2026.03.22
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lsandersonNew crypto regulations likely to be big favor to the Trump family, industry insiders say
Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family’s crypto projects
Adam Willems
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/sec-crypto-regulations-trump-family
Trump news at a glance: president says ICE agents at airports would ‘do security like no one has ever seen before’
Donald Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety – key US politics stories from 21 March at a glance
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-news-latest-updates-today
Trump and RFK Jr touted leucovorin as a treatment for autism. The FDA quietly walked it back
Outpatient prescriptions for the drug increased 71% after the announcement, but the FDA later approved it only for folate deficiency
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-rfk-jr-leucovorin-autism-fda
‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-iran-leon-panetta
‘The stakes are enormous’: how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economy
Richard Partington
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/22/iran-war-global-economy-donald-trump-oil-prices-inflation
Iran says it will ‘irreversibly destroy’ Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites
Energy and oil sites across region would become ‘legitimate targets’, Tehran says
Jon Henley and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/iran-says-destroy-middle-east-infrastructure-us-energy-sites
About 200 injured in Iranian missile strikes near nuclear facility in Israel
Israeli air defence systems fail to intercept projectiles during attacks on southern cities of Arad and Dimona
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/wounded-iranian-missile-strikes-southern-israel
Charges dropped against woman in anti-ICE church protest over mistaken identity
Heather Danae Lewis who was one of 30 people charged in Minnesota church protest showed she did not attend event
Sam Levine in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/charges-dropped-against-woman-minnesota-church-protest
‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist
The DJ and multi-instrumentalist thinks Donna Summer still sounds like the future, but which ‘unevolved’ Kinks staple can he no longer stomach?
As told to Rich Pelley
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/22/moby-honest-playlist-donna-summer-celine-dion
Friendship fraud: warnings of rise in ‘insidious’ scam targeting older people
Fraudsters exploit isolation and search for human contact to often devastating effect. These are steps you can take to avoid them
Shane Hickey
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/22/friendship-fraud-warnings-of-rise-in-scam-targeting-older-people
The Melbourne expert who has spent a lifetime uncovering ‘the archaeology of the printed book’
Prof Wallace Kirsop, 92, is one of Australia’s foremost experts in rare books – not just their contents but their makers, buyers and readers, and the stories they tell beyond the page
Stephanie Convery
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/melbourne-rare-books-expert-wallace-kirsop
'Predators that just run in and grab, stab and kill': The deep cave bacteria resistant to modern medicine (Paywalled?)
Jasmin Fox-Skelly
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260318-the-deep-cave-bacteria-resistant-to-modern-medicine
BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions
Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul (via Netflix)
In front of 100,000 screaming fans, it barely feels like the eyes of the world are upon them, as the group showcase new album with cool confidence
Katie Hawthorne
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/21/bts-review-having-lost-none-of-their-chemistry-its-a-comeback-of-epic-proportions
Pop megastars BTS electrify historic centre of Seoul with comeback concert (Paywalled?)
Yuna Ku,BBC Korean, SeoulandJake Kwon,Seoul correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj371jr203ko
Regulators narrow securities definitions – a shift that could benefit Trump family’s crypto projects
Adam Willems
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/mar/22/sec-crypto-regulations-trump-family
Trump news at a glance: president says ICE agents at airports would ‘do security like no one has ever seen before’
Donald Trump threatened to deploy ICE agents to US airports on Monday if congressional Democrats do not immediately agree to fund airport safety – key US politics stories from 21 March at a glance
Guardian staff
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-news-latest-updates-today
Trump and RFK Jr touted leucovorin as a treatment for autism. The FDA quietly walked it back
Outpatient prescriptions for the drug increased 71% after the announcement, but the FDA later approved it only for folate deficiency
Melody Schreiber
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-rfk-jr-leucovorin-autism-fda
‘Nobody else is responsible’: Trump to blame for Iran crisis, ex-CIA chief says
Leon Panetta calls president ‘naive’ over strait of Hormuz closure and says ‘the chickens are coming home to roost’
David Smith in Washington
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/trump-iran-leon-panetta
‘The stakes are enormous’: how a prolonged Iran war could shock the global economy
Richard Partington
https://www.theguardian.com/news/ng-interactive/2026/mar/22/iran-war-global-economy-donald-trump-oil-prices-inflation
Iran says it will ‘irreversibly destroy’ Middle East infrastructure if US attacks energy sites
Energy and oil sites across region would become ‘legitimate targets’, Tehran says
Jon Henley and Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/22/iran-says-destroy-middle-east-infrastructure-us-energy-sites
About 200 injured in Iranian missile strikes near nuclear facility in Israel
Israeli air defence systems fail to intercept projectiles during attacks on southern cities of Arad and Dimona
Lorenzo Tondo in Jerusalem
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/mar/21/wounded-iranian-missile-strikes-southern-israel
Charges dropped against woman in anti-ICE church protest over mistaken identity
Heather Danae Lewis who was one of 30 people charged in Minnesota church protest showed she did not attend event
Sam Levine in New York
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/22/charges-dropped-against-woman-minnesota-church-protest
‘The lyrics to Lola by the Kinks are gross – I was really taken aback’: Moby’s honest playlist
The DJ and multi-instrumentalist thinks Donna Summer still sounds like the future, but which ‘unevolved’ Kinks staple can he no longer stomach?
As told to Rich Pelley
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/22/moby-honest-playlist-donna-summer-celine-dion
Friendship fraud: warnings of rise in ‘insidious’ scam targeting older people
Fraudsters exploit isolation and search for human contact to often devastating effect. These are steps you can take to avoid them
Shane Hickey
https://www.theguardian.com/money/2026/mar/22/friendship-fraud-warnings-of-rise-in-scam-targeting-older-people
The Melbourne expert who has spent a lifetime uncovering ‘the archaeology of the printed book’
Prof Wallace Kirsop, 92, is one of Australia’s foremost experts in rare books – not just their contents but their makers, buyers and readers, and the stories they tell beyond the page
Stephanie Convery
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/mar/22/melbourne-rare-books-expert-wallace-kirsop
'Predators that just run in and grab, stab and kill': The deep cave bacteria resistant to modern medicine (Paywalled?)
Jasmin Fox-Skelly
https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20260318-the-deep-cave-bacteria-resistant-to-modern-medicine
BTS review – having lost none of their chemistry, this is a comeback of epic proportions
Gwanghwamun Square, Seoul (via Netflix)
In front of 100,000 screaming fans, it barely feels like the eyes of the world are upon them, as the group showcase new album with cool confidence
Katie Hawthorne
https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/mar/21/bts-review-having-lost-none-of-their-chemistry-its-a-comeback-of-epic-proportions
Pop megastars BTS electrify historic centre of Seoul with comeback concert (Paywalled?)
Yuna Ku,BBC Korean, SeoulandJake Kwon,Seoul correspondent
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cj371jr203ko
