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Environment

A 120-Year-Old Dam Is Holding Back Floodwaters North of Honolulu. Barely.

Water poured over the Wahiawa Dam's spillway at 1,500 gallons per second as 5,500 people fled towns below. Dole Food Company has known the spillway was undersized since 1978.

Rae Carlsen March 21, 2026

Technology

Anthropic Called the Pentagon's Bluff. The Evidence Landed Friday.

Two sworn declarations filed Friday claim the Pentagon told Anthropic they were "very close" to a deal — one day after blacklisting the company as a national security threat. The hearing is Tuesday.

Jonny V. Nuovo March 21, 2026

Business

Washington Sells Tehran's Oil to Cover Tehran's War Tab

The US is bombing Iran and selling its oil in the same week. Treasury says 140 million barrels will hit global markets — enough to cover about a day and a half of world demand. The 30-day window expires April 19, and nobody's saying what comes next.

Maynard Keys March 21, 2026

Technology

Palantir's Maven Gets the Pentagon's Stamp — Mid-War

The Pentagon just made Palantir's AI targeting system an official program of record — while it's already selecting strike targets in Iran. The $1.3 billion platform has compressed kill chains from hours to minutes, and its user base has doubled since January.

Jonny V. Nuovo March 21, 2026

World

Washington Opens a Criminal File on Colombia's President

Two federal prosecutors' offices and the DEA are probing Gustavo Petro's alleged ties to drug traffickers — an extraordinary move against a sitting head of state that lands ten weeks before Colombia's presidential election.

Von Clause March 21, 2026

Politics

A Canadian Mother Had Her Papers. ICE Took Her and Her Autistic Daughter Anyway.

Tania Warner had a work visa, a Texas driver's license, and five years of legal U.S. residency. ICE detained her and her seven-year-old daughter at a routine checkpoint — then offered them self-deportation.

Von Clause March 21, 2026

Business

Musk Found Liable to Twitter Shareholders — and $2.6 Billion Is Just the Start

A San Francisco jury says Musk's tweets defrauded Twitter shareholders to the tune of $2.6 billion. His lawyers call it a 'bump in the road.' His balance sheet suggests otherwise.

Maynard Keys March 21, 2026

Politics

A Federal Judge Just Told the Pentagon It Can't Choose Who Covers a War

While the U.S. wages an active air war against Iran, a federal judge ruled the Pentagon's press credentialing policy unconstitutional — after outlets from the AP to Fox News refused to comply with it.

Von Clause March 21, 2026

Culture

The World Is on Fire. Finland Is Still the Happiest Place in It.

Brent crude briefly touched $119 this week. Missiles struck a Qatari LNG facility. And Finland, for the ninth straight year, would like everyone to know it's doing just fine.

Ozzy Wild March 21, 2026