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➤ A Pakistani man testified that Iran pressured him to plot assassinations of top American leaders. (Hear Details)

➤ Blue states are suing President Trump over his new tariffs. (Hear Episode)

➤ A proposed National Weather Safety Board would investigate deadly weather disasters and recommend fixes to prevent future deaths. (Listen Now)

➤ President Trump said he should be personally involved in choosing Iran’s next supreme leader, adding that he opposes having Mojtaba Khamenei, son of Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, take over for his dead father. (More)

➤ The House voted 221–209 Thursday to fund the Department of Homeland Security through September, but the bill stalled in the Senate after Democrats again blocked it from reaching the 60 votes needed to advance. (More)

➤ The House also voted to reject a resolution that would restrict President Donald Trump’s war in Iran, one day after the Senate blocked a similar war powers resolution. (More)

➤ Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton said he was open to dropping out of the Republican Senate primary in Texas if Congress eliminated the filibuster and passed a bill requiring voters to show proof of citizenship to register to vote. (More)

Americans Biggest Threat Is Here

This feels like one of those “where were you when Kennedy was shot” moments. That single shot started an avalanche of investigations, accusations, and conspiracy theories.

That’s what you just witnessed with the death of the Ayatollah Khamenei

Because the strikes proved how fragile things can get: billions could be lost.

When war strikes, here’s what follows:

• Market volatility.
• Inflation risk rises.
• Everyday necessities get pricier or scarce.

We don’t have to agree, but we DO have to talk about what comes next.

Because you may have only two options:

• Do nothing. Let global conflict chew through your retirement savings, dissolving your buying power.
• Or set a diversified safety-net to help protect your purchasing power and tame those swings.

So instead of waiting, hoping, and praying for the best, you should at least consider your options.

For example, there’s an IRS-approved path that can let you use existing retirement savings to get physical gold and silver tax and penalty free when done correctly.

Get the 2026 Retirement Survival Guide today.

➤ A women’s basketball brawl between Coastal Carolina and South Alabama resulted in eight ejections, four suspensions, and one referee getting knocked out cold in the middle of the fight. (More)

➤ The Athletics baseball team is willing to explore a “reunion” with soon-to-be-cut Arizona Cardinals quarterback Kyler Murray should he decide to return to baseball. The A’s selected him with the No. 9 pick in the 2018 MLB Draft, but he decided to pursue football instead. (More)

➤ The New England Patriots are releasing wide receiver Stefon Diggs, the team’s leading receiver, less than a month after playing in the Super Bowl. (More)

➤ A professional women’s hockey game between the New York Sirens and Seattle Torrent sold out Madison Square Garden and is expected to set a U.S. attendance record for women’s professional hockey. (More)

➤ Yesterday’s Results: NBA | NHL | NCAAM | NCAAW | NCAAB | NCAASB | Soccer | Golf

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Daily Market Report   03/05/2026

➤ Big Stock Move: Sable Offshore Corp. stock jumped nearly 38% on Thursday after the Justice Department issued a legal opinion allowing it to bypass California’s restrictions on offshore oil production and pipelines. (More)

➤ The U.S. stock market fell Thursday as the Iran conflict rattled markets again, with the Dow dropping 785 points (1.6%), the S&P 500 falling 0.56%, and the Nasdaq dipping 0.26%, as prices for U.S. crude oil hit $80 per barrel. (More)

➤ The Trump administration brokered a massive deal for Venezuela’s state mining company, Minerven, to sell up to 1,000 kilograms of gold to commodities trader Trafigura, which will ship the bars to U.S. refineries—a deal potentially worth over $150 million. (More)

➤ Starbucks will relocate dozens of Seattle-based supply-chain jobs to a new corporate office in Nashville later this year as part of the company’s push to expand across North America. (More)

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Americans Biggest Threat: This feels like one of those “where were you when Kennedy was shot” moments. That’s what we just witnessed with the death of the Ayatollah Khamenei. Because the strikes proved how fragile things can get: billions could be lost. When war strikes, markets can become more unstable. So instead of hoping for the best, you should at least consider your options. For example, there’s an IRS-approved path that can let you use existing retirement savings to get physical gold and silver tax and penalty free.

Get the 2026 Retirement Survival Guide before the conflict gets worse.

➤ AI models chose nuclear war in 95% of simulated war games and never once opted to de-escalate, even when the other side threatened nukes first, according to a King’s College London study. (More)

➤ A predawn SpaceX Falcon 9 launch from Cape Canaveral created a stunning “space jellyfish” effect visible across Florida and up the East Coast, as sunlight caught the rocket’s exhaust plume against the still-dark sky. (See Photos)

➤ Jupiter is putting on a show this month from its perch in the constellation Gemini, shining brightly in the evening sky and easily visible to the naked eye after sunset. (More)

➤ The Brady Bunch house, a 1959 San Fernando Valley home featured in both the TV and film adaptations, was granted historic-cultural monument status, protecting one of pop culture’s most recognizable homes. (See House)

➤ The History Channel will premiere World War II with Tom Hanks, a 20-part documentary debuting May 25, exploring the war’s origins, battlefield decisions, and lasting consequences. (See Trailer)

➤ Former Top Chef host Padma Lakshmi will return to cooking competitions with CBS’s America’s Culinary Cup, a series she created featuring a $1 million prize and a sports-style judging format. (More)

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➤ An abandoned car in St. Louis, Missouri, has racked up $8,660 in parking tickets since April, but the city can’t agree on whose job it is to tow it. (More)

➤ Firefighters in northern Italy rescued a wolf that had fallen into a canal and taken refuge under a footbridge before sedating and handing it to veterinarians. (Watch)

➤ A new book gathers more than 200 cat-focused works of art spanning centuries, tracing the feline’s influence on artists and pop culture. (See Cats)

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2. Good weather
3. Exercise
4. Friends
5. Family
6. Prayer
7. Other

Yesterday’s Results:

Is anyone in your family left-handed?

1. Yes: 51%
2. No: 32%
3. I am: 17%

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Which North American land mammal has the most teeth?

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