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#1 Iran Names Khamenei’s Son Supreme Leader - CNN, NBC News, Your Primary Power, Agos, Maria Bonanno, and Kriss-Paleface on X
Ali Khamenei’s son Mojtaba has been named the next supreme leader. US President Donald Trump previously said Mojtaba would be an “unacceptable” choice, and Israel vowed to target any successor. Asian markets closed with steep losses as oil surged past $100 per barrel, a four-year high. The IMF chief warned of global inflation risks. Her advice to policymakers was to prepare for “the unthinkable.”
#2 Trump Doesn’t Rule Out Sending American Troops to Iran - Geoff Earle for New York Post, MS Now on YouTube, pakistan walli/CZXzbt, Bryan81, PoliticsGirl/Adam, and @Méchant Réac | Laurent Sailly on X
President Donald Trump did not rule out sending US troops to Iran, but pledged to do so only for a “very good reason” – against a virtually obliterated opponent. Trump initially said he didn’t want to answer the question, as he flew back to Florida Saturday from Dover Air Force Base on Air Force One. “Could there be? Possibly for a very good reason,” Trump said when asked about American boots on the ground in Iran. “And I would say if we ever did that, they would be so decimated that they wouldn’t be able to fight at the ground level.”
#3 Oil Hits $100 per Barrel for First Time Since July 2022 - Steve Kopack for NBC News, Investing.com, Good Morning America, FOX 5 Atlanta, DanLeeInIN, and David on X
The price of oil surged past $100 on Sunday for the first time since July 2022 as the ripple effects from the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran continued to hit global markets. U.S. crude oil futures rose more than 25%, at one point reaching nearly $115 per barrel, while Brent, the international benchmark, jumped more than 20% to $110 per barrel.In early trading Monday morning, both indexes had fallen back slightly. In addition to oil’s rise, S&P 500 futures plunged 2.3%, Dow futures plummeted more than 1,000 points, and Nasdaq 100 futures slid 2.7%, indicating U.S. stocks were poised to continue last week's descent...#4 Price Controls Arrive: South Korea, Taiwan Impose Fuel Price Cap - Tyler Durden ZeroHedge, The Dive Feed, The Spectator Index/South Asia Watch, Reuters Asia,
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It’s a bloodbath across Asian markets this morning, with Asia being the world’s largest oil-importing region. Based on a Goldman analysis of the impact of higher oil on real GDP growth (chart below), China is the most insulated from supply-driven oil price increases compared to other emerging Asian economies, with $15/bbl higher crude oil prices leading to 0-0.1pp lower GDP growth and 0.1-0.2pp higher headline CPI inflation. This resilience is partly due to the country's economic structure and the potential for government intervention to dampen the pass-through of global price increases to consumers. Increased oil stockpiling last year - some estimates put China's strategic oil reserve at 1.5 billion barrels - and very low inflation over the past few years also make China less vulnerable to rising energy prices...
#5 Video Appears to Show U.S. Tomahawk Hit Naval Base Near Iranian School - Chris Looft for ABC News, Carlos Perez, Telangana Today, Pakistan Today, Trevor Ball, and Global News on X
A newly surfaced video appears to show a U.S.-made missile hitting a building in Iran adjacent to a girls’ school where local officials say 168 people were killed, experts told ABC News. The eyewitness video was first posted Sunday morning by the Iranian outlet Mehr News, and then shared online by Trevor Ball, a former U.S. Army Explosive Ordnance Disposal technician, who now works as a researcher with the investigative group Bellingcat. Ball said in a post on X that the video showed a U.S.-made Tomahawk missile...
#6 Jesse Jackson Jr. Rebukes Obama, Clinton, and Biden for Not Truly Knowing His Father During Memorial Service - Kaylee Holland for Fox News, KarenSL25, John Weist, SunshineFL, Racun Shopee, and rolandsmartin/Jeffery Mead/Unforgivableblackness on X
During his father’s memorial service on Saturday, Jesse Jackson Jr. offered a sharp rebuke of the tributes given by former Democratic presidents Bill Clinton, Barack Obama, and Joe Biden, noting that the trio shared one thing in common: they didn’t really know his father. "Yesterday I listened for several hours to three United States presidents who do not know Jesse Jackson," Jackson Jr. said on Saturday. The reverend’s son called out the idea that his father’s life wasn’t defined by the "political order," but by a commitment to those who were marginalized...
#7 FBI Launches Terrorism Investigation After Homemade Explosive Device Ignited Outside of NYC Mayor Mamdani’s Residence - CBS News, The US Sun, New York Post/HarkrebSpiceWars, Good Morning America, 𝗝𝗮𝘅𝘀𝗼𝗻, and firstjim on X
Two devices thrown outside New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani's residence on Saturday contained explosive materials and fragmentation that could have killed and maimed numerous people, the FBI confirmed late Sunday. A federal terrorism investigation is underway, and terrorism charges are pending. Two people from Pennsylvania were arrested outside Gracie Mansion Saturday afternoon after a suspicious device was ignited. It is the home of Mamdani and his wife...
#8 Airport Security Lines Hit 3 Hours Amid Shutdown, Spring Travel - NEWSMAX, Parler, Vaughn Sterling, Dave Perry, Brad Doyle/Travis Akers, and Wisemom113 on X
Waiting times in security lines at some U.S. airports extended to three hours on Sunday as absences by Transportation Security Administration workers rose during the partial government shutdown and as spring-break travel increased. Houston's Hobby Airport at one point reported lines averaging 3.5 hours. Louis Armstrong New Orleans International Airport said, "TSA is experiencing a shortage of workers at the security checkpoint, which is causing longer-than-average lines. Passengers with travel scheduled today are advised to arrive at least 3 hours before their scheduled departure."
#9 FBI Secretly Seizes Election Records From Arizona’s Largest County as Voting Probe Expands - John Solomon Just the News, JB Slear, Real Robert/Robin Messing, Off the Press, and Kat1776/Rasmussen Reports on X
The FBI is expanding its criminal probe into suspected election irregularities, secretly obtaining a large tranche of voting records from Arizona’s largest county with a recent grand jury subpoena, multiple people familiar with the probe told Just the News . The sources, who spoke only on condition of anonymity because of the secrecy of the grand jury probe, said FBI agents are receiving gigabytes of electronic election data from Maricopa County, about a month after the bureau first disclosed an investigation into election irregularities by raiding a warehouse near Atlanta and seizing ballots from the 2020 election conducted in Fulton County, Georgia’s largest metropolis...
#10 Rep. Darrell Issa Ends Reelection Bid After California Redistricting - Authored by Bill Pan via The Epoch Times/zerohedge, ZiggyinHeavon, Roll Call, MyCuzzin Vinni, Esq., and TRUMPGIRL on X
On March 6, the longtime congressman announced, shortly after the candidate filing deadline passed, that he would retire at the end of his term. “This decision has been on my mind for a while, and I didn’t make it lightly,” Issa said in a statement announcing the end of his reelection bid. Issa said he had built a strong campaign operation, enjoyed broad support, and believed polling showed he could win. But after roughly a quarter-century in Congress and another quarter-century in business, he said it was time “for a new chapter and new challenges.” “First, we built the right campaign infrastructure, support has been overwhelming—including from President [Donald] Trump—and our polling was unmistakable: We would win this race. But after a quarter-century in Congress—and before that, a quarter-century in business—it’s the right time for a new chapter and new challenges.”
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