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Business

365 Days of 'Liberation': The Price Tag Nobody Advertised

Automakers absorbed $5.1 billion in tariff costs. The national debt grew past $39 trillion. The trade deficit barely moved. One year of data tells a very different story from the one pitched on Liberation Day.

Maynard Keys April 02, 2026

Politics

One President, One Voter List: Trump's Order Tests Constitutional Limits

The Constitution gives Congress, not the president, authority over federal election administration. Trump's latest executive order pretends otherwise, and the lawsuits have already begun.

Von Clause April 02, 2026

World

35 Nations, No Americans: The Scramble to Reopen Hormuz

The US isn't invited. Roughly 2,000 ships can't move. And all the pipelines in the Gulf combined can carry less than half the oil that normally flows through a single waterway each day.

Von Clause April 02, 2026

Science

54 Years, Then Fire: Artemis II Heads for the Moon

Four astronauts are on their way to the moon for the first time since 1972. The rocket that carried them costs as much as $4 billion per launch, and Congress may not keep paying for it.

Carl Sage April 01, 2026

Technology

Google Research: 6.7 Million Bitcoin Wallets Vulnerable to Quantum Attacks

Google's Quantum AI team says breaking Bitcoin's cryptography requires 20x fewer qubits than previously estimated. About 6.7 million bitcoin — including Satoshi Nakamoto's dormant fortune — sit in wallets already exposed.

Jonny V. Nuovo April 01, 2026

World

The Iran War Has Arrived at Your Boarding Pass

An $800 fuel surcharge on a single economy ticket. Asian carriers in emergency mode. The Strait of Hormuz is closed, jet fuel has doubled in price, and the industry warning is blunt: some airlines won't survive this.

Von Clause April 01, 2026

Politics

Conservative Justices Push Back on Birthright Citizenship as Trump Watches

Chief Justice Roberts called the government's legal reasoning "quirky and idiosyncratic" — and he wasn't the only conservative justice to do so. The first sitting president to attend Supreme Court arguments watched his solicitor general get a rough ride.

Von Clause April 01, 2026

Health

No Needle, No Food Rules: FDA Approves First GLP-1 Weight-Loss Pill

Lilly's Foundayo can be taken anytime, with or without food. Its biggest rival requires an empty stomach and a 30-minute wait.

Carl Sage April 01, 2026

World

Russia Shuts Gasoline Exports as Asia Barters for Fuel Amid Iran War Squeeze

Russia banned all gasoline exports today and China quietly extended its fuel restrictions. Now Asian governments are swapping LNG for cooking gas and calling Moscow — until recently a sanctions target — just to keep the lights on.

Von Clause April 01, 2026

Business

The 6 AM Email: Oracle Fires Thousands Overnight to Fund Its AI Arms Race

As many as 30,000 Oracle employees learned they were fired from a 6am email on Tuesday. The company's AI infrastructure spending target for this year: $50 billion.

Maynard Keys April 01, 2026

World

Markets Bet on Peace While Missiles Fly: The Gap Behind Trump's Iran Address

Global stocks posted their biggest rally in years on ceasefire hopes. The same day, a cruise missile hit an oil tanker off Qatar and Trump vowed to bomb Iran 'back to the Stone Ages.'

Von Clause April 01, 2026

Science

54 Years Later, Four Astronauts Prepare to Fly Past the Moon

More than 700,000 gallons of super-cold propellant are loaded into a 32-story rocket at Cape Canaveral. By evening, four astronauts — including the first woman and first person of color to leave Earth orbit — will be on their way to the moon.

Carl Sage April 01, 2026