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Trump says Canada becoming ‘associate member’ of EU could be ‘hostile act’. EU-Canada ambitions face reality check
CNN: European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen proposed Wednesday that Canada become the bloc’s first “associate member,” provoking a fresh tariff threat from US…
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Chinese gangsters turned this California paradise into marijuana factory
City Journal: An expert told us that Chinese nationals are running illegal grow operations on U.S. soil to poison Americans. One group seems…
Iran’s attempts to get around Hormuz blockade hitting a wall
Wall Street Journal: Hundreds of Iranian truck drivers are currently stuck at Iran’s border with Pakistan, unable to send their goods into…
OpenAI’s rogue agents probed Hugging Face for weaknesses two months before major hack
Reuters: OpenAI had previously disclosed one aspect of the malicious activity — the theft of a Hugging Face user’s digital credential to…
House passes Russia sanctions bill championed by Graham, sending it to Trump
Reuters: The legislation targets Russia’s energy and defense industries, as well as its “shadow fleet” of tankers that evade existing…
U.S. intelligence warns of China theft over sale of F-35 jets to Saudis
New York Times: Internal reports, including one from the Pentagon’s Defense Intelligence Agency, say China could acquire U.S. jet technology…
Russia seizes Ukrainian POWs, then it demands favors from their relatives
NPR: “They pressured me for four months. They wanted me to gather some information about one of their attacks,” said Polina. Another time, the…
‘The US can’t lose’: Pentagon plows ahead on AI despite warnings
Politico: Defense Department officials insist any slowdown in AI development could cede control to adversaries, dismissing calls from industry…
Trump renews attacks on Fed after rate increase
New York Times: “I told Kevin, I said, you might as well vote with the board because it’s just not going to matter,” Mr. Trump said. “The…
Fed raises rates in first major step by Warsh to contain inflation
New York Times: The decision, which lifts rates to a new range of 3.75 to 4 percent, was supported by all 12 members of the Federal Open…
OpenAI says it found more instances of AI models acting deceptively
CNN: OpenAI found additional incidents of AI models acting deceptively and taking unsanctioned actions during training, the company announced…
AI bosses’ safety push sparks rift inside OpenAI and Anthropic
Financial Times: Staff inside OpenAI and Anthropic, as well as the safety researchers they would rely on to conduct this work, were blindsided…
US billionaires line up to bankroll Republicans’ election push
Financial Times: The findings reveal another US election drawing colossal sums to shape the outcome — and also show how the wealthiest donors…
Jared Kushner’s dollar diplomacy
New Yorker: Donald Trump’s son-in-law represents the kind of Washington figure for whom public office serves as a means to extraordinary wealth…
Trump approves $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel
New York Times: The package includes 40,000 one-ton bombs and would be among the largest deliveries of U.S. munitions to Israel…
Senate votes to block crypto bill in major blow to industry
New York Times: While many Republicans embraced the bill, Democrats largely opposed it. Many of their concerns centered on President Trump,…
Steve Bannon, Bernie Sanders condemn tech ‘Oligarchs’ and demand A.I. reforms
New York Times: The unusual public appearances by the country’s elder democratic socialist and a leading architect of the MAGA movement, at a…
Patel suggests F.B.I. agents may be sent to polls
New York Times: “I thought you weren’t going to be sending people to the polls,” Mr. Welch said. “When did you hear that? Just another lie,”…
Federal employees were paid $9.5 billion not to work in 2025 under DOGE effort
Washington Post: As part of the Department of Government Efficiency’s program to shrink the federal work force, paid administrative leave…
He might end up world’s most educated person
New York Times: Jamie Beaton has 12 advanced degrees from Harvard, Yale, Oxford and other top universities, with more on the way. Why? How?…
ICE quietly firing new hires. For one recruit, it was devastating.
Washington Post: Joseph Moore killed himself after learning ICE was going to fire him. Investigators had identified issues in his past that…
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