It was a bit anticlimactic. The involvement of Vice President JD Vance had raised hopes around the world that the weekend negotiations in Pakistan would solidify the ceasefire with Iran and put an end to the war within reach. President Donald Trump’s most high-profile war skeptic gave it some time: He traveled 18 hours to meet with Iran’s negotiating team in Islamabad, the Pakistani capital. He engaged in talks for more than 20 hours. But he emerged Sunday morning lacking both sleep and a deal to end the war, ahead of the long journey back home.

Trump was asked how long it might be before Iranian officials returned to the negotiating table amid a fragile ceasefire, to which he answered: “I don’t care if they come back or not … if they don’t come back, I’m fine.” He then added, “they still want it, and they made that clear the other night. Iran will not have a nuclear weapon.”

On Sunday, the White House announced the imposition of a naval blockade on Iran—a move that could derail a tenuous two-week ceasefire reached just a few days ago. “Effective immediately, the United States Navy, the Finest in the World, will begin the process of BLOCKADING any and all Ships trying to enter, or leave, the Strait of Hormuz,” Trump posted on Truth Social. The president also said he had instructed the Navy to interdict all ships that have paid a toll to Iran for traversing the strait, calling Tehran’s expanded control of the waterway “EXTORTION.”

The Washington Post reports that the focus of the U.S. blockade will be to interdict any ships entering or departing Iranian ports or coastal areas—in effect to intercept any vessels paying Iran a toll to pass. U.S. Central Command confirmed that it will go into effect as of 10 a.m. EST today.

A U.S. official told the Post that the U.S. and Iran failed to reach agreements on several U.S. demands, including that Iran end all uranium enrichment and allow the U.S. to retrieve its highly enriched uranium; the dismantling of all major nuclear enrichment facilities; accepting a broader de-escalation framework involving regional powers; ending funding for terrorist proxies including Hamas, Hezbollah and the Houthis; and fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz with no tolls for passage. And with no deal in place, oil prices jumped over 7% to well over $100 per barrel when markets opened Sunday evening and remained high into Monday.

Festival season unofficially opened this weekend. Friday marked the highly anticipated kickoff to Coachella Weekend 1, and despite being anchored by Sabrina Carpenter and featuring buzzy performances by KATSEYE (sans one controversial member) and an inflatable maze by Sabine Marcelis … it seemed like everyone was talking about Justin Bieber.

Vulture says that the show marked something of a comeback for Bieber. Last year, he broke his hiatus with the release of SWAG and SWAG II, and though he’s popped up a handful of times at the festival before, this headlining performance got everyone’s attention. Despite the excitement, he hit a hard reset on Coachella maximalism with a laid-back, lo-fi performance. But never everyone was sold—some critics complained the singer just “spent half an hour surfing YouTube.” But at least the Biebs had a Premium account.

Meanwhile, strong winds disrupted some of the activities and the forecast calls for more gusts through the rest of the festival. EDM artist Anyma canceled his much-anticipated performance set for just before midnight on Coachella’s biggest stage due to the weather. Anyone who’s ever attended and dealt with the epic winds and dust know that such conditions are not unusual to the festival (which attracts roughly 125,000 attendees to the Empire Polo Club each of its weekends), but it’s rare to see the weather cause performances to be canceled.

Rory McIlroy had to wait more than a decade to win the Masters and complete the career Grand Slam. He had to wait only a year to take home a second green jacket. It wasn't always pretty, but he carded a 2-under 70 on Sunday to give him the win at 13-under.

“I don’t make it easy,” the Northern Irishman told NBC Sports after successfully defending his Masters title. He is just the fourth man in Masters history to go back to back, joining an exclusive club whose only other members are Jack Nicklaus ('65, ’66), Nick Faldo ('89, ’90) and Tiger Woods ('01, ’02).

According to ESPN, McIlroy looked to be in trouble early in his round. After making a birdie on the par-4 third, he three-putted for a double bogey on the par-3 fourth to drop to 10 under. A bogey on the par-3 sixth dropped him to 9 under, two shots behind Cameron Young. But he took control at Amen Corner, Augusta National's famous three-hole stretch from Nos. 11 to 13.

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