Mark Masterson

Mark Masterson has written more than 1,700 articles for Live News Chat since 2022 and files most days. His beat is the news the networks on this site are carrying live: US politics, world affairs, breaking news, and the courts, with regular work on technology, sport and entertainment. Because the site exists to point readers at live coverage, most of his reporting is written within hours of the broadcast it follows, and is sourced from primary material where one exists: the filing, the transcript, the agency release, the company statement. Originally from Canada, he has worked in online publishing for over a decade. Corrections and story tips go to security@livenewschat.eu, and the standards his work is held to are set out in the Live News Chat editorial policy.

Oscars 2026 Winners: Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Gets His Gold as “One Battle After Another” Sweeps With Six Awards

Oscars 2026 Winners Paul Thomas Anderson Finally Gets His Gold as One Battle After Another Sweeps With Six Awards

Paul Thomas Anderson’s “One Battle After Another” swept the 98th Academy Awards with six Oscars, including Best Picture and Best Director. Michael B. Jordan and Jessie Buckley won the lead acting prizes, and K-pop made history with its first Oscar win.

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Iran War Day 16: Oil Passes $105 as Strait of Hormuz Stays Closed and Trump Threatens More Strikes on Kharg Island

Iran War Day 16

Sixteen days into the US-Israel war on Iran, oil has surged past $105, the Strait of Hormuz is effectively shut down, and President Trump is floating more strikes on Kharg Island “just for fun.” Here is what the economic fallout means for Americans and why nobody in Washington can explain the endgame.

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Betrail: Trump Says America “Makes a Lot of Money” When Oil Prices Rise. Everyday Americans Are Paying for That Math at the Pump

Trump Leaves Davos Stunned With Attacks on Canada, Europe and Demands to Have Greenland 1

Trump’s Truth Social boast that rising oil prices are good for America reveals a stunning disconnect from the reality facing working Americans. With gas approaching $4, his own approval on the economy at 35%, and the midterms looming, the statement may be one of the most politically self-destructive things a sitting president has ever posted.

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