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Senate passes massive $70 billion immigration bill in big win for Trump. Fails to ban his ‘anti-weaponisation’ fund.
CNN: The bill – which funds Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border patrol through the rest of Trump’s term, protecting the agencies from future government…
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Meet SpaceX employees who are about to become overnight millionaires
Wall Street Journal: Many current and former staffers have stakes valued at millions of dollars and will be able to tap them more easily after…
Pentagon likely to cancel missile sale to Germany over fears of Russia
Politico: U.S. officials fear Moscow will retaliate if the Trump administration follows through on the effort to deploy precision missiles in…
‘Unbelievable how accurate’: How paid influencers hype Polymarket’s odds
Politico: At least 20 of the content creators identified by POLITICO promoted Polymarket on social media after they started receiving money…
Chinese, HK investors banned from SpaceX IPO on security grounds
Bloomberg: The lead banks overseeing the deal have told other banks in the underwriting syndicate not to permit customers in Hong Kong and…
Trump officials planned to mark 2.7 million living people as dead, whistleblower claims
Washington Post: A former Social Security executive said the plan, which was not carried out, would have used a death database to pressure…
China builds economic fortress as global tensions rise
New York Times: Beijing says the changes are needed for national security, but they could complicate efforts by Chinese companies to find…
Russia floods Armenia with disinformation ahead of election
New York Times: Fearing a loss of influence, groups linked to the Kremlin and intelligence agencies have sought to discredit the country’s…
Europe needs new military alliance to defend itself, Italy says
New York Times: Guido Crosetto, Italy’s defense minister, said in an interview that European nations should forge a new joint defense system…
New ‘60 Minutes’ chief promises independence in bid to reassure staff
New York Times: Nick Bilton, the new executive producer of “60 Minutes,” moved to shore up support of his demoralized staff on Thursday,…
Iran declares support for Hezbollah with wider peace deal in doubt
Reuters: Iran has reaffirmed support for its Lebanese ally Hezbollah and demanded Israel withdraw from southern Lebanon, underscoring…
Israel sent troops to Azerbaijan during Iran war as part of secret network across region, sources say
CNN: The forces operated out of several locations in southern Azerbaijan, two of the sources said, adjacent to Iran’s northern border and, at…
He blew whistle on DOGE. Then his brakes were cut
Wired: A federal IT staffer filed a complaint about DOGE, then went public. Shortly after Elon Musk boosted a post calling his claims false,…
Kirkland & Ellis and Palantir to build AI tool to assist private equity firms
Financial Times: Kirkland & Ellis has agreed a multiyear deal with Palantir to develop AI technology to help it advise private equity groups…
US National Security Agency using Anthropic’s Mythos for cyber attacks
Financial Times: It remains unclear whether Anthropic’s engineers are assisting the NSA in active operations. However, one person close to the…
Taiwan beefs up anti-ship missile arsenal to counter threat of Chinese invasion
Reuters: Taiwan will sharply increase its arsenal of powerful anti-ship missiles to more than 1,800 by early 2029, as it seeks to enhance its…
EU’s tech independence push disappoints Brussels and irks Americans
Politico Europe: Even as Virkkunen was presenting the plan Wednesday, EU ambassadors meeting across the road were signing off on a Commission…
Trump says he will nominate Todd Blanche to be attorney general
CNN: When Trump makes the nomination official, it will end Blanche’s two months serving in the role in an acting capacity since his…
Trump’s pick of Bill Pulte as spy chief threatens foreign surveillance bill
Financial Times: Thom Tillis, a Republican senator from North Carolina, lambasted Pulte in a CNBC interview for having “no experience in…
Top AI CEOs call for law protecting against biological weapons
Wall Street Journal: Three major chief executive officers—OpenAI’s Sam Altman, Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Demis Hassabis of Google’s…
British schoolboy sanctioned by Russia for exposing crypto laundering
Times: Alexander Browder, 17, now banned from entering the country along with four other British nationals, is thought to be the youngest…
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