U.S. stocks were set to surge at the opening bell Monday, after President Donald Trump announced that he was postponing all military strikes on Iranian power plants for a 5-day period.
Iranian state media responded to Trump’s post by saying the U.S. president has “backed down” after Iran’s firm response.
Iran’s semi-official Mehr news agency also relayed a message from the nation’s foreign ministry that, “there is no dialogue between Tehran and Washington.”
S&P 500 and Nasdaq futures initially soared about 3% on Trump’s post, but those gains faded to about 1.6% after the statements from Iranian media.
Dow Jones Industrial Average futures also rose as many as 1,300 points immediately after Trump’s statement, before pulling back to about 500 points. Russell 2000 futures rose 3%.
Oil prices also fell about 5%, with U.S. crude oil trading down to around $92 per barrel around 8:15 a.m. ET. International Brent crude oil fell to around $105 per barrel. Initially, oil prices had plummeted 10% on Trump’s post.
Trump’s Monday announcement on social media came after the president on Saturday said that he had given the regime 48 hours to “fully open, without threat, the Strait of Hormuz.” That 48 hours was set to end Monday night.
U.S. natural gas prices dropped 4%, European natural gas futures slid 9% and heating oil prices dropped 3%. Heating oil futures can also be a proxy for the price of jet fuel.
U.S. Treasury bonds also rose at first, and yields which guide borrowing rates for consumers dropped after posting big moves higher on Thursday and Friday on rising inflation fears stemming from soaring energy prices. Yields were largely unchanged after the Iranian media statements though.
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi over whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.The outcome of the case could affect voters in 14 states and the District of Columbia, which have grace periods for ballots cast by mail, provided they are postmarked by Election Day. An additional 15 states that have more forgiving deadlines for ballots from military and overseas voters also could be impacted.A ruling is expected by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.Forcing states to change their practices just a few months before the election risks “confusion and disenfranchisement,” especially in places that have had relaxed deadlines for years, state and big-city election officials told the court in a written filing.California, Texas, New York and Illinois are among the states with post-Election Day deadlines. Rural Alaska, with its vast distances and often unpredictable weather, also counts late-arriving ballots.Lawyers for the Republican and Libertarian parties, as well as Trump’s administration, are asking the justices to affirm an appellate ruling that struck down a Mississippi law allowing ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of the election and are postmarked by Election Day.The court challenge is part of Trump’s broader attack on most mail balloting, which he has said breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states.Last year, the Republican president signed an executive order on elections that aims to require votes to be “cast and received” by Election Day. The order has been blocked in pending court challenges.At the same time, four Republican-dominated states — Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota and Utah — eliminated grace periods last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and Voting Rights Lab.The issue at the Supreme Court is whether federal law sets a single Election Day that requires ballots to be both cast by voters and received by state officials.In striking down Mississippi’s grace period, Judge Andrew Oldham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the state law allowing the late-arriving ballots to be counted violated federal law.Oldham and the other two judges who joined the unanimous ruling, James Ho and Stuart Kyle Duncan, all were appointed by Trump during his first term.
WASHINGTON —
The Supreme Court is hearing arguments Monday in a case from Mississippi over whether states can count late-arriving mail ballots, a target of President Donald Trump.
The outcome of the case could affect voters in 14 states and the District of Columbia, which have grace periods for ballots cast by mail, provided they are postmarked by Election Day. An additional 15 states that have more forgiving deadlines for ballots from military and overseas voters also could be impacted.
A ruling is expected by late June, early enough to govern the counting of ballots in the 2026 midterm congressional elections.
Forcing states to change their practices just a few months before the election risks “confusion and disenfranchisement,” especially in places that have had relaxed deadlines for years, state and big-city election officials told the court in a written filing.
California, Texas, New York and Illinois are among the states with post-Election Day deadlines. Rural Alaska, with its vast distances and often unpredictable weather, also counts late-arriving ballots.
Lawyers for the Republican and Libertarian parties, as well as Trump’s administration, are asking the justices to affirm an appellate ruling that struck down a Mississippi law allowing ballots to be counted if they arrive within five business days of the election and are postmarked by Election Day.
The court challenge is part of Trump’s broader attack on most mail balloting, which he has said breeds fraud despite strong evidence to the contrary and years of experience in numerous states.
Last year, the Republican president signed an executive order on elections that aims to require votes to be “cast and received” by Election Day. The order has been blocked in pending court challenges.
At the same time, four Republican-dominated states — Ohio, Kansas, North Dakota and Utah — eliminated grace periods last year, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures and Voting Rights Lab.
The issue at the Supreme Court is whether federal law sets a single Election Day that requires ballots to be both cast by voters and received by state officials.
In striking down Mississippi’s grace period, Judge Andrew Oldham of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote that the state law allowing the late-arriving ballots to be counted violated federal law.
Oldham and the other two judges who joined the unanimous ruling, James Ho and Stuart Kyle Duncan, all were appointed by Trump during his first term.
Jo Dee Messina stopped by the Taste of Country Nights studio and was almost unrecognizable. She has completely changed up her whole look, and that includes a dramatic weight loss.
I asked Messina about some of her workout video clips she has posted recently, and it led to her explaining why she wanted to shed the pounds.
“I started to see pictures of myself and I didn’t recognize myself,” the “Heads Carolina, Tails California” star admitted.
She continued, “I wouldn’t let people take pictures. I’m like [to my assistant] ‘Just please stop taking pictures of me, I don’t even know who that is, it’s so gross.”
Sometimes being that hard on yourself is just the kick in the pants that one needs to do something about how they feel.
“So I said ‘I’m gonna do something about it,'” Messina continues. “This hasn’t been…it’s been two years. It wasn’t like ‘Hey, let’s pop a pill and be skinny in a month,’ this is like ‘keep going, keep going, keep going.'”
She talked about how she loves her exercise routine that she has fallen into, except for one day out of the week — leg day.
Messina gushed about fellow country artist, Carrie Underwood’s legs, and was joking about the fact that she will never attain legs like that because she hates leg day and Underwood loves it.
How Much Weight Has Jo Dee Messina Lost?
There was no numbers tossed out into the open as far as the exact poundage that Messina has lost over two years. On social media, she’s typically more interested in showing the process than she is in running down numbers.
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Teams going in opposite directions will match up on Monday’s NBA schedule as the Miami Heat host the San Antonio Spurs. Miami (38-33) has dropped four in a row, most recently losing to Houston, 123-122, on Saturday. San Antonio (53-18) has won five in a row, including a Saturday win over Indiana, 134-119. Norman Powell (calf) is questionable for Miami, while Devin Vassell (hamstring) and Stephon Castle (hip) are questionable for San Antonio.
Tipoff is at 7 p.m. ET from the Kaseya Center in Miami. The Spurs won the lone matchup earlier this season, which ended a Heat four-game head-to-head win streak. San Antonio is the 5.5-point favorite in the latest Heat vs. Spurs odds from DraftKings Sportsbook, while the over/under for total points scored is 240.5. Before making any Spurs vs. Heat picks, check out the NBA predictions and betting advice from the SportsLine Projection Model.
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After 10,000 simulations of Heat vs. Spurs, SportsLine’s model is going Under on the total (240.5). The last two meetings, and three of the last four matchups, have gone Under, including their game earlier this season which saw just 208 combined points. San Antonio games versus Eastern Conference opponents have heavily leaned Under this season, going 19-8 (70.4%).
Both teams have defenses that are a bit ahead of their offenses. San Antonio is third in defensive rating and fifth on the offensive end, while Miami is sixth in defensive rating but just 13th in offensive rating. The simulations call for just two players to reach the 20-point threshold, which allows this contest to stay under the total in 60.3% of simulations. You can get the spread pick at SportsLine.
The head of the U.S. military’s Central Command says Iran is “operating in a sign of desperation” by targeting civilian sites in the war.
In an interview with the Farsi-language Iranian opposition satellite network Iran International that aired early Monday, U.S. Navy Adm. Brad Cooper said: “They’re operating in a sign of desperation. … In the last couple of weeks, they’ve attacked civilian targets very deliberately, more than 300 times.”
Cooper noted a slowdown in Iranian incoming fire across the Mideast as the war entered its fourth week.
“At the beginning of the conflict, you saw large volumes, in the dozens of drones and missiles,” Cooper said. “You no longer see that. It’s all one or two at a time.”
Cooper said the U.S. campaign against Iran was continuing “ahead or on plan,” targeting missile and drone manufacturing sites as well other military infrastructure.
“So it’s not just about the threat today. We’re eliminating the threat of the future, both in terms of the drones, the missiles, as well as the navy,” he told Iran International.
Cooper said it wasn’t yet time for the Iranian public to come to the streets, citing the ongoing risks from the joint U.S.-Israeli strikes.
“They’re launching missiles and drones from populated areas and you need to stay inside for right now,” Cooper said.
Both the Israeli and U.S. governments have voiced hope that the Iranian public will rise up and topple the country’s nearly-half-century-old ruling Islamic theocracy, and Cooper said “there will be a clear signal at some point, as the president has indicated, for you to be able to come out.”
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We’ve had plenty of surprises in the opening weekend of this year’s men’s NCAA tournament. Iowa, which upset 1-seed Florida on Sunday, and Iowa State, which beat Kentucky without All-American Joshua Jefferson on the same day, are in the Sweet 16 together for the first time.
Alabama has been the same offensive juggernaut it was all season, even without Aden Holloway. And we’re not going to call Texas a Cinderella, but it’s the closest we have to one this tournament. (Per ESPN Research, this is the second straight year the Sweet 16 is made up of only major conference schools — the only two instances in NCAA tournament history in which the final 16 teams are all from major conferences.)
The top of the list is where it gets more complicated. No. 1 overall seed Duke is still a great team, but the Blue Devils are missing something with Caleb Foster and Patrick Ngongba II not at 100%. This doesn’t look like the same team that beat Michigan in February. Houston, Illinois and Purdue also seem to be closing the gap on the group of remaining 1-seeds.
Here’s how we see the current landscape of the national title chase with the Sweet 16 approaching in a few days.
The Arizona Wildcats have depth, a great coach and an overall talent pool to win the program’s — and the West Coast’s — first national title since 1997. That’s why they’ve been picked by many fans to win it all. Here’s a skill that might have been overlooked: an uncanny ability to get to the free throw line. College basketball fans tend to resent games that include a lot of foul calls; they’d rather see teams run up and down the court and keep things moving and exciting. But that kind of play doesn’t always lead to victories. Arizona is one of the best teams in America at drawing fouls and getting to the free throw line, and it is effective. The Wildcats have averaged 26.3 free throw attempts this season. They’ve recorded 72 free throw attempts in two NCAA tournament games. Even if the shots stop falling, they can still put points on the board.
There was a specific moment Saturday against Saint Louis when everything really crystallized for Michigan. The Wolverines’ 7-foot-3 center Aday Mara had the ball near the top of the 3-point arc in the second half. Morez Johnson Jr. was camped out near the basket, waiting for something to happen. AP All-American Yaxel Lendeborg also waited on the perimeter, where he has shot 48% since the start of the Big Ten tournament. That’s three players 6-foot-9 or taller — three projected first-round picks in the 2026 NBA draft — all waiting to make something happen. The Wolverines are a collective 37% from 3 and have a top-three defense nationally. Only three teams this season have been able to solve the riddle that is Michigan’s dominance. There’s just too many ways this team can beat you.
As for that play? Mara had plenty of options, but he threw it to Johnson for an alley-oop.
Up next: vs. Alabama (Friday, 7:35 p.m., TBS/truTV)
Too often, we discuss analytics as if they’re advanced algebra equations that can confuse more than clarify the game. It’s unfortunate, because analytics can tell us a lot about the difference one player can make for his team. Case in point: With Caleb Foster sidelined by injury, Isaiah Evans has become the second-most impactful offensive player on Duke’s roster behind Cameron Boozer, per EvanMiya. Evans also is the third-most significant defensive presence for the team with Patrick Ngongba II (13 minutes against TCU on Saturday) still not at 100%. Duke is back in the Sweet 16 for the fourth time in five years largely because Boozer is the best player in men’s college basketball; he has recorded 41 points (including shooting 66% from inside the arc and 18-of-19 from the free throw line), 24 rebounds and seven assists in the NCAA tournament so far. But Evans (16.5 points per game) has stepped up for a short-handed Duke squad at the most crucial juncture of the season and has left his mark.
Kelvin Sampson always saves his best for last. Since 2021-22, his Cougars tend to play their best basketball between Feb. 1 and the end of the season. So far, they’re 70-15 overall in that period, including this year’s run to the Sweet 16. Once that calendar turns to February, they become one of the most imposing programs in the country. This year, the Cougars have been ranked No. 2 in adjusted defensive efficiency since Feb. 1. Since the beginning of the Big 12 tournament, they’ve shot 42% from 3. And in their past three wins, they’ve held their opponents (Kansas, Idaho, Texas A&M) to an average of 50.3 points. Redshirt senior Emanuel Sharp and freshman Kingston Flemings are the stars of the backcourt for a team that’s going to try to finish strong again.
Up next: vs. Illinois (Thursday, 10:05 p.m., TBS/truTV)
Ranked first in adjusted offensive efficiency for the bulk of the season, Illinois put together massive runs to advance to the Sweet 16 for the second time in three years. In the first round against Penn, the Illini started the second half ahead by 10 points but 10 minutes later pushed their advantage to 26. On Saturday against VCU, they turned a seven-point halftime lead into a 22-point edge after a 24-9 run; the Illini registered 141 points per 100 possessions in that game, a more efficient scoring clip than that of the Denver Nuggets. Few teams have these kinds of knockout punches in their arsenal. Led by freshman Keaton Wagler (32 points, nine assists, 50% from beyond the arc in two NCAA tournament games), this group hasn’t even broken a sweat yet on its way to the second weekend.
Up next: vs. Houston (Thursday, 10:05 p.m., TBS/truTV)
Tamin Lipsey played the game of his life Sunday. He took command and refocused the Cyclones after Kentucky’s 20-9 start, and he ended with a career-high 26 points and 10 assists. The Cyclones’ second-round win proved that, even without injured All-American Joshua Jefferson, they’re still capable of being an aggressively defensive team and a fluid offensive squad that whips the ball around the court until it finds the best shot. Iowa State has been 18-2 this season when Lipsey, a 6-foot-1 native of Ames, Iowa, records a 3-to-1 assist-to-turnover ratio or better. He reached that mark on Sunday, helping his team record 34 points in the paint and score 25 points off 20 Kentucky turnovers. The Cyclones might struggle against the best teams in the field if Jefferson doesn’t return. But when their hometown hero is good, they’ll always have a chance.
Up next: vs. Tennessee (Friday, 10:10 p.m., TBS/truTV)
Sometimes, it just comes down to the numbers — especially when the numbers are jaw-dropping. Purdue has won its past six games, including the Big Ten tournament championship over Michigan. Over that stretch, the Boilermakers, per BartTorvik, have had the best offense in America — even superior to that of Illinois, the top team in adjusted offensive efficiency. It gets better. The Boilermakers have made 177 of their 342 field goal attempts (52%) during that span. Since the start of the Big Ten tourney, they have taken nearly 22 3-pointers per game, making 40% of them, and also have grabbed 40% of their missed shots. What does it all mean? Right now, Purdue is an offensive bulldozer that is launching 3-pointers like the Golden State Warriors, hitting shots all over the court and securing second-chance opportunities when it misses. Good luck trying to slow down this group.
Tom Izzo’s best teams feature dominant point guards. He won his only national title with Mateen Cleaves in 2000 and reached the Final Four with former Big Ten players of the year Kalin Lucas (2009, 2010) and Cassius Winston (2019). This season, his dominant PG is Jeremy Fears Jr., who leads the nation in assists with 9.4 per game. In the NCAA tournament wins over North Dakota State and Louisville, Fears had a combined 27 assists and only nine turnovers. This season’s Spartans — who also have a top-15 defense — form a tight-knit group that has followed Fears’ lead on offense. At any moment, Coen Carr can slash to the rim for a dunk or Jaxon Kohler can space the court with a corner 3. Fears himself can create off the dribble and score. The best passer in college basketball, on a squad that has made 42% of its shots beyond the arc over the past month, has been Izzo’s ticket to another Sweet 16 appearance.
Rick Pitino has coached in the NBA twice. He has dealt with scandals at multiple programs. He has coached overseas. Now, after returning to college basketball a few years ago, he’s the king of New York. Because he has led St. John’s to the Sweet 16 for the first time since 1999. It’s the fourth program he has taken to the second weekend of the NCAA tournament. But this particular team didn’t do it with finesse. St. John’s shot 51% from inside the arc (218th nationally) and 33% from beyond (192nd nationally) this season. But none of that showed up Sunday against Kansas. Other than a boost from Bryce Hopkins (an unexpected 6-for-9 outing from the 3-point line after making 31% of those shots this season entering the game), the Red Storm beat Kansas with a tenacious defense (18 points off 16 Kansas turnovers) and by outlasting their opponent. Right down to Dylan Darling‘s winning layup at the buzzer. St. John’s has lost only one game since Jan. 3 because it just refuses to break in the most significant moments.
Up next: vs. Duke (Friday, 7:10 p.m., CBS)
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St. John’s stuns Kansas at the buzzer to reach Sweet 16
Dylan Darling’s first basket of the game is a layup as time expires to win it for St. John’s in dramatic fashion.
Dan Hurley is back in the Sweet 16 with a roster that has experienced turnover yet still has some sense of continuity. Weird losses at Marquette and vs. Creighton lowered expectations for this team entering the NCAA tournament, and it seemed as if UConn was holding to those expectations. It had more trouble than anticipated early against UCLA, despite the Bruins not having their best player. But, as they’ve also done this season, the Huskies demonstrated they have the players to win ugly, get rebounds, defend well and hit shots. Braylon Mullins doesn’t look like a freshman anymore. Alex Karaban had a career-high 27 points Sunday. Tarris Reed Jr. has been unstoppable on his best nights. Overall, the Huskies held UCLA to 91 points per 100 possessions. They have the tools to make, or match, history, in part because they know who they are perhaps more than any other team in the field.
Up next: vs. Michigan State (Friday, 9:45 p.m., CBS)
Derrick Rose led Memphis to the 2008 national title game as one of the most explosive point guards the sport had seen. John Wall’s speed was unmatched during his lone college season in 2009-10, when he took Kentucky to the Elite Eight. De’Aaron Fox‘s sheer efficiency charged another Kentucky run to the Elite Eight during the 2016-17 campaign. All were coached by John Calipari. At Arkansas this season, Calipari has a combination of all three in his star freshman Darius Acuff Jr. Acuff was the Razorbacks’ only answer to upset-minded High Point and Rob Martin (30 points) in Saturday’s second-round battle. But at the end of that tight game, the whole basketball world knew who would take the last shots: Acuff (36 points, six assists). He has more than made the case that he is the best player in the field right now.
Few teams could learn their second-best player — a guard who led the roster in scoring in four of the last 11 games entering the NCAA tournament — was out because of legal issues and then win a pair of NCAA tournament games decisively. But that’s what Alabama did days after Aden Holloway was arrested on a felony drug charge. The Tide had a 29-point edge over Texas Tech in the final five minutes Sunday, two days after defeating popular Cinderella pick Hofstra by 20. Coach Nate Oats’ machine was working during the opening weekend because Labaron Philon Jr. has carried the offensive load and players such as Latrell Wrightsell have filled the void created by Holloway’s absence. In the second half Sunday, Alabama scored at a clip of 164 points per 100 possessions, which would make the Showtime Lakers blush. Translation: Even short-handed, Alabama has a system that can steamroll opposing teams.
Up next: vs. Michigan (Friday, 7:35 p.m., TBS/truTV)
The best story of the NCAA tournament continues. More than seven decades ago, in 1954, Jerry Bush accepted the men’s basketball coaching job at Nebraska. His daughter, Karen, had a son named Fred in 1972. Fred just led Nebraska to the first Sweet 16 in school history with his son Sam Hoiberg, who finished with eight points and six assists in a thriller against Vanderbilt on Saturday. It’s an incredible story. But the third-to-last possession — before Tyler Tanner nearly won it for the Commodores on a beyond half-court heave — is the true story of Nebraska’s season. Before what would be Braden Frager‘s winning layup for the Huskers, Tanner was trapped by a pair of defenders on the baseline. It’s why Pryce Sandfort (19.0 PPG in the NCAA tournament) & Co. have the Big Ten’s best defense this season.
Up next: vs. Iowa (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., TBS/truTV)
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Nebraska wins as Vanderbilt’s 49-foot heave narrowly misses
Braden Frager scores the go-ahead basket for Nebraska in the final seconds, while Tyler Tanner’s heave almost drops as the Cornhuskers outlast the Commodores.
More than a decade ago, Rick Barnes asked Garrett Medenwald to join his staff at Texas as an assistant strength coach. Without hesitation, Medenwald packed up his car and drove from Wisconsin. He has been at Barnes’ side since. There was a time in the sport when players avoided strength training, worrying about it adversely affecting the way they play. But Barnes assumed the opposite and invested in a strength coaching staff long before it became the norm. The result is that Tennessee has been one of the strongest teams in men’s college basketball during Barnes’ tenure with the Volunteers. That brawn is most visible on defense: The Vols have been in the top 15 in adjusted defensive efficiency in seven of Barnes’ 11 seasons, including this season’s group, which forced Virginia into tough shots late and battled the Cavaliers in the paint for the win Sunday.
Up next: vs. Iowa State (Friday, 10:10 p.m., TBS/truTV)
A team’s season can flip in an instant. The Hawkeyes were 3-7 in their previous 10 games entering the NCAA tournament. During that stretch, they were sub-50 in offensive and defensive efficiency, per BartTorvik, and had shot 31% from 3. They seemed destined for an early exit in the NCAA tournament — not their first Sweet 16 appearance since 1999. It’s clear now that Iowa’s late slip was just a blip. Remember, before that monthlong slide, the Hawkeyes were top 25 in offensive and defensive efficiency in coach Ben McCollum’s first season. They also forced turnovers on nearly one-fifth of their opponents’ possessions (10th nationally) and made 38% of their 3-point attempts. They were a good team. And then, weeks later, Alvaro Folgueiras made the winning 3-pointer in the upset of 1-seed and defending champion Florida. And just like that, the Hawkeyes are winning again. In the NCAA tournament, they’re resembling the version that excelled over the first three months of the season.
Up next: vs. Nebraska (Thursday, 7:30 p.m., TBS/truTV)
The Sweet 16 has become a rite of passage for Sean Miller: He has now reached the second weekend with three different programs (and in both separate stints at Xavier). But this one is the most surprising. There were few signs that Texas, led by Jordan Pope and Tramon Mark, would make it to the Sweet 16 for only the second time since 2008. The Longhorns had been 1-5 leading into the NCAA tournament after ranking 10th in defensive efficiency in the SEC. But those numbers overshadowed two of Texas’ strengths: 6-foot-8 guard Dailyn Swain (12.6 points, 5.3 assists, 6.3 rebounds, 1.3 steals per game in three NCAA tournament games) and 7-footer Matas Vokietaitis (18.3 points, 11.0 rebounds in the NCAA tournament) have perplexed all three opponents so far in the postseason. The Longhorns held NC State, BYU and Gonzaga — all teams ranked in the top 35 in offensive efficiency nationally — to a respectable average of 103 points per 100 possessions.
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