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Trump calls death of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei the ‘single greatest chance for the Iranian people to take back their Country’

The assassination of the second leader of the Islamic Republic, who had no designated successor, would throw its future into doubt and raise the prospect of a protracted conflict.

By Jon Gambrell, Konstantin Toropin, Josh Boak, Aamer Madhani and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
Dubai’s worst nightmare unfolds as Iran strikes Gulf neighbors
By Dana Khraiche, Fiona MacDonald and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
Iran’s missile barrage tests whether U.S. has enough interceptors
By Gerry Doyle and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
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‘Why shouldn’t we get our money back too?’ Normal people are starting to demand Trump tariff refunds
By Mae Anderson and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Trump says Cuba has ‘no money’ and ‘maybe we’ll have a friendly takeover’
By Will Weissert and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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Middle EastTrump says U.S. will bomb Iran uninterrupted ‘as long as necessary’ to achieve peace in Mideast and the world after confirming Khamenei’s death
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
PoliticsPentagon chief blocks officers from attending Ivy League schools and other top universities, including partners on AI and space
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastFBI raises terrorism alert over fears of retaliation by Iran
By Myles Miller and BloombergFebruary 28, 2026
AIAnthropic CEO Dario Amodei says ‘we are patriotic Americans’ committed to defending the U.S. but won’t budge on ‘red lines’
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
Middle EastIran is now on ‘death ground’ amid existential threat from U.S. attacks and could ‘go big’ in retaliation, former NATO commander warns
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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Arts & Entertainment20 years ago, David Ellison’s flop as an actor stressed him out so much he went to the hospital. Now he’s set to own Paramount and Warner
By Matt Sedensky and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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InvestingBerkshire Hathaway shareholders just woke up to a letter by someone other than Warren Buffett
By Josh Funk and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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PoliticsBill Clinton on his Jeffrey Epstein relationship: ‘I saw nothing, and I did nothing wrong’
By Stephen Groves and The Associated PressFebruary 28, 2026
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EconomyDrug use is on the rise as U.S. spending on the War on Drugs tops $1 trillion and cartel leaders drive violent eruptions in Mexico
By Tristan BoveFebruary 23, 2026
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InvestingMorgan Stanley hails rare ‘reindustrialization renaissance’ of AI economy—but it’s better for computers than humans
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
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EconomyTrump has already hit peak tariff, Morgan Stanley says. His new 15% levy might not even be legal
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
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AIWithout AI spending, U.S. corporate investment in equipment would be negative, a decline that’s ‘worryingly broad-based,’ Pantheon analyst says 
By Jim EdwardsFebruary 23, 2026
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InvestingThe stock market bubble will burst in 2027, and the current rotation is a ‘warning of trouble ahead,’ Capital Economics says
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
EconomyThe record gap between corporate profits and worker pay has an ‘undercurrent of betrayal,’ top economist warns 
By Jason MaFebruary 23, 2026
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AI‘Ghost GDP,’ a white-collar recession, and the death of friction: Substack’s top finance writer warns of the 2028 AI crisis nobody sees coming
By Nick LichtenbergFebruary 23, 2026
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North AmericaMexico’s latest cartel violence prompts fears of ‘narcoterrorism’ in replay 1990s Colombia
By María Verza and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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InnovationSelf-driving taxis hit London, a city with such complex streets that it has a ‘Knowledge’ test that takes cabbies years to pass
By Kelvin Chan and The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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Economy‘A deal is a deal’: EU demands Trump stand by his word amid ‘pure tariff chaos’ after Supreme Court ruling
By The Associated PressFebruary 23, 2026
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EconomyScott Bessent has ’got a feeling’ that $175 billion raised under the IEEPA is lost to the American people for good
By Eleanor PringleFebruary 23, 2026
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EconomyStocks sell off as traders wake up to the realization that Trump has ‘highly punitive’ options for new trade tariffs
By Jim EdwardsFebruary 23, 2026
President Trump at a press conference.
EconomyTrump boasts that the U.S. has ‘the greatest economy actually ever.’ Human nature suggests that’s exactly the wrong message to send to voters
By Geoff ColvinFebruary 23, 2026
EconomyU.S. tells partners to honor tariff deals as Trump regroups
By Catherine Lucey and BloombergFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyThe Russian economy is eating its own muscle to survive as Putin’s war on Ukraine destroys future capacity, former central bank advisor says
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
Middle EastNew round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks to start Thursday as Trump assembles largest military presence in Mideast in decades
By Jon Gambrell and The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
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EconomyA two-child household must earn $400,000 a year for childcare to be affordable, study says. ‘It’s easy to see why birth rates are falling’
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
LawHoping for a tariff refund? Trump officials say they are waiting for lower courts to provide instructions. ‘They created the situation’
By Jason MaFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyTop EU lawmaker proposes pause on U.S. trade deal ratification, citing ‘pure tariff chaos’ from Trump administration
By The Associated PressFebruary 22, 2026
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SuccessNot all degrees are a waste of time: MBA graduates from Harvard, MIT, and Wharton are making over $245,000 just three years after graduating
By Preston ForeFebruary 22, 2026
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AIThe Nobel laureate who cowrote ‘Why Nations Fail’ warns U.S. democracy won’t survive unless these two things change
By Jake AngeloFebruary 22, 2026
EconomyNew Fed report proves Milton Friedman and Joe Biden understood something vital about immigration—and explains why growth may sputter under Trump
By Shawn TullyFebruary 22, 2026
North AmericaNASA delays moon mission to fix rocket, rules out March launch
By Loren Grush and BloombergFebruary 21, 2026
EconomyTrump’s sudden decision to hike his new tariff rate to 15% is ‘something of an eff you’ to the U.K., which thought it had a better deal for 10%
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
PoliticsThe Supreme Court’s landmark tariff decision is the latest defeat ‘piercing President Trump’s seeming invincibility’
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
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LawWorld shakes its weary head at more Trump tariff chaos as he ‘says a lot of things, and many of them aren’t true’
By Kim Tong-Hyung, Megan Janetsky and The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2026
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PoliticsTrump’s tariff fury continues as he moans about ‘ridiculous, poorly written, and extraordinarily anti-American decision’
By Michelle L. Price and The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2026
PoliticsTrump’s plan B to impose new tariffs is also illegal because a balance-of-payments deficit doesn’t exist, trade experts say
By Jason MaFebruary 21, 2026
EconomyTrump boosts new tariff rate to 15% a day after announcing 10%
By Wendy Benjaminson, Maria Paula Mijares Torres and BloombergFebruary 21, 2026
PoliticsAt least 20 communities with large warehouses are stealth targets for massive ICE detention centers. ‘There was absolutely no warning’
By Heather Hollingsworth, Morgan Lee and The Associated PressFebruary 21, 2026
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Japanese companies are paying older workers to sit by a window and do nothing—while Western CEOs demand super-AI productivity just to keep your jobAn image of a popular article
By Orianna Rosa RoyleFebruary 27, 2026
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Iran is now on 'death ground' amid existential threat from U.S. attacks and could 'go big' in retaliation, former NATO commander warnsAn image of a popular article
By Jason MaFebruary 28, 2026
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Walmart exec says U.S. workforces needs to take inspiration from China where ‘5 year-olds are learning DeepSeek’An image of a popular article
By Preston ForeFebruary 27, 2026
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