Morning News: March 20, 2026

How Israel Went From ‘Model Ally’ to Cautionary Tale

Iran Leaves an Isolated Trump Grappling With Historic Oil Crisis

Removing Sanctions on Iran’s Crude Isn’t an Easy Fix for Oil Prices

Scramble for Jet Fuel Shows How Energy Shortages Are Rippling Across Asia

Venture Global vs. Shell: How a Startup Won Big In LNG

Australia’s New South Wales State Bans Future Coal Mines

Trump Just Shook Up Global Interest-Rate Policy Again

Iran War Scrambles Calculus for Central Banks

Wall Street Banks With Large Trading Units May Be Biggest Winners Under US Capital Plan

Treasuries Slide as Elevated Oil Prices Fuel Inflation Fears

A Whiff of Stagflation

Thomas Massie Is Right About Government Spending For the Wrong Reasons

An Underdog Trump Ally in Latin America Becomes an Investor Magnet

Trump Reorganizes Foreign Aid at Fraction of USAID’s Size

The Luxury Life of British Expats in Dubai Faces a Reality Check

The US Must Not Become a Nation of Emigrants

The Postal Service’s Last-Mile Strategy Is a Dead End

Record Number of Student Loan Borrowers Are in Delinquency and Default

Finally, an Opera About Economics

Can Jonah Peretti Save BuzzFeed From Extinction?

A Vegas Gambler, a Hollywood Power Player and the Legal Fight Roiling Paramount

SAP CEO Says Defense Industry Sales Are Fastest Growing Business

The Long Farewell to Mark Zuckerberg’s Metaverse

Don’t Regulate Away Playing Field-Leveling AI

Super Micro Co-Founder Charged With Sending AI Tech to China

Publisher Pulls ‘Shy Girl’ Horror Novel After AI Allegations

Uber’s Defense Against Robotaxis Is Funding Them

Tesla Finally Has Its First Semi-Truck and It’s Already a Hit With Truckers

Unilever Looks to Offload $33 Billion Food Business to McCormick

BTS, the Most Popular Boy Band Ever, Returns to a Changed Industry

How Geopolitics Threaten K-Pop’s Ambitions in China

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