Morning Brief — 2026-09-16

Generated overnight on 2026-09-16.

Sources Covered in this Episode

• Politico - Congress · By By Jordain Carney
  Why the Senate might not solve Jon Husted's data center problem
• NPR - Politics · By Frank Langfitt
  Democrats to send volunteers to polls this November to prevent voter intimidation
• BBC - Business
  New job? Here's how we survived the first few days
• BBC - World
  Saudi Arabia says it shot down Houthi drone south of Mecca
• BBC - World
  All support acts on Ed Sheeran's US tour quit after Macklemore dropped
• Washington Post - National · By Aoife Walsh
  3 dead after news helicopter crashes while covering L.A. bus accident
• Financial Times - World
  Scrapping triple lock on pensions need not wreak political damage
• Financial Times - Main
  EU to restrict social media and chatbots for children under 15
• NYT - World News · By Hari Raj
  Houthis Say They Downed a Saudi Fighter Jet and Deny Targeting Mecca
• WSJ - Markets
  Fed Meeting Today: Markets Steady as Investors Await Warsh Rate Decision
• WSJ - World News · By Edith Hancock
  EU Chief Floats Plan to Make Canada First Associate Member
• WSJ - US Business · By Stuart Condie
  Brookfield Agrees to $2.9 Billion Acquisition of Australia’s Reliance
• NYT - Business · By Adam Satariano and Jeanna Smialek
  Age Limits for Social Media Outlined by European Union
• BBC - US/Canada
  Moment NBC presenters confirm live on air that their helicopter crashed in LA
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Saudi-backed forces strike hard at Houthi positions near Red Sea
• NYT - Top Stories · By Yan Zhuang and Shawn Hubler
  News Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles, Killing at Least 3
• WSJ - Technology · By Mauro Orru
  Mistral Aims to Grow AI Consumer Base Through Mozilla Partnership
• WSJ - World News · By Max Colchester
  This English Village Is Threatening to Quit the U.K. Over Planned Asylum Camp
• Financial Times - World
  PwC revenues fall for first time in more than a decade
• NYT - US News · By Sarah Mervosh
  Teachers Want Screen Time Limits In School, Too
• Financial Times - World
  McLaren to compete against Lamborghini and Ferrari with hybrid SUVs
• BBC - World
  At least 12 killed after war-damaged Gaza building collapses
• Financial Times - Main
  Von der Leyen backs Canada’s ‘associate membership’ bid
• Defence Blog - Main · By Colton Jones
  Marine Corps tests new robot boat to hunt underwater mines
• Defence Blog - Main · By Colton Jones
  U.S. Army spends $18M turning cavalry regiment into tank brigade
• Defence Blog - Main · By Colton Jones
  U.S. Air Force pays $148M to keep 1960s jet engine flying
• NYT - Top Stories · By Trish Bendix
  Stephen Colbert Returns to Late Night on ‘Jimmy Kimmel Live’
• WSJ - Markets
  Gold Boosted by Easing Oil Prices, Treasury Yields
• BBC - Business
  Petrol and diesel price rises push UK inflation higher
• Defence Blog - Main · By Colton Jones
  U.S. Marine helicopters getting upgrade to share battlefield data faster
• WSJ - Markets
  European Indexes Rise as Banks, AI Stocks Recover
• Financial Times - World
  UK inflation rose to 3.1% in August
• NPR - Top Stories · By The Associated Press
  U.S. acknowledges for the first time that it has deployed weapons in space
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Disinformation follows latest Russia-linked drone incident in Poland
• NYT - World News · By Victoria Kim and Matthew Abbott
  Can an Island Nation’s Rugby Dreams Change Its Fortunes?
• Financial Times - World
  Road fuels push UK inflation higher in August
• WSJ - US News · By Gareth Vipers
  NBC News Helicopter Crashes in Los Angeles, Killing Three
• WSJ - Markets
  Oil Prices Retreat as U.S. Inventories Rise
• BBC - World
  Three killed after LA news helicopter crashes while covering deadly bus collision
• BBC - Business
  Complaints to watchdog about water firms soar
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Israel’s F-35 jets are getting a new precision weapon
• BBC - World
  OpenAI boss says world 'right to be afraid' but should trust AI firms
• WSJ - Economy · By Don Nico Forbes
  U.K. Inflation Rises Ahead of BOE Rate Call
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Anduril shows off new weapons for its Fury ‘fighter drone’
• WSJ - Markets
  Sterling Shows Subdued Reaction to In-Line Inflation Data
• NYT - Business · By Jeremy W. Peters, Cecilia Kang and Tierney L. Cross For The New York Times
  Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Condemn Tech ‘Oligarchs’ and Demand A.I. Reforms
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
  Russia builds new foothold in Africa
• NPR - Top Stories · By The Associated Press
  Ed Sheeran's tour in trouble after opening acts drop out in solidarity with rapper Macklemore
• Financial Times - World
  Submit a question: What do British businesses need from the Budget?
• NYT - World News · By Tiffany May and Berry Wang
  In the Age of A.I., Some in China Wonder if Learning English Is Worth the Trouble
• Financial Times - World
  Freewheeling Hong Kong takes cue from China with first five-year plan
• BBC - World
  US limits visas for South African officials over alleged anti-white discrimination
• WSJ - US Business · By Kimberley Kao
  Databricks Piles Investments Into Asia as Growth Accelerates
• WSJ - Markets · By Kimberley Kao
  Databricks Piles Investments Into Asia as Growth Accelerates
• BBC - World
  Runaway horse captured by police on motorbikes
• Hacker News - Main
  MartyPC – A Cycle-Accurate IBM PC/XT Emulator
• Hacker News - Main
  A software thing I built: GPS on a 25MHz 486-SX
• Financial Times - World
  AI debt vs Treasuries
• BBC - Business
  Shoplifters carrying shopping lists, says M&S manager
• WSJ - Markets · By Megan Cheah
  Oil Falls, Asian Stocks Rise Ahead of Fed Rate Decision
• BBC - Business
  Traffic, tourism and economy among election concerns
• NYT - World News · By Ephrat Livni, Abu Bakr Bashir and Natan Odenheimer
  Israeli Strikes in Gaza Kill Teenager and Civil Defense Worker, Official Says
• NYT - Top Stories · By David Gibson
  JD Vance, Here’s a Catholic Politician You Should Get to Know
• Financial Times - World
  Von der Leyen to paint EU as the only port in a global geopolitical storm
• Hacker News - Main
  Datamimic – don't let your coding agent invent its own test world
• Financial Times - Main
  World’s best-performing sovereign wealth fund expects equities pullback
• Financial Times - World
  FirstFT: EU rebuffs ‘unique alliance’ with Canada
• NYT - World News · By Katrin Bennhold
  The A.I. Doomsday Skeptics
• NPR - Top Stories · By The Associated Press
  3 people killed when news helicopter crashes while covering LA bus accident
• NYT - World News · By Amelia Nierenberg
  Denmark Says Russian Warship Fired Flares at Military Helicopter
• NYT - Business · By Sri Muppidi
  OpenAI Considers New Financing at a $1.5 Trillion Valuation
• Financial Times - Main
  With AI, ‘I told you so’ will be too late
• Financial Times - Main
  Fed should defy Trump with rate rise, top economists say
• Financial Times - World
  Sullivan & Cromwell discovers private equity
• Financial Times - World
  EU rebuffs Carney’s ‘unique alliance’ with Canada
• Financial Times - World
  UK looks to ‘land drones’ to transform beleaguered Ajax fighting vehicles
• Financial Times - World
  Ørsted boss says Europe must act on ‘unfair’ Chinese wind turbine makers
• Financial Times - World
  Healey looking at hitting betting shops, but not pubs, with gambling tax
• Financial Times - World
  ‘Buy British’ military procurement is a poor way to defend the realm
• Financial Times - World
  A hotter planet meets dearer money
• Financial Times - World
  In Germany’s east, old ties to Moscow fuel AfD rise
• Financial Times - Main
  US billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans’ election push
• Financial Times - Main
  How Switzerland turned tax competition into a national sport
• Financial Times - World
  Iran’s hidden leader stirs unease at home
• Foreign Affairs - Main · By Orville Schell
  Trump and Xi Can’t Stop the U.S.-China Spiral
• BBC - Business
  How rising bond yields impact American consumers
• NYT - World News · By Damien Cave
  Rising Fuel Prices Set Off Anger and Protests Around the World
• NPR - Top Stories · By Jude Joffe-Block
  Judge blocks DHS from acting against a man over a harsh email to an ICE official
• NYT - Top Stories · By Robert Jimison
  House Directs Trump to Halt War With Iran or Secure Congress’s Approval
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  El-Sayed on Rogers avoiding debate: 'The elephant was not in the room'
• Hacker News - Main
  Negativland, Culture Jamming, and the Art of Making Something New
• BBC - World
  Lost on Mount Fuji off-season? You'll have to pay for your rescue
• The Hill - Policy · By Filip Timotija
  House passes Iran war powers resolution
• WSJ - Technology · By Kate Clark
  OpenAI Considers Pre-IPO Funding Round at More Than $1.2 Trillion Valuation
• NYT - Top Stories · By John Ismay
  Pentagon Inspector General Details U.S. Losses and Challenges in Iran War
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Robert Ordway, American Mind
  The Democrats' Identity Trap
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Daniel McCarthy, Chronicles
  The Immigration Politics of a Felon's Pardon
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Bart Marcois, DC Examiner
  NATO Is a Side Quest. Trump Already Moved on to China
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Kevin Frey, MS Now
  House Democrats Expand Map--and Definition of a Democrat
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Stuart Russell, The Guardian
  AI Safety Requirements Are Non-Negotiable
• Hacker News - Main
  Stay discoverable in search while disallowing AI training
• NYT - US News · By Ishani Desai
  Black Bear Euthanized at Grand Teton National Park, Officials Say
• Hacker News - Main
  Apple Reference Image: A New Approach for Verified Photography
• WSJ - Technology · By Rolfe Winkler
  Apple Finally Built a Smarter Siri. It Still Hasn’t Caught Up in the AI Race.
• WSJ - US Business · By Rolfe Winkler
  Apple Finally Built a Smarter Siri. It Still Hasn’t Caught Up in the AI Race.
• Financial Times - Main
  Nvidia and Meta bosses reject efforts to co-ordinate AI slowdown
• SF Standard - Main · By Garrett Leahy
  Tiki bars and cigars: How High Speed Rail consultants misspent $592k of taxpayer cash
• The Hill - News · By Julia Mueller
  Coons to face off against Katz in solid blue Delaware Senate race
• NYT - US News · By Pooja Salhotra
  Court Tosses Immigrant’s Conviction Over Agents’ Secret Facebook Group
• WSJ - US Business · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Who Will Stop the Houthis?
• WSJ - World News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | Who Will Stop the Houthis?
• NYT - Top Stories · By Stuart A. Thompson
  Trump Defended A.I. Data Centers on Truth Social, and Commenters Clapped Back
• WSJ - Politics · By Shelby Holliday
  At least two foreign tankers bound for American shores were targeted in cyberattacks now under U.S. government investigation
• WSJ - US Business · By Shelby Holliday
  U.S. Probes Cyberattacks on Energy Tankers Bound for American Coast
• WSJ - World News · By Shelby Holliday
  U.S. Probes Cyberattacks on Energy Tankers Bound for American Coast
• Financial Times - Main
  Why the US and China are at odds on AI threats
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  Beatty reveals heated discussion with Trump over Kennedy Center
• BBC - US/Canada
  Magazine that was 132 years overdue returned to US library
• NYT - Top Stories · By Dan Watson
  Trump, the Supreme Court and the Postal Service: A History of Mail Voting
• WSJ - Technology · By Nate Rattner
  Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the U.K.
• WSJ - US Business · By David Uberti
  Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
• WSJ - Markets · By David Uberti
  Americans Have Spent $100 Billion More on Fuel During the Iran War
• WSJ - World News · By Nate Rattner
  Elon Musk Trains His Political Chaos Machine on the U.K.
• WSJ - World News · By Summer Said
  The U.S. Is Burning Through Its Supply of Interceptors to Counter Iran’s Attacks
• NPR - World · By Hadeel Al-Shalchi
  Turkish habit of stashing gold "under the pillow' hurts economy, government says
• SF Standard - Main · By Max Harrison-Caldwell
  Promiscuous Claude stuns in new AI billboard
• The War Zone - Main · By Joseph Trevithick
  USAF’s Fighter Drones To Make Debut In A Large Scale Exercise
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Julie Bort
  We don’t need AI regulation — leave safety to us, Nvidia’s Jensen Huang says
• NYT - Top Stories · By Eli Tan
  Mark Zuckerberg Takes Aim at Anthropic in Debate Over A.I. Slowdown
• NYT - Top Stories · By Michael Crowley and Edward Wong
  Trump Approves $2.8 Billion Arms Sale to Israel, Including 40,000 One-Ton Bombs
• NYT - Top Stories · By Theodore Schleifer, Shane Goldmacher and Maggie Haberman
  Trump Plans Blitz of $138 Million and Counting to Save Midterm Republicans
• SF Standard - Main · By Gabriel Lorenzo Greschler
  Supervisors back Lurie’s OpenGov permit contract — but shrink it
• BBC - Business
  Third Heathrow runway should only go ahead if airlines pay for cleaner flying, say advisers
• WSJ - Technology · By Tripti Lahiri
  How a Chinese Hacking Firm Tapped AI to Supercharge Cyber-Spying
• WSJ - World News · By Tripti Lahiri
  How a Chinese Hacking Firm Tapped AI to Supercharge Cyber-Spying
• BBC - Business
  UK in talks about joining global defence bank led by Canada
• NYT - Top Stories · By Eileen Sullivan
  Federal Employees Were Paid $9.5 Billion Not to Work in 2025 Under DOGE Effort
• NYT - US Politics · By Erica L. Green
  Melania Trump Encourages Children to Build ‘the Next Great Robot’ With A.I.
• BBC - Business
  Do you feel guilty when calling in sick at work? This might be why...
• BBC - Business
  Why doomsday warnings are not the only threat to the AI juggernaut
• BBC - US/Canada
  Carney's new love-in with EU has everything to do with Trump
• BBC - US/Canada
  Maduro ally pleads guilty in $195m money laundering case in US court
• WSJ - Economy · By Owen Tucker-Smith
  American business owners are grappling with a thorny question: are high energy costs a temporary nuisance to wait out, or a long-term economic reality that calls for price hikes?
• WSJ - US Business · By Owen Tucker-Smith
  American Businesses Have No Idea How to Set Prices Right Now
• The Hill - News · By Filip Timotija
  Air Force Secretary confirms US deployed weapons in space
• The Hill - News · By Joseph Choi
  Democrats grill top Kennedy ally nominated to be HHS no. 2
• BBC - Business
  AI app ads promoting 'objectification of women' banned by watchdog
• NYT - Top Stories · By Jenna Russell and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
  Scrutiny of Jury May Complicate Future of Lindsay Clancy Case
• BBC - Business
  The extreme engineering of aircraft windows
• Hacker News - Main
  Saving Jet Fuel
• WSJ - Politics · By Vicky Ge Huang
  In a setback for the crypto industry, a bill that would have helped usher digital assets into the mainstream financial system failed to advance in Congress
• NYT - Top Stories · By Julia Jacobs and Zach Montague
  Kennedy Center Closes Its Doors Despite a Judge’s Order
• Axios - Main Feed · By Andrew Solender
  AI panic sparks rare bipartisan moment on Capitol Hill
• NYT - US Politics · By Annie Karni
  McCarthy Gets a Portrait Marking His Brief, Strange Speakership
• Axios - Main Feed · By Kate Santaliz
  Rep. Chuck Edwards files complaint against House Ethics
• WSJ - Technology · By Alexander Osipovich
  Europe’s Most Valuable Startup Gave Data to a Scammer. Now It Faces a Shakedown.
• WSJ - US Business · By Alexander Osipovich
  Europe’s Most Valuable Startup Gave Data to a Scammer. Now It Faces a Shakedown.
• The Hill - News · By Max Rego
  Rogers set to skip Michigan Senate debate over outlet's 'favoritism' toward El-Sayed
• NYT - US News · By Mark Arsenault
  Berkeley Event for Kirk Assassination Anniversary Draws Federal Scrutiny
• The Hill - News · By Tara Suter
  Fetterman attended retreat with Fox News executives in Montana
• Hacker News - Main
  Recreating Voodoo Graphics and a Late-1990s Gaming PC on an FPGA
• BBC - World
  Five takeaways from Canada's push to woo the world's richest investors
• WSJ - Politics · By Lydia Wheeler
  The Kennedy Center’s board voted on Tuesday to close the venue for a two-year renovation, but President Trump immediately threatened to block that work unless his name is restored to the building
• WSJ - US News · By Lydia Wheeler
  Trump Threatens to Block Kennedy Center Renovations Over Naming Dispute
• WSJ - World News · By Victoria Albert
  Ed Sheeran’s Opening Acts Quit in Solidarity With Pro-Palestinian Performer
• The Hill - News · By Alexander Bolton
  Senate votes to advance bill to regulate college sports, athlete compensation
• The Hill - News · By Mike Lillis
  Democratic defectors rescue Republicans — again
• The Hill - News · By Miranda Nazzaro
  Lawmakers unprepared to tackle AI safety
• SF Standard - Main · By David Sjostedt
  What’s behind SF’s falling overdose death toll
• The Hill - News · By Rachel Frazin
  House set to vote on electricity ratepayer bill
• Axios - Main Feed · By Kate Santaliz
  House GOP's Epstein files headache is back
• SF Standard - Main · By Natallie Rocha
  AI CEOs say the end is near. The people who work next door say chill out
• NPR - World · By Hadeel Al-Shalchi
  Turks often keep gold as a hedge against inflation. It may be hurting Turkey's future
• Vox - Main · By Cameron Peters
  Trump’s Kennedy Center sabotage is complete
• Politico - Congress · By By Calen Razor
  College sports bill moves forward in Senate with Democratic support
• The Hill - News · By Max Rego
  Benchmark bond yield reaches highest level in nearly 20 years
• NYT - Top Stories · By Thomas L. Friedman
  It’s Already Too Late to Stop the A.I. Threat
• NYT - US News · By Edgar Sandoval and Christopher Lee
  Against the Odds, This Democrat in Texas Is Giving Greg Abbott a Fight
• WSJ - US News · By Jennifer Calfas
  Fourth Measles-Related Death Reported in Pennsylvania
• The Hill - Policy · By Laura Kelly
  Wicker, Shaheen to propose resolution urging U.S. cooperation with Russian pro-democracy movement
• SF Standard - Main · By Paolo Bicchieri
  ‘Everyone is tightening their purse strings’: Inventive SF chocolate shop closes
• WSJ - US Business · By Suzanne Vranica
  Inside OpenAI’s Ad Rush
• NYT - World News · By Ismaeel Naar
  Houthis Report Deadly Saudi Airstrikes as Kingdom Issues Mass Alerts
• BBC - US/Canada
  Trump says Kennedy Center to close as court rules his name must stay off building
• The Hill - News · By Niall Stanage
  The Memo: Blanche blasts through norms as Rose Garden ‘press secretary’
• Financial Times - Main
  OpenAI weighs funding round at $1.2tn valuation before IPO
• Axios - Main Feed · By Herb Scribner
  How Ed Sheeran's tour imploded over a geopolitical fight
• ProPublica - Main · By Alex Mierjeski
  Top Oversight Dem Opens Investigation of Donald Trump Jr.’s Russian Oligarch-Funded Wedding
• WSJ - US News
  Opinion | College Grads vs. the AI Job Apocalypse
• WSJ - Technology
  Opinion | College Grads vs. the AI Job Apocalypse
• Politico - Congress · By By Mia McCarthy, Riley Rogerson and Nico Portuondo
  Rebel Democrats again help House GOP advance floor agenda
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Amanda Silberling
  The AI data center boom is colliding with cities scarred by big industry
• NYT - Business · By Remy Tumin and Hilary Howard
  Data Center’s Spill of 5,000 Gallons of Diesel Forces N.J. River Cleanup
• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
  House panel recommends Leon Black be held in contempt for stonewalling Epstein investigation
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | So the Election Won’t Be Stolen, Then?
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | U.S. Space Weapons Are a Force for Peace
• WSJ - World News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | U.S. Space Weapons Are a Force for Peace
• Vox - Main · By Caitlin Dewey
  6 other ways Trump is meddling in the midterms
• WSJ - Politics · By Bharbi Hazarika
  Trump is threatening to block the Kennedy Center’s renovation, Republicans aren’t sold on Trump’s $5,000 payments, and how much the Pentagon spent in the first few months of the war with Iran. Read more in today’s What’s News newsletter:
• WSJ - US News · By The Editorial Board
  Opinion | New York Dumbs Down Its Graduates
• WSJ - US News
  Opinion | Notable & Quotable: A Poetic Disclaimer
• SF Standard - Main · By Kerry Crowley
  ‘Section 415’ podcast: What the Valkyries’ championship pursuit will look like
• Politico - Politics News · By By Joe Anuta
  Department of Investigation eyes NYPD disability pensions
• WSJ - World News · By Omar Abdel-Baqui
  AWS Says It Can’t Restore Some Data From Mideast Facilities Struck by Iran
• NYT - Economy · By Alan Rappeport
  Bessent Defends Faltering Bond Market Intervention
• WSJ - Politics · By Yoko Kubota
  The Pentagon spent some $38 billion in its first few months of the war with Iran
• Vox - Main · By Kenny Torrella
  Three beluga whales just died at one of America’s top-rated aquariums
• WSJ - US News · By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
  Opinion | Purging the AI Nuttiness
• WSJ - Technology · By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
  Opinion | Purging the AI Nuttiness
• WSJ - US Business · By Holman W. Jenkins, Jr.
  Opinion | Purging the AI Nuttiness
• WSJ - Technology · By Daniel Huttenlocher
  Opinion | Humans Are to Blame for AI Failures
• WSJ - US Business · By Daniel Huttenlocher
  Opinion | Humans Are to Blame for AI Failures
• Hacker News - Main
  German Rheinmetall open-sources its Battlesuite connected weapon system protcol
• Washington Post - World · By Mohamad El Chamaa
  Turkey expands arrests after LGBTQ+ crackdown
• Politico - White House · By By Cheyenne Haslett
  Republicans blame AI concerns on Democrats
• NYT - Top Stories · By Michael Gold
  House Kills Bid to Impeach Trump as Democrats Split
• Politico - Congress · By By Riley Rogerson
  Most House Democrats vote to advance Trump impeachment
• Axios - Main Feed · By Andrew Solender
  House quashes another Trump impeachment push with Dem help
• The Intercept - Main · By Matt Sledge
  Crypto Darling Gillibrand’s 11th-Hour Flip-Flop Helps Block Trump Crypto Bill
• WSJ - Markets
  Health Care Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - US Business
  Auto & Transport Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - Markets · By Sam Goldfarb
  What Comes Next, Now that the 10-Year Treasury Yield Has Crossed 5%?
• WSJ - US Business
  Energy & Utilities Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - Markets
  Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk
• Hacker News - Main
  Jean-Pierre Serre turns 100
• WSJ - Markets
  Financial Services Roundup: Market Talk
• WSJ - Markets
  Tech, Media & Telecom Roundup: Market Talk
• NYT - Business · By Michael M. Grynbaum
  ‘60 Minutes’ Season Premiere Sees Dip in Ratings
• WSJ - Markets · By Rob Curran
  U.S. Stocks Down as Oil, Yield Shock Continues
• NYT - Economy · By Sydney Ember and Margot Sanger-Katz
  Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force
• BBC - US/Canada
  Pennsylvania officials report fourth measles-associated death in 'surge' of cases
• WSJ - Economy · By Santiago Pérez
  The U.S. is pressuring Mexico to accept new rules for exports of AI hardware to prevent Chinese companies and other foreign firms from circumventing tariffs
• Washington Post - World · By John Hudson
  Trump’s planned sale of controversial bombs to Israel is largest in years
• Vox - Main · By Noel King
  The Republican Party is all-in on Islamophobia
• BBC - US/Canada
  Why is Donald Trump so opposed to regulating AI?
• BBC - World
  Iran war has led to US munitions shortfalls, Pentagon inspector confirms
• NYT - World News · By Laura Chung
  How Electric Cars Took Hold in Australia
• WSJ - Politics · By Shelby Holliday
  Officials said the U.S. military has deployed weapons in space, acknowledging for the first time a closely held government secret
• SF Standard - Main · By John Shea
  Tim Flannery’s music helped Greg Papa deal with cancer. Now Papa faces another challenge
• NYT - US Politics · By Catie Edmondson
  Independent Budget Office Estimates Iran War Has Cost $38 Billion
• BBC - US/Canada
  Watch: What the munitions shortage means for the US
• The War Zone - Main · By Howard Altman
  NATO Air Commander Details Thinking Behind The Alliance’s New Air Defense Plan
• WSJ - Markets
  Oil Prices Climb Higher
• WSJ - Economy · By Rachel Wolfe
  A broad measure of American incomes reached a record high last year as upper-income households fared well and women’s pay gained ground compared with men
• WSJ - Technology · By Siobhan Hughes
  Steve Bannon and Bernie Sanders Don’t Agree on Much. They Agree AI Could Kill Us All.
• WSJ - Politics · By Lara Seligman
  The Pentagon is asking commanders to nominate troops to attend Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s “State of the Force” address this September
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Sarah Perez
  Meta now lets AI agents handle the boring parts of WhatsApp Business setup
• NPR - Politics · By Barbara Sprunt
  For many Pennsylvania Democrats, frustration with Fetterman is at a breaking point
• NYT - Business · By Andrew Ross Sorkin, Bernhard Warner, Sarah Kessler, Michael J. de la Merced, Niko Gallogly, Brian O’Keefe and Sri Muppidi
  The Unlikely Political Bedfellows on A.I. Regulation
• Vox - Main · By Marina Bolotnikova
  The people who fear AI are wasting time fighting each other
• NYT - Business · By David Yaffe-Bellany
  Senate Votes to Block Crypto Bill in Major Blow to the Industry
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By M.D. Kittle, The Federalist
  In Corrupt Milwaukee, Election Integrity Dies in Darkness
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Kimmage & Lipman, Foreign Affairs
  Putin Will Not Yield in Ukraine
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Zeeshan Aleem, MS Now
  Why Tucker Carlson Effectively Backed El-Sayed for Senate
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Verity Bowman, The Telegraph
  Russian Base at Center of Putin's Plot To Destroy Kyiv
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Byron York, Washington Examiner
  Anti-Fraud Campaign a Boost for Vance
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Anne Kim, Washington Monthly
  Barney Frank's Last Harsh Warning to the Left
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Niall Ferguson, The Free Press
  What, If Anything, Can Be Done About AI?
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Arthur Delaney, HuffPost
  Congress Takes Up Tech Industry's Apocalyptic Visions
• NYT - Business · By Jason Karaian
  Key U.S. Borrowing Rate Rises to Highest Level Since 2007
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Kyle Smith, Wall Street Journal
  Remembering Norm Macdonald
• NPR - Top Stories · By Autumn Barnes
  New to the U.S., he struggled to find belonging. A fellow student changed that
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Sean Davis, The Federalist
  The AI Debate Is All About Amassing Political Power
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Courtenay Brown, Axios
  AI Boom Can Withstand Development, Regulatory Slowdown
• NYT - US Politics · By Devlin Barrett
  Kash Patel Suggests FBI Agents Could Go to Election Polling Sites
• WSJ - Politics · By Marianne LeVine
  President Trump said Tuesday that the three Supreme Court justices he appointed were unrecognizable to him, a statement that Attorney General Todd Blanche later defended
• WSJ - US News · By Marianne LeVine
  Trump’s Frustration With His Own Supreme Court Appointees Boils Over
• Axios - Main Feed · By Avery Lotz
  Trump-aligned Kennedy Center board votes to close building
• BBC - Business
  US borrowing costs hit highest level since 2007
• Hacker News - Main
  Building a Linux GPU Driver for the M4 Mac Mini in One Month
• Hacker News - Main
  WangNet – 1.8 MB, zero-dependency Numberwang adjudication in 11 languages
• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
  Cruz and Hawley shut down antitrust exemptions for AI companies
• Hacker News - Main
  Introducing System One Models and Jev
• The War Zone - Main · By Joseph Trevithick
  New Details On How Space Force Has Waged Electronic Warfare Against Iran
• NYT - US News · By Christine Hauser
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• NPR - World · By Rob Schmitz
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• Politico - White House · By By Gabby Miller
  Trump's AI ignorance is 'truly embarrassing,' Bernie Sanders says
• WSJ - World News · By Robb M. Stewart
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• BBC - World
  Nigeria arrests alleged Mexican drug kingpin at international airport
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Avery Lotz
  Trump considered dangerous, corrupt by majority in new poll
• Washington Post - World · By Mary Ilyushina
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• WSJ - Markets · By Dylan Tokar
  Crypto Exchange That Was Hub for Illicit Iran Cash Closes Suddenly
• WSJ - World News · By Dylan Tokar
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  President Trump promised $5,000 to every American adult citizen if Republicans hold the House and Senate in the midterms; but the Republicans who would actually need to vote for that aren’t sold
• BBC - US/Canada
  Watch: Sanders calls for US and China to work together in banning AI superintelligence
• Politico - Congress · By By Katherine Long
  Gottheimer pushes back on third-party audits of advanced AI
• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
  FBI’s Kash Patel brawls with Senate Democrats at Judiciary hearing
• NPR - Top Stories · By Scott Horsley
  Family income rose and poverty fell in 2025 — but safety net cuts could erase gains
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Tim De Chant
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• The War Zone - Main · By Thomas Newdick
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• NYT - Business · By John Koblin
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• NYT - US Politics · By Kellen Browning and Ruth Igielnik
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• WSJ - Markets · By Caitlin McCabe
  Stocks Decline as 10-Year Treasury Yield Hovers Near 5%
• TechCrunch - Main · By Sean O'Kane
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• WSJ - US News · By Laura J. Nelson
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• Politico - Defense · By By Connor O'Brien
  Iran war has cost taxpayers $38B — and counting
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• BBC - World
  South African president vows justice as more women's bodies found near Johannesburg
• Wired - AI · By Miles Klee
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• WSJ - World News · By Sune Engel Rasmussen
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• Politico - Congress · By By Mia McCarthy
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• NYT - US Politics · By Adam Liptak
  Supreme Court Stands Up to Trump on Mail Voting and a Few Key Issues
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• NPR - Top Stories · By Anastasia Tsioulcas
  Kennedy Center board votes to close it, as judge again keeps Trump's name off
• MIT Tech Review - Artificial Intelligence · By MIT Technology Review
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• BBC - World
  British woman abducted in Malawi, police say
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Aditya Mehta
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• WSJ - US Business · By Connor Hart
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• NPR - Top Stories · By Chloe Veltman
  Prosecutors won't seek the death penalty for Nick Reiner
• NPR - Politics · By Eric McDaniel
  Republican Rep. Massie moves to impeach Defense Secretary Hegseth over Iran war
• BBC - World
  Warning of space arms race as US confirms weapons in Earth's orbit
• The Hill - Policy · By Rebecca Beitsch
  Maine senators push for Senate to take up House whale bill championed by lobster industry
• NYT - Business · By David Yaffe-Bellany and Michael Forsythe
  Two Chinese Firms Used Binance to Launder Iranian Oil Money, US Says
• WSJ - US Business · By Ryan Felton
  Regulators Press Tesla on Whether Cybercab May Have Option for Human Control
• NYT - World News · By Karla Adam
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• NYT - US Politics · By Tim Balk and Caroline Soler
  A.I. Is Unpopular With Voters, a New York Times/Siena Poll Finds
• Politico - White House · By By Elleiana Green
  Trump says Kennedy Center is closed hours after a judge ruled he can’t put his name on it
• Defence Blog - Main · By Dylan Malyasov
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• TechCrunch - Security · By Zack Whittaker
  US military says it has launched weapons into space
• Axios - Main Feed · By Kate Santaliz
  Massie moves to impeach Pete Hegseth over Iran War
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Sarah Perez
  Meta expands subscription push with new AI-focused plans
• WSJ - Technology · By Nicole Nguyen
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• TechCrunch - Main · By Marina Temkin
  Health benefits platform Thatch reaches $1B valuation as healthcare costs surge
• Axios - Main Feed · By Avery Lotz
  Kennedy Center's attempt to put Trump's name on building blocked again by judge
• The Hill - Opinion · By Jonathan Alpert, opinion contributor
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• NYT - US News · By Ruth Igielnik, Laura Bult, Thomas Vollkommer, Laura Salaberry, June Kim, Nikolay Nikolov, Rafaela Balster, Whitney Shefte, Edison Wu and Jillian Vordick
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• BBC - World
  Suspected sabotage causes major Netherlands rail disruption
• WSJ - Technology · By William A. Galston
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• Washington Post - National · By Hannah Knowles
  Nick Reiner will not face death penalty if convicted, prosecutor says
• WSJ - World News · By Reuel Marc Gerecht
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  The Supreme Court has finally had it with Trump’s plan to steal the midterms
• The War Zone - Main · By Thomas Newdick
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.), opinion contributor
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• BBC - US/Canada
  Nick Reiner will not face death penalty if convicted of killing parents, prosecutors say
• Politico - Congress · By By Chris Marquette
  Kash Patel defends use of Flock cameras as critics decry threats to privacy
• Politico - Congress · By By Jordain Carney
  No budget vote before election, Thune says
• Washington Post - Business · By Julie Z. Weil
  U.S. poverty rate drops slightly, but experts fear worse ahead
• BBC - World
  Two sailors missing after tanker attacked in Strait of Hormuz, Oman says
• Politico - Congress · By By Myah Ward
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• The Hill - Policy · By Filip Timotija
  Pentagon tells Congress Iran war cost at least $42B
• WSJ - Technology · By Angel Au-Yeung
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• WSJ - Technology · By Asa Fitch
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Lisa H. Sideris, opinion contributor
  AI's architects made a choice. Now they’re calling it fate.
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  Leaks, data breaches, and ransom notes: The worst hacks of 2026 so far
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Sarah Perez
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• Washington Post - World · By Sammy Westfall, Dylan Moriarty
  Who are the Houthis, the Iran-backed rebels threatening a key maritime passage?
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Rebecca Bellan
  OpenAI, Anthropic, Google have been in talks on AI safety for weeks
• Politico - Congress · By By Kelsey Brugger and Owen Dahlkamp
  Bipartisan House duo welcome industry support for their AI safety proposal
• Politico - Congress · By By Mia McCarthy
  Johnson plays down AI warnings: 'You're not all going to be dead in 10 years'
• Politico - White House · By By Cheyanne M. Daniels
  House Dems demand answers to Trump Jr.’s ties with Russian oligarch
• The Hill - Opinion · By Grigor Hovhannissian, opinion contributor
  Armenia is turning westward — the West should take it seriously
• Politico - Defense · By By Casey He
  Iran war has led to munitions shortfall, bottlenecks to restock, Pentagon IG says
• NYT - Business · By Tony Romm, Dustin Volz and Michael Gold
  Congress Has Proposed Many Bills for A.I. Regulation. Lawmakers Have Enacted Few.
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Dominic-Madori Davis
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• TechCrunch - Main · By Amanda Silberling
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• BBC - US/Canada
  'Maybe they'll shoot you' - Carney recalls Trump's gift of White House key
• Politico - Congress · By By Mia McCarthy
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Josephine Walker
  Trump turns on the Supreme Court he helped build
• The Hill - Policy · By Rebecca Beitsch
  GOP senator presses Patel on FBI policy change: 'Why would you get into bestiality?'
• The Hill - Policy · By Alix Martichoux
  SNAP benefits are changing in October: What to know
• The Hill - Opinion · By Bill Press, opinion contributor
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• UK House of Commons Library - Research Briefings · By Alex Adcock
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• WSJ - Markets · By Jason Zweig
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  Daily Memo: Tensions Flare in the Baltic Sea
• TechCrunch - Apps · By Ivan Mehta
  Former TikTok execs built an app that uses AI to teach you how to pose for a photo
• UK House of Commons Library - Research Briefings
  Ukraine: A new push for peace
• The Hill - Opinion · By Aron Solomon, opinion contributor
  Trump wants a referendum on Trump ahead of the midterms — let’s give him one.
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By TechCrunch Events
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• The Hill - Policy · By Josie Fischels
  Study links cats to more anxiety, behavioral issues in young kids
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Nathan Pinkoski, Washington Post
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• NYT - US Politics · By Scott Dance
  FEMA Could Still Lose More Jobs Despite Court Ruling
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  The Inference Hardware Revolution of 2026
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  What weapon could the US have put into space?
• TechCrunch - Main · By Jagmeet Singh
  India ends free ride for larger transactions on its ubiquitous digital payments network
• BBC - World
  Satellite image reveals major damage that shut crucial Saudi oil pipeline
• WSJ - US News · By Amira McKee
  Schools Have Had Enough of Energy Drinks and Overcaffeinated Kids
• TechCrunch - Venture Capital · By Dominic-Madori Davis
  Evvy raises $40M as it seeks to further women’s health research with vaginal microbiome data
• NYT - World News · By Claire Moses
  Gates Foundation Pledges $1 Billion to Combat A.I. Inequality
• NYT - World News · By Nicholas Kulish
  Yemen’s Houthis Show Growing Sophistication and Self-Reliance in Weaponry
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Shyam Sankar, The Free Press
  Dangerous Ideology Behind the Vague AI Warnings
• NYT - Top Stories · By Tyler Pager
  Trump Slams Supreme Court Over Mail-In Voting Ruling
• The Hill - Opinion · By Lauren Sheets Jarrell, opinion contributor
  Why 90 percent of US baby formula lawsuits landed in two Illinois counties
• TechCrunch - Venture Capital · By TechCrunch Events
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Lynch, et al., CBS News
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• The Hill - Policy · By Sorina Trauntvein
  What was found among 20K pieces of trash pulled from Yellowstone hydrothermal areas
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Walter Russell Mead, Wall Street Journal
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• BBC - World
  More than 100,000 people in Japan are now aged 100 or older
• WSJ - US Business · By Nat Ives
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• WSJ - Markets · By Patricia Kowsmann
  DOJ Says Binance Customers Used Crypto Exchange to Funnel Iran Oil Money
• NYT - US News · By Mark Arsenault, Dana Goldstein, Alan Blinder and Sarah Mervosh
  Universities Sound Warnings About A.I. Even as They Embrace It
• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Alex Turner, The Guardian
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Cannon, Teichert & Walworth, RealClearPolitics on SiriusXM
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Victor Davis Hanson, American Greatness
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By David Clement, RealClearPolitics
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Gabrielle Gurley, American Prospect
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Mickey Levy, Wall Street Journal
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Oliver Bateman, RCInvestigations
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Julie Kelly, Substack
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• WSJ - Economy · By Robb M. Stewart
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• WSJ - US Business · By Robb M. Stewart
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By Jeremy Stern, Colossus
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• NYT - US Politics · By Nate Cohn
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• Real Clear Politics - Main · By David Futrelle, The Nation
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• WSJ - Technology · By Steven Rosenbush
  Companies Maintain AI Deployments With a Focus on Governance
• WSJ - Economy · By Dean Seal
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• WSJ - Technology · By Xavier Martinez
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• SF Standard - Main · By Adam Lashinsky
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• SF Standard - Main · By Max Harrison-Caldwell
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Gleb Tsipursky, opinion contributor
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• TechCrunch - Apps · By Sarah Perez
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• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Julie Bort
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• Washington Post - World · By Aoife Walsh
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• BBC - World
  Colombian ex-foreign minister charged over nanny's lie detector test
• Axios - Main Feed · By Barak Ravid
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• WSJ - Markets · By Matt Grossman
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Jeanne Allen, opinion contributor
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• NYT - World News · By Vivian Nereim
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• TechCrunch - Security · By Anna Heim
  New Italian unicorn Exein rides the physical AI wave
• WSJ - US Business · By Adam Whittaker
  U.S. Diesel Prices Hit New Record High as Fuel Squeeze Bites
• MIT Tech Review - Main · By Thomas Macaulay
  The Download: AI doomers, whistleblowing agents, and de-aged livers
• The Hill - Policy · By Sarah Davis
  Ossoff: ‘Compromised’ Trump won’t regulate AI
• Politico - Congress · By By Jordain Carney
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• BBC - US/Canada
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• The Hill - Opinion · By James D. Zirin, opinion contributor
  With Lonnie Bunch's ouster, Trump chills free speech at the Smithsonian
• MIT Tech Review - Biotechnology · By Antonio Regalado
  AI models need more data about biology, and OpenAI is paying to create it
• TechCrunch - Artificial Intelligence · By Julie Bort
  Salesforce and Nvidia’s new reasoning model is everything the AI labs should fear
• Politico - Congress · By By Calen Razor
  Capitol agenda: Trump’s AI demands jam Republicans
• WSJ - World News · By Anastasiia Malenko
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• WSJ - Markets · By Colin Kellaher
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• BBC - World
  Denmark says Russian warship fired flares at military helicopter
• NPR - World · By Brittney Melton
  SCOTUS rejects Trump's mail voting limits. And, the Kennedy Center financial crisis
• The Hill - Opinion · By Merrill Matthews, opinion contributor
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• WSJ - Markets · By David Smagalla
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• NYT - World News · By Paul Sonne, Leila Medina, Thomas Vollkommer, Joey Sendaydiego and Sergey Ponomarev
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Andrew Solender
  House Democrats face divisions on Russian sanctions bill
• WSJ - US Business · By Mark R. Long
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• The War Zone - Main · By Howard Altman
  Air Force Announces New Plans To Take Over Defending Its Own Bases From Aerial Attack
• WSJ - US News · By Josh Ulick
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• The Hill - Opinion · By Mark Goldfeder, opinion contributor
  The latest court ruling against deportations ignores precedent and won't hold up
• WSJ - Politics · By Damian Paletta
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• WSJ - World News · By Lingling Wei
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• WSJ - US Business · By Kimberley Kao
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• NPR - Politics · By Emily Feng
  Trump says developing AI is a critical race, downplaying fears
• NPR - Politics · By Leila Fadel
  Sen. Bernie Sanders says Congress has gotten a 'wake-up call' on AI risks
• NPR - World · By Joanna Kakissis
  Trump says Ukraine and Russia agreed to stop attacks on energy sites
• WSJ - Markets · By Spencer Jakab
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• NPR - World · By Jonathan Lambert
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• WSJ - Economy · By Don Nico Forbes
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• Hacker News - Main
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• WSJ - World News · By Katrina Northrop
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• WSJ - Economy · By Paul Hannon
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• Politico - Playbook · By By Will Steakin, Dasha Burns and Adam Wren
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• The Hill - Policy · By Nathaniel Weixel
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• The Hill - Policy · By Julia Shapero
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• The Hill - Policy · By Laura Kelly
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• Geopolitical Futures - Main · By Victoria Herczegh
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• ProPublica - Main · By Heather Vogell
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• The Hill - Policy · By Sudiksha Kochi
  GOP leaders throw cold water on AI regulation despite apocalyptic industry warnings
• MIT Tech Review - Artificial Intelligence · By David Rotman
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• WSJ - Technology · By Erle Norton
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• WSJ - Markets · By Emma Tucker
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Andrew Solender
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• Washington Post - Technology · By Shira Ovide
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• WSJ - Economy · By Nicholas G. Miller
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• WSJ - Technology · By Jamie Waters
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• WSJ - Markets · By Telis Demos
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Marc Caputo
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• NPR - World · By The Associated Press
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• NYT - US Politics · By Nick Corasaniti, Anna Griffin and Richard Fausset
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• NYT - Business · By Colby Smith
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• NYT - US Politics · By Shane Goldmacher, Ruth Igielnik and Sophia June
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• NYT - US Politics · By Benjamin Oreskes and Theodore Schleifer
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• Axios - Main Feed · By Zachary Basu
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• NPR - National · By Maham Javaid
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• Politico - Politics News · By By Samuel Benson and Mike Lee
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