Fox News has apologized after it broadcast the wrong footage of a dignified transfer of the remains of U.S. soldiers, that concealed President Donald Trump's incredibly crass wardrobe choice at the solemn ceremony.

News Corp. chairman Rupert Murdoch celebrated his 95th birthday over the weekend at a party in New York City, with President Donald Trump recording a video tribute.

According to the New York Post, Trump called Murdoch "legendary" and "one of a kind," and said he’s "changed the world" while praising his "courage, vision, and determination."

The ingratiating message comes at an odd time; Trump is suing Murdoch and the Wall Street Journal for $10 billion after the paper published a racy birthday message Trump sent Jeffrey Epstein in 2003.

"Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?" the note read, in part. It concluded, "Happy birthday — and may every day be another wonderful secret."

Trump denies he wrote the card, which featured a drawing of the outline of a naked woman’s body and Trump’s squiggly signature.

Benjamin N. Pennington, a 26-year-old member of the United States military, has died in the war in Iran, according to the Department of Defense.

Pennington was from Glendale, Kentucky, and he died Sunday from injuries he sustained in a March 1 attack.

He is the seventh member of the military to die in the war in Iran.

Five members of the Iranian women's soccer team are being protected by Australian police after fleeing the hotel housing the rest of their teammates during a tournament, a source told CNN Monday.

The players, in Australia for the Asian Cup tournament, have been described as "traitors" by hardliners in their home country after staying silent during the Iranian national anthem ahead of a game on March 2, prompting concerns about their safety ahead of their return to Iran.

The team was subsequently forced to sing the national anthem ahead of the following two games they played on Thursday and Sunday, according to CNN.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump is calling on the Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese to offer asylum to the entire team.

"Australia is making a terrible humanitarian mistake by allowing the Iran National Woman’s Soccer team to be forced back to Iran, where they will most likely be killed," he wrote on his Truth Social platform. "Don’t do it, Mr. Prime Minister, give ASYLUM. The U.S. will take them if you won’t."

Read more at CNN.

The Dow plummeted 700 points shortly after Monday’s opening bell, following a weekend of anxiety over energy prices that are being threatened by President Donald Trump's war in Iran.

Crude oil prices have surged past $100 per barrel — their highest since 2022. The national average is $3.48 per gallon, according to AAA.

As shipping lanes used by the world’s energy suppliers in the region remain in peril, reports emerged Sunday of oil-soaked rain drenching the city of Tehran after Israeli strikes on an oil depot.

Two devices found at a protest outside of the New York City mayor’s residence on Saturday were lethal and are being investigated as an act of “ISIS-inspired terrorism,” the city’s police commissioner said Monday.

Preliminary test results have determined that the homemade devices “were improvised explosive devices that could have caused serious injury or death,” said Police Commissioner Jessica Tisch.

“I can confirm this morning that this is being investigated as an act of ISIS-inspired terrorism,” she added.

Both devices, one of which contained “a dangerous and highly volatile homemade explosive,” were rendered safe by the city’s bomb squad. A third device was found in a vehicle tied to two men arrested in the incident, but that device has tested negative for explosive material, Tisch said.

A federal indictment is expected to be unsealed later Monday against the two suspects, she said.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani said he and his wife weren’t home at the time of the incident.

Video verified by multiple news outlets bolsters the evidence that the U.S. was likely behind the deadly strike that hit an Iranian school on Feb. 28.

The short clip posted online by Iran's Mehr News Agency appears to show a Tomahawk cruise missile, landing near the elementary school, The Washington Post noted, citing eight munitions experts. The U.S. is the only participant in the war known to have the munition in its possession, the outlets said.

The strike prompted a big cloud of black smoke, the video shows.

Trump has previously denied U.S. involvement in the attack that killed 175 people, most of them children, according to local officials.

"No, in my opinion, based on what I’ve seen, that was done by Iran," Trump claimed Saturday, without citing any evidence.

Russian President Vladimir Putin on Monday congratulated Mojtaba Khamenei on his appointment as Iran's new supreme leader following his father Ali Khamenei's killing, according to the Kremlin.

"At a time when Iran is confronting armed aggression, your tenure in this high position undoubtedly requires great courage and dedication," Putin wrote, according to a translation provided by CNN. "We are confident that you will honorably uphold your father’s legacy and unite the Iranian people in the face of severe trials."

Russia, an ally of Iran, has previously criticized the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Tehran and condemned Ali Khamenei's killing. But Putin has also been one of the biggest beneficiaries of the ongoing conflict.

Global players’ union FIFPRO said on Monday there were serious concerns for the welfare of the Iranian women’s soccer team, as they prepared to return home after being labelled “wartime traitors” for refusing to sing their national anthem before an Asian Cup match.

The Iranians’ campaign in the Australian-hosted tournament started last weekend just as the U.S. and Israel launched air strikes on Iran, killing the Islamic Republic’s Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth didn't rule out the possibility of deploying U.S. troops on the ground in Iran, saying that "we're willing to go as far as we need to in order to be successful."

"President [Donald] Trump knows, I know, you don't tell the enemy, you don't tell the press, you don't tell anybody what-- what your limits would be on an operation. We're willing to go as far as we need to in order to be successful," he told CBS' "60 Minutes" in an interview broadcast Sunday.

While Hegseth said there are no U.S. forces in Iran at the moment, the U.S. reserves the right to change course.

"We would be completely unwise if we did not reserve the right to take any particular option, whether it included boots on the ground or no boots on the ground," he said.

Kristalina Georgieva, the managing director of the International Monetary Fund, on Monday warned that policymakers should prepare for the “unthinkable” amid the disruption prompted by the war in Iran.

“If the new conflict proves prolonged, it has clear and obvious potential to affect market sentiment, growth, and inflation, placing new demands on policymakers,” she said.

Georgieva explained that if we record a 10% rise in oil prices through most of this year, that could result in a 40-basis-point increase in global inflation.

But even if the conflict were to end soon, Georgieva said "some new shock will follow."

"My advice to policymakers everywhere in this new global environment? Think of the unthinkable and prepare for it," she added.

"Late Show" host Stephen Colbert took a shot at his corporate bosses as he was honored at the Writers Guild Awards in New York on Sunday.

Colbert was given the Walter Bernstein Award, which the WGA said is for a member who has "demonstrated with creativity, grace and bravery a willingness to confront social injustice in the face of adversity."

Read more here:

The U.S. military on Sunday conducted another lethal strike on an alleged drug boat, killing six people.

“Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known narco-trafficking routes in the Eastern Pacific and was engaged in narco-trafficking operations,” U.S. Southern Command claimed in a post on X.

Such strikes have killed more than 140 people since the Trump administration began deploying them against alleged drug traffickers last fall.

On March 8, at the direction of #SOUTHCOM commander Gen. Francis L. Donovan, Joint Task Force Southern Spear conducted a lethal kinetic strike on a vessel operated by Designated Terrorist Organizations. Intelligence confirmed the vessel was transiting along known… pic.twitter.com/hIXMDeDKK5

Travelers in multiple cities faced long lines this weekend as a partial government shutdown led to staff shortages at some airports.

“Due to impacts from the federal government’s partial shutdown, there is a shortage of TSA workers at the security checkpoint … which is causing longer-than-average lines. Passengers are advised to arrive at least 3 hours before their scheduled departure to allow plenty of time to undergo security screening,” Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport wrote in a post on X.

Houston's William P. Hobby Airport and Atlanta's Hartsfield-Jackson Airport also warned travelers of lengthy waits.

Since mid-February, Democrats have opposed funding the Department of Homeland Security until more policies can be put in place to rein in Immigration and Customs Enforcement. TSA is one of the agencies affected by the impasse, which has forced some employees to work without regular paychecks or call out sick.

Read more from CNBC:

A series of strikes on Iranian fuel depots has become a point of contention between the U.S. and Israel, according to Axios.

The publication -- citing a U.S. official, an Israeli official and a source with knowledge -- reported that the U.S. had raised concerns about the scope of the strikes Israel conducted on 30 fuel depots this past weekend. The U.S. was worried that such attacks on infrastructure could inspire backing for the regime and spur higher oil prices.

The Israeli military argued that these attacks help to undercut the Iranian military, which it said uses the depots to supply fuel to its armed forces.

Although the U.S. was notified about the strikes beforehand, American officials were reportedly taken aback by how extensive they were. On Sunday, the city of Tehran was blanketed in smoke and black rain after the Israeli attacks on multiple fuel facilities.

"We don't think it was a good idea," a senior U.S. official reportedly said about the breadth of the attacks.

Read more from Axios:

By entering your email and clicking Sign Up, you're agreeing to let us send you customized marketing messages about us and our advertising partners. You are also agreeing to our Terms of Service and Privacy Policy.