Peter Nowak

🏘️ The US housing market is like Shailene Woodley and Theo James––doing Divergent things. While every locality has its own nuances, many are starkly different, and there’s a widening range of time that homes are sitting on the market around the country, according to a new WSJ report.

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🗳️ This week, Democrat James Andrew Malone narrowly won a special election for a Pennsylvania state Senate seat his party hasn’t occupied since 1983, scoring a surprise upset for a party that’s been on its heels since the November election.

🔥 It’s Friday, March 28th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🧑‍🚀🦠 With the exception of Pigpen from Peanuts, it’s hard to imagine any passenger complaining that their travel accommodations are “too clean.” But astronauts onboard the International Space Station should be doing just that, according to a new study. 

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🍽️ “You are what you eat” is more fact than fiction, according to new landmark research published in the journal Nature, which found people who follow a healthy diet with minimal ultra-processed foods are significantly more likely to age gracefully.

📺 The phrase “don’t forget to like, comment, and subscribe” is increasingly emanating from TV speakers. YouTube accounted for 11.6% of time spent watching television in February, coming in at #1 in Nielsen’s recently released February 2025 Media Distributor Gauge.

🔥 It’s Thursday, March 27th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏛️📲 Yesterday, The Atlantic released additional messages from top national security officials within the Trump administration—including VP JD Vance—that were inadvertently sent to its editor-in-chief on encrypted messaging app Signal.

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🤝 EquityZen and Forge Global, marketplaces for trading shares of privately held companies, are raising their investment minimums amid a partnership with Yahoo Finance.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, March 26th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏛️⚖️ The Justice Department is currently fast-tracking many of its ongoing legal fights over the White House’s efforts to push the bounds of executive power, setting up Supreme Court showdowns over a wide range of Trump’s policies in the near future.

🧬 23andMe is preparing to become absorbed into the genealogical tree of some other company. The ancestry startup filed for bankruptcy and launched a sale process late Sunday night, and also announced the resignation of longtime CEO Anne Wojcicki.

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🔥 It’s Tuesday, March 25th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏛️ President Trump indicated yesterday that he might soften upcoming reciprocal tariffs against US trading partners, and also announced new levies on countries that buy oil or gas from Venezuela, marking the latest recalibration of his administration’s tariff plans.

🥤 “Let’s start selling colorful, flavored drinks” = the “let’s start a podcast” of the fast-food world. Chains are increasingly adding high-margin drinks to their menus in a bid to appeal to younger consumers.

🏛️🎓 On Friday, Columbia University agreed to a series of reforms demanded by the Trump administration. It’s the first step in negotiations over $400 million in federal funding revoked due to allegations of antisemitism.