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DEA names Colombian president ‘priority target’ as U.S. prosecutors probe ties to drug traffickers

Petro denied all ties to drug traffickers and maintained he never accepted their funds during his campaign.

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Jim Mustian

Iran war cut off helium from Qatar, and shortages will start to bite in a few weeks, threatening chip supply chains that fuel the AI boom

Qatar supplies a third of the world's helium, according to the U.S. Geological Survey, but the nation had to halt production shortly after the war...

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Kelvin Chan

A 19-year-old star wrestler and two other young men were hanged in Iran as regime continues with executions and crackdown on dissent during war

Rights groups say more than 100 others could face death sentences.

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Lee Keath

Iran launches missiles at U.K.-U.S. base 2,500 miles away in the Indian Ocean, indicating Tehran has weapons with much longer range than once thought

U.K. officials have not given details of the strike that targeted the ocean air base Friday, which was unsuccessful.

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Samy Magdy

TSA officers are quitting rather than working without pay during another shutdown as eviction notices, car repos, and empty fridges weigh

At least 376 have quit their jobs altogether since the shutdown began on Valentine's Day, according to the Department of Homeland Security.

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Rio Yamat

The U.S. is deploying 3 more amphibious assault ships and 2,500 additional Marines to the Mideast, joining more than 50,000 troops already there

Days earlier the U.S. redirected another group of amphibious assault ships carrying another 2,500 Marines from the Pacific to the Middle East.

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Jon Gambrell

The one skill that separates people who get smarter with AI from everyone else

New research from the NeuroLeadership Institute finds fluent AI users share a single cognitive habit — and it has nothing to do with tech skills.

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David Rock

The Strait of Hormuz is the fourth large supply shock this decade. Welcome to the new era of global disorder

The Fed keeps calling these events bad luck. They aren't.

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Jon Hilsenrath

Companies are now on the front lines of war. They need to act like it

Iranian drones hit U.S. data centers in the Gulf. For corporate security chiefs, it's a wake-up call that can't be ignored: your company is now a...

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Jeremy Bash, Opinion Contributor

‘Godfather of AI’ says tech companies aren’t concerned with the AI endgame. They’re focused on short-term profits instead

“Researchers are interested in solving problems that have their curiosity. It’s not like we start off with the same goal of, what’s the future...

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Sasha Rogelberg

Dairy Queen CEO says he learned from Warren Buffett being the ‘smartest person in the world’ isn’t the most important attribute for success

Other leaders like Melinda French Gates and Amex CEO Stephen Squeri have taken the former Berkshire Hathaway CEO's advice to heart in navigating...

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Emma Burleigh

Costco CEO promises the $1.50 hot dog isn’t going away: ‘The price will not change as long as I’m around’

The $1.50 combo hasn't changed since 1985. In a K-shaped economy where everything costs more, that's not just a deal—it's a statement.

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Sydney Lake

The entry-level job market is the worst it’s been in 37 years. Stop blaming Gen Z

For the first time since the federal government started tracking data, college graduates have lost their employment advantage over workers without...

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Janelle jones

Covid gave us hybrid work. The Iran War might give us a four-day week—and this time, experts say it could stick

As governments across Asia slash the working week to save energy amid the Iran War, workers have never been closer to a permanent four-day week—but...

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Orianna Rosa Royle

Iran war is making the world a little less sweet as oil soars at the worst possible time for sugar

Harvest season in Brazil is about to begin, and cane farmers must decide how much goes to sugar and how much to ethanol.

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Eva Roytburg

Why Block’s COO is tracking ‘gross profit per employee’—and how AI is on track to double it to $2 million

Block's Amrita Ahuja explains what is driving gross profit per employee to record levels inside the company.

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Sheryl Estrada

Women are avoiding the very technology that threatens them most, as expert warns of a ‘two-tiered AI economy’ approaching

Women are more skeptical of AI. Their hesitation will make AI safer, says Harvard researcher Mara Bolis.

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Jacqueline Munis

Three weeks into the Iran war that’s requested $200 billion, here’s what success for Trump might look like

The top priority remains reopening the Strait of Hormuz after the military offensive achieves enough success to weaken Iranian capabilities.

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Jordan Blum

A man let ChatGPT sell his home. It beat every agent’s estimate by $100K—and closed in 5 days

The technology assisted with everything from marketing and pricing to suggesting which walls to repaint.

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Jake Angelo

How the Strait of Hormuz poses an existential threat to Asia’s economies

“Asia is at the heart of this drama."

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Nicholas Gordon

ABC cancels new ‘Bachelorette’ season after video emerges of star committing domestic abuse

In the 2023 video, Taylor Frankie Paul appears to punch, kick and throw chairs at her former partner as her young daughter watched and cried.

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Andrew Dalton

Trump’s DOJ sues Harvard, claiming failure to tackle antisemitism

“The United States cannot and will not tolerate these failures," the DOJ wrote, saying it hopes to "recover billions of dollars of taxpayer...

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Moriah Balingit

Three Asias, three different playbooks: How PepsiCo’s Anne Tse views the world’s fastest-growing snack market

“By 2030, two‑thirds of the global middle class is going to be in Asia."

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Nicholas Gordon

It’s looking like Trump’s war created a private oil lane for China and other countries willing to play ball with Iran

President Donald Trump is sending thousands of Marines to the Middle East amid reports he is considering deploying ground troops to reopen the strait.

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Jason Ma

Kalshi locks in $22 billion valuation, gaining slight edge over its rival Polymarket

The startup has doubled its valuation in about two months.

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Carlos Garcia

Trump says U.S. considers ‘winding down’ Iran military effort

“We are getting very close to meeting our objectives as we consider winding down our great Military efforts in the Middle East,” Trump said in a...

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By Jeff Mason

Tariffs were already squeezing small businesses. Now the Iran conflict is pushing them to the brink as rising oil prices boost shipping costs

Thin margins and limited reserves leave small businesses uniquely exposed.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Musk misled Twitter investors before 2022 buyout, jury says

Mark Molumphy, a lawyer for the investors, said after the verdict he thinks the damages will amount to $2.6 billion.

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Isaiah Poritz

Mark Cuban reads 1,000 emails a day—now he’s using a Mac Mini to fight the AI-generated flood threatening his clean inbox obsession

A flood of AI-generated emails forced the billionaire to turn to his own AI to manage his inbox.

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Marco Quiroz-Gutierrez

Gavin Newsom supports renaming Cezar Chavez day after bombshell abuse allegations

The New York Times first reported Wednesday that it found Chavez groomed and sexually abused young girls working in the movement.

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Trân Nguyễn, Associated Press

CBS News won’t celebrate the 100th anniversary of Edward R. Murrow’s radio network. It will cancel it instead

When it went on the air in September 1927, the service was the precursor to the entire network.

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David Bauder

Scott Bessent’s Treasury Department will start overseeing the $180 billion of student loans that are in default

The U.S. Education Department is handing off a portion of its student loan portfolio to the Treasury Department.

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Collin Binkley

The president of Colombia has just been labeled a “priority target” for his alleged drug ties by the DEA

The DEA usually reserves the "priority target" label for those who have a "significant impact" on the drug trade.

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The Associated Press

Gen Z can’t afford a house. Some parents are choosing to fund their down payments over their college funds

Nearly three-quarters of parents are considering helping their kids buy a home amid the most dire market for first-time homebuyers.

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Jake Angelo

The Middle East is one of the world’s fastest growing luxury markets—and the war in Iran may cut its sales in half, analysts say

Luxury brands such as Dior and Gucci each get 20% of their sales from the region, which grew about 6% in 2025.

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Sasha Rogelberg

Job-seekers aren’t imagining things: the number of candidates getting ghosted by employers just reached a three-year high

More than half of job-seekers have experienced ghosting within the past year, reaching a three-year peak—and experts say it’s because hiring...

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Emma Burleigh

The U.S. just hit $39 trillion in debt. Here’s the constitutional fix that Congress won’t touch

It is time for a fiscal responsibility amendment to the United States Constitution.

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Steve H. Hanke

Chuck Norris never lost a fight, including the one against CBS for $30 million over Walker, Texas Ranger

The action legend, who died at 86, built a $70 million fortune from $10,000-a-film beginnings, fought CBS in court over Walker, Texas Ranger profits,...

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Catherina gioino

Economists agree: You’re not crazy for feeling like the rich get richer, and the poor are doing worse. Welcome to the ‘K-shaped economy’

What was a niche argument about five years ago is suddenly everywhere you look, and it’s taking on the shape of a letter with two jagged edges.

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Sasha Rogelberg

300 years of wars show they are ‘always disaster times’ for holders of government debt because of inflation and financial repression

"They have even underperformed equities and real estates which are traditionally regarded as risky assets."

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Jason Ma

AI boom is fueling demand for skilled trades—and demand for technicians, HVAC workers, and electricians is soaring, with six-figure salaries to match

Big Tech is cutting office jobs while also fueling a surge in six-figure skilled trade roles for Gen Z—demand for technicians, HVAC workers, and...

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Preston Fore

Three Tennessee teenagers are suing Elon Musk’s xAI for creating sexually explicit images of them

The high schoolers are seeking class-action status in order to represent what the lawsuit says are thousands of victims like themselves who either are...

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Jacqueline Munis

Iran threatens to attack tourist sites across the world as Israel and U.S. kill top leaders

The country’s new Supreme Leader Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei released a rare statement, saying Iran’s enemies need to have their “security” taken away.

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Jon Gambrell

The 19th century banking problem that AI hasn’t solved yet

Agentic AI needs a trust infrastructure. We're a Chief Scientist and a Chief Legal Officer who discovered that the hardest problems lie between our...

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Silvio savarese

The White House has a plan for AI regulation, and it starts with keeping states out of it

A new legislative blueprint from the Trump Administration calls for protecting children, preserving free speech, and cementing U.S. dominance in the...

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The Associated Press

Ukraine is quietly helping five Middle East nations shoot down Iranian drones, even as Trump says he doesn’t need Kyiv’s help

Zelenskyy confirmed teams are operating in five countries as Kyiv looks to turn battlefield expertise into an air-defense lifeline.

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The Associated Press

Unicorns are flush with cash and stuck. A new kind of startup crisis is taking hold in 2026

For a decade, the biggest challenge for high-growth startups was raising capital. Now, for many unicorns, the cap table itself has become the trap.

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David Spreng

Current price of oil as of March 20, 2026

When oil prices change, it affects your energy costs—and even the price of everyday items. Here’s why.

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Joseph Hostetler

The next time the Fed moves it’ll be to hike, according to one economist—whether or not Trump gets his new Fed chair

"We see the next policy move as a hike with the most likely timing in 1H27," wrote David Doyle.

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Eleanor Pringle

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic could be 3 of the biggest venture-backed IPOs of all time

If all three went public it could “conceivably create more value than all VC-backed IPOs since 2000 have collectively.”

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Allie Garfinkle