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![]() Good morning. Donald Trump tries to sell Americans on the Iran war. NASA astronauts reach a safe orbit on their voyage around the moon. And meet Junior, the snitching AI "colleague." Listen to the day's top stories. — Angela Cullen
Donald Trump finally tried to sell the American public on his Iran war, but his primetime address, five weeks into the messy conflict, showed he's grasping for an off-ramp. The president offered no clear timeline for ending the hostilities, while pledging more aggressive action over the next two to three weeks. Meanwhile, Iran and Israel continued to trade strikes and Trump renewed threats against Iranian electric plants. Goldman's main office in Paris received bomb threats believed to be from an Iranian group. Follow the latest in our live blog. Oil surged as Trump's speech damped hopes for a swift resolution and instead pointed to prolonged disruptions to energy flows. European diesel futures hit $200 a barrel. Stocks and bonds slid. The month-long turmoil has forced traders to unwind positions, and some of the world's largest hedge funds got walloped in March. But it's thrown up a predictable pattern for the stock market, which now tends to start the week on a strong note before drifting sideways mid-week and collapsing—like clockwork—every Thursday. Remember tariffs? The Trump administration is preparing to outline a tiered regime for steel and aluminum, maintaining 50% duties on many products but applying lower rates to others, in an attempt to simplify a process that's dogged US companies for months. Levies of 100% on certain medicines are being considered for companies that haven't yet struck deals guaranteeing low prices in the US. Lost track? No need, with our tariff tracker. ![]() Photographer: Aaron Schwartz/CNP/Bloomberg via Consolidated News Photos And the Sharpie is back. Trump applied his signature scrawl in notes he pulled out to a gathering of reporters around the Resolute Desk this week to voice his anger at the judge who halted construction on the lavish new White House ballroom until Congress gives the green light. It shows that even as he navigates a roller-coaster presidency, waging war and the bureaucracy at home, Trump remains preoccupied with the structural integrity of his projects—and more broadly, his own legacy. ![]() Lionel Shriver, author of We Need to Talk About Kevin and a columnist for The Spectator, talks to Mishal Husain about her new immigration-related novel, which imagines a house taken over by outsiders. Deep Dive: Space Race![]() Artemis II lunar mission astronauts during their Countdown Demonstration test at the Kennedy Space Center in 2025. Photographer: Gregg Newton/Getty Images Four NASA astronauts launched into space and reached a stable orbit, kicking off a landmark journey that will take them closer to the moon than anyone has been in more than 50 years. Watch it lift off from the Kennedy Space Center, hurtling to speeds as high as 17,500 miles an hour.
The Big Take![]() Illustrator: Harriet Lenneman Microsoft's AI dilemma. After making a controversial call to pause some data center development last year, finance chief Amy Hood is navigating one of the toughest jobs in tech: to assess how much to invest in AI without starving the rest of the business or spooking investors with bottomless spending. Opinion![]() Photo: Bloomberg Western carmakers have scaled back their electric-vehicle ambitions, but the surge in gas prices triggered by the Iran war may change this, Chris Bryant writes. Even second-hand electric Porsches offer value for money. More Opinions Play Alphadots!Our daily word puzzle with a plot twist. ![]() Today's clue is: Exchanged notes Before You Go![]() A computer screen shows the Linux terminal running the OpenClaw AI platform. Source: Smith Collection/Gado/Getty Images via Archive Photos Meet Junior, the new AI hire who won't hesitate to snitch to your boss. For $2,000 a month, this "colleague" proactively drafts marketing campaigns, monitors inboxes, tracks deadlines and generates reports. Think the most driven new colleague you've worked with, but more unsettling.] A Few More More From BloombergEnjoying Morning Briefing Americas? Get more news and analysis with our regional editions for Asia and Europe. Check out these newsletters, too:
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Washington Edition: No clarity on Iran
In a national address, the president offers no new plans for the war Read in browser I'm Jonathan Tamari, senior Washington reporter for Bloomberg Government, and each weekday I'll be coming to you with inside-the-room reporting and insights that reveal what's really happening in Washington—and how it impacts you. Email me with feedback and comments here . If this newsletter was forwarded to you sign up here . Today, Trump offers few new ideas on Iran, DHS funding appears to be (...













