Friday, March 20th (Copy)

⏳ THE SPEED READ

🚨NATION

  • Supreme Court’s conservative majority seems skeptical of counting mail-in ballots that arrive after election day (MO NEWS)

  • Trump heads to Elvis Presley’s Graceland in Memphis, a detour during Iran war and airport turmoil (AP)

  • Trump places statue of Christopher Columbus near the White House (NBC)

  • More than 230 rescued amid Hawaii flooding, thousands without power (CBS)

  • Rubio to testify in trial of former roommate accused of secretly lobbying for Venezuela (WASHINGTON POST)

🇮🇷 IRAN WAR

  • Trump lays out deal to end Iran war after talks (MO NEWS)

    • Netanyahu says Trump sees opportunity for deal with Iran (THE HILL)

  • Markets surge after Trump says Iran resolution is near (AXIOS)

  • Israeli minister calls for evacuation of southern Lebanon (REUTERS)

  • Iranian missile strikes injure 180 in Israel, officials say, puncturing air defenses and shocking the public (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

  • Sudan drone attack on key hospital killed 64 people during Eid, WHO says (GUARDIAN)

  • Jewish charity ambulances set on fire and UK police probe it as antisemitic attack (AP)

  • At least 1 dead, 77 injured as Colombian military plane carrying more than 100 personnel crashes on takeoff (CNN)

  • Emmanuel Grégoire elected Paris mayor, succeeding fellow left-winger Anne Hidalgo (FRANCE 24)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

  • Pfizer Lyme Disease vaccine shows 70% efficacy in late-stage study (MO NEWS)

  • DoorDash rolls out emergency gas relief as prices squeeze drivers (FOX)

  • Bipartisan Senate bill would ban sports betting on online prediction markets (GUARDIAN)

  • Trump admin dumps Biden-era wind projects for billion-dollar investment in US oil (FOX)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

  • Box Office: Ryan Gosling’s ‘Project Hail Mary’ scores biggest debut of year with $80.5 million, sets Amazon MGM record (VARIETY)

  • Chappell Roan addresses security guard’s encounter with 11-year-old fan that left child ‘in tears’ (NBC)

  • Seattle Seahawks’ Jaxon Smith-Njigba agrees to record extension (ESPN)

  • Valerie Perrine, ‘Superman’ actress and ‘Lenny’ Oscar nominee, dies at 82 (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)


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