Peter Nowak

🔥 It’s Thursday, March 20th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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⚾ The LA Dodgers topped the Chicago Cubs 4-1 yesterday in the first matchup of a two-game series in Tokyo, Japan, kicking off the MLB regular season and also tossing a nod to a tradition that’s tied the US and island nation in the Pacific together for 150+ years.

🏫 It’s no secret that boys and girls face different challenges as they grow and mature into adults. A new Pew Research survey of ~1,400 US teens aged 13-17 attempts to quantify those differences.

🏛️ The Executive and Judicial Branches are currently locked in a power struggle related to last weekend’s deportations of alleged Venezuelan gang members by the Trump administration, which occurred despite a court order halting the move.

🔥 It’s Wednesday, March 19th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

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🎓 Getting a Hahvahd education will soon carry a price tag of $0 for many students’ families (how do you like them apples?). The Ivy League school yesterday announced plans to significantly expand its financial aid for the 2025-26 academic year.

💰 The line between trading futures and gambling is blurring. Robinhood yesterday unveiled a prediction markets hub inside its app that allows users to bet on the likelihood of certain events, ranging from financial policy outcomes to sports results.

🔥 It’s Tuesday, March 18th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🚘 In a video posted to YouTube this weekend, former NASA engineer Mark Rober documented a Tesla Model Y and LiDAR-equipped Lexus competing head-to-head in a series of tests.

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🏀 March Madness brackets were officially revealed yesterday.

📚 Spotify late last week announced a new short story publishing program targeted at independent authors who may not be able to afford to record and produce audiobooks on their own.

🔥 It’s Monday, March 17th – and here’s what’s hot, hot, hot.

🏛️ We’re approaching two months since President Trump was inaugurated for his second term. And for many Americans, the White House has been doing a historically good job, while the modern Democratic Party has never been in a worse state.

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💰 A slew of retailers in recent weeks have run over the telegraph to tap out “S-O-S.”

🏀 The four-time NBA champion and current Golden State Warriors superstar has accepted an assistant general manager position at his alma mater Davidson College, the school announced this week.

🏛️🏫 The Education Department cut its workforce roughly in half this week, in a move Education Secretary Linda McMahon said represents the first step toward shuttering the department entirely.