Morning Brief — 2026-07-16

Generated overnight on 2026-07-16.

Sources Covered in this Episode

• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Israeli firm unveils AI defense against wire-guided drones
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Finland’s military buys radios built to resist jamming
• WSJ - Markets
  Stock Market Today: Nasdaq Set for Lower Open as Chip Stocks Come Under Pressure
• WSJ - Markets · By Dow Jones Newswires Staff
  U.S. Stock Futures Fall on Fresh AI Wobble
• WSJ - Markets · By Kwanwoo Jun
  South Korea Regulators Unveil Curbs on High-Risk ETFs
• NYT - Business · By Jim Tankersley and Mark Landler
  Europe Finds It Hard to Break Up With American and Chinese Technology
• WSJ - US Business · By Najat Kantouar
  Uber Agrees to Buy Delivery Hero in $14.8 Billion Deal
• BBC - Business
  Ofcom launches investigation into TikTok child safety concerns
• NYT - World News · By The New York Times
  Iran War Live Updates: U.S. and Iran Exchange Strikes for 5th Straight Day
• NYT - Top Stories · By Victoria Kim and Laura Chung
  Australia to Put Environmental Brakes on A.I. Data Centers
• WSJ - Markets
  Gold Falls Despite Unexpected Decline in U.S. Producer Price Inflation
• Axios - Main Feed · By Courtenay Brown
  Trump imposes 25% tariffs on Brazilian goods
• WSJ - Markets
  Oil Steadies After Gains But U.S.-Iran Tensions Remain High
• Financial Times - Main
  Thousands of Ukrainians protest against Zelenskyy’s firing of defence minister
• Financial Times - World
  UK economy grew 0.1% in May
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Russia’s Engels bomber base reportedly under drone attack
• BBC - World
  Iran targets military bases as US launches wave of strikes
• BBC - Business
  British Steel taken into public ownership to protect 'vital' UK supply
• WSJ - Economy · By Ed Frankl
  U.K. Economy Grows Slightly as High Energy Costs Continue to Weigh
• WSJ - US Business · By Andrea Figueras
  TotalEnergies Lowers Estimated Production Hit From Iran War
• WSJ - Markets · By Andrea Figueras
  TotalEnergies Lowers Estimated Production Hit From Iran War
• WSJ - Markets
  Dollar Stays at Weaker Levels as Inflation Data Ease
• BBC - Business
  UK economy returns to growth in May
• WSJ - Markets · By Megan Cheah
  Asia Equities Mixed as AI Concerns Weigh on Chip Stocks
• WSJ - Markets
  Eurozone Bond Yields Edge Up, Energy Prices Remain in Focus
• Financial Times - World
  Uber agrees €13bn deal to acquire Delivery Hero
• BBC - Business
  Celebrity influencers paid up to £1m to advertise deodorant on Instagram
• WSJ - Economy · By Kwanwoo Jun
  Bank of Korea Raises Rate for First Time Since 2023
• NYT - Top Stories · By Trish Bendix
  Jimmy Fallon Pokes Fun at Joe Biden’s New Memoir
• NYT - World News · By Alexandra Stevenson
  Hong Kong Police Raid Independent Bookstores and Arrest 5 People
• WSJ - US Business · By Dominic Chopping
  Telenor Cuts Guidance Following Challenging Quarter
• WSJ - Markets · By Dominic Chopping
  Telenor Cuts Guidance Following Challenging Quarter
• NPR - World · By The Associated Press
  The band playing when a Bangkok bar caught fire mourns its members among the 33 dead
• WSJ - US Business · By Nina Kienle
  ABB to Buy Rotork in $5.5 Billion Deal to Strengthen Electrification Business
• WSJ - World News · By Austin Ramzy
  China Wields Security Laws to Cow Hong Kong’s Once-Free Literary Scene
• WSJ - US Business · By Sherry Qin
  TSMC’s Earnings Streak Continues on Robust AI Demand
• WSJ - US Business · By Adrià Calatayud
  Publicis Raises Guidance, Citing New Business Wins
• Washington Post - World · By Greg Miller
  Europe’s cocaine highway leads to military-style crackdowns
• Hacker News - Main
  Netstrings (1997)
• Financial Times - World
  An unelucidating post about the UK’s mysterious ‘Other’ direct debits
• NYT - World News · By Mujib Mashal, Sutton Raphael and June Kim
  The Race for A.I. Data Centers Arrives in India
• NYT - Business · By Mujib Mashal and Hari Kumar
  India Is Moving Fast to Build A.I. Data Centers. A Coastal City May Pay the Price.
• Financial Times - World
  Merz and Macron to reset ties after fighter jet project collapse
• NYT - Top Stories · By W.J. Hennigan
  An American Strike Killed Iranian Civilians. Where’s the Accountability?
• WSJ - World News · By Andrew Dowell
  Iran Allows U.S. Citizen It Held for More Than a Year to Leave
• NYT - World News · By Katrin Bennhold
  Will Iran Be a Forever War?
• Hacker News - Main
  The lost joy of music piracy
• NYT - Business · By Ana Swanson and Ana Ionova
  Trump Administration to Impose New Tariffs on Brazil
• WSJ - Politics · By Jihye Lee
  The U.S. is imposing a 25% tariff on certain Brazilian goods, following a yearlong investigation by trade officials into what they described as unfair trade practices
• Hacker News - Main
  Reynard: A real Firefox web browser for iOS 13 or later
• Financial Times - World
  FirstFT: UK business struggles to contact Burnham
• Financial Times - World
  Trump administration slaps 25% tariff on Brazil as bilateral ties deteriorate
• BBC - World
  Actor Sam Neill died from pneumonia, agent confirms
• Financial Times - World
  South Korea stocks slump after first rate rise in 3 years
• BBC - US/Canada
  US launches fresh strikes on Iran as Trump warns Tehran it 'better behave'
• Politico - Politics News · By By Jessica Piper and Lisa Kashinsky
  Dems have a big cash advantage in key Senate races
• SF Standard - Main · By Joe Fitzgerald Rodriguez
  Wiener nets $127,000 in campaign donations after viral trans march video
• NYT - World News · By Steven Erlanger
  In Iran war, Trump Risks Another American ‘Forever War’
• Financial Times - Main
  Conflicts of interest are back — and more blatant than ever
• Financial Times - World
  Will Stripe swipe PayPal?
• Financial Times - World
  ‘Green shoots in every direction’: Prisons minister defends record despite watchdog’s criticism
• Financial Times - World
  The US rapprochement with Venezuela’s most feared man
• Financial Times - World
  Business worries about how to reach Burnham
• Financial Times - Main
  After the strongman
• Financial Times - Main
  The perks of parenting by spreadsheet
• Financial Times - World
  Panama officials visit Beijing in bid to end shipping row
• Financial Times - World
  Takanomics vs Abenomics: the $2.3tn prizefight
• Financial Times - World
  Cambridge university looks to boost UK manufacturing with pioneering wind tunnel
• Financial Times - World
  Downing Street calls in private equity bosses amid London listing woes
• Financial Times - World
  Renewed Hormuz tensions raise chances of a pricey winter
• Financial Times - World
  What did Keir Starmer actually achieve?
• Financial Times - World
  Goldman settles for junior roles on trio of UK deals
• Financial Times - Main
  Energy IPOs surge as investors hunt for ways to play AI boom
• Financial Times - World
  Hickory Golf Shop: a Wodehousian idyll in Tokyo’s Harajuku
• Financial Times - World
  UBS tries to crack the American market at last
• Financial Times - World
  US government looks at joining Trump lawsuit against BBC
• Financial Times - World
  Can Silicon Valley’s billionaires stop a California wealth tax?
• Financial Times - World
  IBM’s profit warning shows tech valuations are all in the timing
• Financial Times - World
  Wanted drug trafficker puts Sierra Leone’s development aid at risk
• Foreign Affairs - Main · By Thorsten Benner
  The Coming Clash Between China and Europe
• Foreign Affairs - Main · By Reid Pauly
  The Lost Art of Coercion
• NPR - Top Stories
  Tiny Desk Radio: Air, Igor Levit, Fito Páez
• TechCrunch - Main · By Anna Heim
  Lululemon backs nylon-recycling startup Syntetica in $30M Series A
• TechCrunch - Main · By Ram Iyer
  Applied Computing wants to give oil and gas operators an AI model for the entire plant
• Hacker News - Main
  If you want to create a button from scratch, you must first create the universe
• The Hill - Policy · By JON GAMBRELL, Associated Press
  US airstrikes hit northern Iran as it disables ship trying to run the blockade
• NYT - Top Stories · By Manohla Dargis
  ‘The Odyssey’ Review: Passion in Every Frame
• Hacker News - Main
  Making 768 servers look like 1
• NYT - Top Stories · By Farnaz Fassihi
  Iranian American Woman Held in Iran on Spying Charges Is Released
• Hacker News - Main
  1,300 Beautiful Wildlife Illustrations from the 19th Century Now Restored
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  Trump administration replaces slavery exhibition at Washington’s Philadelphia home
• NYT - World News · By Farnaz Fassihi
  Iran’s Top Negotiator Signals Door to Diplomacy Is Still Open
• NYT - Top Stories · By Bayliss Wagner
  Inside Maine Democrats’ Search for a New Senate Nominee After Graham Platner’s Exit
• BBC - US/Canada
  US military to start screening for testosterone deficiency, Hegseth says
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  New York Times files motion to quash subpoenas following Air Force One coverage
• Hacker News - Main
  Can LLMs Perform Deep Technical Comprehension of Computer Architecture Papers
• NYT - US News · By Danny Hakim and Jonah E. Bromwich
  Trump Administration Fires U.S. Attorney Minutes After His Appointment
• WSJ - US News · By Alyssa Lukpat
  Canadian Wildfire Smoke Blankets U.S. Northeast and Midwest
• NYT - Top Stories · By Judson Jones and Mark Walker
  Wildfire Smoke Spreads Across the Northeast as Temperatures Spike
• Hacker News - Main
  The Tokio/Rayon Trap and Why Async/Await Fails Concurrency
• WSJ - US Business · By Elias Schisgall
  Kalshi to Offer Contracts Predicting Flight Cancellations
• WSJ - Markets · By Krystal Hur
  Wall Street Traders Are Having Their Best Year Ever
• WSJ - World News · By Amanda Coletta
  Trump’s Man in Canada Practices a No-Holds-Barred Diplomacy
• WSJ - US Business · By Alexandra Bruell
  The New York Times Files Motion to Quash Trump Administration Subpoenas
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Elle Purnell, The Federalist
  Netflix's 'Little House on the Prairie' Is a Betrayal
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Osita Nwanevu, The Guardian
  Left Has Lessons To Learn After Platner Unforced Error
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Daniel McCarthy, The Spectator
  Why Sen. Graham Was Always Ready for War
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Salena Zito, Washington Examiner
  Why Middle America Isn't on Your Timeline
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By David Dayen, American Prospect
  Rising Momentum for Another Progressive Champion
• NYT - Top Stories · By Greg Jaffe and Azeen Ghorayshi
  Hegseth Plans to Screen All Troops, Including Women, for Low Testosterone
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Kenneth Timmerman, American Greatness
  MOU Set a Trap. Iran Fell Into It
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Olivia Beavers, WSJ
  On the Road With Speaker Johnson and His 1,477 Unread Texts
• NYT - Top Stories · By Judson Jones and Christine Hauser
  Flash Flood Emergency Is Issued in Texas After Days of Pounding Rain
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Robert Kuttner, Am. Prospect
  Budget Consequences of Graham's Sudden Departure
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Robby Soave, The Hill
  Justice Barrett Reveals Insane Threats Against SCOTUS
• NYT - Business · By Neil Vigdor
  Twitter Turns 20: Two Decades of Memes, Movements and Hot Takes
• NYT - Business · By Michael M. Grynbaum
  New York Times Files Motion to Quash Subpoenas of Its Journalists
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Ed Kilgore, New York Magazine
  As Maine Goes, So Goes the Senate? Not Necessarily
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Iulia Lupse, New York Post
  'Green' California Port Fee Raises Costs for All of America
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Joel Kotkin, UnHerd
  Are Newsom's Hopes Fading for Dem Nomination in 2028?
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Madeleine Kearns, Free Press
  Why the Left Hates the Medicine That Made Me a Mom
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Jay Greene, RCP
  Med Students Undermining Medical Research--and Public Health
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Emily Davis, The Daily Wire
  What I Found After Leaving D.C.
• Financial Times - Main
  Messi punishes England to drive Argentina into World Cup final
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Satel & Farabee, LA Times
  Effective Way To Help Drug Addicts--You May Not Like It
• Hacker News - Main
  Bluesky Trademarks ATProto
• NYT - Top Stories · By Shaila Dewan and Esmé E. Deprez
  Video Pushed Local Police to Come Clean. D.H.S. Is Ignoring the Lessons.
• NYT - Top Stories · By Aishvarya Kavi
  Trump Says He’ll Seek to Replace Immigrant Truck Drivers With Veterans
• Financial Times - Main
  US hits tanker heading for Kharg Island under renewed Iran blockade
• The War Zone - Main · By Howard Altman
  Saudis Cleared To Buy A Whopping 20,000 Laser-Guided Rockets
• WSJ - US News · By Zusha Elinson
  The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives
• WSJ - Technology · By Zusha Elinson
  The AI Backlash Has Tech Executives Fearing for Their Lives
• SF Standard - Main · By Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler
  The one word missing from Connie Chan’s China policy platform: Taiwan
• WSJ - World News · By Matthew Dalton
  How French Police Skirted European Privacy Laws to Hunt a Serial Rapist
• NYT - Top Stories · By Soumya Karlamangla, Jacey Fortin and Madaleine Rubin
  Boat That Sank Near Alcatraz Rolled After Wave Struck, Officials Say
• NYT - Top Stories · By Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett, Michael Gold and Alan Feuer
  Todd Blanche, Trump’s Attorney General Pick, Faces Crucial Hurdle After Rocky Hearing
• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
  Todd Blanche’s chances of becoming attorney general could hinge on John Cornyn
• Financial Times - Main
  US will not win Iran war from the air, Trump’s ex-defence chief warns
• NYT - Top Stories · By Maggie Haberman and Glenn Thrush
  Investigators Seek Information From Government Officials as Part of Air Force One Leak Investigation
• BBC - US/Canada
  Orange haze from Canada wildfires seen in Ontario and northern US
• NYT - US News · By Maia Spoto
  Suspect in Utah Stabbing Wanted to Kill Muslims, Court Filing Says
• NYT - US Politics · By Madeleine Ngo and Zolan Kanno-Youngs
  Trump Pressures ICE to Resume Traffic Stops After They Were Halted Over Fatal Shootings
• TechCrunch - Venture Capital · By Marina Temkin
  Why Greylock capped its new fund at $1.5B when it says it could have raised more
• The Hill - News · By Ryan Mancini
  5 standout moments from the Hill Nation Summit
• The Intercept - Main · By Akela Lacy
  Harlan Crow Maxed Out Campaign Donations to John Fetterman
• Washington Post - World · By Rachel Chason
  U.S. and Iran exchange strikes after Trump threatens wider attack
• NYT - Top Stories · By J. David Goodman
  F.B.I. Searches Houston ICE Shooting Van for Drugs
• Politico - Congress · By By Lisa Kashinsky
  Dems churn through cash ahead of tense Michigan Senate primary
• NYT - World News · By Tariq Panja
  For England, the World Cup Final Remains Elusive
• WSJ - Technology · By Callum Borchers
  AI Knows What You Did Online. Now Your Employer Does, Too.
• WSJ - World News · By Rebecca Feng
  Controlling Hormuz Would Take More U.S. Troops—and Even More Risk
• TechCrunch - Main · By Lucas Ropek
  Microsoft is reportedly training salespeople to talk down OpenAI and Anthropic
• NYT - US Politics · By Devlin Barrett and David A. Fahrenthold
  FBI Evidence Team Visits Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
• NYT - Business · By Ivan Penn
  NextEra and Dominion File to Form a Huge Power Company
• BBC - US/Canada
  Blanche apologises on Capitol Hill for Epstein files 'mistakes'
• WSJ - World News · By Anastasiia Malenko
  Zelensky Ousts Popular Defense Minister as Ukraine Gains Momentum in the War
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  Trump says Iran has freed a U.S. citizen as gesture of goodwill
• BBC - US/Canada
  A Cold War bunker gets a luxury makeover as 'doomsday' condos
• SF Standard - Main · By Michael McLaughlin
  SF Bay tragedy: Another body from capsized boat recovered as Coast Guard search nears end
• NYT - Top Stories · By Kellen Browning
  G.O.P. Appears to Boost Socialist’s Primary Campaign for Wisconsin Governor
• Axios - Main Feed · By Barak Ravid
  Iran releases American detainee amid escalating fighting with the U.S., Trump says
• Axios - Main Feed · By Hans Nichols
  Vance pitch does little to quell House GOP angst over reconciliation 3.0
• The Hill - News · By Alexander Bolton
  Van Hollen, mulling White House bid, says Democrats doing a bad job telling voters what they’re for
• The Hill - News · By Ellen Mitchell
  Trump's big risks in returning to all-out war
• The War Zone - Main · By Ian Ellis-Jones
  Here Are The U.S. Navy Warships Available To Support The Blockade Of Iran
• The Hill - News
  Trump’s CDC pick dodges questions on independence
• NYT - World News · By Andrew E. Kramer
  Ukraine’s Minister of Defense, a Proponent of Drone Warfare, Steps Down
• BBC - World
  New monkey species with orange lips found 'hiding' in DR Congo forest
• BBC - World
  Families of 43 victims await verdict in Genoa bridge disaster
• NYT - Top Stories · By John Ismay
  U.S. Military Again Blockades Iranian Ports After Collapse of Cease-Fire
• BBC - US/Canada
  Trump sanctions on ICC violate free speech, says lawsuit
• Hacker News - Main
  Metal-Organic Frameworks, Chemistry's New Miracle Materials (2018)
• WSJ - Politics · By Marianne LeVine
  A complex web of funds and $781,948,878 in donations—that we know of. This is the mystery money powering Trump’s second term.
• WSJ - World News · By Vera Bergengruen
  Vance Ramps Up Criticism of Israel
• WSJ - Politics · By Michelle Hackman
  Homeland Security Secretary Markwayne Mullin and his acting ICE director made the decision to halt most vehicle stops by federal immigration officials but hadn’t briefed Trump. He overruled them
• BBC - World
  Argentina face action over Falklands banner
• NYT - Top Stories · By Matthew Rose
  England Lost in the World Cup. They Were Always Going to Lose.
• Vox - Main · By Andrew Prokop
  A tale of two Trump flip-flops
• The Hill - News · By Joseph Choi
  Cassidy, Senate Democrats grill Trump health nominees over vaccine pressures
• Axios - Main Feed · By Barak Ravid
  He honored Khamenei. Then he broke bread with Trump.
• Hacker News - Main
  SQLite should have (Rust-style) editions
• BBC - US/Canada
  One dead and three missing after boat sinks near Alcatraz
• NYT - US Politics · By Kenneth P. Vogel
  Senators Press for Scrutiny of Blanche’s Role in Spiking Clemency Inquiry
• BBC - US/Canada
  Watch: Blanche grilled over handling of Epstein files and relationship with Trump
• NYT - US News · By Alexandra E. Petri
  Door-to-Door Search for Grapevines Sold at Costco Begins in California’s Santa Clara County
• The Hill - News · By Rachel Frazin
  Trump restarts 'vicious cycle' on Iran
• Politico - Defense · By By Eric Bazail-Eimil and Myah Ward
  GOP concerns grow after 2 ICE shootings in a week
• The Hill - News · By Alexander Bolton
  Fetterman warns he would leave Democratic Party if it turns its back on Israel
• BBC - Business
  Buffett calls Bill Gates relationship with Epstein 'distasteful'
• The Hill - News · By Zach Schonfeld
  Judge rules Biden-era internet grant program unconstitutionally prioritized racial minorities
• Hacker News - Main
  LLM Networking with MikroTik
• NYT - US News · By Jack Healy
  Kevin O’Leary Is Sued by Opponents He Claimed Were Foreign Agents
• NYT - US Politics · By Jess Bidgood
  Maine Democrats’ Adventurous Political Experiment
• The Hill - Policy · By DORANY PINEDA and JACQUELINE GANUN, Associated Press
  Heavy smoke from wildfires blankets the US Midwest and Northeast, prompting evacuations
• BBC - World
  Crackdown on 'objectionable' books in Indian-administered Kashmir sparks row
• NPR - World · By Greg Myre
  Why is it so hard for the U.S. to win wars?
• The Hill - Policy · By Ellen Mitchell
  Pentagon panel to study 2021 COVID vaccine mandate
• BBC - World
  'I must get out into the free world', dissident who fled China on boat tells BBC
• BBC - World
  Bangkok's bar fire is the city's latest deadly blaze - will anything ever change?
• WSJ - Politics · By Robbie Gramer
  The Trump administration is considering placing a bond of $100,000 on some green-card seekers applying at U.S. consulates abroad, according to people familiar with the plans
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  Nearly half of Americans think Iran war will go on for a year or beyond from now: Poll
• NYT - US Politics · By Julian E. Barnes
  Clayton Dodges Question on 2020 Election, and Democrats Call Him on It
• The Hill - News · By Sudiksha Kochi
  House passes State Department funding bill for fiscal year 2027
• WSJ - US News · By Thomas J. Powell
  Opinion | How the SEC Enforced a Gag Rule on Me and Others
• WSJ - Markets · By Thomas J. Powell
  Opinion | How the SEC Enforced a Gag Rule on Me and Others
• NYT - Top Stories · By Annie Karni
  Almost Half of House Democrats Vote to End Aid to Israel
• NYT - US Politics · By Tim Balk
  Iran, Epstein, Space Travel: 5 Takeaways From JD Vance’s Interview With Joe Rogan
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Democrats Blockade U.S. National Security
• WSJ - World News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Lindsey Graham’s Plan to Pressure Russia
• The Hill - News · By Julia Shapero
  Lieu bashes GOP colleagues for strategy on AI
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Some Good News on Inflation
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Todd Blanche’s Pitch for Permanent Attorney General
• BBC - US/Canada
  US mum who blamed vaccines for twins' deaths is denied bail on murder charges
• NYT - Top Stories · By Alice Callahan and Caroline Hopkins Legaspi
  Cyclospora Outbreak: What to Know About Symptoms and Food Safety
• WSJ - Politics · By Terell Wright
  More than 100 House Democrats voted for a failed measure to eliminate more than $3 billion in military financing to Israel, proving a clear picture of how support for the country has cratered in the party
• WSJ - US Business · By Zlati Meyer
  Many Democrats Vote to Strip Israel’s Military Aid
• WSJ - World News · By Laurence Norman
  Trump Leans Toward Expanding U.S. Military Operations in Iran
• Axios - Main Feed · By Josephine Walker
  Blanche sidesteps questions on federal agents at election sites
• BBC - US/Canada
  Watch: Is Trump facing a popular backlash on immigration?
• WSJ - Politics · By Marcus Weisgerber
  The Air Force for the first time successfully fired an air-to-air missile from a new jet-powered combat drone built by defense startup Anduril
• BBC - US/Canada
  Watch: TikTok legend Gangster Granny on her love for Messi
• NPR - World · By Christopher Harland-Dunaway
  Sen. Shaheen discusses new Russia sanctions bill
• WSJ - US News · By Barton Swaim
  Opinion | A New Contest in South Carolina
• BBC - World
  Russian attacks kill 14 as Ukraine hits Black Sea oil tankers
• NYT - Top Stories · By Bayliss Wagner
  Here Are the Maine Democrats Running to Replace Graham Platner
• WSJ - US News · By Karl Rove
  Opinion | Who Has the Midterm Upper Hand?
• Washington Post - World · By Joshua Yang
  Police round up Hong Kong booksellers as China widens crackdown
• WSJ - Politics · By Yoko Kubota
  The hardest question for Trump administration nominees on Capitol Hill: Who won the 2020 presidential election?
• Hacker News - Main
  Governments, companies, nonprofits should invest in free, open source AI [pdf]
• The Hill - Policy · By Laura Kelly
  Many countries favor China and Xi over Trump and the US: Polling
• NPR - Top Stories · By Becky Sullivan
  Argentina is back in the World Cup final after a thrilling semifinal win over England
• NPR - Top Stories · By Jaclyn Diaz
  Takeaways from Todd Blanche's confirmation hearing for attorney general
• WSJ - Markets
  Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
• NYT - World News · By Alan Cowell
  Guy Scott, Who Caused a Stir as White Leader of Zambia, Dies at 82
• NYT - Business · By Lauren Hirsch and Stacy Cowley
  PayPal Receives $53 Billion Takeover Offer Involving Stripe
• Politico - Congress · By By Meredith Lee Hill, Mia McCarthy and Kelsey Brugger
  Vance fails to quell fiscal hawk concerns about GOP reconciliation plans
• WSJ - US Business
  Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - US Business
  Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - Markets
  Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• Axios - Main Feed · By Nathan Bomey
  Buffett and Kalshi: Two views of America's gambling boom
• Hacker News - Main
  Show HN: Firefox in WebAssembly
• Vox - Main · By Caitlin Dewey
  The next Strait of Hormuz
• WSJ - Markets · By Anvee Bhutani
  Megacap Tech Lifts U.S. Stocks
• NYT - World News · By Vjosa Isai
  Wildfires Rage in Ontario as Smoke Affects Toronto’s Air Quality
• NPR - World · By Erika Ryan
  The crews stuck at sea as the Strait of Hormuz crisis grows
• WSJ - Markets · By Jack Pitcher
  BlackRock Shares Rally After Assets Soar Past $15 Trillion
• Axios - Main Feed · By Andrew Solender
  Measure to cut Israel aid fails in bipartisan House vote
• Politico - Congress · By By Riley Rogerson
  In seismic shift, more than 100 House Democrats vote to end Israel aid
• WSJ - US Business · By Elias Schisgall
  J.B. Hunt Reports Higher Profit As Revenue Grows Across Most Segments
• NPR - World · By The Associated Press
  China and Xi favored over U.S. and Trump in many nations: Survey
• WSJ - Markets
  BlackRock Surges as Megacap Tech Lifts Nasdaq
• Politico - Politics News · By By Sophie Inge
  Trading soccer shirts
• Politico - Defense · By By Jack Detsch, Veronika Melkozerova and Luke McGee
  Ukraine and its allies hope Graham isn’t their last friend with Trump’s ear
• Hacker News - Main
  Grok Build is open source
• TechCrunch - Main · By Sean O'Kane
  Tesla driver in fatal Texas crash pressed accelerator 100%, NTSB confirms
• Politico - Politics News · By By Marisa Guerra Echeverria
  Gathering of Latino-American politicians shows little love for Argentina
• Politico - Politics News · By By Nahal Toosi
  A British diplomat with a diplomatic answer
• WSJ - US Business · By Dean Seal
  United Airlines Lifts Outlook as Higher Fares Blunt Turbulent Fuel Prices
• NYT - Business · By Ryan Mac and Lauren Hirsch
  SpaceX Briefly Falls Below I.P.O. Price of $135
• Politico - Politics News · By By Josh Gerstein and Kyle Cheney
  Judge handling challenge to Trump immigration halt cites exceptions for World Cup visas
• NYT - Business · By Joe Rennison and Katie Robertson
  Oil Prices Tick Higher as U.S. Reinstates Iran Blockade
• NYT - World News · By Ravi Mattu, Qasim Nauman and Eric Schmitt
  U.S. and Iran Trade Strikes With No Sign of Backing Down
• BBC - US/Canada
  'SQZ A55' - US pensioner shocked by her racy new car licence plate
• The Hill - Policy · By Filip Timotija
  US military strikes Iran as Trump mulls attacks on bridges
• NYT - Business · By Christine Chung
  United Airlines Will Soon Let You Take Over the Middle Seat, for a Price
• NYT - Business · By Michael M. Grynbaum
  Senators Grill Justice Dept. Officials on New York Times Subpoenas
• WSJ - US News · By Maya Davis
  Kathryn Ruemmler Grilled in Congress Over Her Emails Joking With Jeffrey Epstein
• WSJ - Markets · By Maya Davis
  Kathryn Ruemmler Grilled in Congress Over Her Emails Joking With Jeffrey Epstein
• WSJ - Technology · By Jesse M. Fried
  Opinion | OpenAI and Anthropic Put Prophets Before Profits
• WSJ - Markets · By Jesse M. Fried
  Opinion | OpenAI and Anthropic Put Prophets Before Profits
• NPR - National · By Kat Lonsdorf
  Human Rights Watch report details abuse at immigration detention center
• Politico - Politics News · By By POLITICO Staff
  Spot the pol!
• WSJ - US News · By C. Ryan Barber
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• SF Standard - Main · By Jesse Alejandro Cottrell
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• NYT - US Politics · By Zach Montague
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• Politico - Defense · By By Gregory Svirnovskiy
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• WSJ - Markets
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• NYT - US Politics · By Apoorva Mandavilli
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• NYT - US Politics · By Andrew Duehren
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• SF Standard - Main · By Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler
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• NPR - Top Stories · By Dave Davies
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Herb Scribner
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• SF Standard - Main · By Jennifer Wadsworth
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• WSJ - Technology · By Keach Hagey
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• The War Zone - Main · By Howard Altman
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• TechCrunch - Security · By Lorenzo Franceschi-Bicchierai
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• BBC - Business
  Salary information to be shown on job ads under new laws
• Politico - Congress · By By Jordain Carney
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• Politico - Politics News · By By Noah Keate and Patrick Baker
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• NYT - US Politics · By Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer
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• WSJ - Politics · By Alyssa Lukpat
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• BBC - US/Canada
  Americans' views on proposal to make daylight saving time permanent
• WSJ - Markets · By Alexander Gladstone
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• NYT - Top Stories · By Kate Golembiewski
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• Wired - AI · By Will Knight
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• Politico - Congress · By By Katherine Tully-McManus
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• WSJ - Markets · By Marcus Weisgerber
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• NYT - Business · By Matthew Goldstein
  Goldman’s Former Top Lawyer Calls Epstein a ‘Masterful Liar’
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Sarah Perez
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Shafaq Patel
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• The War Zone - Main · By Joseph Trevithick
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• Politico - Politics News · By By Jon Stone
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• NPR - Top Stories · By Stephen Kallao
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• BBC - World
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• The Hill - Policy · By Sylvan Lane
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• TechCrunch - Main · By Sean O'Kane
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• NYT - Business · By Alan Rappeport
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• Wired - AI · By Will Knight
  Thinking Machines Lab Drops Its First Model
• Politico - Congress · By By Jennifer Scholtes and Mia McCarthy
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• TechCrunch - Main · By Connie Loizos
  Thinking Machines amps up its bet against one-size-fits-all AI with its first open model, Inkling
• Politico - Congress · By By Ali Bianco
  Democrats accuse Kathy Ruemmler of lying about her ties to Jeffrey Epstein
• WSJ - Markets · By Corrie Driebusch
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• SF Standard - Main · By Jane Kenny
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• NYT - World News · By Nataliya Vasilyeva, Marc Santora and Cassandra Vinograd
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• The War Zone - Main · By Thomas Newdick
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• ProPublica - Main · By Doug Bock Clark
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• WSJ - Politics · By Sadie Gurman
  Todd Blanche tried to ease concerns over a settlement between President Trump and the IRS that troubles key GOP senators whose support he needs to be confirmed as attorney general
• TechCrunch - Gadgets · By Ivan Mehta
  Phone maker OnePlus reportedly plans to wind down US and Europe operations
• The Intercept - Main · By Matt Sledge
  Intel Pick Jay Clayton Won’t Tell Congress Whether Trump Ordered Subpoenas of NYT Journalists
• Politico - Politics News · By By Noah Keate
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• Politico - Politics News · By By Sonja Rijnen and Annabelle Dickson
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• BBC - US/Canada
  Canada wildfires leave train 'encased in flames' as smoke drifts towards US
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  U.S. Army partners with Auriga Space to test electromagnetic weapon
• TechCrunch - Main · By Tim De Chant
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• Politico - Defense · By By Leo Shane III and Meredith Lee Hill
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• Politico - Congress · By By Erica Orden
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• Defence Blog - Main · By Emily Ryan Miller
  Japan taps a German company for its drone-killer program
• BBC - World
  French MPs approve assisted dying law with strict rules after years of argument
• The Hill - Policy · By Helen Huiskes
  Democrats press intel nominee Jay Clayton in tense confirmation hearing
• Defence Blog - Main · By Emily Ryan Miller
  U.S. Air Force conducts live-fire test for its unmanned fighter jet
• NYT - Top Stories · By Joseph Kahn, Jillian Eugenios, Megan DiTrolio, Santiago García Muñoz, Alejandro Soto Goico, Zach Caldwell, Luke Piotrowski and Mike Abrams
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• BBC - Business
  Burnham faces crucial choice for chancellor as battle for No 11 continues
• Politico - White House · By By Tara Gnewikow
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• NYT - Top Stories · By Andrew Zucker
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• MIT Tech Review - Artificial Intelligence · By Will Douglas Heaven
  Meet GPT-Red: an LLM super-hacker OpenAI built to make its models safer
• NYT - Business · By Matthew Shaer
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• The Intercept - Main · By Akela Lacy
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• WSJ - World News · By Sadanand Dhume
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• NYT - World News · By Zane Irwin
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• BBC - World
  More people around the world now favour China over the US, Pew study suggests
• TechCrunch - Security · By Amanda Silberling
  Hack suggests AI music generator Suno scraped YouTube for training data
• The Hill - Opinion · By Shaun Donovan and Steve Preston, opinion contributors
  Congress did its job on housing. Now, let’s get to work.
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Lauren Forristal
  Whatnot acquires Shaped to power real-time live shopping recommendations
• The War Zone - Main · By Joseph Trevithick
  USAF Plans To Buy 28,000 Low-Cost Cruise Missiles In Five Years Advance With New Deals
• The Hill - Policy · By Filip Timotija
  Pentagon bars release of GAO's report on F-35 program
• WSJ - Politics · By Sabrina Siddiqui
  Dr. Erica Schwartz, Trump’s nominee to lead the CDC, said she would uphold science amid lawmaker questions over vaccine policy and Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
• BBC - World
  Five arrested after Hong Kong police raid independent bookshops
• The Hill - Policy · By Max Rego
  Lieu criticizes GOP colleagues for lack of strategy on AI
• Washington Post - World · By Susannah George
  Trump and Iran signed a truce but still can’t agree on what its terms mean
• The Hill - Policy · By BARBARA ORTUTAY and ALEXANDRA OLSON, Associated Press
  26 Meta employees sue, alleging AI-driven layoff picks hit workers on medical and parental leave
• Politico - Congress · By By Meredith Lee Hill
  Lawmaker stock-trading crackdown eyed for House vote
• Politico - Politics News · By By Noah Keate
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• Politico - Congress · By By Katherine Hapgood
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• WSJ - World News
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Lindsey Granger, opinion contributor
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Andrew Solender
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• WSJ - US Business · By Mauro Orru
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• Politico - Politics News · By By Eva Hartog
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Brandan P. Buck, opinion contributor
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Robby Soave, opinion contributor
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• TechCrunch - Security · By Zack Whittaker
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• NYT - US News · By Ernesto Londoño
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• Politico - Politics News · By By Russell Hargrave
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• BBC - Business
  British Steel nationalisation takes step closer
• WSJ - Politics · By Richard Rubin
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• NYT - Business · By Patricia Cohen
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• WSJ - US Business · By Anthony Harrup
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Courtenay Brown
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• NYT - US Politics · By Theodore Schleifer
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• WSJ - US Business · By Todd Johnson
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• WSJ - US Business · By Liz Young
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Rep. Dina Titus (D-Nev.), opinion contributor
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Neil Irwin
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• UK House of Commons Library - Research Briefings · By Alex Adcock
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• Politico - Congress · By By Ali Bianco
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• NPR - World · By The Associated Press
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• NYT - World News · By Anatoly Kurmanaev
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• BBC - Business
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• TechCrunch - Apps · By Lauren Forristal
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Mustafa Barghouti, opinion contributor
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• TechCrunch - Main · By Sarah Perez
  Apple Intelligence approved for launch in China with Alibaba’s Qwen AI
• Politico - White House · By By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
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• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
  Cornyn challenges Blanche on fate of 'anti-weaponization fund'
• NPR - National · By Jaclyn Diaz
  Todd Blanche's high-stakes confirmation hearing for attorney general is underway
• NPR - Top Stories · By Joseph Kim
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• BBC - Business
  Brewdog co-founder James Watt launches bid to buy back beer firm
• WSJ - Politics · By Marianne LeVine
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• BBC - World
  Dramatic video shows wildfire surround freight train in Canada
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• WSJ - Economy · By Robb M. Stewart
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• Politico - Congress · By By Erica Orden
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Sheldon H. Jacobson, opinion contributor
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Elie Mystal, The Nation
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Tim Graham, RCP
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Sasha Stone, Substack
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Susan Crabtree, RealClearPolitics
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• Politico - Congress · By By Erica Orden
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• Politico - Congress · By By Riley Rogerson
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Peter Navarro, WSJ
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• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
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• TechCrunch - Security · By Zack Whittaker
  US charges Russian ‘bulletproof’ web hosts over cyberattacks that netted $62M from cybercrime victims
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Ukraine’s drone output hits 10 million a year, Zelenskyy says
• NPR - World · By The Associated Press
  China's economy grows 4.3% in Q2, slowest since late 2022
• UK House of Commons Library - Research Briefings · By aisaacson
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• WSJ - Economy · By Harriet Torry
  The economy has added jobs for four straight months, yet nearly two million Americans have been locked out of the job market for at least half a year
• NYT - World News · By Claire Moses
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• NYT - US Politics · By Catie Edmondson
  House G.O.P. Releases Budget to Unlock $95 Billion for Iran War and SAVE Act
• NPR - World · By Natalie Alcoba
  Old rivals, new battle: Argentina and England clash in World Cup Semifinal
• WSJ - US Business · By Krystal Hur
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• WSJ - Technology · By Jiyoung Sohn
  The Fight Over Humanoid Robots Has Shut Down a Car Factory for the First Time
• WSJ - US Business · By Jiyoung Sohn
  The Fight Over Humanoid Robots Has Shut Down a Car Factory for the First Time
• The Hill - Opinion · By Joseph Bosco, opinion contributor
  Trump should honor Lindsey Graham with strong Ukraine, Iran and Taiwan policies
• UK House of Commons Library - Research Briefings
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Patrick Svitek, CNN
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Eleanor Klibanoff, Texas Tribune
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• WSJ - Technology · By Lauren Thomas
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• WSJ - US Business · By Lauren Thomas
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By David Drucker, The Dispatch
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Thomas Edsall, NY Times
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Andrea Peyser, New York Post
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Avery Lotz
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• WSJ - US Business · By Andrew Tangel
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Brett Erickson, opinion contributor
  Another blockade of Iran is doomed to fail
• WSJ - Technology · By Nick Guy
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• WSJ - US Business · By Joe Stonor
  PayPal Shares Surge Premarket on Reports of $53 Billion Takeover
• NYT - US Politics · By Nate Cohn
  Platner Was Toxic. But Democrats Could Learn From His Politics.
• NYT - US Politics · By Glenn Thrush, Devlin Barrett and Alan Feuer
  Todd Blanche Faces Crucial Hurdle Ahead of Confirmation as Attorney General
• NYT - US Politics · By Aishvarya Kavi
  Blanche’s Family Ties to Gun Industry Are Likely to Raise Questions
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Vince Bielski, RCI
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• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Rebecca Bellan
  Anthropic, Blackstone bet the next trillion-dollar AI business is implementation, not just models
• NYT - US Politics · By Reid J. Epstein
  Biden Will Release Memoir Just After the November Midterms
• WSJ - US Business · By Giulia Petroni
  China’s Crude Buying Pause Has Helped Cushion the Market. That Might Be Changing.
• WSJ - Economy · By Matt Grossman
  U.S. Producer-Price Index Fell in June
• Politico - Congress · By By Meredith Lee Hill, Jennifer Scholtes and Katherine Tully-McManus
  House GOP leaders release budget framework for $95B party-line package
• Politico - Defense · By By Emilio Perez Ibarguen
  US launches new strikes on Iran
• WSJ - Technology · By Patience Haggin
  AT&T and Verizon Look Beyond the Family Plan
• WSJ - US Business · By Patience Haggin
  AT&T and Verizon Look Beyond the Family Plan
• SF Standard - Main · By Sara Deseran
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• SF Standard - Main · By Stephanie Gerson
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Max Burns, opinion contributor
  Democrats must return to their pro-labor roots, starting with the grocery store
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Aisha Malik
  Reelful’s AI turns your camera roll into short-form videos for social media
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Ivan Mehta
  Rime picks up $24M Series A to help enterprises field customer calls
• NYT - US Politics · By Glenn Thrush and Alan Feuer
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• WSJ - Economy · By Don Nico Forbes
  Eurozone Industrial Production Fell Unexpectedly in May
• NPR - World · By Rebecca Rosman
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• NYT - Business · By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Ian Mount
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• WSJ - Markets · By Vicky Ge Huang
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Bob Capano, opinion contributor
  New York Democrats try to erase mother and father: How will Hochul respond?
• The Hill - Opinion · By Arturo McFields, opinion contributor
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• BBC - World
  Venezuela government to launch formal talks with opposition members
• MIT Tech Review - Main · By Thomas Macaulay
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• WSJ - Technology · By Patrick Coffee
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• WSJ - US Business · By Patrick Coffee
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• NPR - World · By Brittney Melton
  Acting AG Todd Blanche faces a key test. And, ICE pauses most traffic stops
• Vox - Main · By Sara Herschander
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• OpenAI - News
  The US is advancing AI safety through state and federal action
• Politico - Congress · By By Meredith Lee Hill, Mia McCarthy and Calen Razor
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• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Jagmeet Singh
  Indian AI coding startup Emergent becomes a unicorn with $130M Series C
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Tim Fernholz
  Vint Cerf is working on a plan to unleash AI agents on the open internet
• Wired - AI · By Isabella Ward
  An Inventor of Apple’s FaceID Wants to Analyze Your Brain’s Health With AI
• BBC - World
  Italy's Meloni suffers surprise setback in close vote on electoral reform
• BBC - World
  Sierra Leone drops treason charge against ex-president over attempted coup
• BBC - World
  Heatwave prompts Italy's delivery riders to strike for extra rights
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Jay Rogers, opinion contributor
  Trump's America has stopped apologizing for existing, and it made all the difference
• NYT - World News · By Amelia Nierenberg
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Washington Examiner
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• Vox - Main · By Rachel Kurzius
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• BBC - Business
  Don't panic - five ways to stop your kids' endless scrolling
• WSJ - US Business · By Jiahui Huang
  XPeng Aims to Produce Over 1,000 Robots a Month as It Plans Global Rollout
• Politico - White House · By By Megan Messerly
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Robert Zirkelbach, opinion contributor
  Cheaper medicines exist — middlemen are keeping them out of reach
• TechCrunch - Startups · By Anna Heim
  Backed by $60M in funding, Oak steps out of stealth to fix the identity mess that AI agents are making worse
• NYT - World News · By Chris Buckley
  U.S. Presses China to Free American Seismologist Accused of Spying
• UK House of Commons Library - Research Briefings · By Alex Adcock
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• NPR - Politics · By Ryan Lucas
  Acting AG Todd Blanche faces high-stakes confirmation hearing
• NPR - Politics · By Leila Fadel
  Sen. Adam Schiff, D-Calif., on the confirmation hearing for AG nominee Todd Blanche
• WSJ - Markets · By Spencer Jakab
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• Vox - Main · By Zack Beauchamp
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• WSJ - Technology · By Stu Woo
  China Wants More Babies—So It’s Cracking Down on Chatbot Love Affairs
• BBC - World
  Celebrations as Gibraltar-Spain border fence removed
• WSJ - Economy · By Paul Hannon
  IMF Sees Reduced Cushion Against Oil Disruption for Global Economy
• WSJ - US Business · By Paul Hannon
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• WSJ - US Business · By Emma Tucker
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• WSJ - World News · By Emma Tucker
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• Politico - Playbook · By By Adam Wren and Dasha Burns
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• WSJ - US Business · By Andrea Figueras
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• Washington Post - National · By Kyle Melnick
  Sad-eyed pooch at baseball game finally gets his hot dog
• Vox - Main · By Christian Paz
  Young people don’t want to run for office because they fear being killed
• The Intercept - Main · By Noah Hurowitz
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• ProPublica - Main · By Jodi S. Cohen
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