🗞️Michelle Obama and Steph Curry's new venture

March 26th, 2025

What happened today 🇺🇸,

• NBA star Steph Curry and Former First Lady Michelle Obama have partnered up to launch a new healthier sports drink called Plezi

• Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic has published more of the messages between top cabinet officials in the Signal group that he was mistakenly added to…read the newest released messages here

• The U.S. Congressional Budget Office said the that the U.S. Treasury risks defaulting as soon as August 2025 unless Congress raises the debt ceiling

• Four U.S. soldiers went missing and reportedly ended up dying during tactical training in Lithuania…an investigation is still ongoing and more details are to come

• Delaware has passed a law making it harder for shareholders to sue companies in an effort to prevent businesses from moving their legal residences to other states, per WSJ

• President Trump announced 25% tariffs on all cars made outside of the U.S. 

• The Senate has officially confirmed, Dr. Jay Bhattacharya, as the new head of the National Institutes of Health

• Amazon is looking to launch AI shopping and AI health assistants, the AI for shopping will help customers identify the products they need based on their input and AI for health will help customers get medical guidance and care tips

• Dollar Tree is selling its Family Dollar business to two private equity companies for just over $1 billion despite buying Family Dollar originally for $9 billion in 2014

• DOW down .31% / S&P down 1.12%

• The European Union has told citizens to stockpile food, water, and other essentials that can last them at least 72 hours as war, cyberattacks, and other events increase the chances of a crisis

• Hundreds of Palestinians took to the streets to protest against Hamas in northern Gaza…this was the largest protest against the militant group since the war began

Bonus: A look at where online sports betting is legal in the U.S.

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