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🇺🇸🇮🇷 The US doesn't need to clear every Iranian mine from the Strait of Hormuz. Energy Secretary Chris Wright just confirmed it: a safe shipping corridor is enough to reopen oil flows. Full demining could take up to 6 months. A narrow corridor? Weeks. That's not a small distinction. Every day Hormuz stays closed, fuel prices climb and the global economy absorbs another hit. The Pentagon knows full clearance is the ideal. But the US is choosing the faster path: get one lane open, get oil moving, deal with the rest later. Pragmatism over perfection. That's the play. Source: Bloomberg

🇺🇸 BREAKING: Federal agents hit multiple childcare centers in Minneapolis today as part of a sweeping fraud investigation. We are talking tens of millions (maybe more) in fraudulently claimed government subsidies funneled through childcare programs. t.co/yiYqaLntFm

🇲🇱🇷🇺 Russia once replaced France in Mali. Now, the Islamic State is taking towns while Russian-backed forces retreat to bunkers. The Islamic State just seized Ménaka, the regional capital. Malian and Wagner-era troops pulled back to a fortified camp outside the city instead of defending it. The same thing happened in Kidal. Source: BBC

RECAP: The big news of the day: UAE’s exit from the OPEC cartel, a seismic move in energy geopolitics. The UAE decided they weren’t benefiting from the arrangement anymore, and it’s hard to fault them for thinking so. Huge ramifications for Saudi, Russia, and others. Trump says Iran told him they are in a ‘state of collapse’ and want Hormuz opened ASAP. Trump had said the U.S. blockade would cost Tehran $500M per day, and while estimates vary, it’s certainly costing them. The man who tried to attack the WHCD over the weekend has been formally charged with attempting to assassinate the president. Hopefully they throw the book at him. Federal agents are executing raids on Minnesota businesses and childcare centers, as part of a sweeping fraud investigation. Ilhan Omar had no comment, but is concerned World War 12 could begin any day… And lastly, King Charles is in the second day of his state visit to the United States, and is set to meet Trump in the Oval, either for tea and biscuits or McDonald’s. 😂

🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 Trump says Iran just told the U.S. it is in a "State of Collapse." - Iran is asking for Hormuz to be opened immediately - Says Iran is trying to sort out its leadership situation - Trump: "Which I believe they will be able to do!" t.co/zM9Fj4iKpo

🚨 BREAKING: 🇦🇪 The UAE has decided to exit OPEC and OPEC+. Source: Sky News t.co/4G0PJK7M6l

🇮🇱 Netanyahu received a note during his testimony and left court shortly afterward. The judges then announced his testimony would end 2 hours earlier than planned. Another day, another trial not quite getting along as it should. Source: @AmitSegal t.co/ntngZkc6c7

🇮🇱 A car believed to be carrying Netanyahu has reportedly arrived at court in Tel Aviv for his corruption trial. Will he finally face justice? t.co/9XRny707Yl

🇷🇺🇲🇱 Russian and Malian troops have pulled out of Kidal, a key city in northern Mali, after coordinated attacks by rebel and jihadist groups. Mali’s military rulers, who took power in a 2021 coup, brought in Russia after cutting ties with France, but the situation has kept getting worse. The latest attacks killed Defence Minister Sadio Camara and hit targets in the capital Bamako, leaving the leadership shaken. Kidal is now in the hands of an unusual alliance: the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA), a Tuareg separatist group seeking independence, and JNIM, an al-Qaeda-linked jihadist group. These groups don’t usually work together, which makes this a big shift, and a much bigger problem for the government. It’s now raising real questions about whether Russia’s support is actually helping, and how long the current leadership can hold on. Source: Financial Times

🚨 WAR UPDATE 🇩🇪 Germany’s Merz said the war hasn’t been resolved, despite early expectations it would be over in days. 🇺🇸 Trump met with his national security team in the Oval Office, weighing two paths: resume bombing or send negotiators to Pakistan. 🇺🇸Rubio called the Strait of Hormuz an “economic nuclear weapon,” noting it carries 25% of global oil flow. 🇮🇱 Netanyahu faces a new political challenge, as Bennett and Lapid merged forces to run against him in upcoming elections. 🇮🇷 Six Iranian prisoners reportedly sang defiant songs before execution, highlighting internal unrest and repression. 🇺🇸 Rubio described Iran’s internal divide between pragmatists and hardline theologians, with the Supreme Leader above both factions. 🇺🇸The U.S. seized another Iranian tanker in the Malacca Strait, showing the blockade now extends thousands of miles beyond the Gulf. 🇷🇺🇮🇷 Iran deepened ties with Russia, with Araghchi thanking Putin for “solidarity” as pressure from the U.S. continues.

🇮🇹 Nick Fuentes waiting on a McDonald's order outside the Vatican when a random homeless guy walked up and very insistently tried to get him to move his car to a new spot. Nothing suspicious about that... Even the Holy See has parking scammers. Wild. t.co/AKEkldsGOH

Elon: I don’t trust Sam Altman or OpenAI "I started that company as a nonprofit, open-source organization. I named it OpenAI for a reason. And now it is extremely closed source and focused on maximizing profit… At various points, Sam has claimed not to be getting rich, but he’s claimed many things that were false… So I don’t trust Sam Altman, and I don’t think we want the most powerful AI in the world controlled by someone who is not trustworthy.” @slow_developer

🇺🇸 Nancy Mace says Republicans killed her motion to subpoena Ilhan Omar's immigration records, including those tied to Omar's alleged brother-husband. Her own party stopped the investigation before it started. Talk about friendly fire. t.co/4HZlllqJfH

🇺🇸 You won't believe this guys Rep. Ilhan Omar: “The last time the Alien Enemies Act was invoked, it was used... during World War ELEVEN.” She meant World War II The Alien Enemies Act has been invoked 3 times. None of them during World War Eleven t.co/piAZ3RUJf0

🇺🇸 Trump is pushing House Republicans to fund ICE and Border Patrol through reconciliation, a party-line maneuver that cuts Democrats out completely. Senate passed the blueprint 50-48 last Thursday. House is next. The DHS shutdown has been running since February 14th. Longest in US history. Secret Service, Coast Guard, FEMA, all are affected.

🇦🇪Emirates just put Starlink on its A380. 650,000 passengers have already used it on the 777 fleet. Now it's coming to the superjumbo. Three antennas per aircraft. Home-speed internet across every cabin. Free. While competitors still charge you $30 for connectivity that barely loads a webpage, Emirates is streaming. Starlink is quietly becoming the standard for what flying should feel like. Source: Emirates Official Press Release via UAE Media Office, @elonmusk

🇺🇸🇨🇺 The Trump administration just rescinded export licenses to Cuba for Ferraris, Aston Martins, Maseratis, jacuzzis, and jet skis. -Letter from Commerce Under Secretary Jeffrey Kessler confirms Biden-era licenses are being pulled -Commerce calls the original approvals "unacceptable" -All active export licenses to Cuba now under full review -Move aligns with Trump's "maximum pressure" policy on the regime -Carve-outs remain for Cuban people and private sector enterprise While ordinary Cubans waited in line for bread and electricity, the Biden administration was approving Ferrari and jet ski shipments to the regime elite. That door just slammed shut. @MaElviraSalazar

Perpetuals is moving at a blazing pace. Just a few days ago, they announced a licensing agreement between their BayesShield AI and the German University of Digital Science (German UDS). And now @Perpetuals_com is extending BayesShield AI into healthcare to address the root cause of diagnostic errors. BayesShield Clinical applies the same patent-pending methodology the company developed to predict trading outcomes to a new domain: identifying which physicians in hospitals and clinics are the most accurate at diagnosing specific types of cases to ensure patients get the best health outcomes. This is huge. In the United States alone, an estimated 795,000 patients die or are permanently disabled each year due to diagnostic errors. Cognitive biases have been associated with diagnostic inaccuracies in as many as 77% of case scenarios across systematic review studies. The result is a healthcare system that spends an estimated $210 billion annually on unnecessary medical services while failing to identify and leverage its best diagnosticians. BayesShield will not diagnose patients or replace physician judgment. Instead, it strips away behavioral biases, applying statistical methods to identify patterns of diagnostic strength across specific case types. Hospitals and other health care providers can use these insights for optimized case routing, second-opinion protocols, and training program design. Remember, BayesShield was built to find why traders lose money, hidden under layers of behavioral noise. The same methodology works in other high-stakes decisions, including healthcare Learn more: t.co/BTq3uKZUzt Disclaimer: This content was produced in collaboration with the client and is intended for informational purposes only. It does not constitute financial or investment advice. Always conduct your own research before making any financial decisions, especially in highly volatile markets like crypto.

🚨 WAR UPDATE 🇱🇧 Journalist Amal Khalil was killed in an Israeli airstrike in southern Lebanon, the 4th media worker killed since March. Another journalist was injured. 🇮🇷 IRGC paraded a Shahed-136 drone in Ahvaz, showcasing its attack drone capability during public displays. 🇺🇸 The USS George H.W. Bush carrier strike group is en route to the Middle East, expected to arrive within days. 🇺🇸 Trump said there is no deadline on the ceasefire, adding the blockade pressures Iran more than bombing. 🇮🇷 Multiple explosions were reported in Tehran, later confirmed as air defense drills with no active attack. 🇺🇸 CENTCOM says 31 vessels have been turned back since the Hormuz blockade began, most of them oil tankers. 🇮🇷 Over 100 Basij members were reportedly poisoned in Tehran, with one dead and others hospitalized.

🇺🇸 The Southern Poverty Law Center just got indicted for secretly funding the KKK, neo-Nazi organizations, and white supremacist groups. The DOJ alleges the nonprofit funneled over $3 million in donor money to members of the very groups it built its entire brand on fighting, between 2014 and 2023. To hide the payments, the SPLC reportedly set up shell companies with names like "Fox Photography" and "Rare Books Warehouse." The SPLC says it was a legitimate informant program that saved lives and that the DOJ is weaponizing the justice system against them. The investigation is ongoing and individuals could still face charges. @elonmusk spent years calling them a criminal organization while everyone else was ignoring the warning signs. The feds finally caught up. Source: Reuters, Politico

🇺🇸FBI Director Kashl Announces 11 Count Indictment Against Southern Poverty Law Center "This evening, @DAGToddBlanche and I are announcing an 11-count indictment against the Southern Poverty Law Center. Charges include wire fraud, false statements to a federally insured bank, and conspiracy to commit concealment money laundering.” @FBIDirectorKash

🚨🇺🇸 BREAKING: Andrew Hugg, a U.S. Chief of Chemical Nuclear Surety, has reportedly been escorted out of the Pentagon and placed on administrative leave. Why: O'Keefe caught him on hidden camera casually discussing U.S. chemical nerve agents, an Army chemist's death, and airstrikes on Iran. The man responsible for nuclear and chemical weapons security was apparently talking about all of it on camera. Source: @OKeefeMediaGroup, @DougAMacgregor

🚨 BREAKING: 🇺🇸🇮🇷 The U.S. military boarded a ship believed to be part of Iran’s shadow fleet. The tanker, the M/T Tifani, was boarded in the Indo-Pacific area. This comes after U.S. forces seized the Touska, a sanctioned Iranian ship, 2 days ago. t.co/3JovmT8Yln

🇺🇸 HEGSETH FIRES ARMY CHIEF OF STAFF MID-WAR, REPLACES HIM WITH GUY WHO WAS 2-STAR TWO YEARS AGO Defense Secretary just canned Gen. Randy George as Army Chief of Staff "effective immediately" while the 82nd Airborne is literally deploying to the Middle East. No reason given. Standard stuff during an active war. George's replacement Gen. Christopher LaNeve was a 2-star general two years ago. Now he's running the Army. That's less of a promotion and more of a space elevator ride through the ranks. This is firing number 12+ for Hegseth since taking office. He also axed the Army's chief of chaplains right after announcing chaplains should focus more on God and less on mental health. Nothing says wartime readiness like mass firings and telling your trauma counselors to stop counseling. Source: AP

🇺🇸NASA is gearing up for the second flight of its X-59 quiet supersonic aircraft. The X-59 completed engine run testing on March 12 at Armstrong Flight Research Center and will do a roughly one-hour flight from its hangar to Edwards Air Force Base, reaching 260 mph at 20,000 feet to start envelope expansion tests. Source: NasaGov

🚨🇺🇸 Jared Isaacman: America's space assets are giving us "an extreme edge" in Operation Epic Fury. t.co/3p0706EgGd

ALUMINUM-LITHIUM: THE METAL THAT BEAT TITANIUM Titanium is usually hailed as the hero of the future. Indestructible, corrosion-proof, and abundant. It's the metal that launched a thousand dreams: skyscrapers that never rust, bridges that outlive civilizations, and bio-buildings that breathe and shift like living things. It’s all there, locked behind the Kroll process, a 1930s bottleneck we haven’t broken in nearly a century. But what if the real 21st-century metal snuck right past us? Enter aluminum-lithium. It's not as exotic, not as poetic. But it quietly delivers what titanium only promises: higher strength-to-weight ratio and affordability. Yes, you read that right. When it comes to aerospace and high-performance structures, aluminum-lithium alloys already outperform titanium in key metrics. Lighter. Stronger. Easier to manufacture. Recyclable. And unlike titanium, it doesn’t need a Cold War-era extraction ritual to escape from ore. This isn’t theoretical. Airbus, SpaceX, and Boeing have been using Al-Li alloys for years in aircraft frames and rocket bodies. Why? Because they want strength without weight, and they don’t want to pay titanium prices for it. So why aren’t our cities reflecting this? Why are our towers still clad in concrete and steel, aging like milk in the sun, instead of shimmering with ultra-light alloys that could last centuries? Because we’re stuck in a materials mindset that mistakes familiarity for inevitability. We wait for titanium to get cheaper instead of using what’s already better. We romanticize impossible alloys instead of engineering with the ones right in front of us. Aluminum-lithium is not perfect. It’s finicky to weld. It can be more brittle in extreme cold. But it doesn’t need to be perfect, it just needs to be good enough to change how we build. It’s time to stop treating buildings like disposable tech and start thinking in centuries. The Romans gave us aqueducts that still stand. We give our grandkids drywall and mildew. If we want the future to look like the future, we need to stop waiting for titanium to break free, and start building with the material that already did. Aluminum-lithium won the strength-to-weight race. Now it just needs architects to notice.

Drones are the future of battlefields! This is the force reshaping warfare... t.co/pIlOUgWolc

🇺🇸THE HEAT IS ON: SPACEX RAPTOR EDITION The SpaceX Raptor engine endures temperatures hotter than 3,300°F during flight—enough to melt steel like butter. To survive, it relies on advanced cooling tech, including liquid methane flowing through channels to absorb and dissipate heat. It’s not just an engine; it’s a literal fire-breathing dragon built to conquer space. Source: @SpaceX @mcrs987

FAREWELL TO A LEGEND: PERRY, BELOVED SHREK DONKEY, PASSES AWAY AT 30 Perry, the iconic miniature donkey of Bol Park and inspiration for Donkey in Shrek, has died after battling a painful hoof disease. Known for his feisty, playful personality, Perry spent decades lifting spirits and bringing joy to visitors, cementing his place as a cherished local figure. Handlers are planning a memorial to honor the life of this beloved community icon. Source: Palo Alto Online