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In oral arguments on 23 Mar 2026, a clear conservative bloc on the Court doubted Mississippi’s five-day deadline for receiving mailed ballots, hinting at a forthcoming ruling that could bar late-arriving ballots nationwide before the 2026 midterms.
Late 21–22 Mar 2026, Iranian ballistic missiles pierced Israel’s air-defence umbrella for the first time, slamming into the southern towns of Dimona and Arad, injuring over a hundred civilians and triggering a U.S. threat to bomb Iran’s power grid unless the Strait of Hormuz is reopened within 48 hours.
Between Mar 21–22 2026, President Donald Trump warned he will bomb Iran’s major power plants within 48 hours if the Strait of Hormuz is not “fully open,” prompting Tehran to vow a total closure of the chokepoint and retaliation against Gulf energy and desalination sites.
On 22 March 2026, Iranian state media released footage and asserted its air-defence batteries had downed an “enemy” F-15 over Hormuz Island just hours after U.S. President Donald Trump threatened to strike Iran if the Strait of Hormuz was not reopened within 48 hours.
On 22 March 2026, President Trump publicly gave Tehran 48 hours to fully reopen the Strait of Hormuz or face U.S. air strikes on Iranian power plants, instantly jolting energy and crypto markets.
Three weeks after joint US-Israeli strikes on Iran, President Trump said objectives are “very close” and hinted at scaling back operations, while the Treasury issued a month-long waiver letting pre-March-20 Iranian oil cargoes—about 140 million barrels—reach market amid a Hormuz-induced supply crunch.
On 21–22 Mar 2026 Israel’s Chief of Staff Eyal Zamir revealed that Iran fired a two-stage, ~4,000 km ballistic missile toward the US-UK base on Diego Garcia, the first publicly acknowledged Iranian shot beyond its prior 2,000 km ceiling, prompting Israel to vow continuing strikes on Iran through Passover.
On 20 March 2026, Tehran’s spokesman warned that enemy "parks, recreational areas and tourist destinations" worldwide are now targets, hours after Iranian drones set fires at Kuwait’s 730,000-bpd Mina Al-Ahmadi refinery and as Washington rushed three amphibious warships with 2,500 Marines to the Gulf.
On 20–21 Mar 2026, President Trump said on Truth Social that Operation Epic Fury is within weeks of achieving five goals in Iran and could soon be "winding down," while declaring that nations dependent on the Strait of Hormuz—not the U.S.—must now police the chokepoint.
At the 19-20 March Brussels summit, Hungarian PM Viktor Orbán again used his veto to block activation of the EU’s €90 billion 2026-27 loan to Ukraine, forcing leaders to order the Commission to devise alternative financing paths.
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