Friday, March 20th

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Wait times top two hours at Atlanta airport at shutdown hit day 35 (MO NEWS)

  • Trump administration sues Harvard, alleging school didn’t protect Jewish students as settlement talks go nowhere (CNN)

  • Second top Republican retires in battleground Wisconsin, fueling Democratic hopes (AP)

  • RFK Jr. went too far with comments about gender care for minors, judge rules (POLITICO)

IRAN WAR

  • Israel closes holy sites as Iranian missiles target Jerusalem (MO NEWS)

  • U.S. deploying additional warships, marines to the Middle East (MO NEWS)

  • Trump administration making heavy preparations for potential use of ground troops in Iran (CBS)

  • Iran hits Kuwaiti oil refinery and explosions boom over Tehran from Israeli attack (MS NEWS)

  • Mojtaba Khamenei regime executes champion wrestler as Iran intensifies brutal crackdown during war (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Teen daughter of North Korean leader Kim drives a tank while observing drill with her father (AP)

  • Hungary’s Orbán threatens further anti-Ukraine measures over Russian oil dispute (NBC)

  • Australia PM heckled at Sydney mosque Ramadan event (BBC)

  • Experts consider expanding meningitis vaccine eligibility after Kent outbreak (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • FCC green-lights Nexstar’s $6.2B merger with rival TV station owner Tegna (NBC)

  • Co-founder of tech company charged with diverting $2.5 billion in Nvidia AI chips to China in violation of export laws (CNN)

  • NASA hauls its repaired moon rocket from the hangar back to the pad for an early April launch (AP)

  • Heatwave scorching US west ‘virtually impossible’ without climate crisis, say scientists (GUARDIAN)

  • CBS News layoffs shut down CBS News Radio, affecting Chicago’s WBBM (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • K-Pop band BTS back with their first album in four years (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

  • Georgia Tech names ex-Troy coach Scott Cross as head coach (ESPN)

  • Publisher cancels Shy Girl horror novel after writer accused of using AI (PEOPLE)

  • John Lithgow says he considered quitting HBO’s ‘Harry Potter’ series Over J.K. Rowling backlash (VARIETY)


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