🗞️U.S./Iran update

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March 2nd, 2026

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• Over the weekend, the U.S. and Israel launched over 2,000 airstrikes on Iranian nuclear sites, missile facilities, and leadership targets, confirming the deaths of Supreme Leader Khamenei and other senior officials, with six U.S. service members being killed so far as the conflict is ongoing…today, President Trump said a "big wave" of strikes is imminent to dismantle Iran's missile production and terror networks entirely, projecting a 4 to 5 week operation and not ruling out ground troops if needed

• The House Oversight Committee released over nine hours of video footage from last week's closed-door depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton, where both denied knowledge of Jeffrey Epstein's crimes…watch here

• The U.S. Treasury Department and Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA), which oversees Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, announced today that they are terminating all use of Anthropic's Claude AI platform across their operations

• Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) said that after the U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran, "Cuba is next" and predicted the communist regime there will fall soon

• Apple announced the iPhone 17e as an affordable entry to the iPhone 17 lineup, starting at $599

• Nvidia announced it will invest $2 billion each in photonics firms Lumentum and Coherent, totaling $4 billion, to accelerate advanced optics and silicon photonics R&D for next-gen AI data centers

• MyFitnessPal announced its has acquired Cal AI, the popular AI-powered calorie-tracking app founded by teenagers Zach Yadegari and Henry Langmack, which has racked up over 15 million downloads

• S&P up .04% / Nasdaq up .36% / DOW down .15%

• UK Prime Minister, Keir Starmer, has confirmed the UK will not participate in the U.S.-Israeli offensive strikes on Iran and stated that British bases will only be made available to U.S. forces for strictly limited defensive purposes

• Spain’s government has said the U.S. will not be allowed to use their jointly operated military bases for attacks on Iran

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