The price oil over the past two days: Was at $91/barrel over the past weekend. Shot up to just under $116/barrel when the market opened yesterday. Then fell to $85/barrel at 5PM yesterday. Over the past 24 hours, there was  low of $78.5/barrel. At 3PM EDT today, the price was $84/barrel. During the past month: Oil sat at around $65/barrel. Was as low as $61/barrel a little more than a month ago, February 12 Was up to $67/barrel at the end of February. War started on February 28. On March 2 oil rose to $71/barrel and went up to $95/barrel on March 9. So you might say with that one skyrocket price yesterday, the price of oil went up $19/barrel since the war started. From  Wikipedia: The   price of oil , or the   oil price , generally refers to the   spot price   of a   barrel (159 litres) of   benchmark crude oil —a reference price for buyers and sellers of crude oil such as   West Texas Intermediate   (WTI),   Brent Crude ,   Du...

This is Day 6 of the War in Iran.  What is Google AI's impression? As of early March 2026, the U.S. and Israel are engaged in an intensifying, direct, and expanding military campaign against Iran following a rapid escalation. Coordinated U.S.-Israel strikes have hit targets across Iran and its proxies, including in Tehran and Beirut, resulting in significant casualties and damage. The conflict has widened regionally, with Iranian retaliatory strikes targeting U.S. interests, causing deaths among U.S. service members.   Key Aspects of the Conflict (March 2026): Coordinated Strikes:   U.S. and Israeli forces are conducting synchronized, high-intensity operations, with Israel launching airstrikes in Tehran and Beirut.  ( If you were wondering, Israel is about as large as the state of New Jersey .) Targeting Infrastructure:   The coalition is focused on destroying Iranian missile launchers, ships, and military infrastructure, reporting that thousands of drones and m...

The big news of the day is the  longest presidential address to Congress in history .  President Donald Trump talked for a little more than 100 minutes.  I watched the whole thing, and wonder why. Many Democrats did not even show up, and  some just left during his speech , with  Rep. Al Green  (D-Texas) being booted out.  Several held small signs.  Women wore mostly pink.  Others wore blue/yellow in support of Ukraine. He mostly bragged about doing so much. He repeated his assertion to take over Greenland and the Panama Canal. Assailed the Biden Administration a lot, calling Joe the worst president in American history.  One of his lies/exaggerations, for polls have  Trump as the worst .  In that survey, Biden came in as the 14th greatest president. Here is  one example : “Over 130,000 people, according to the Social Security databases, are aged over 160 years old,” Trump asserted. He then added there are 1,041 people over ...