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Punch, the baby macaque monkey at Japan's Ichikawa Zoo, has inspired American zookeepers to give stuffed toys to their animals.

“Everything was just smoke and fire and crazy and chaos.” Sgt. 1st Class Cory Hicks described the gratitude he feels after surviving the devastating Iranian drone attack in Kuwait that killed six U.S. service members. abcnews.link/EyrYK1F

The International Energy Agency said it would release 400 million barrels of oil from its strategic reserve, marking the largest oil release in the group's history as the global economy grapples with fallout from the U.S.-Israeli war with Iran. abcnews.link/Fcytq0v

ABC News contributor Rocsi Diaz offers a preview of Sunday's Academy Awards from the red carpet, which was unveiled at the historic Dolby Theater by Oscars host Conan O’Brien. abcnews.link/8uKNzWy

GOP Rep. Brian Mast, chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, joined ABC News Live to discuss security concerns for soldiers in the Middle East amid war with Iran, saying troops deployed in the region are “extremely prepared.”

With airfare expected to rise due to fuel spikes amid war with Iran, former Gov. Chris Sununu, the current president and CEO of trade group Airlines for America, joined ABC News Live to discuss the impacts on TSA and Spring Break travel.

Caroline Glick, an advisor to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, joined @ABCNewsLive to discuss the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran and what comes next for leadership in the country.

President Trump saying he has "to be involved in the appointment" of Iran's next supreme leader “defies the reality on the ground,” Ret. Lt. Gen. Doug Lute told @ABCNewsLive. abcnews.link/zSDVFfE

Health and Human Service Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is pushing for medical schools to create nutrition education programs.

President Trump wrote on social media on Friday that “there will be no deal with Iran except UNCONDITIONAL SURRENDER!” ABC News' Karen Travers reports. abcnews.link/rOE0pTp

Mojtaba Khamenei, the second-oldest son of assassinated Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, has been chosen as the next supreme leader of Iran, according to Iranian state media. Arash Azizi, contributing writer for The Atlantic, said the appointment is “both expected and crazy.” “This is a guy who has never been seen in public before.”

Americans are starting to feel the impact of the war with Iran at the gas pump. “When you take a look at the price of oil, we are now up about 45% since the war began. And this has very quickly rippled into higher prices at the pump,” ABC News’ Elizabeth Schulze reports.

BREAKING: President Trump has announced that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being replaced by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. abcnews.link/X0cfWWt

President Trump has announced that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being replaced by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. ABC News' Aaron Katersky reports. abcnews.visitlink.me/jwRcnC

President Trump has removed Kristi Noem from her post, marking the first major Cabinet shake-up of his second term. ABC News' Pierre Thomas has the latest. abcnews.visitlink.me/0ghDJk

President Trump has announced that Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is being replaced by Republican Sen. Markwayne Mullin. ABC News' Jay O'Brien has reaction from Mullin and other lawmakers on the Hill. abcnews.link/Kya0zBJ

Former Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz, who served during the Obama administration, warned that Iran could have accumulated "a lot of nuclear know-how and knowledge and technology." "If the regime collapses and there is not continuous security, the concern is that knowledge, scientists, engineers and materials could find their ways into other hands ... I don't believe we know where that material is."

Voters are heading to the polls on Tuesday in Texas, Arkansas and North Carolina, the first test in the 2026 midterm elections. ABC News political director Averi Harper breaks down what you need to know about the Texas Senate primary races. abcnews.link/CTV6Mh0

“It’s pretty clear that the Iranians are trying to goad the Saudis and other Gulf governments into the fight,” former U.S. ambassador to Saudi Arabia Michael Ratney told @ABCNewsLive as tensions rise across the region amid the U.S. war in Iran. abcnews.link/qSBzsLw

When pressed by ABC News' Kyra Phillips on whether President Trump convinced Israel to strike Iran, Caroline Glick, an advisor to the Israeli prime minister, said, "I think his concerns were very important for the decision of when to go." "The concept of Iran striking preemptively is something that we were all very, very concerned with."