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After G7 leaders praise U.S.-Iran deal, Trump threatens Iran again. Humiliation? Trump battles claims his Iran deal is worse than Obama’s—AND MORE
New York Times: President Trump said the United States would resume bombing Iran if he did not like the preliminary agreement, hours after leaders from…
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Ex-Citi executive says bank sacked her after raising Trump concerns
Financial Times: A former Citigroup executive says she was sacked after raising concerns about the Wall Street bank’s courting of Donald Trump…
Death rate in ICE immigrant detention centers more than doubles under Trump
Reuters: The causes of detainee deaths can be complex and do not necessarily stem from neglect or abuse by detention-center administrators.…
Trump says intelligence chief pick’s hearing is off and Pulte will remain for now
Washington Post: The president linked the move to his efforts to pass voting restrictions and said Jay Clayton’s hearing would be delayed…
Hacker sent by Anthropic to calm govt’s nerves about AI safety
Wall Street Journal: Nicholas Carlini recently rang the alarm about the dangers of AI—and now he’s part of a team arguing for the latest…
EU leaders to converge on harder line toward China
Politico Europe: Brussels wants to get tougher on Beijing, but neither side is ready for a full-blown confrontation…
Leak exposes members of Peter Thiel’s secretive ‘Dialog’ society
Wired: More than 200 of the world’s elites registered for a retreat whose agenda runs from panels on cult-building and sex to prepping for…
French spy service drops Palantir
Politico: The General Directorate for Internal Security (DGSI) picked French firm ChapsVision to “replace the American giant Palantir,” Prime…
Russian warship fires warning shots near UK-registered yacht in Channel
BBC: It involved Russian frigate the Admiral Grigorovich, and happened between the Isle of Wight and Normandy shortly before midday. The…
How Conservative nonprofit won huge case against Trump and suffered for It
Wall Street Journal: Liberty Justice Center lost donors because it successfully challenged the president’s global tariffs…
China controls trade chokepoints beyond rare earths. It’s squeezing them.
Washington Post: Having used its dominance over rare earths to blunt Trump’s tariff campaign and pursue other geopolitical goals, such as…
Macron, Zelenskyy heard on camera game-planning how to handle Trump
Politico Europe: Macron and Zelenskyy’s exchange did not reveal any secrets, but it is yet another example of how European leaders coordinate…
Secret EU trade negotiator who made Trump wait
Politico Europe: Top trade lawmaker Bernd Lange delayed a transatlantic deal for months, frustrating both Washington and Brussels. While he…
Trump’s Anthropic crackdown sets off AI alarms for US allies
Bloomberg: France’s Prime Minister Sebastien Lecornu announced that the civil service would roll out a tool based on local startup Mistral AI,…
HR must manage AI bots as well as humans, says Accenture executive
Financial Times: “For the small number of clients that have managed to get an authentic agentic AI working in their organisation . . . you…
Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s ballroom project, with half from taxpayers
Washington Post: Five months after the demolition of the White House’s East Wing, President Donald Trump claimed that the project to construct…
Spy agencies buy bulk data to assess potential targets
Financial Times: Commercially gained bulk intelligence Adint (advertising intelligence) is now one of the major sources of government…
Starmer’s social media ban branded ‘a rush job’
Telegraph: Online safety campaigners have called the policy a “rush job”, while political opponents claim Sir Keir is expediting the ban as a…
China warns of foreign intelligence agencies using ‘spy turtles’ to steal sensitive maritime data
The Globe and Mail: In a social media post Friday, the MSS warned of a continuing “unseen covert war” beneath the waves, in which unnamed…
Russia was behind arson attacks targeting PM, BBC reveals
BBC: Even after he set fire to Sir Keir Starmer’s house, Roman Lavrynovych – convicted on Monday of conspiring to commit arson – seemed to…
Justice Dept decision to allow Paramount deal surprised staff investigators
Wall Street Journal: Career antitrust officials investigating Warner acquisition were leaning toward recommending a challenge to the merger,…
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