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Wednesday, March 25, 2026

Good Morning! On this day in 1934, golfer Horton Smith, 25, claimed victory by one stroke at the first Augusta National Invitation Tournament, now known as The Masters Tournament. Smith won again two years later, making him the first two-time Masters winner. This year's tournament tees off on April 9.

NASA just announced plans to build a permanent base on the moon, committing $20 billion over seven years in the biggest shake-up to America's space program in decades. It's all in today's lead story.

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NASA Plans $20 Billion Moon Base

NASA announced Tuesday that it would spend $20 billion over seven years to build a permanent base on the moon's surface, pausing previous plans for an orbiting lunar station.

The agency will repurpose components from that Lunar Gateway station, already largely built by contractors, to build a surface base instead.

The plan will unfold in three phases, beginning with robotic landers and new technology testing, then semi-habitable infrastructure, and finally long-duration crew quarters.

NASA also revealed plans to develop an entirely new spacecraft designed to reach Mars. The aggressive timeline comes as China pushes toward its own 2030 moon landing, with SpaceX and Blue Origin still working to complete lunar landers under contract.

FedEx Enters Same-Day Delivery War

FedEx is jumping into the same-day delivery war, launching a service to rival Amazon and Walmart as major retailers battle over who can get packages to doorsteps fastest.

The new FedEx SameDay Local, built with last-mile partner OneRail, will offer shoppers two-hour or end-of-day delivery options directly at checkout. OneRail’s platform covers nearly 99% of the country and plugs into retailers' existing store networks without requiring new infrastructure.

The move comes a week after Amazon rolled out one-hour and three-hour shipping windows in hundreds of U.S. cities, while Walmart already offers three-hour delivery reaching 95% of U.S. households.

FedEx says it’s betting on demand: 80% of customers surveyed want same-day shipping, and nearly half say they're more likely to complete a purchase if it's included.

Survey: America's Perfect Fast-Food Plate

A new survey of 2,000 adults found that the ideal American fast-food meal pulls from multiple chains: a Burger King burger, a Chick-fil-A chicken sandwich, McDonald's fries and chicken nuggets, and a Dairy Queen milkshake.

Regional tastes vary. In-N-Out beats both Burger King and Wendy's for best burger out West, Midwesterners favor Arby's curly fries, and Raising Cane's ranks highly across the Southwest.

The average respondent spends about $12 on a fast-food meal but believes it should cost about a third less. Americans have stuck with their favorite items for an average of 16 years.

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➤ Alleged Iranian spies are already inside the United States and have been infiltrating Silicon Valley. (Hear Details)

➤ Rampant hospice fraud in California is now under congressional investigation after millions in taxpayer losses. (Hear Story)

➤ The White House will welcome multiple European royal families in the coming weeks. (Listen Now)

➤ Senators from both parties said Tuesday they were close to a deal to fund most of DHS and TSA, but exclude ICE's enforcement and removal operations that sparked the partial government shutdown and long lines at airports. (More)

➤ Markwayne Mullin was confirmed as Homeland Security secretary in a 54-45 vote by the Senate, replacing Kristi Noem. Sens. John Fetterman, D-Pa., and Martin Heinrich, D-N.M., were the only Democrats to vote yes. (More)

➤ Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt appointed energy executive Alan Armstrong to fill Markwayne Mullin's Senate seat until voters elect a new senator in November's election. (More)

➤ President Trump and the Republican National Committee are reportedly favoring Dallas over Las Vegas as the likely location for an unusual midterm convention to be held as Election Day nears. (More)

➤ The Pentagon will close its decades-old media corridor and relocate reporters to an outside annex after a federal judge struck down its press credentialing rules as unconstitutional viewpoint discrimination. (More)

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➤ The baseball season kicks off tonight on Netflix with the New York Yankees facing off against the San Francisco Giants. The game is part of a three-event baseball package for the streaming service. (More)

➤ A 17-year-old from Texas won the 800-meter World Indoor Championship racing title this weekend in Poland, making him the youngest man to ever win a senior individual world medal. (More)

➤ NFL superstar Joe Burrow and player-turned-analyst Robert Griffin III have both publicly expressed interest in playing flag football for Team USA in the 2028 Olympics. (More)

➤ U.S. Olympian Mikaela Shiffrin faces off against Germany’s Emma Aicher today in the giant slalom World Cup final. If she wins, she’ll tie the women’s record with six overall titles. (More)

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➤ The first two rounds of March Madness saw a 5% viewership boost from last year to this year, culminating in the tournament's best TV ratings since CBS and TNT began showing all games in 2011. (More)

➤ Arkansas basketball's Darius Acuff Jr. signed a signature shoe deal with Reebok, becoming the first NCAA men's athlete to do so while still being in college. He's also Reebok's first signature shoe athlete since John Wall in the 2010s. (More)

➤ No. 2 Iowa women's basketball was upset by No. 10 Virginia, making them the only No. 2 seed not to advance to the Sweet 16. (See Full Bracket)

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Daily Market Report 03/24/2026

▼	NASDAQ National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations	21,761.89	-0.84%
▼	SPX S&P 500	6,556.37	-0.37%
▼	DJI Dow Jones Industrial Average	46,124.06	-0.18%
▼	BTC Bitcoin	$69,333.66	-2.23%
▼	GOLD Per Ounce	$4,398.80	-0.12%
▲	SILVER Per Ounce	$69.71	0.96%
▲	OIL West Texas Intermediate Crude	$91.88	4.26%
▼	IBRX ImmunityBio, Inc.	$7.41	-21.12%

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➤ Big Stock Move: ImmunityBio stock dropped over 21% on Tuesday after the U.S. Food & Drug Administration sent the company a warning letter saying it made "false and misleading” statements about one of its drugs. (More)

➤ A New Mexico jury decided Tuesday that Meta knowingly harmed children’s mental health and concealed what it knew about child sexual exploitation, ending a nearly seven week trial as jurors in California continue deliberating whether Meta and YouTube should be liable in a similar case. (See Details)

➤ Elon Musk’s Boring Company has chosen three cities where it will build free underground Loop tunnels: New Orleans, Baltimore, and Dallas. The three were selected from 487 submissions in Boring's Tunnel Vision Challenge. (More)

➤ Estée Lauder confirmed merger talks with Spanish perfume maker Puig, a deal that would unite brands like MAC, Clinique, and Jean Paul Gaultier in a company valued at over $40 billion. (More)

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➤ A green fireball streaked across Northern California on Sunday, the third meteor spotted over the U.S. in six days, drawing more than 200 eyewitness reports from three states. (See Video)

➤ New Hubble images of the Crab Nebula reveal the supernova remnant's filaments have been expanding at 3.4 million mph over the past 25 years, nearly a millennium after the original explosion. (See Images)

➤ Honey bees perform their food-directing "waggle dance" with less precision when fewer hive mates are watching, a finding researchers say shows the insects adjust their communication based on the audience. (See Study)

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Wisdom Wednesday is brought to you by:

➤ A neuroscientist who studies AI says parents should stop teaching kids skills that will soon be obsolete and focus on three unconventional strategies instead. (See Strategies)

➤ A relationship expert says 11 specific behaviors a man shows around a dog reveal whether he's worth keeping long-term. (See Behaviors)

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➤ The LA28 organizing committee unveiled the official look of the 2028 Olympics, a superbloom-inspired design featuring bold wildflower colors drawn from California's landscape. (See Look)

➤ Kentucky firefighters used a rope system to rescue a beagle trapped about 40 feet inside a cave, hoisting both the dog and the rescuer safely back to the surface without injury. (See Rescue)

➤ A Missouri mom found fentanyl hidden in the packaging of a Barbie doll purchased at a discount store, prompting police to track down and recover all five contaminated packages. (More)

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