Day: March 27, 2026

Senator Rick Scott joins House conservatives in panning Senate Homeland Security funding deal
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— The Hill (@thehill) Mar 28, 2026

AI doesn’t have to rot your mind. If you use your chatbot as a coach, not a crutch it can help you hone your own memory and reasoning skills, writes Nelson Dellis
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— Wall Street Journal Opinion (@WSJopinion) Mar 28, 2026

Blues, Leafs finding late-season success despite minimal playoff odds  reut.rs/4rV2fVf  reut.rs/4rV2fVf

— Reuters (@Reuters) Mar 28, 2026

2/ Iran Update Special Report, March 27, 2026:  isw.pub/IranUpdate032726

— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Mar 28, 2026

NEW: Iran may be attempting to maximize the effects of its limited capacity to launch large missile salvos at Israel by launching small missile salvos throughout the day to impose psychological effects on Israeli civilians by consistently forcing them to take shelter and keeping the country under constant alert. Iran is spreading out its launches throughout the day, often pausing for several hours between launches. Spreading out ballistic missile launches over a long period of time presumably increases the number of times per day that Israeli civilians must seek shelter.

Other Key Takeaways:

Such a strategy is suboptimal and likely reflects the US-Israeli combined force’s degradation of Iran’s ability to launch large-scale missile attacks. The combined force’s degradation of Iran’s missile capabilities has prevented Iran from consistently launching large-scale missile attacks against Israel during the current conflict, however.

Iran has increasingly used cluster munitions in its attacks on Israel during the war, which likely reflects Iran’s inability to meaningfully threaten discrete military targets in Israel and efforts to inflict psychological effects on Israeli civilians.

Ukraine and Saudi Arabia concluded a defense cooperation agreement on March 27. The Ukrainian Presidential Office reported that Ukraine will help Saudi Arabia with air defenses under the agreement, which also outlines the foundations for further contacts and includes technological cooperation and investments.

The combined force has continued to disrupt Iran’s ability to launch missile attacks, including by disrupting Iranian efforts to regain access to missile launchers in underground bases. US Central Command (CENTCOM) published footage on March 27 showing that it struck bulldozers and loaders that Iran was likely using to try to clear debris and reopen tunnel entrances to underground facilities.

The IDF struck Iranian nuclear infrastructure on March 27, including sites involved in plutonium production and the uranium fuel cycle. The IDF struck the Arak Heavy Water Production Facility in Arak, Markazi Province, following repeated Iranian attempts to restore the site following IDF strikes on the site during the June 2025 Israel-Iran War. The IDF also struck the Ardakan Yellowcake Production Plant in Yazd Province.

— Institute for the Study of War (@TheStudyofWar) Mar 28, 2026