border czar Tom Homan suggested that agents could maintain exit lanes and check IDs. 鈥� Staff

Referendum on judicial reform poses test for Italian premier. The two-day poll, which started Sunday, has sharpened political divisions and unified the center-left opposition a year ahead of national elections. A key measure includes separating the career paths of judges and prosecutors and preventing them from switching roles. Another measure would change how judicial appointments and disciplinary matters are administered. Giorgia Meloni, a proponent of stricter European immigration policies since taking office in 2022, has accused parts of the judiciary of hindering government work on migration and security.聽鈥� AP

Former FBI Director Robert S. Mueller III has died. Mr. Mueller transformed the nation鈥檚 premier law enforcement agency into a terrorism-fighting force after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks and later became special counsel in charge of investigating ties between Russia and Donald Trump鈥檚 presidential campaign. At the FBI, Mr. Mueller overhauled the bureau鈥檚 mission to meet the law enforcement needs of the 21st century. His 12-year tenure began a week before the 9/11 attacks. Later, he was special counsel in the Justice Department鈥檚 investigation into whether the Trump campaign illegally coordinated with Russia to sway the outcome of the 2016 presidential race. 鈥� AP

In Lebanon, Iran ally Hezbollah has plunged into a battle with Israel that its rank and file has embraced as existential. Yet the regional conflict involves far larger powers with much higher stakes, and how Hezbollah emerges and what it achieves might be out of its hands.

Over decades, immigrants in and near Portland, Maine, have become part of the community 鈥� but many wondered what could happen when federal agents began enforcement action. They discovered an unexpected level of support.

What鈥檚 in a name? For global aid groups hit hard last year when the world鈥檚 largest donor 鈥� the United States 鈥� slashed its humanitarian and development budget, a name change can bring a refreshing change in how to view poor, unwell, and homeless people.

On March 18, Mercy Corps, which once directly helped about 37 million people in 35 countries, announced it would soon call itself Prosper Global, after a major downsizing of the Oregon-based organization. 鈥淲e believe strongly that what these communities need is prosperity, not mercy,鈥� chief development officer Mary Stata told Axios.

The rebranding reflects a view that 鈥減articipants鈥� in programs are leaders, not 鈥減assive recipients of humanitarian aid,鈥� as Ms. Stata explained. The new name will reinforce moves already underway to follow the lead of local community leaders in setting priorities; assisting private investments in long-term projects with a mix of profit and charity motives; and better convening a broader range of organizations to take action in order to build sustainable growth.

鈥淲e increasingly felt like our current identity was no longer representing our values ... or able to really represent our work with clarity,鈥� Ms. Stata said.

Such a shift would see the dignity of those in need not so much restored as roused to life in them. It will require higher levels of listening along with genuine respect for and partnership with people as decision-makers and as advocates for what they expect of their local governments.

The soon-to-be-called Prosper Global will 鈥渃o-create solutions that help people adapt, thrive, and build lasting resilience in the face of climate change, conflict, and poverty,鈥� as Mercy Corps stated last year after the massive loss of money from the now-closed United States Agency for International Development.

Similar reinventions by aid groups are 鈥渟omething close to a mental liberation,鈥� as The Economist stated last year. Along with funding cuts by many European countries, 鈥渢he world entered a new chapter of global aid, as the development sector moves past traditional philanthropic models,鈥� wrote Dave Neiswander, head of World Bicycle Relief, for the World Economic Forum. 鈥淭he international development narrative must shift from one of charity to investing in self-sufficiency.鈥�

As the aid community continues to adjust to the cuts, local leaders 鈥渁re stepping up to meet the moment,鈥� declared Refugees International last month. A big rethink of how aid works has opened opportunities to honor the inherent sovereignty of each individual to uplift themselves.