Florida enacted a new framework allowing state officials to designate domestic terrorist organizations, restrict funding, and expel students for “promoting” designated groups while adding Sharia enforcement restrictions—moves opponents warn will chill speech and invite politicized use as legal challenges are expected.

Anthropic is withholding Claude Mythos Preview because it appears capable of finding and weaponizing zero-days at a pace that could dramatically accelerate cyberattacks, and Project Glasswing is a race to patch critical software before Mythos-class capability becomes widely accessible to adversaries.

Gas at $4.12 per gallon nationally and diesel at $5.62 are the clearest indicators of the Iran conflict's domestic cost. Pew found 69 percent of Americans name gas prices as their top war concern, exceeding terrorism and casualties. J.P. Morgan warns $5 per gallon is possible this month. The consumer cost trajectory is the primary variable shaping public tolerance for continued operations and political pressure on the administration.

A three-man team opened fire near the building housing Israel’s consulate in Istanbul, prompting a roughly 10-minute gun battle that left one attacker dead, two captured, and two police wounded, with officials probing possible jihadist links while noting the consulate was unstaffed.

Russia provided satellite intelligence from 24 surveys of 46 targets including US bases to Iran between March 21 and 31, with surveyed sites subsequently struck within days. Russian hackers are collaborating with Iran's Handala Hack unit against Gulf critical infrastructure. The partnership represents Russian functional participation in strikes on US forces and elevates Iran's cyber threat posture against US-facing networks.

Iran has formalized a yuan-denominated IRGC transit fee system for Hormuz shipping, with Iran-friendly nations paying roughly one dollar per barrel for vetted passage while vessels from US-aligned nations remain subject to interdiction, creating a parallel maritime order through the world's most critical oil chokepoint.