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Sweet 16 Day 1: Iowa Keeps Dancing and Arizona Dominated

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Trump Extended the Strike Pause to April 6. Iran Still Says No Talks Are Happening.

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The S&P 500 Is Headed for Its Fifth Straight Losing Week. That Has Not Happened Since 2023.

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Brewers Opening Day Is Tomorrow. Here Is What You Need to Know.

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Cuba Lost Power Again. Nobody Noticed.

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Intelligence Briefs1w ago

The Market Rallied on a Ceasefire That Does Not Exist

Market rallied on ceasefire that Iran rejected. Strike pause expires Friday.

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Politics & Geopolitics1w ago

Iran Rejected the Ceasefire and Demanded Control of Hormuz. Now What.

Iran rejected US ceasefire and demanded Hormuz sovereignty. The pause expires Friday.

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Sports1w ago

The Sweet 16 Starts Tomorrow and the Big Ten Owns March

Big Ten record 6 teams in Sweet 16. Duke Arizona Michigan the remaining 1-seeds.

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Crypto & DeFi1w ago

Bitcoin Held 71K While Gold Crashed. That Tells You Something.

Bitcoin held 71K while gold crashed 10 percent. Digital gold thesis being tested.

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Intelligence Briefs1w ago

Iran Just Hit Kuwait International Airport. The War Has No Borders.

Iranian drones struck Kuwait International Airport fuel tanks. The war has expanded to six countries. Neutrality is no longer protection.

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Defense & Military1w ago

Kharg Island: The Most Important Piece of Land Nobody Has Heard Of

Kharg Island handles 90 percent of Iran oil exports. Taking it cuts China off from 1.5M barrels per day. The most important rock in the Persian Gulf.

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Politics & Geopolitics1w ago

Pakistan Handed Iran a 15-Point Ceasefire Plan. Iran Said No.

Pakistan delivered a 15-point ceasefire to Iran. Iran rejected it. Two days left on strike pause. Oil is pricing in a deal that may not exist.

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Politics & Geopolitics1w ago

Cuba Grid Collapsed for the Third Time This Month. Nobody Cares.

Cuba power grid collapsed for the third time in March. 11 million in the dark. The oil shock is breaking countries nobody is watching.

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Intelligence Briefs1w ago

Asia Is Rationing Energy Like It Is 1973

Asia is rationing energy. Philippines emergency. Japan Nikkei down 4 percent. South Korea KOSPI down 6 percent. The IEA says this is worse than the 1970s.

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Finance Tools1w ago

Robinhood Just Announced a 1.5 Billion Dollar Buyback. Here Is Why That Matters.

Robinhood announced a 1.5 billion dollar buyback. HOOD up 3 percent to 71 dollars. Revenue grew 58 percent. Crypto revenue up 700 percent.

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Crypto & DeFi1w ago

Bitcoin Holding 71K While Everything Burns

Bitcoin at 71K during war. Gold crashed 10 percent. Bitcoin held.

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Business Tools1w ago

Meta Just Lost $400 Million for Letting Predators Find Kids on Instagram

A New Mexico jury hit Meta with nearly 400 million in damages for failing to protect children from predators on Instagram and Facebook. The precedent changes everything.

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Politics & Geopolitics1w ago

The Philippines Just Declared a National Emergency Over Oil

The Philippines declared a national energy emergency. 95 percent of oil comes from the Middle East. 46 days of diesel remain.

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Defense & Military1w ago

The 82nd Airborne Is Deploying to the Middle East. The Last Time That Happened, We Invaded Iraq.

2,000 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne are deploying to the Middle East. Their likely target: Kharg Island. The last time the 82nd deployed like this, we invaded Iraq.

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