Morning Brief — 2026-07-11

Generated overnight on 2026-07-11.

Sources Covered in this Episode

• NYT - Business · By Charlotte Cowles
  Trump Accounts Prompt Parents to Start Saving Early for Their Kids
• NYT - US Politics · By Tyler Pager and Anatoly Kurmanaev
  How Marco Rubio is Running Venezuela From Afar
• NYT - Business · By Joe Drape
  Kansas City, the Smallest World Cup Host, Has the World at Its Feet
• BBC - World
  Spain battles to contain one of its deadliest wildfires as at least 12 killed
• NYT - Business · By Jamie Lincoln Kitman and Tag Christof
  What Slate Auto’s $25,000 Electric Pickup Truck Is Like in Person
• NYT - US News · By Reis Thebault and Paul Ratje
  Non-Disclosure: In Roswell, New U.F.O. Docs Are a Declassified Bummer
• NYT - Business · By Conor Dougherty
  What’s in the Housing Bill That Just Became Law
• NYT - US News · By Kate Zernike
  Kansans Will Vote on an Elected Supreme Court. The Target: Abortion.
• NYT - Business · By Sarah Bahr
  Kids Can’t Stop Watching ‘Moana.’ There’s a Scientific Explanation.
• Washington Post - National · By Hannah Knowles
  Conspiracy theories about Charlie Kirk’s death are still raging, infuriating friends
• NYT - World News · By Michael D. Shear
  Man Arrested in Killing of U.K. Ex-Lawmaker Is Released
• BBC - World
  Newly-released video shows Peter Falconio's killer questioned
• Hacker News - Main
  Companies are scrambling to curtail soaring AI costs
• BBC - World
  New dinosaur species as long as cricket pitch discovered in Thailand
• NYT - Top Stories · By John S.W. MacDonald and Amy Graff
  Flooding in Missouri Prompts State of Emergency and at Least 100 Rescues
• BBC - Business
  Will Trump Accounts deliver for American children?
• NPR - Top Stories · By The Associated Press
  Spain edges Belgium and will face France in World Cup semifinal
• NPR - World · By The Associated Press
  Trump threatens Iran after Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's funeral saw calls for his killing
• NYT - World News · By John Yoon
  U.S. Citizen Tests Positive for Ebola in Democratic Republic of Congo
• NYT - Top Stories · By John Yoon
  Randolph Mantooth, Who Played John Gage in ‘Emergency!,’ Dies at 80
• NYT - World News · By Ian Austen and Tyler Pager
  After Being Delayed by Trump, a Canada-U.S. Bridge is Set to Open
• NPR - National · By The Associated Press
  Trump administration rolls back a key protection for imperiled wildlife
• BBC - Business
  'We've saved 34 tonnes of food and a carpet'
• Hacker News - Main
  The vintage beauty of Soviet control rooms (2018)
• BBC - World
  US wants Iran to pledge to stop shooting at ships in Strait of Hormuz
• BBC - World
  Small plane crash in Bahamas kills 10 people
• WSJ - Politics · By Rebecca Picciotto
  A landmark housing bill designed to address voters’ affordability worries became law Saturday despite President Trump’s refusal to sign it
• NYT - Business · By Michael M. Grynbaum
  Times Journalists Subpoenaed as Trump Escalates Pressure on Media
• NYT - US Politics · By Michael Gold
  Bipartisan Housing Bill Becomes Law Even Though Trump Refuses to Sign It
• NYT - World News · By Vivian Wang
  ‘They Don’t Need People’: The Workers Left Behind by China’s Robot Drive
• Washington Post - Business · By Jarrell Dillard
  Trump denies this Congress what could be its last major bill-signing ceremony
• Financial Times - World
  Sadiq Khan lobbies for Ed Miliband to become chancellor
• Financial Times - Main
  Prepare for a perilous summer in markets
• Financial Times - Main
  What’s really going on with mental health?
• Financial Times - Main
  Europe’s slow electrification is a ‘major mistake’, warns IEA chief
• Financial Times - Main
  Inside the risky race through the Strait of Hormuz
• Financial Times - World
  London rental affordability improves despite recent rise
• Financial Times - World
  Wealthy warned over HMRC’s use of AI in tax crackdown
• Financial Times - World
  Further increases to UK minimum wage would be risky, warns Low Pay Commission
• Financial Times - World
  Jersey Mike’s IPO tries to sprinkle SpaceX magic on a sandwich
• Financial Times - World
  The long electoral lineage of Count Binface
• Financial Times - World
  DUP faces damage as Donaldson sleaze allegations snowball
• Financial Times - World
  You don’t need to pay through the nose to enjoy travel
• Financial Times - World
  China’s ‘temple economy’ thrives on the power of youthful prayer
• Financial Times - World
  Rewiring the nation, Burnham-style
• Financial Times - World
  The Goldilocks zone of messiness
• Financial Times - World
  Why the chips are down despite the AI boom
• Financial Times - World
  What history tells us about Trump’s self-enrichment
• Financial Times - World
  What if Berlin needs its bunkers back?
• Financial Times - World
  A travel hack’s travel hacks
• Financial Times - World
  How parents can best help their unemployed children
• Financial Times - Main
  Tropical nights come to Europe
• WSJ - Politics · By Marianne LeVine
  A lack of defensive capabilities aboard President Trump’s new jet led him to fly aboard an older Air Force One after U.S. officials received Israeli intelligence about a possible plot to kill him
• NYT - World News · By Eric Schmitt
  Trump Says Negotiations With Iran Will Continue as U.S. Ramps Up Strikes
• NYT - Top Stories · By Reid J. Epstein and Tim Balk
  Maine Democrats Announce July 25 Convention to Pick Platner Replacement
• The Hill - News · By Sophie Brams
  Rosie O'Donnell reacts to Trump AI video of her: 'He's obsessed with me'
• Financial Times - World
  China braces for back-to-back typhoons as extreme weather risks rise
• WSJ - Politics · By Sabrina Siddiqui
  The Democratic Party’s financial struggles have become a new test for Chairman Ken Martin as the party regroups from a bruising 2024 election loss
• BBC - World
  Meta pulls new AI image feature after days of backlash
• WSJ - US Business · By Paul Vieira
  U.S. and Canada Agree to Open New Detroit Bridge After Deal on Tolls
• WSJ - World News · By Paul Vieira
  U.S. and Canada Agree to Open New Detroit Bridge After Deal on Tolls
• NYT - World News · By Zane Irwin and Megan Specia
  Royal Rapprochement: Harry and Meghan Pay a Rare Visit to the King and Queen
• BBC - US/Canada
  Legionnaires' outbreak hits New York as officials rush to test water towers
• NYT - Top Stories · By Audra D. S. Burch and Mark Bonamo
  Trump Is Promoting ‘Freedom Fuel’ for $3.47 a Gallon. Who’s Behind It?
• NYT - Business · By Erik Wemple
  New York Times Accuses Federal Employment Agency of Retaliation
• NYT - US Politics · By Miriam Jordan and Madeleine Ngo
  U.S. Employers Told to Dismiss Thousands of Immigrant Workers
• WSJ - US Business · By Ben Fritz
  Hollywood’s Horror-Meme Gold Rush Is Minting Millionaires
• Wired - AI · By Maxwell Zeff
  OpenAI’s Head of Safety Is Leaving the Company
• TechCrunch - Security · By Zack Whittaker
  US cybersecurity agency CISA had to build its incident playbook during the incident, agency reveals
• NYT - US Politics · By Reid J. Epstein
  Graham Platner Files Paperwork to Withdraw From Maine Senate Race
• WSJ - Technology · By Robbie Whelan
  The White House Made Fixing Intel Its Pet Project. It’s Working.
• WSJ - US Business · By Ben Cohen
  The Mind-Bending Company That Gets a Million Job Applications—and Rejects 99.9%
• WSJ - World News · By Thomas Grove
  The War in Ukraine Is Shifting Against Putin but He Isn’t Giving In
• BBC - World
  How a fake presidential council ended up with a budget of almost $1m in Nigeria
• WSJ - Politics · By Alexandra Bruell
  The New York Times countersued the EEOC, claiming a discrimination suit it filed on behalf of a white, male editor was retaliation for the paper’s coverage
• WSJ - US Business · By Alexandra Bruell
  New York Times Accuses U.S. Employment Agency of Retaliation for Paper’s Coverage
• NYT - US News · By Tim Arango
  As the World Cup Wraps in L.A., the 2028 Olympics Beckon
• TechCrunch - Startups · By Dominic-Madori Davis
  Phia accused of ‘cookie stuffing,’ taking affiliate credit on purchases it didn’t earn
• BBC - US/Canada
  'Devastating' evidence against Charlie Kirk murder suspect laid out in court
• The Hill - News · By Sophie Brams
  U.S. demands Iran affirm Strait of Hormuz is fully open after exchange of strikes, officials say
• BBC - US/Canada
  At Canada's biggest rodeo, the starting gun is fired in the fight over Alberta separation
• WSJ - Markets · By Corrie Driebusch
  There’s an IPO Gold Rush—and Texas Is Coming for New York
• NYT - Top Stories · By Reid J. Epstein
  Democrats Haunted by Biden-Harris Switch as They Replace Platner in Maine
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Lucas Ropek
  Meta removes controversial AI feature on Instagram after backlash
• NYT - Top Stories · By Emma Goldberg
  D.S.A. Members Blast Mamdani Adviser for Elevating Graham Platner
• Financial Times - Main
  Trump says US has agreed to continue talks with Iran
• NYT - Top Stories · By Neil Vigdor
  Historian Kerri K. Greenidge and Her Book ‘The Grimkes’ Come Under Fire
• The War Zone - Main · By Tyler Rogoway
  Bunker Talk: Let’s Talk About All The Things We Did And Didn’t Cover This Week
• NYT - World News · By Ishani Desai
  Ten Killed in Plane Crash on the Bahamas’ Largest Island
• NYT - Top Stories · By William K. Rashbaum, Hurubie Meko, Claire Fahy and Mihir Zaveri
  Buckling Manhattan High Rise Becomes Focus of Criminal Investigation
• The Hill - News · By Sophie Brams
  What to know about fatal ICE shooting of Lorenzo Salgado Araujo
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | California Is High on Illegal Marijuana
• WSJ - Technology · By Rolfe Winkler
  Apple Sues OpenAI, Alleging It Stole Trade Secrets
• BBC - World
  Meet the crypto billionaires building a world where money buys you a vote
• BBC - World
  The photo that shows who's really on top in Le Pen's party
• BBC - World
  Russia trains sights on schools, offices and buses in busy Ukrainian city
• WSJ - US News · By James Romoser
  Samuel Alito, a MAGA-Friendly Justice With a New Conservative Legal Vision
• The Hill - News · By Miranda Nazzaro
  Apple sues OpenAI
• WSJ - US News · By Douglas Belkin
  Yale Faces Rising Pressure to Resist a Settlement With the Trump Administration
• BBC - World
  Apple sues OpenAI, its employees claiming theft of trade secrets
• WSJ - Politics · By Tarini Parti
  Investigators found evidence that Corey Lewandowski may have been involved in improperly awarding government contracts during his time as a senior DHS, say people familiar with the matter
• WSJ - World News · By Alexander Ward
  Trump Administration Increasingly Pessimistic of Clinching Iran Nuclear Deal
• Financial Times - Main
  Apple sues OpenAI alleging theft of top-secret information
• NYT - Top Stories · By Pooja Salhotra and Orlando Mayorquín
  Houston to Investigate How ICE Agent Came to Kill a Mexican Immigrant
• BBC - US/Canada
  Man fatally shot by ICE in Houston was not intended target, DHS says
• NYT - US Politics · By David E. Sanger
  Strait of Hormuz Will Soon Be Declared Open to All Traffic, U.S. Officials Say
• Hacker News - Main
  Einstein's relativity rules chemical bonds in heavy elements, new research shows
• The Hill - News · By Nathaniel Weixel
  Democratic ad hits Collins on abortion
• The Hill - News · By Filip Timotija
  Conservative coalition urges Congress to protect internet freedoms in Iran
• NYT - World News · By Natan Odenheimer
  Museum Spreads 800 Pounds of Peanut Butter in Tribute to Dutch Artist
• The War Zone - Main · By Joseph Trevithick
  USAF Decides Against Flying B-21 Raiders With Just One Pilot
• Politico - Politics News · By By Sophia Cai
  Why the Olympics won’t have a Balogate
• The Hill - News · By Julia Manchester
  Fears erupt over Iran's desire to kill Trump
• NYT - US News · By Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
  Charlie Kirk Murder Suspect Declines to Testify in Court Examination of Evidence
• BBC - World
  Watch: Inside the 30-hour dating retreat run by monks
• BBC - World
  Dating can be hard in South Korea - so the monks stepped in
• WSJ - US News · By Will Parker
  Developer Behind the Buckling NYC High Rise Is Being Sued Over Another Conversion
• TechCrunch - Main · By Lucas Ropek
  Bluesky’s interim CEO, Toni Schneider, drops the ‘interim’
• WSJ - US Business · By Lauren Thomas
  MGM Resorts in Deal Talks With Barry Diller
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Trump Fires a Federal Election Board, Panic Ensues
• NYT - US Politics · By Katie Glueck
  The Platner Drama Is Reviving Debate Among Democrats Over a Double Standard
• WSJ - World News · By Mark Goldfeder
  Opinion | A Congressional Campaign Against Jewish Charities
• Politico - Politics News · By By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
  Anti-discrimination reports sent to FIFA over Mexico games
• WSJ - World News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Trump, Turkey and the F-35s
• WSJ - Politics · By Zlati Meyer
  Apple accuses OpenAI of stealing trade secrets, Trump uses an old Air Force One after Israel’s threat warning, and our quiz shows how your values stack up. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:
• WSJ - US Business · By Zlati Meyer
  Apple Accuses OpenAI of Stealing Trade Secrets
• WSJ - World News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Britain’s Exploding Disability Dole
• The Hill - News · By Rachel Frazin
  Trump weakens key endangered species protection
• Geopolitical Futures - Main · By Geopolitical Futures
  Turkey’s Ascent as a Defense Industrial Player
• Washington Post - National · By Tim Craig
  Independent autopsy planned following Mississippi teenager’s death
• NPR - National · By Nick de la Canal
  Poor counties adjust to cuts in food stamp program
• Financial Times - Main
  US relaxes export controls on advanced chips and drones for UAE
• Politico - Congress · By By Alec Hernandez
  Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race
• NYT - World News · By Catrin Einhorn and Maxine Joselow
  Trump Cuts Habitat Protections for Endangered Species
• NYT - World News · By Stephen Castle
  Man Arrested on Suspicion of Murdering Ann Widdecombe, Former U.K. Politician
• WSJ - US Business
  Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - Markets
  Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• NYT - Top Stories · By Richard Fausset
  If Florida Slashes Property Taxes, Where Will the Money Come From?
• NPR - National · By Saige Miller
  Graham Platner makes it official in Maine, submitting paperwork to leave Senate race
• WSJ - Markets · By Rob Curran
  U.S. Stock Market Ticks Higher With Memory Chip Maker’s Big Debut
• The Hill - News · By Finya Swai
  UK, Norway embassies get cheeky in social media post over Haaland, Kane World Cup rivalry
• Axios - Main Feed · By Barak Ravid
  U.S. gives Iran Saturday deadline to publicly renounce Hormuz attacks
• Axios - Main Feed · By Holly Otterbein
  Graham Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race
• Hacker News - Main
  Moss (YC F25) Is Hiring
• WSJ - Technology · By Roland Fryer
  Opinion | The Economics of Friendship
• WSJ - US News · By Roland Fryer
  Opinion | The Economics of Friendship
• WSJ - Technology · By Andy Jung
  Opinion | Is Private AI Regulation Constitutional?
• WSJ - US News · By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
  Opinion | Too Little, Too Late, a Putin Oligarch Speaks Up
• WSJ - US News · By Andy Jung
  Opinion | Is Private AI Regulation Constitutional?
• Politico - Congress · By By Giselle Ruhiyyih Ewing
  Russia sanctions legislation gets green light from White House, lawmakers say
• WSJ - Markets · By Vicky Ge Huang
  South Korean Memory Chip Maker’s Historic U.S. Debut Jolts Stocks
• NPR - National · By Sean Higgins
  Utah judge now considering evidence against accused killer of Charlie Kirk
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Sarah Perez
  Apple sues OpenAI over alleged trade secret theft
• Vox - Main · By Cameron Peters
  Trump purges an election agency
• WSJ - US Business
  Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - Markets
  Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
• The Hill - News · By Caroline Vakil
  Platner officially withdraws from Maine Senate race
• NYT - World News · By Victor Mather, Niki Kitsantonis and Niraj Chokshi
  Passenger Is Partly Sucked Through Window on Ryanair Subsidiary Flight, Reports Say
• WSJ - Markets
  Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
• NYT - US Politics · By Amy Qin
  ICE Deports Immigrant Who Was Pardoned for Sex Abuse Conviction
• SF Standard - Main · By Max Harrison-Caldwell
  Chinatown leader agreed to pay hush money to harassment accuser, court docs show
• WSJ - US News · By Joseph Pisani
  Man Fatally Shot in Texas Immigration Operation Wasn’t the Target
• Hacker News - Main
  Apple sues OpenAI, accuses ex-employees of stealing trade secrets
• WSJ - Economy · By Justin Lahart
  As Michigan’s consumer sentiment hits record lows, economists debate whether the survey—or Americans’ mood—is to blame
• Wired - AI · By Maxwell Zeff
  Apple Is Suing OpenAI for Allegedly Stealing Hardware Secrets
• WSJ - World News
  Opinion | Notable & Quotable: Mamdani and Iran
• Politico - Politics News · By By Gregory Svirnovskiy
  For Belgium's Beltway fans, a rout was the best revenge
• Financial Times - World
  US sends team to Beirut to shore up Israel-Hizbollah ceasefire
• NPR - National · By Bianca Seward
  Immigrants who were detained during fatal shooting in Houston dispute ICE's account
• The Hill - News · By Julia Shapero
  Apple sues OpenAI over alleged theft of trade secrets
• Axios - Main Feed · By Megan Morrone
  Apple sues OpenAI for trade secret theft
• WSJ - Markets
  Hynix Soars, Chips Stay Grounded
• WSJ - US Business · By Julia Amann
  Boeing 737 Cabin Depressurizes After Engine Issue, Injuring Passenger
• NPR - Politics · By Barbara Sprunt
  Do scandals still matter in politics?
• NYT - World News · By Zane Irwin
  Mexico to File Criminal Complaints in U.S. Over Immigrant Deaths
• NYT - Top Stories · By Jazmine Ulloa, Hamed Aleaziz and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega
  ICE Killing in Houston Puts Focus on Surge in Immigration Arrests
• NYT - Business · By Jason Karaian
  Oil Prices Wobble As a Week of Hostilities Derails Shipping
• The Hill - News · By Ellen Mitchell
  Trump 'left instructions' to bomb Iran 'at levels that they've never seen' if he's assassinated
• The Hill - News · By Rachel Frazin
  Trump administration rolls back key endangered species protection
• NYT - Business · By Aruni Soni
  SK Hynix Stock Rises on First Day of US Trading
• SF Standard - Main · By John Shea
  Logan Webb apologizes for social media comments, vows to quit X: ‘My last hurrah’
• NPR - National · By Chloe Veltman
  Patriotic art gets the spotlight as NEA funding shifts. Cue 'The Ronald Reagan Overture'
• The War Zone - Main · By Joseph Trevithick
  Carrier Qualifications Still Happening For A Few Navy Fighter Pilots In Training
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Donald Trump Jr., FOX News
  Kirk Case Cut and Dry, Assassin Will Be Found Guilty
• Financial Times - Main
  Bezos-backed fusion start-up to become first to go public
• NYT - Top Stories · By David Lawrence
  This Is a Lot More Worrying Than the Supreme Court’s Ruling on Executive Power
• The Hill - News · By Finya Swai
  DOJ sues Maryland over immigration sanctuary law
• Hacker News - Main
  An update on residential proxies and the scraper situation
• WSJ - World News · By Rebecca Feng
  Iran Is Rushing Its Own Ships Through a Snarled Strait of Hormuz
• The Hill - News · By Sarah Davis
  McCarthy to Johnson: 'Stop recessing'
• NYT - Top Stories · By Amy Graff
  How a Deadly Storm Surprised Wisconsin Boaters
• BBC - US/Canada
  Eight charged over alleged conspiracy to attack White House UFC event
• The Intercept - Main · By Akela Lacy
  Maine Senate Candidates Claim They’re Just Like Platner — But Entirely Different
• The Hill - Policy · By Laura Kelly
  Bipartisan senators welcome deal with Trump on stalled Russia sanctions bill
• Politico - Politics News · By By Zoha Qamar and Mike Lee
  Who will cheer for Palestine now?
• NPR - National · By Sergio Martínez-Beltrán
  Houston neighbors started seeing more ICE agents around. Then came a fatal shooting.
• Politico - Politics News · By By POLITICO Staff
  Spot the pol!
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Rebecca Bellan, Theresa Loconsolo
  Open source AI matters more than ever, according to Hugging Face’s Clem Delangue
• NYT - World News · By Ephrat Livni
  Can Hungarian Holocaust Survivors Find Justice in the U.S.?
• BBC - World
  'Really frightening, unbelievably quick': Witnesses describe fleeing deadly Spain wildfire
• The Intercept - Main · By Akela Lacy
  DSA Members Urge Campaigns to Ditch Platner Consultant Who Advised Mamdani
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Nicole Russell, USA Today
  Set Politics Aside--Trump Accounts Are a No-Brainer
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Timothy Noah, The New Republic
  Trump's Smithsonian Critique Is Pathetically Weak
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Kelly Sadler, Washington Times
  Exposing the Bolsheviks Running the Smithsonian
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Katha Pollitt, The Nation
  Platner's Downfall Was All Too Predictable
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Zack Beauchamp, Vox
  Rahm Emanuel and the Democrats' New Debate Over Israel
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Mary Olohan, The Daily Wire
  Middle Eastern Migrant Sent Packing for Hating America
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Prospere & Gale, RealClearPolitics
  Want Higher Turnout? Give Workers Time To Vote
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Suzy Weiss, The Free Press
  'Jackass' Was the Last Great Boys' Show
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
  Big Boy No. 4014 Sparks a Nationwide Reunion
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Lauren Boyer, RealClearPolitics
  Protesting 50-Year-Old Death Penalty Decision
• Hacker News - Main
  GPT-5.6 Sol Ultra produces proof of the Cycle Double Cover Conjecture [pdf]
• Hacker News - Main
  New York City to ban deceptive subscription practices
• NYT - Business · By Adam Satariano
  Meta Ordered by E.U. to Alter ‘Addictive Design’ of Instagram and Facebook
• Politico - Politics News · By By Ali Walker
  How Trump radicalized the Belgians
• SF Standard - Main · By Danny Emerman
  It’s bulking season for the Warriors
• BBC - World
  Watch: What links a bomb in Monaco and a shooting in Ukraine?
• NYT - Business · By Peter Eavis, Jenny Gross and Eric Schmitt
  Shippers Face Deepening Dilemma as U.S. and Iran Vie for Control of the Strait
• The Hill - Policy · By Ashley N. Soriano and Steph Whiteside
  Pentagon releases fourth batch of UFO files
• Vox - Main · By Dylan Scott
  How to protect yourself from the diarrhea-causing parasite wreaking havoc across the US
• NYT - World News · By Suhasini Raj and Jeremy W. Peters
  Sexual Assault and Killing of Girl Set Off Days of Protest in West Bengal
• WSJ - World News · By Tunku Varadarajan
  Opinion | Gad Saad on Suicidal Empathy and Western Decline
• WSJ - Technology · By Howard Schultz
  Opinion | Will Washington State Choose Stagnation Over Growth?
• WSJ - US Business · By Howard Schultz
  Opinion | Will Washington State Choose Stagnation Over Growth?
• Hacker News - Main
  War Atlas: An interactive cartography of every named war in human history
• Hacker News - Main
  SpaceX wants to launch 100k more Starlink satellites for 100x the bandwidth
• WSJ - World News · By Shan Li
  An Elite Club Is in the Firing Line of India’s War on Its Colonial Past
• Washington Post - World · By Mary Ilyushina
  Patriot missile deal and Trump’s praise for Zelensky put pressure on Russia
• Politico - Politics News · By By Sonja Rijnen
  Belgian airline needles Spain ahead of World Cup quarterfinal
• Axios - Main Feed · By Kate Santaliz
  Inside Mike Johnson's déjà vu cycle of failed rule votes
• TechCrunch - Venture Capital · By Sarah Perez
  Filing: College app Fizz accuses VC of sharing confidential startup information with rival Sidechat
• Axios - Main Feed · By Stef W. Kight
  GOP senators dread pre-election shutdown fight
• WSJ - US News · By Ellie Davis
  A Big Headache for Police: Getting Driverless Cars to Obey Traffic Laws
• WSJ - US Business · By Ellie Davis
  A Big Headache for Police: Getting Driverless Cars to Obey Traffic Laws
• WSJ - Markets · By Kirk Maltais
  USDA Cuts U.S. Wheat Output to Lowest Level Since 1970
• The Hill - Policy · By Michael Bartiromo
  Freedom Fuel gas prices are rising only days after debut, GasBuddy data indicates
• NYT - Business · By Lora Kelley
  The Work of Helping A.I. Destroy Work
• Geopolitical Futures - Main · By Geopolitical Futures
  The US-Iran “Gut Check” and the Future of European Defense
• Geopolitical Futures - Main · By Geopolitical Futures
  The US-Iran “Gut Check” and the Future of European Defense
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Kate Park
  SK Hynix raises $26.5B in the biggest foreign IPO in US history, is urged to build new US fabs
• Politico - Politics News · By By Aitor Hernández-Morales
  Spain's post-separatist team
• NYT - US Politics · By Julian E. Barnes
  An Aging Assassin Was Caught by ICE. Will the U.S. Deport Him?
• The War Zone - Main · By Thomas Newdick
  Russia Confirms Talks With Turkey Over Fate Of S-400s Amid F-35 Push
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Sarah Perez
  A new app, HyperTexting, turns the open web into a scrollable social media-like feed
• Vox - Main · By Constance Grady
  Is it time to finally read The Odyssey?
• The Hill - Policy · By Sarah Davis
  Fox News's Kilmeade says Kushner, Witkoff should not lead Iran talks
• Politico - Congress · By By Kelsey Brugger and Meredith Lee Hill
  The reason House GOP leaders are holding a vote to stop the changing of the clocks
• Politico - Defense · By By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
  Rahm Emanuel attacks Trump’s negotiations with Iran
• The Hill - Opinion · By Bernard Goldberg, opinion contributor
  Platner's downfall reveals a political culture where character is sacrificed for winning
• SF Standard - Main · By Kerry Crowley
  Who will the Giants draft? Here are the top options at pick No. 4
• TechCrunch - Main · By Tim Fernholz
  China is catching up to Elon Musk’s reusable rockets
• Hacker News - Main
  The tech of 'Terminator 2' – an oral history (2017)
• WSJ - US Business · By Mark Maurer
  Warburg Pincus Near Over $7 Billion Deal for Specialty-Pharmacy Company
• WSJ - Markets · By Mark Maurer
  Warburg Pincus Near Over $7 Billion Deal for Specialty-Pharmacy Company
• Politico - Politics News · By By Ferdinand Knapp
  Dutch deputy leader slams Moroccan football fans after riots
• BBC - Business
  Man nearly sucked out of window mid-air on Ryanair plane, passengers say
• BBC - World
  Zulu king expresses regret after video captures tirade against his wife
• NYT - Business · By Noam Scheiber
  Atlassian Illegally Fired Worker in Rare Legal Victory for Tech Worker
• Hacker News - Main
  Snails' teeth beats spider silk as nature's strongest material (2015)
• The Hill - Opinion · By Gordon G. Chang, opinion contributor
  Beijing claims part of the Pacific near Taiwan as sovereign Chinese water
• Financial Times - Main
  Investors sell longer-dated AI debt amid Big Tech borrowing spree
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Aisha Malik
  Disney+ is considering a free streaming tier, report says
• WSJ - Markets
  Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
• BBC - US/Canada
  Trump says he will not sign landmark housing bill in protest
• Defence Blog - Main · By Emily Ryan Miller
  Australia tests SM-2 in first ground-based test
• WSJ - Economy · By Dow Jones Newswires staff
  Week Ahead for FX, Bonds: U.S. Inflation Figures in Focus, China Data Due
• BBC - Business
  Major car firms found not to have installed emissions-cheating devices
• The Hill - Policy · By Rachel Frazin
  New York sues companies over 'forever chemicals'
• NYT - World News · By Adam Rasgon and Euan Ward
  Mediators Trying to Pull U.S. and Iran Back From Brink, Officials Say
• Politico - Politics News · By By Milena Wälde
  Belgium's Red Devils get royal pep talk
• Defence Blog - Main · By Emily Ryan Miller
  Lockheed Martin wins deal for powerful laser weapon
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• NPR - Politics · By Stephan Bisaha
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• WSJ - US Business · By Katrina Northrop
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• NYT - Business · By Keith Bradsher
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• TechCrunch - Security · By Zack Whittaker
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• NYT - US Politics · By Dustin Volz and Eric Schmitt
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• NPR - Top Stories · By Stephen Thompson
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• WSJ - US Business · By Dean Seal
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• WSJ - US Business · By Ty Burr
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• BBC - World
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• Washington Post - World · By Anthony Faiola
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• WSJ - US Business · By Dominic Chopping
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• NYT - World News · By Jeanna Smialek
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Jennica Pounds, X
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• WSJ - US Business · By Celia Bernhardt
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• WSJ - Markets · By Jason Zweig
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Chris Truax, opinion contributor
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