World
The Islamabad talks produced nothing — Iran rejected the US plan as humiliation, Ghalibaf called it theater, and Trump's FT oil quote killed whatever credibility remained.
World
Iran's ambassador Sheibani defied Lebanon's March 29 expulsion deadline and stayed in Beirut — backed by Hezbollah and Amal, proving that Lebanese sovereignty is conditional on Iranian consent.
Economy
WTI hit $102.86 on Trump's Kharg Island comments, the S&P 500 closed its worst month since 2022 at -6.5%, and March 2026 will be studied in finance courses for years.
Entertainment
Andy Weir's adaptation topped the box office for a second consecutive weekend with $54.5M — and as Artemis II counts down for a real Moon launch Wednesday, the timing is almost too neat.
Politics
The White House issued no response to the No Kings protests by Monday morning — no arrests, no concessions, no acknowledgment — exactly as the administration promised.
World
One month of the Iran war: 8,700 dead, $590 billion in global losses, 300+ US troops injured, zero AUMF, zero stated war aim — until Trump told the FT he wants the oil.
World
Trump told the FT he wants to seize Kharg Island and take Iran's oil — the most explicit war aim statement yet — while the Islamabad peace talks he authorized produced nothing but mutual accusations.
World
Two Australian states went free-transit as Iran war fuel prices hit record highs — the clearest signal yet that the war's second-order costs have landed on allied nations with no say in starting it.
Economy
Houthi attacks have made the Red Sea impassable for European shippers — and ports from Piraeus to Genoa are now bearing the rerouting costs that no one in Europe voted to absorb.
Technology
The Artemis II countdown clock started Monday at Kennedy Space Center — four astronauts will fly past the Moon on April 1 at 6:24 PM ET, the first humans in deep space since Apollo 17 in 1972.
Politics
The DHS shutdown entered day 45 Monday with the Senate still not acting on the House's 60-day patch — the longest funding lapse in American history, now normalized into background noise.
Technology
NYT Magazine's landmark piece reveals we need fossil fuels to build the renewables that will replace them — and the Iran war is forcing that uncomfortable truth into the open.
Business
India has 15-20 days of helium left and the shortage is going global — MRI suspensions from New Delhi to Stuttgart are the war's least-visible but most medically serious second-order effect.
Economy
30-year mortgage rates hit 6.49% as the Fed holds at 3.25-3.75% and war-driven inflation eliminates any path to rate cuts — the spring housing market is functionally suspended.
Entertainment
Mary Beth Hurt, Tony-nominated actress and Paul Schrader's wife of 43 years, died March 28 after an 11-year battle with Alzheimer's. She was 79.
Life
The FDA sent warning letters to 30 telehealth companies over illegal GLP-1 marketing while Novo Nordisk and Hims settled — a regulatory landscape still being written in real time.
