A 90-year-old tortoise named Mr. Pickles just became a father of 3. It’s a big ‘dill’ It’s significant, according to officials with the Houston Zoo, because the radiated tortoise is a critically endangered species whose numbers are in decline. Read more on NPR

What Trump’s ‘arrest’ claim says about his hold on politics and the 2024 election Donald Trump claimed on social media that he will be arrested on Tuesday and called for mass protest. His unfounded claims showed his continued influence on the Republican Party. Read more on NPR

Unions in Los Angeles begin 3-day school strike Support staff in the nation’s second-largest school district plan a walkout over stalled contract negotiations. Teachers say they’ll join them in support. Read more on NPR

Is your March Madness bracket busted? Maybe that’s a good thing The 2023 men’s tournament is wide open: to find a recent champion in the Sweet 16 field, you have to go all the way back to 2014 winners UConn. Read more on NPR

5 ways the banking turmoil could affect you These are top questions about the impact of recent banking turmoil on regular people, small businesses and the economy. Read more on NPR

Biden is creating new national monuments to protect land in Nevada and Texas The national monument designation effectively preserves the land from new development. President Biden is also starting the process for a vast new marine sanctuary southwest of Hawaii. Read more on NPR

The FBI raided a notable journalist’s home. Rolling Stone didn’t tell readers why Rolling Stone broke the story of an FBI raid on the home of national security journalist James Gordon Meek. As edited, the story left out a key detail originally included: why Meek had been targeted. Read more on NPR

Medicaid renewals are starting. Those who don’t reenroll could get kicked off With a pandemic-era rule expiring this month, people on Medicaid will have to re-qualify to keep their coverage. Language barriers, housing instability and computer literacy could stand in their way. Read more on NPR

The Senate eyes a formal end to the Iraq War, and a reassertion of Congress’ power Twenty years after the invasion of Iraq, the U.S. Senate is moving to repeal the congressional authorization that provided the justification for the war. Read more on NPR

Iraq vets reflect on a war Americans have largely put behind them The U.S. invasion of Iraq 20 years ago gripped the entire nation. Today it is far from the minds of most Americans, though not for the veterans who served there. Read more on NPR