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World

Israel Pushes Deeper Into Lebanon, Vowing an Expanded Buffer Zone

For the second time in a week, Netanyahu has ordered Israeli forces deeper into Lebanon. Displaced civilians won't be allowed home until Israel decides its northern communities are safe — with no deadline in sight.

Von Clause March 29, 2026

Business

Eli Lilly Bets $2.75 Billion That AI Can Invent Better Drugs Than Chemists

Eli Lilly just agreed to pay up to $2.75 billion for drugs invented by algorithms. The deal includes a GLP-1 candidate that could compete with Lilly's own Mounjaro.

Maynard Keys March 29, 2026

Politics

Rubio Surges, Base Splinters: Iran War Opens GOP Fault Lines

Marco Rubio went from 3% to 35% in one year at CPAC. The Iran war isn't just reshaping the Middle East — it's fracturing the coalition that put Trump back in office.

Von Clause March 29, 2026

Sports

Senegal Parades a Trophy It Was Told to Surrender

Senegal paraded the Africa Cup of Nations trophy at the Stade de France on Saturday — two weeks after CAF ordered them to hand it back. The governing body's general secretary resigned the next day.

Ozzy Wild March 29, 2026

Technology

Advertisers Owe You Nothing: Judge Tosses Musk's Boycott Suit

US District Judge Jane Boyle dismissed Elon Musk's lawsuit with prejudice, ruling that advertisers who walked away from X didn't violate antitrust law — they just didn't want to buy ads there.

Jonny V. Nuovo March 29, 2026

Technology

Arrested by Algorithm: AI Facial Recognition Jailed a Woman 1,200 Miles From Any Crime

Clearview AI flagged a Tennessee grandmother as a bank fraud suspect in North Dakota — a state she'd never visited. She spent five months in jail. Nobody checked her bank records.

Jonny V. Nuovo March 29, 2026

World

Closed for War: Israel Blocks Catholic Leaders From Christianity's Holiest Site on Palm Sunday

For the first time in centuries, Catholic leaders were barred from the Church of the Holy Sepulchre on Palm Sunday. Israeli police cited Iranian missile threats; the Patriarchate called it 'grossly disproportionate.'

Von Clause March 29, 2026

Science

The Brain Implant Race Is Over. China Won.

Elon Musk's Neuralink is still running trials. A Shanghai company just got regulatory approval to sell its brain implant to patients. The difference wasn't the technology — it was the philosophy.

Carl Sage March 29, 2026

World

God Picks No Sides in War, Pope Tells a World on Fire

God "does not listen to the prayers of those who wage war," Pope Leo XIV declared at Palm Sunday Mass — days after US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth prayed at the Pentagon for "overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy."

Von Clause March 29, 2026

Business

AI's Job Risk Index: The Wired Belts Will Rust First

Silicon Valley faces the highest job displacement of any major US metro. A first-of-its-kind index from Tufts maps 9.3 million vulnerable jobs and $757 billion in wages at risk — and finds the regions that built AI are the ones most exposed to it.

Maynard Keys March 29, 2026

World

Four Nations, One Table, No Ceasefire: Islamabad's Bid to Stop the Iran War

The foreign ministers of Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and Egypt arrived in Islamabad as Israeli warplanes struck Iran and Tehran fired cluster munitions at Tel Aviv. The war is spreading. The talks are not designed to stop it.

Von Clause March 29, 2026

World

The Bomb Is Back: How the Iran War Restarted the Global Nuclear Clock

North Korea has nuclear weapons and its regime is intact. Iran stopped short of building the bomb and is under sustained bombardment. Governments from Warsaw to Tokyo are drawing conclusions the non-proliferation regime was designed to prevent.

Von Clause March 29, 2026