Wednesday, March 26

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court upholds Biden ‘ghost gun' rule requiring background checks (MO NEWS)

📌 Tufts PhD student on visa arrested by immigration authorities, school says (NBC)

📌 Trump's Social Security check change could affect half a million Americans (AXIOS)

📌 Pilot and 2 young daughters survive the night on airplane wing after crashing into icy Alaska lake (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Four American soldiers who went missing in Lithuania have died, NATO leader says (AP)

📌 Centuries-old Buddhist temple destroyed as ‘unprecedented’ South Korea wildfires leave at least 24 dead (CNN)

📌 Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt, Brazil’s top court rules (GUARDIAN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Trump to announces new auto tariffs in major escalation ahead of April 2 deadline (CNBC)

📌 Measles case confirmed in DC, individual may have exposed others on Amtrak train (ABC)

📌 Tesla is bringing its electric cars to oil-rich Saudi Arabia amid falling global sales (CNN)

📌 Stephen Curry teams up with Michelle Obama to launch sports drink (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Alec Baldwin is an outlaw in first ‘Rust’ trailer since fatal on-set shooting (CNN)

📌 'Rust' movie trailer released 4 years after cinematographer Halyna Hutchins' on-set death (NBC)

📌 Prince Harry resigns from African charity he co-founded after leadership dispute (ABC)

📌 Will Smith gets a street named in the Philadelphia neighborhood where he was born and raised (AP)

Tuesday, March 25

🚨NATION

📌 Florida's proposed solution for losing migrant workers: more teen labor (AXIOS)

📌 Senate committee advances nomination of Dr Oz to run Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (FOX)

📌 Jasmine Crockett called Texas Gov. Greg Abbott, who uses a wheelchair, ‘Governor Hot Wheels’ (AP)

📌 Judge orders U.S. to stop attempts to deport Columbia undergraduate (NY TIMES)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Doctor treating Pope Francis says team considered ending treatment so he could die (CNN)

📌 German parliament elects an ex-minister as speaker as it opens a potentially confrontational term (AP)

📌 Turkey detains more than 1,400 protesters and multiple journalists after jailing of leading opposition figure (NBC)

📌 World’s longest-serving death row prisoner awarded $1.4 million after acquittal – that’s $85 for each day (BBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Consumer confidence in where the economy is headed hits 12-year low (CNBC)

📌 CDC is pulling back $11B in Covid funding sent to health departments across the U.S. (NBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 'Real Housewives' star Teresa Giudice, husband Luis Ruelas owe $3M in tax liens (FOX)

📌 World Athletics to require chromosome testing of women’s track and field athletes (NBC)

Monday, March 24

🚨NATION

📌 ‘This is not your grandmother’s Easter Egg Roll’: White House seeks corporate sponsorships for Easter event (CNN)

📌 Trump administration accuses pro-Palestinian activist Mahmoud Khalil of hiding info on his green card application (THE HILL)

📌 Musk group offers $100 to Wisconsin voters ahead of pivotal state Supreme Court election (AP)

📌 Supreme Court hears pivotal Louisiana election map case ahead of 2026 midterms (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israel considers massive new ground offensive in Gaza as it ramps up pressure on Hamas (CNN)

📌 Pope Francis thanks supporters as he's discharged from the hospital after a 5-week stay (BBC)

📌 Protests against Turkey's President Erdogan, arrest of Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, see hundreds arrested (CBS)

📌 Trump says any country buying Venezuelan oil will face a 25% tariff (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 23andMe files for bankruptcy, Anne Wojcicki steps down as CEO (CNBC)

📌 Law school applications skyrocket (AXIOS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Denzel Washington and Jake Gyllenhaal break Broadway box office records with ‘Othello’ (CNN)

📌 ‘Snow White’ limps to alarming $43M domestic opening, $87.3M globally (HOLLYWOOD REPORTER)

📌 Nikki Glaser says she now considers possibility of death threats or being “detained” before doing political humor (DEADLINE)

Friday, March 21

🚨NATION

📌 Elon Musk's Pentagon visit sparks more questions about his access to sensitive files (NPR) Trump sharply denies Musk China briefing, citing business conflicts (THE HILL)

📌 DOJ returning to court to defend deportation of Venezuelan migrants without due process (ABC)

📌 Trump asks the Supreme Court to stop judges from blocking his policies (MSNBC)

📌 Weekslong lockups of European tourists at US borders spark fears of traveling to America (AP)

📌 Three charged in arson attacks on Tesla properties (AXIOS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Russian drones strike Ukrainian city of Odesa, underlining challenges for truce (ABC)

📌 Sudan army reclaims presidential palace in major push to take back capital from rebels (CNN)

📌 Hamas claims it is still reviewing Witkoff bridge proposal to extend ceasefire’s first phase (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 JoshuR (NY POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Boeing to build next-gen 'F-47' US fighter jet, Trump announces (FOX)

📌 Americans' job anxiety soars to highest level in 10 years (AXIOS)

📌 Air traffic controller in Orlando stops Southwest Airlines pilots mistakenly trying to take off on a taxiway (CNN)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Court rules against K-pop group NewJeans in record label dispute (BBC)

📌 Judge dismisses copyright lawsuit against Mariah Carey's 'All I Want For Christmas is You' (USA TODAY)

📌 ‘Severance’ renewed for Season 3 on Apple (DEADLINE)

Thursday, March 20

🚨NATION

📌 MO NEWS MENTIONED: Millions of Americans are turning to social media influencers for news. But they couldn't do their jobs without traditional journalists. (YAHOO)

📌 Federal judge blocks DOGE from accessing Social Security personal information for now (AP)

📌 Administration officials believe order lets immigration agents enter homes without warrants (NY TIMES)

📌 French scientist denied US entry after phone messages critical of Trump found (GUARDIAN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas fires first rockets since Israel broke recent ceasefire (NPR)

📌 Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney will call a snap election on Sunday with vote expected April 28 (AP)

📌 Hungary's parliament passes law banning Pride events in new assault on LGBTQ rights (NBC)

📌 Joshua Riibe, student last seen with Sudiksha Konanki, American student who disappearance in the Dominican Republic, detained in Puerto Rico after release from DR (NY POST)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 How to get a free Dairy Queen cone TODAY (AXIOS)

📌 NASA astronauts delayed in space for 9 months won’t get overtime pay (FOX)

📌 Home sales rose 4.2% in February, beating expectations (ABC)

📌 RFK, Jr. wants to let bird flu spread on poultry farms. Why experts are concerned (SCIENTIFIC AMERICA)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Celtics sold for $6.1 billion, highest price in North American sports history (CBS)

📌 Snow White film is both 'bad' and 'captivating' say critics (BBC)

📌 ‘Coco 2’ set for 2029 release from Disney and Pixar (VARIETY)

Wednesday, March 19

🚨NATION

📌 Legal showdown as Justice Department resists judge’s demand for more details on deportation flights (AP)

📌 Cross-country storm unleashes blizzard as its winds fan wildfires across the central U.S. (CNN)

📌 Fired workers are reinstated at NOAA, creating confusion on the heels of severe storms (NBC)

📌 Trump fires Democratic FTC commissioners, sparking legal challenges (FOX)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump: Ceasefire talks ‘on track’ after ‘very good’ Zelensky call (THE HILL) Russia and Ukraine swap hundreds of prisoners in one of the war's largest exchanges (ABC)

📌 Israeli forces resume ground operations in Gaza, IDF says (ABC)

📌 Police in Turkey arrest Istanbul Mayor Ekrem Imamoglu, key rival of President Erdogan (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Ben & Jerry’s alleges parent company Unilever removed its CEO over social activism (AP)

📌 Measles outbreak could last a year, health official in Texas says (CNN)

📌 Heat can age you as much as smoking, a new study finds (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Ryan Reynolds says Justin Baldoni can't sue over 'hurt feelings' in $400 million lawsuit (USA TODAY)

📌 Players accuse tennis governing bodies of running ‘cartel’ in lawsuit (GUARDIAN)

📌 Hollywood director arrested on charges of swindling Netflix out of $11M for a show that never aired (AP)

📌 March Madness bracket 2025: AI picks every men's NCAA Tournament game winner (USA TODAY)

Tuesday, March 11 (Copy)

🚨NATION

📌 Trump revokes Secret Service protection for adult Biden children Hunter and Ashley (FOX)

📌 Getting paid not to work: Federal probationary workers are being reinstated but put on paid leave (CNN)

📌 DOGE gains access to US Institute of Peace after Trump administration overhauls board (POLITICO)

📌 Texas midwife charged with illegally performing abortions (AXIOS)

📌 Vance will lead G.O.P. fund-raising, an apparent first for a sitting vice president (THE HILL)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Germany poised to unlock €3B Ukraine aid after historic spending deal (POLITICO)

📌 Antarctic base "under control" after researcher accused colleague of assault, South Africa says (CBS)

📌 Parents of missing Pittsburgh student ask Dominican police to declare her dead (ABC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 BYD’s shares rally after rolling out new technology it claims charges EVs in five minutes (CNBC)

📌 Amazon is removing an Echo privacy setting that keeps Alexa recordings from the company (USA TODAY)

📌 Fed likely to pause rate cuts with clouds gathering over the economy (THE HILL)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Actor Tracy Morgan leaves Knicks game in wheelchair after throwing up in courtside seat (FOX)

📌 Lollapalooza 2025 lineup announced with Doechii, Sabrina Carpenter (CBS)

Monday, March 17

🚨NATION

📌 Deported Brown University professor had ‘sympathetic photos’ of Hezbollah leaders on her phone, DOJ says (POLITICO)

📌 At least 40 killed as dozens of tornadoes, storms swept the country over the weekend (NBC)

📌 Trump to release remaining classified JFK assassination files Tuesday (MO NEWS)

📌 Sen. Chuck Schumer's book tour postponed amid funding vote controversy (ABC)

 🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 From France comes a call for Trump’s America to return Lady Liberty. Here’s why it won’t happen (AP)

📌 Trump says Iran will suffer 'dire' consequences for any more Houthi attacks (ABC)

📌 Popular singer shot dead by hitmen in Peru, prompting state of emergency in capital over extortion killings (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Harvard says tuition will be free for families making $200K or less (ABC)

📌 NASA astronauts stuck in space are set to depart space station Tuesday (NBC)

📌 Forever 21 to close all U.S. stores, files for bankruptcy again (MO NEWS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Justin Bieber is 'drowning,' feels 'unsafe' to acknowledge the hate he feels (FOX)

📌 Deadline looms for Homeland Security to release Harry's US visa records (BBC)

📌 Conan O’Brien to return as Oscars host for 2026 awards ceremony (GUARDIAN)

Friday, March 14

🚨NATION

📌 DHS arrests another student involved in Columbia university protests on immigration charges (ABC)

📌 Big March storm system threatens US with tornadoes, blizzards and wildfire risk (AP)

📌 Dr. Oz Testifies at Confirmation Hearing (C-SPAN)

📌 Migrants held In Guantánamo flown back to U.S. after facility & budget shortfalls (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Hamas agrees to release Edan Alexander, the last living American hostage (FOX)

📌 China, Russia back Iran as Trump presses Tehran for nuclear talks (AP)

📌 A U.S. influencer outrages Australians by snatching a baby wombat from its mom (NPR)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 After canceling meeting of independent advisers, FDA issues 2025-26 flu vaccine recommendations (CNN)

📌 Gold reaches $3,000 as trade war escalates, economic uncertainty rises (MO NEWS)

📌 FTC asks to delay Amazon trial over 'dire' resources, then quickly backtracks (NPR)

📌 Apple will soon support encrypted RCS messaging with Android users (VERGE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 March Madness Brackets Released Sunday: A Preview (NPR)

📌 Warriors star Stephen Curry makes history with 4,000th career 3-pointer (NBA)

📌 Dwyane Wade opens up about kidney cancer diagnosis and urges proactivity with health concerns (CNN)

📌 ‘Freakier Friday’ trailer: Jamie Lee Curtis & Lindsay Lohan return 22 years later (DEADLINE)

Thursday, March 13

🚨NATION

📌 21 Democratic Attorneys General sue over gutting of Education Department (NY TIMES) Federal student loan site down Wednesday (AP)

📌 Layoff plans are due Thursday. Feds are terrified. (POLITICO) Judge orders Trump admin to reinstate probationary workers fired at 6 agencies (FOX NEWS)

📌 Protesters arrested after storming Trump Tower to demand release of Mahmoud Khalil (CNN)

📌 White House withdraws CDC director nomination just before his Senate confirmation hearing (NBC)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Trump threatens 200% tariff on European alcohol as trade war escalates (CNN)

📌 Putin backs Trump's push for Ukraine ceasefire in principle, but says "there are issues" to discuss with U.S. (CBS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Dow slides and S&P enters correction territory as Trump’s trade war escalates (CNN)

📌 Meta stops ex-director from promoting critical memoir (BBC)

📌 SpaceX delays flight to replace NASA’s stuck astronauts after launch pad problem (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Disney holds small-scale Snow White premiere amid controversy (BBC)

📌 Meghan Markle announces her new podcast, “Confessions of a Female Founder” (VOUGE)

📌 Blake Lively wins confidentiality order for sensitive information in Justin Baldoni suit (VARIETY)

Wednesday, March 12

🚨NATION

📌 Senate Democratic leader says Democrats will refuse to back a GOP stopgap bill to fund the government through Sept. 30 (NY TIMES)

📌 EPA head says he’ll roll back dozens of environmental regulations, including rules on climate change (AP)

📌 Immigrant detention centers are at capacity, Trump admin officials say (NBC)

📌 Steve Bannon to Gavin Newsom on latest podcast: ‘You Love All the Oligarchs, and Particularly Elon, Until They Flip’ (THE WRAP)

📌 NYC Mayor Eric Adams reveals he stopped reading news (NY POST)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 EU retaliates against Trump’s trade moves and hits beef, whiskey, motorcycles with targeted tariffs (AP)

📌 Greenland’s center-right opposition wins closely watched election dominated by Trump’s annexation threat (CNN)

📌 Putin expected to stretch out Ukraine talks to seek better terms (BLOOMBERG)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Inflation receded in February, here’s the inflation breakdown in one chart (CNBC)

📌 Chuck E. Cheese’s rebrand means no more animatronic band (TODAY)

📌 U.S. budget deficit surged in February, passing $1 trillion for year-to-date record (CNBC)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Woman who accused Jay-Z of rape heard on recording saying lawyer pushed her to sue (ABC)

📌 Ne-Yo introduces ‘my pyramid,’ the four women with whom he’s in a polyamorous relationship (CNN)

📌 Cheating scandal shocks ski jumping, topples Olympic champions and shakes Norway’s lofty reputation (AP)

📌 Spotify says it paid nearly 1,500 artists $1 million or more in royalties for 2024 streams (CNBC)

Tuesday, March 11

🚨NATION

📌 Republicans advance a government funding bill to avoid a shutdown despite Democratic opposition (AP)

📌 'There's a serious safety issue', investigators say following DCA mid-air collision (NPR)

📌 Trump admin launches new app with "self-deport" feature (AXIOS)

📌 Judge orders urgent release of DOGE records, citing ‘unprecedented’ power and ‘unusual secrecy’ (POLITICO)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 With Trump and independence on their minds, Greenlanders vote in parliamentary elections (AP)

📌 The list of the world’s top 20 most polluted cities is out. All but one are in Asia (CNN)

📌 Man arrested in connection with tanker-container ship collision in North Sea (ABC)

📌 Philippines' former president arrested on ICC warrant (AXIOS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Goodbye free bags on Southwest Airlines, company to eliminate perk for most customers (MO NEWS)

📌 Kennedy gives food company CEOs an ultimatum on artificial dyes (POLITICO)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Billy Joel postpones concerts for 4 months due to ‘medical condition’ (FOX)

📌 Gigi Hadid reveals she and Bradley Cooper met at a kid's birthday party, says he's 'very romantic' (YAHOO)

Monday, March 10

🚨NATION

📌 Supreme Court takes up challenge to Colorado conversion therapy ban (NBC)

📌 Los Angeles DA Nathan Hochman asks to withdraw predecessor's motion to free Menendez brothers (FOX)

📌 DC begins removing ‘Black Lives Matter’ plaza from street near White House (AP)

📌 Rubio says Trump administration canceling 83% of programs at USAID and intends to move remaining ones to State Department (CNN)

📌 Dominican authorities think missing college student may have drowned. Her family isn't so sure (PEOPLE)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Ontario slaps 25% tax increase on electricity exports to US in response to Trump’s trade war (AP)

📌 U.S. says Ukraine partial ceasefire plan 'has promise' ahead of talks in Saudi Arabia (BBC)

📌 Tanker and cargo vessel in fiery collision off English coast, triggering explosions and fuel leak (NBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Dow tumbles 800 points, Nasdaq falls 3.9% as market sell-off intensifies on recession fears (CNBC)

📌 Washington Post to overhaul newsroom structure (AXIOS)

📌 What to know about March's full "Blood Worm Moon," a total lunar eclipse (CBS)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Amazon to begin streaming Trump's 'The Apprentice' (NBC)

📌 Ariana Grande sets ‘Eternal Sunshine’ deluxe release date for this month (VARIETY)

Friday, March 7

🚨NATION

📌 Trump administration must pay debts to USAID partners by Monday, judge rules (NBC)

📌 $400 million in federal grants and contracts pulled from Columbia over allegations of antisemitism (AXIOS)

📌 New day, new tariff threat: Trump’s proposed 250% tax on Canadian dairy, lumber (CNN)

📌 Trump sends letter to Iran's leader proposing nuclear deal (MO NEWS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 China’s foreign minister blasts the US over tariffs at his annual meeting with journalists (AP)

📌 Unexploded WWII bomb in Paris halts Eurostar travel to London and trains to northern France (ABC)

📌 Court orders South Korean President Yoon released from jail for his criminal trial over martial law (NBC)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 SpaceX’s Starship spacecraft explodes midflight for a second time, disrupting Florida air traffic (CNN)

📌 US employers add a solid 151,000 jobs last month though unemployment up to 4.1% (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 $10M reward offered for arrest of former Olympic snowboarder turned alleged drug lord (ABC)

📌 Sam Bankman-Fried calls Sean 'Diddy' Combs 'kind' in jailhouse interview with Tucker Carlson (MO NEWS)

Thursday, March 6

🚨NATION

📌 10 Democrats join with Republicans to censure Rep. Al Green for Trump speech protest (CNN)

📌 Republicans can't meet their own budget target without cutting Medicare or Medicaid, budget office says (NBC)

📌 Elon Musk comes to Capitol Hill to meet with Republicans who discuss turning DOGE cuts into law (AP)

📌 Gavin Newsom breaks with Democrats on trans athletes in sports (POLITICO)

📌 Less than half in U.S. now sympathetic toward Israelis (GALLUP)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 France’s Macron says Europe must be prepared to go it alone in defending Ukraine, entire continent against Russia (MO NEWS) About 20 countries could join Ukraine coalition, UK says (BBC)

📌 Schools are closed and public transport has stopped as rare cyclone approaches Australian coast (AP)

📌 Trump issues ‘last warning’ to Hamas to release all hostages, as US holds direct talks with Hamas (CNN)

📌 Romania foils ‘revolution’ of pro-Russia group featuring a 101-year-old man (POLITICO)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Layoffs across the U.S. soar to highest level since 2020, led by DOGE cuts (CBS)

📌 Mortgage rates have declined but could stay at a level that makes it tough to afford a home (AP)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Pamela Bach, Baywatch actor and David Hasselhoff’s ex-wife, dies (PEOPLE) 'Everybody Loves the Sunshine' musician Roy Ayers dies at 84 (ABC)

📌 T-shirts, thongs and perfect twerking: Anora spent $18m on marketing – three times its budget (GUARDIAN)

📌 Cybercriminals arrested for stealing hundreds of concert tickets through StubHub exploit (VERGE)

Wednesday, March 5

🚨NATION

📌 Divided Supreme Court reinstates order requiring Trump administration to release frozen foreign aid (AP)

📌 Sylvester Turner, Democratic congressman and former Houston mayor, dies at 70 (CNN)

📌 DC Black Lives Matter Plaza to get new look, replace street mural as part of 'evolution' (FOX)

📌 Trump to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs (PBS)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 U.S. and Israel reject plan agreed by Arab states proposing alternative to Trump's Gaza 'Riviera' (NBC)

📌 U.S. stops sharing intelligence with Ukraine (CBC)

📌 Trump issues final warning to Hamas (NY POST) US holding secret talks with terror group (AXIOS)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Trump grants automakers one-month exemption from tariffs (CNBC)

📌 Apple unveils new MacBook Air models with $100 price cut despite tariffs (VERGE)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 LeBron James first with 50K points in regular season, playoffs (ESPN)

📌 Common tries, fails to protect Jennifer Hudson while sitting courtside at Knicks game (SI)

📌 Harvey Weinstein addresses Adrien Brody's Oscars speech about his kids 'accepting' actor into life with Georgina Chapman (EW)

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)

Monday, March 3

🚨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)

Friday, February 28

🚨NATION

📌 Trump fires hundreds working on weather forecasts, satellite data and radar systems (NPR)

📌 Trump to make English the official language of the U.S. (MO NEWS)

📌 White House restrictions on media signal ‘worrying’ precedent, Fox News’ Baier says (SEMAFOR)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Israeli team returning from Cairo as result of Hamas rejecting proposal to extend 1st phase of deal (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 Hundreds of thousands protest across Greece over deadly train crash (MO NEWS)

📌 Pope Francis on breathing machine after suffering sudden respiratory episode (CNN)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 TONIGHT: Seven planets to be visible Friday night in rare cosmic alignment (SEMAFOR)

📌 Citi mistakenly credits $81 trillion to customer account (CBS)

📌 Bezos' changes at 'Washington Post' lead to mass subscription cancellations — again (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Gene Hackman's wife Betsy Arakawa's body had signs of 'Mummification' when discovered (PEOPLE)

📌 Blake Lively claims “tailored” win in Justin Baldoni telecom subpoenas skirmish; hires crisis PR vet (DEADLINE)

Thursday, February 27

🚨NATION

📌 Trump says Mexico, Canada tariffs will start March 4, plus additional 10% on China (MO NEWS)

📌 New York Gov. Kathy Hochul orders CUNY college to remove Palestinian Studies professor job listing (ABC) Pro-Palestinian protesters at Barnard College force entry into campus hall and injure employee, school says (NBC)

📌 Chief Justice John Roberts pauses order for Trump admin to pay $2 billion in foreign aid by midnight (CNN)

🌎 AROUND THE WORLD

📌 Andrew Tate and brother, charged with rape and trafficking in Romania, leave country and land in Florida (CNN)

📌 Israeli military report shows Israel misread Hamas for years ahead of October 7 (TIMES OF ISRAEL)

📌 FBI accuses North Korean-backed hackers of stealing $1.5 billion in crypto from Dubai-based firm (AP)

📱BUSINESS, SCIENCE & TECH

📌 Elon Musk says upgrade of FAA’s air traffic control system is failing and SpaceX needs to take over Verizon’s contract (CNN)

📌 Amazon debuts Alexa+, its next-generation AI assistant (AXIOS)

📌 Jeff Bezos' revamp of 'Washington Post' opinions leads editor to quit (NPR)

🎬 SPORTS & ENTERTAINMENT

📌 Katy Perry, Gayle King, Lauren Sánchez to go to space on next launch from Jeff Bezos' rocket company (NBC)

📌 Zendaya joins Shrek 5 cast as first footage reveals Shrek & Fiona's teenage daughter (NBC)