Trump Defends 'Poisoned' Line on Migrants (Newser Morning 8)

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March 18, 2024     "Words, like nature, half reveal and half conceal the soul within." —Alfred Lord Tennyson   1 Putin: I'd Just Agreed to Prisoner Swap When Navalny Died On Sunday, the same day preliminary election results in Russia made it clear he'd win the country's presidency again, Vladimir Putin made a reveal regarding the late opposition leader Alexei Navalny. Keep reading   2 Trump Defends 'Poisoned' Line on Migrants Donald Trump took much flak last year when he declared that migrants were "poisoning the blood of our country." Keep reading     At a Glance Los Angeles Dodgers' designated hitter Shohei Ohtani swings in the first inning during an exhibition game between Team Korea and the Los Angeles Dodgers at the Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul, South Korea, Monday, March 18, 2024. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man) Keep reading   3 Man Falls to His Death From Hot-Air Balloon A man fell to his death from a hot-air balloon Monday as it passed over suburban Melbourne, Australia's second-largest city. Keep reading   4 Queen Elizabeth Photo Appears to Have Been Altered, Too Amid the uproar surrounding Kate Middleton's continued absence from public life (and the photoshopping issue that has coincided with that absence), new attention is being paid to an old photo—one that Kate took back when she was the Duchess of Cambridge, before Queen Elizabeth died and she became the Princess of Wales. Keep reading   5 Boy, 8, Dies After Eating Strawberries An 8-year-old Kentucky boy ate strawberries purchased at a school fundraiser Thursday night, and by the next morning, the child was dead. Keep reading   6 Man Rails Against Seizure of His 750-Pound 'Son' Albert Hamburg, New York, is known for its ample snowfall, the Erie County Fair, and ... alligators? Keep reading     7 DC's Cherry Blossoms Hit Peak Bloom Way Early The famed cherry blossoms of Washington, DC, hit peak bloom Sunday—about two weeks earlier than is typical, and tied with the year 2000 as the second-earliest date on record. Keep reading   8 March Madness Men's Bracket Includes Some 'Head-Scratchers' Defending champion UConn earned the top seed in the NCAA Tournament, joined by Houston, Purdue, and North Carolina as No. 1 seeds in a bracket that started going haywire even before the pairings were announced Sunday evening, the AP reports. Keep reading   This Day in History In 1940, Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini met at the Brenner Pass, where the Italian dictator agreed to join Germany's war against France and Britain. Find out what else happened on this date here.   From the Newser Archives On this day in 2015: Cheney: Obama Is 'Worst President in My Lifetime'   Yesterday's Most-Read Stories   From Our Sponsors Manage your subscriptions  |  Unsubscribe from Newser emails  |  Privacy Policy We'd love to hear from you. Send us a note at feedback@newser.com. Read our stories on MSN. Newser, LLC  |  1395 Brickell Avenue  |  Suite 800  |  Miami, Florida  |  33131 © 2024 Newser, LLC. All rights reserved