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🇮🇷 Hormuz becomes Iran’s cheapest weapon. One month in, Tehran is fighting like an insurgency, not a conventional state. That means fewer grand victories and more targeted pain. Iran is leaning on drones, missiles, dispersed bases, and economic choke points. Its strongest leverage remains the Strait of Hormuz. By squeezing shipping there, Tehran can bruise markets far beyond the battlefield. Asian buyers feel the first shock, but fuel and freight costs travel quickly. Iran, already hardened by years of sanctions, absorbs global market pain differently than its enemies. President Donald Trump has given Tehran until April 6th to ease shipping restrictions. The wager on all sides is no longer just military strength, but whose economy blinks first.

🇲🇽 Sheinbaum keeps the Cuban doctor pact. Earlier this week, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Mexico will keep Cuban doctors in the country despite mounting American pressure. She framed the decision as practical before ideological. Mexico still struggles to place enough specialists in rural and underserved areas. Sheinbaum said Cuban doctors helped during the COVID-19 pandemic and still fill hard-to-staff posts. Honduras and Jamaica have already ended similar agreements. Washington argues the program exploits Cuban labor. Mexico argues it meets a real public health need. The dispute also tests how far Sheinbaum can cooperate with Trump while resisting him. In this case, the clinic beat the talking point.

🛂 Trump moves to pay TSA after Congress stalls. President Donald Trump signed an executive order to pay Transportation Security Administration (TSA) workers with other funds. The move came after the House rejected a DHS funding bill. It was also an attempt to keep airport security from fraying further. Former TSA officer Caleb Harmon-Marshall said staffing will not stabilize until workers trust the pay will continue. That is the core problem now. Officers are not just asking whether money is coming, but how long. In a shutdown, reassurance can matter almost as much as payroll. The line at the checkpoint starts in Congress, even when the bottleneck appears elsewhere.

🧳 Airports now warn against panic-arriving. The usual advice says get there early. This week, some airports are pleading for less enthusiasm. Security waits have stretched beyond two hours at several major hubs. At George Bush Intercontinental Airport in Houston, some lines hit four hours. Yet airports with steadier flow say passengers arriving too early are making congestion worse. John Glenn Columbus International Airport told travelers to aim for about 90 minutes instead. The result is a new kind of travel math. People are planning for the worst and helping create it. The airport dad has finally been vindicated, though under miserable circumstances.

📉 Wall Street ends a punishing week lower. Stocks fell again Friday, sealing a fifth straight losing week. It was the market’s worst stretch since the Iran war began. The Standard and Poor’s 500 (S&P 500) dropped 1.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 793 points, also 1.7%. The Nasdaq composite lost 2.1%. Traders briefly welcomed Trump’s delayed Strait of Hormuz deadline, then remembered the war was still running. Brent crude settled at $105.32 a barrel. American benchmark crude finished at $99.64. Markets can price hope for a day, but they still charge extra for uncertainty.

🏌️ Tiger Woods is back in headlines the hard way. Authorities say Woods was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after a crash on Jupiter Island, Florida. Martin County Sheriff John Budensiek said deputies suspected impairment from medication. Investigators say Woods tried to pass a pressure-cleaner truck on a two-lane road. His Land Rover clipped the trailer and rolled onto its side. Woods got out without injury. The episode revives a familiar pattern: he was arrested on suspicion of DUI in 2017 after a bad mix of painkillers. He also survived a 2021 crash that nearly cost him a leg. Celebrity rarely outruns physics, and it never defeats a crash report.

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