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Austin’s surge of new housing construction drove down rents
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Contrary to Trump’s statements, senior Israeli and U.S. officials said that the United States had prior knowledge of the Israeli strike and even approved it in an attempt to pressure Iran. After the Iranians retaliated against Qatar’s gas fields, Trump is now changing course
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I hate to be the bearer of bad news but if infrastructure like this 👇 gets blown up, as of this moment it will take at least a decade to recover from this war - and the truth is that the world's energy picture is probably changed forever. This single facility 👇produced roughly
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SCOOP: The Pentagon asked the White House today for more than *$200 billion* for the Iran war supplemental, sources say Some White House aides think Congress won't support b/c it's so big Will tee up giant battle in Congress
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Ask HN: How do you deal with people who trust LLMs?
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Here's what happened with Rep. Summer Lee and Chairman James Comer behind closed doors during the briefing with Pam Bondi and Todd Blanche, I'm told: Lee: "Mr. Chairman, there are no cameras here. You don't have to perform. We were told this was a briefing." Comer: "It's a brie
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SCOOP!!! Trump administration considering deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East as the military prepares options for the possible next phase of the Iran war. One option for securing the Strait of Hormuz includes deploying troops to Iranian shores. w/@idreesa
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QatarEnergy Statement on Missile Attacks on its LNG Facilities In addition to the previous attack on Ras Laffan Industrial City on Wednesday 18 March 2026 that resulted in extensive damage to the Pearl GTL (Gas-to-Liquids) facility, QatarEnergy confirms that in the early hours o
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A sufficiently detailed spec is code
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Pentagon seeking $200 billion in additional funding to support Iran military operation — WaPo
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Statement | Qatar Condemns in Strongest Terms Iranian Targeting of Energy Facilities in Saudi Arabia and UAE Doha | March 19, 2026 The State of Qatar condemns in the strongest terms the Iranian targeting of energy facilities in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Em
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President Trump, in a post this evening, threatens to "massively blow up the entirety of [Iran's] South Pars Gas Field at an amount of strength and power that Iran has never seen or witnessed before" if Iran attacks Qatari LNG facilities again.
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World Health Organization preparing for possible nuclear incident if Iran war escalates — POLITCO
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Mozilla to launch free built-in VPN in upcoming Firefox 149
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Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he will not approve a $200 billion request from the Pentagon for more funding for the Iran war, a figure reported by the Washington Post tonight, if that's what they seek.
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Cook: A simple CLI for orchestrating Claude Code
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President Trump is considering deploying thousands of additional troops to the Middle East a the U.S. prepares its next campaign steps against Iran -Reuters Officials are discussing multiple options for boots on the ground in Iran, including capturing Iranian shores near Hormuz
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U.S. officials detected unidentified drones above the Washington Army base where Marco Rubio and Pete Hegseth live. Unclear where it came from. — WaPo
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Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal says he's voting no on Sen. Markwayne Mullin as the next DHS secretary but: "He would be better than Kristi Noem, for sure."
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What 81,000 people want from AI
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I'm told things got quite heated behind closed doors just now. When Rep. Summer Lee was asking about it essentially being a hearing without cameras, Chairman James Comer responded, "It's a briefing!" "Are you trying to find information, or are you trying to embarrass the attor
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“It organizes your files” “It prioritizes your emails” “It tells you insights about your calendar” These are not real things. They are not making you more productive. It is making you an idiot Yes, AI is great. But this is fake productivity. This is dumb. You are being dumb
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UNITED STATES NATIONAL DEBT HITS $39 TRILLION
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Me and the boys after taking Chinese Peptides for 5 years
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Amb. John Bolton on Director Tulsi Gabbard: "I think she was doing her dead level best not to answer the question."
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Rep. Summer Lee and Ranking Member Robert Garcia will join me at 9 p.m. ET tonight to talk about what happened tonight.
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potential Epstein sighting at an art fair - photo taken right now
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The 150-200 dollar scenarios are not far fetched given the current circumstances. #OOTT
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Donald Trump has spent months talking about how badly he wants Jay Powell out of the Federal Reserve. On Wednesday, Powell signaled the administration’s own actions have had the opposite effect: He’s prepared to stay longer than he otherwise would have. wsj.com/economy/central-
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RX – a new random-access JSON alternative
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Autoresearch for SAT Solvers
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Gentlemen, jail is not that bad.
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Takeaways from the March Fed meeting: • The era of 'easy' cuts could be over. Last year's were a recalibration; the next ones have to be earned with better inflation data or downside risks being realized. • The dots weren't as hawkish as feared, but Powell told markets not to p
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No again: US oil export ban discussion. If the Trump administration ends implementing an oil policy every Republican said it was a mistake when the Biden administration floated it, well, that would be quite something. Is MAGA outflanking the Democrats by going further left?
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US Postal Service expects to run out of cash in a year
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Former National Counterterrorism Center Director Joe Kent under FBI investigation for allegedly leaking classified information; the probe began before his departure. — Semafor
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All for a war of choice. #OOTT
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Qatar Energy says that "several of its Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) facilities were the subject of [Iranian] missile attacks, causing sizeable fires and extensive further damage."
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The UAE has shut down operations at the sprawling Habshan gas facility after an overnight Iranian missile attack -Al Jazeera The UAE called the Iranian attacks a “dangerous escalation.”
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Good music is the last mile of AI
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Lots of chatter in the oil market about whether a Saudi refinery in the Red Sea was attacked or not. One thing, however, appears clear: crude loadings at Yanbu and Al Muajjiz continue as normal, with 4 tankers getting their oil right now via the Hormuz bypass pipeline.
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Show HN: Free BYOK career interview that builds your story file
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US national debt surges past $39T just weeks into war in Iran
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Since our January 13th macro memo, our top weighted pick BWET has more than tripled (and seems set to go even higher). Today, we released to subscribers a new list of names that have yet to reprice as violently in a new “Iran Conflict Beta” watchlist.
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France asks for a “moratorium on strikes targeting civilian infrastructure, particularly energy and water supply facilities.”
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Good morning from Dubai. It’s day 20 of the war, and there are no signs of de-escalation it’s the opposite #OOTT
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Comer says he plans on moving forward with a subpoena for Attorney General Pam Bondi after tonight’s closed-door briefing, per @AnnieGrayerCNN cnn.com/politics/live-news/t…
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cnn.com
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% Below All-Time High Chevron: 0% S&P 500: -5% Google: -12% Apple: -13% Gold: -14% Nvidia: -15% Amazon: -19% Tesla: -21% Meta: -23% Palantir: -27% Microsoft: -29% Netflix: -30% Bitcoin: -44% Ethereum: -56% MicroStrategy: -74% Fartcoin: -92% Trump Coin: -95% Melania Coin: -99%
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Jack Bogle would hate what Vanguard has become
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iOS 26.4 Fixes iPhone Keyboard Accuracy Bug
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