Bill O’Reilly’s No Spin News and Analysis - The O'Reilly Update, March 17, 2026

Episode Date: March 17, 2026

SCOTUS hands Trump a victory, Cuba’s power grid collapses, how Iran’s new Supreme Leader survived, and the finals of the World Baseball Classic. Plus, the Message of the Day, online pundits duke it out... Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Bill O'Reilly here. You are listening to the O'Reilly update. Coming up next, the news with Mike Slater. Thank you, Bill. It is Tuesday, March 17th, 2026. Here's what's happening today in America. Third country back on. Cuban power back off. Iran's new Supreme Leader, now out. And Team USA for the win.

It's all coming up. Then Bill's going to be here for your message of the day. But first, a Minnesota judge blocked the deportation of illegal aliens to so-called safe third countries. Well, the Department of Justice asked an appeals court to reverse the decision, and two to one, the First Circuit Court of Appeals did. So far, the president's plan to send illegal aliens to these safe third countries has enabled the deportation of over 300 illegal aliens. These are the countries that have signed a deal with America like Eswetani and Rwanda and Ghana. The migrants include many who are not deportable because their

home country refused to accept them. So what are we supposed to do with them? The Department of Homeland Security praised the ruling. They said it has been vindicated by the First Circuit. DHS talked about these activists judges and accused them of interfering with the lawful authority of DHS to remove illegal aliens to a country willing to accept them. Officials in Cuba reported an island-wide blackout yesterday. 11 million people without power. The president on Friday said the island has not received oil shipments in more than three months and was operating on solar power, natural gas, and third. thermoelectric plants.

And the government has had to postpone, they say, surgeries for tens of thousands of people, although they do have universal health care. On Friday, the president confirmed that Cuba was holding talks with the United States government as their problems continue to get worse. Iran's new Supreme Leader survived U.S. and Israeli airstrikes because he stepped outside for a walk in his garden minutes before his home was hit by missiles. This is according to leaked audio given to the telegraph. It shows that the former Supreme Leader's son was targeted during the same attack that did kill his father.

In other new Supreme Leader news and a fun report for the New York Post, the president was briefed about the new Supreme Leader and how he might be gay. This is from the Post. Trump couldn't contain his surprise and laughed out loud when he was briefed on the Intel. Others in the room also found it hilarious and joined the president's reaction, while one senior intelligence official, quote, has not stopped laughing about it for days. We've got a big baseball game tonight. The championship of the world baseball classic. The USA beat the Dominican Republic 2 to 1 in the semis. And last night, Venezuela beat Italy coming from behind 2-0 to win 4 to 2.

The big game tonight, the championship 8 o'clock Eastern on Fox from Miami. Nolan McLean of the Mets from Willow Spring, North Carolina will be our starting pitcher. I'm Mike Slater from the podcast Politics by Faith. Please subscribe to our YouTube. YouTube.com slash at Politics by Faith. The great Bill O'Reilly has your message of the day. Next. Let's face it, the U.S. economy is under stress. National debt rising, trade war, shaking the markets. And meanwhile, China is dumping the dollar and stockpiling gold. That's why I protected my savings with physical gold and silver through the only dealer I trust, American Hartford

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Time now for the O'Reilly Update, message of the day. On this Tuesday, more feuding among social media pundits, much to the amusement of the cyberspace denizens. Insults back and forth are attention-getters, of course, and there are some legitimate grievances here, so it's not all showbiz. But why? What good comes out of imitating the Hatfields and McCoys? To be fair, another question could be, why not? You can make money on the net if people click you. Once upon a time I was in this world, but on linear television. NBC tried to hire me away from Fox News and when I respectfully turned them down, that network unleashed cable attack dogs

to smear me. It was unprecedented at the time. Of course, I swung back, giving MSNBC exactly what had wanted. Attention. Foolish on my part. Then the despicable Al Franken, a charter member of the guttersnob, Hall of Fame, released a book calling me a liar. My face was on the cover of said book. I sued. Franken danced with glee. His book got tons of publicity. The suit went nowhere because famous people have no standing in American civil corpse. It took a while, but I finally learned what Machiavilli wrote a long time ago. If you are going to dine with the devil, bring a long spoon. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I'm Bill O'Reilly. I'm I approve the message by writing it.

You can reach me. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Bill at Bill O'Reilly.com. Name in town if you wish to opine. Now let's go to the mail. Rick says, the Iran excursion has to end in five days. There has to be a pro-American leader installed. That's the only way Republicans are going to get slaughtered in the midterms.

Well, it's not going to happen. So it's not going to end in five days, but it, you know, end of March. Maybe early April, but it'll end. I mean, Republicans understand. Joe Milligan, Gellion, Ohio. I suppose Democrats have the right to oppose the war. Of course they do. But it seems to me they carry it further by openly hoping

that a president and troops fail. And that's what I said up top. You're a traitor if you do that. And you know who you are. On the message board, Colleen. not to defend President Scheinbaum of Mexico, but I can understand her position. For one, she fears for her safety and that of her family.

This is her inauguration. In October 24, 21 Mexican politicians have been murdered by the drug cartel. Well, then she should resign, Colleen. If you're afraid to carry out your sworn duties, then you resign. There's no excuse for what she's doing. Renee de Lucia de Lucia. She lives in Washington State says, we have a real problem, not at a Republican governor since they went to mail and ballots. Our state is purple.

No, it's not, Renee. The state is blue because of Kings County, Seattle, the big county. Okay. Please help and expose the corruption here. I wish I could, Renee, but I can't cover the corruption in all 50 states unless it rises up to a affect everybody. If I'm in Washington State and the guy who owned Starbucks who lived in Seattle just went to Miami, I leave. That's what I do. And Washington State's beautiful state. I'm gone. In a moment, something you might not know.

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Now the O'Reilly update brings you something you might not know. It is officially St. Patrick's Day. Millions of people around the world will honor the patron's center. of Ireland with bagpipes, corned beef, and maybe a pint or two. Here's how it all began. Patrick was born in Roman-occupied Britain in the late 4th century. It was kidnapped by pagans as a teenager, taken Ireland as a slave. He escaped, returning to Britain years later to convert the Celtic people to Christianity. Then it was on to Ireland. again. During his lifetime, Patrick established monasteries, churches, religious schools. After his

death, folklore rose up, said that Patrick drove snakes into the sea. Others say he used shamrocks to explain the Holy Trinity. That was true. The festivities were mostly religious until the 18th century. when immigrants brought the legend of St. Patrick to the New World. Boston held the first parade honoring a saint in 1737. Wow. For the next few centuries, the Irish spread out, creating communities in England, the U.S., Australia, Canada, South Africa. Today, folks around the world celebrate St. Patrick's Day with parades and libations. The biggest parties can be found in New York City, Boston, Dublin, Montreal, and get this, Tokyo, Japan. Wow, again. And here's something else you might not know.

Many people associate the feast of St. Patrick with alcohol, primarily beer. But that was not always the case. In Ireland itself, St. Patrick's Day, was viewed as a significant religious event until the 1980s. Most towns have laws restricting the sale of booze, and pubs were closed on St. Patrick's Day across Ireland. Well, today, that's all changed. Most bars are open 24 hours to celebrate the same. In total, 20 million pints of Guinness will be sold in the USA alone. Well, I hope you all have a good time. I hope you don't get inebriated, and I want you to have a happy. be St. Patrick's Day. Back in a moment.

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