Tuesday, March 4

🚨NATION

📌 Hegseth directs DOD civilian workforce to comply with Musk’s DOGE productivity email (FOX)

📌 Andrew Cuomo jumps into New York mayor’s race, attempting political comeback (MO NEWS)

📌 Democrats invite fired federal workers to Trump’s Tuesday primetime Congressional Address (GUARDIAN)

📌 South Carolina governor declares state of emergency as wildfires erupt in Carolinas, Georgia (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hegseth suspends offensive cyber operations against Russia (AXIOS)

📌 Israel says it will block Gaza humanitarian aid until Hamas agrees to new conditions (CNN)

📌 A driver rams a car into crowd in Germany, leaving 1 dead and others injured (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 RFK Jr. urges Americans to get measles vaccine amid deadly Texas outbreak (MO NEWS)

📌 Bitcoin tumbles 9% after rallying following Trump’s crypto reserve announcement (CNBC)

📌 'We're on the moon': The private Blue Ghost spacecraft makes a historic lunar landing (NPR)

📌 Driverless race car sets a new autonomous speed record (VERGE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Oscars 2025 Winners: ‘Anora’ Leads With 5 Wins Followed by ‘The Brutalist’ With 3 (VARIETY)

📌 Adrien Brody sets world record for longest acceptance speech in Oscars history (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Kieran Culkin says wife owes him a 4th kid for winning an Oscar (ABC)

📌 Gene Hackman, Betsy Arakawa’s bodies test negative for carbon monoxide; Hackman’s pacemaker stopped on Feb. 17 (VARIETY)