“The risk of a genuine war in the Middle East went up substantially on Saturday night.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big…

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“The risk of a genuine war in the Middle East went up substantially on Saturday night.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big…

It’s one of the most popular and valuable TV shows out there — rivaling “Friends” and “NCIS.”

But the future of “Bluey” is very uncertain. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big…

It’s one of the most popular and valuable TV shows out there — rivaling “Friends” and “NCIS.”

But the future of “Bluey” is very uncertain. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big…

Now in podcast form, with Katie Greifeld! 🎙️ bit.ly/3xB8ibd

Duke University is ending a merit scholarship “for ‘top applicants of African descent,’” which “covered full tuition, room and board for a select group of Black undergraduates.” dukechronicle.com/article/2024/0…

#Israel “is bracing for a direct and unprecedented attack by Iran on government targets as soon as Saturday, according to people familiar with western intelligence assessments, a move that has the potential to trigger an all-out regional war.”
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Rights for the NCAA women’s basketball tournament final, which had 18.9 million viewers: $6.5 million

Rights for the NCAA men’s basketball tournament final, which had 14.8 million viewers: $873 million

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99% of the money that Jared kushner has raised for his investment fund comes from overseas investors, most of it from Saudi Arabia, UAE and Qatar, all of what he dealt with as a Trump administration official.

“She came here and really gave them a tongue lashing, and still, they’re rolling out the red carpet.”

Secretary Janet Yellen’s efforts to improve and stabilize the relationship between the U.S. and #China , the world's two largest economies: podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big…

'God save our life,' Annie Dillard wrote, of the solar eclipse she witnessed on February 26, 1979:

Meet #Argentina 's president, Javier Milei, who is undertaking “the most extraordinary economic experiment going on in the world at the moment.” podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/big…

The White House passed along a statement to the pool reporter:

'This evening, the President spoke by phone with University of South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley to congratulate her on the team's championship.'

A The Colorado Sun reporter “was escorted out of the state GOP assembly by a sheriff’s deputy Saturday after being told that party Chairman Dave Williams found her ‘current reporting to be very unfair.’” coloradosun.com/2024/04/06/col…