Oil Prices Fall As Trump Says "Ultimate Victory" Is Near In Iran
LA marathoner wins by tiniest margin ever, Timothée Chalamet disses ballet and opera
Good evening,
Here’s your reminder to never give up! American runner Nathan Martin won the Los Angeles Marathon on Sunday by the closest margin in history after overtaking the race leader by 0.01 seconds. 🏃🏿😮💨
Nathan Martin, a 36-year-old high school track and cross-country coach in Michigan, completed the 26.2 mile race in 2 hours, 11 minutes, and 17 seconds.
Martin chased down Kenya’s Michael Kamau from over a mile and a half out, eventually overtaking him in the last step of the race. Kamau immediately collapsed when he got to the finish line and was carried off in a stretcher.
“I made an actual move five miles out … when I saw no one else was picking up the pace. I decided I needed to push,” Martin told the Los Angeles Times. “At a mile and a half to go, I could see the leader and with 800 meters to go, I was thinking, ‘I’m catching him.’ ”
Kamua also lost a few seconds at Mile 26 when he accidentally veered off the course and lost a few seconds.
The 41st LA Marathon drew 27,000 runners and reached temps in the high 80s. To account for this year’s unusually warm weather, marathon organizers gave finisher medals to runners who made it past Mile 18, but not to the finish line at 26.2 miles. The one-time policy sparked backlash from marathon purists.
I’m breaking a sweat just reading about all this. 🥵
Sam
Associate Producer
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🚨 ONE THING WE’RE WATCHING
Iran War Timeline: White House Says U.S. Will Determine When Iran Has Surrendered
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Tuesday would be the “most intense day of strikes inside Iran” so far in the U.S.’s 11-day war with the Islamic Republic of Iran. We’ve also learned that in addition to seven U.S. troops who have been killed since the war began, 140 U.S. service members have been wounded— eight severely.
BY THE NUMBERS: Hegseth said Iran fired the fewest number of missiles in the past 24 hours than at any time during the war, suggesting the campaign is weakening its capabilities.
The U.S. has struck more than 5,000 targets since the beginning of the war, resulting in 90% fewer Iranian missile strikes in the region; Iranian drone strikes are down by 80%.
The U.S. has “annihilated the Iranian navy,” destroying more than 50 naval vessels including a major drone ship, per the Trump administration.
“ENDLESS” WAR? Hegseth also pushed back on critics who say that the U.S. is in an "endless" war with no clear goals. He said the U.S. military operation against the Iranian regime has a defined scope and timeline.
“This is not endless, it’s not protracted, there’s no mission creep,” Hegseth said. “It’s actually quite contained,” he later added.
TIMELINE: W.H. Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt says the original timeline for the war was 4-6 weeks, but the military operation is ahead of schedule. She says it’s up to the Commander-in-Chief, President Trump, to decide when the military objectives have been met and Iran is in the “place for unconditional surrender.”
When will that happen? Leavitt says President Trump will determine when Iran is in a place of unconditional surrender, when they no longer post a credible and direct threat to the United States of America and our allies.”
Trump said Monday the U.S. campaign against Iran will continue until the country can no longer develop weapons— ballistic or nuclear— capable of threatening the U.S., Israel, or American allies.
IRANIAN SOCCER PLAYERS SEEK ASYLUM IN AUSTRALIAAustralia said Tuesday it had granted asylum to five members of Iran’s national women’s soccer team after Iranian state media labeled them “wartime traitors” for refusing to sing the national anthem during a Women’s Asian Cup match.
THE PLAYERS: The Iranian team arrived in Australia last month for the cup before the Iran war began on Feb. 28. Five players — captain Zahra Ghanbari, and teammates Fatemeh Pasandideh, Zahra Sarbali, Atefeh Ramezanizadeh, and Mona Hamoudi — had remained silent during the anthem at a game on March 2nd. (The players sang the anthem for two matches that followed.)
CNN reports that another two members of the team – a player and a member of staff – are also now seeking asylum in Australia.
THE RESULTS: Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, said Tuesday that the players asked to remain in the country and were moved “to a safe location” while their humanitarian visas were finalized. The asylum offer was extended to the entire 26-member team.
The offer came after President Trump urged the Australian government on Monday to intervene, saying players would “likely be killed” if they returned.
‣ WHAT ELSE TO KNOW: IRAN WAR CHEAT SHEETThe Iran war continues to create a ripple effect throughout the global economy, sending the price of gas surging, and sparking political division in the U.S. Here’s what else you need to know:
📌 Oil prices have stabilized while the cost of gas continues to rise, as Iranian strikes have targeted oil facilities and halted tanker traffic in the Strait of Hormuz.
Meanwhile, there are reports that Iran has started to lay mines in the Strait; President Trump has said, if true, they should be “removed, IMMEDIATELY!”
📌 Israel announced a new wave of strikes in Tehran, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu saying he wants to pressure the Iranian people to rise against their regime, emphasizing that a regime change ultimately “depends on them.”
Strikes on Iranian fuel depots have led to plumes of dark smoke and black rain, leading to health fears among Iranians.
Nearly 700,000 people have fled from their homes in Lebanon, the United Nations said Tuesday, as Israel strikes Hezbollah targets. Hezbollah is an Iranian proxy group based in Lebanon, which first launched rockets into Israel early into the war in response to U.S. and Israeli strikes on Iran, prompting Israeli retaliation.
📌 The conflict has led to a mounting death toll in the Middle East.
In Iran, more than 1,200 people have been killed by Israeli and American strikes, according to the state-affiliated Iranian Red Crescent Society.
Retaliatory Iranian strikes in countries across the Middle East have killed at least 12 civilians across the U.A.E. Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Qatar, Oman and Bahrain, according to a New York Times count of official sources.
More than 400 people in Lebanon and at least 13 people in Israel have been killed in the conflict, according to the Lebanese and Israeli governments respectively.
⏳ THE SPEED READ
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🌎 AROUND THE WORLD
Shots fired at US Consulate in Toronto, police say (POLITICO)
Human Rights Watch details deaths and injuries of police drone attacks in Haiti (AP)
India erupts in celebration after T20 cricket World Cup victory (BBC)
Spectacular fireball over Europe sends meteorite crashing through roof of German home (SPACE)
📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH
FDA approves Leucovorin for a rare condition — not autism symptoms (MO NEWS)
US homes sales rose in February as homebuyers seized on easing mortgage rates (AP)
DOJ settles Live Nation suit, but Tennessee presses forward (AXIOS)
China lays out its blueprint for AI, space internet and green energy in tech race with US (SOUTH CHINA MORNING POST)
🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT
Florida woman held on $10M bail after firing AR-15 at Rihanna’s LA home (MO NEWS)
Cincinnati Reds right-hander Hunter Greene to have surgery, out until July (ESPN)
Tennis star Mirra Andreeva erupts with profanity-laced tirade toward fans after Indian Wells defeat (FOX)
Live-action Tinker Bell series in development for Disney+ (IGN)
Liza Minnelli releases memoir, "Kids, Wait Till You Hear This!” (ABC)
ICYMI FROM THE 📲
In case you missed it… Actor Timothée Chalamet continues to face backlash for comments he made last month about the declining popularity of opera and ballet.
“I don’t want to be working in ballet or opera where it’s like, ‘Hey! Keep this thing alive,’ even though no one cares about this anymore,” Chalamet said during a Feb. 21 town hall with Interstellar co-star Matthew McConaughey.
Members of the opera and ballet communities pushed back against Chalamet, who is a Best Actor contender at this Sunday’s Oscars for his performance in Marty Supreme.
The Seattle Opera used “TIMOTHEE” as a discount code last weekend.
The Royal Opera House in London, England told Chalamet “our doors are open.”