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US Army secretary Driscoll resigns after tension with Pete Hegseth
CNN: One source said the decision was unsurprising given tension between Driscoll and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth. A second source familiar said that in…
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EU wants to convince China to curb exports to bloc
Politico EU: “Mechanically, if you look at our deficit issue, what’s needed is the increase of European products to China … We also need to…
Trump vows to hit Iran hard after first exchanges of fire in a month. U.S. strikes may have targeted new type of Iranian naval mine
Reuters: The exchange highlighted how quickly a conflict that has increasingly been fought through sanctions, blockades and economic pressure…
AI burnout hits people charged with defending hospitals and banks from hackers
Bloomberg: “Cyberdefenders around the world are sitting at the pointy end of trying to defend systems in this age of AI,” says Peter Coroneos,…
Bank of England chief warns new AI models threaten global financial stability
CNBC: “Frontier AI may have the ability materially to alter the speed, scale and economics of cyber risk, which could undermine market…
Price of Russian paranoia
Foreign Affairs: Yet rule by spy hunting and paranoia has also come with significant costs. As state institutions and private enterprises…
Mysterious drone. Mercedes RV. Chinese intelligence puzzle in New Mexico desert
CNN: China is believed to pressure or incentivize ordinary civilians into doing what one official termed “nuisance surveillance” over a…
Trump keeps stacking up ‘emergency’ wins at Supreme Court
CNN: Trump has won more than 70% of the emergency cases his Department of Justice has filed at the conservative court during his second term,…
Trump mocks data-center opponents as wanting to stay ‘backwards and poor’
New York Times: “The only reason that communities throughout the U.S.A. should not want Data Centers is if they want to end up being backwards…
Summit with Russia, India and Iran shows leverage wars have given Xi of China
New York Times: The Chinese leader’s arrival in Bishkek, the capital of Kyrgyzstan, for a meeting of the 10-nation political and security…
US regulator claims Amazon manipulated advertising prices
Financial Times: The suit, filed in federal court in Seattle on Monday alongside a bipartisan group of 22 states, claims that Amazon illegally…
Supreme Court clears way for White House ballroom construction to continue
Washington Post: The decision hands President Donald Trump a political victory in his controversial bid to oversee the largest addition to the…
US oil firm to take over some Venezuelan oilfields previously run by Chinese, Russian companies, officials say
Reuters: U.S. oil company North American Blue Energy Partners will take over some oilfields previously controlled by several Chinese…
Alejandro Betancourt: Man who would be Trump’s ‘viceroy’ in Venezuela
Financial Times: “He is a skilled operator and without scruples,” said Venezuelan journalist César Batiz, who has investigated Betancourt. “He…
Trump says US will refill Strategic Petroleum Reserve using Venezuelan oil
Reuters: It is unclear how quickly the Venezuela deal could provide oil for the reserve or deliver any near-term benefit to U.S. motorists.…
Postal Service rule could bar millions from voting by mail
New York Times: A judge temporarily blocked the agency from implementing a strict new rule governing mail voting. The policy could…
Inside Afghanistan’s secret schools for girls
New York Times: The Taliban have banned education for millions of Afghan girls. Times journalists examined classrooms where students, teachers…
Iceland rejects EU-accession talks in close-fought referendum
Reuters: Prime Minister Kristrun Frostadottir told a press conference that Iceland would focus on strengthening its existing ties with the…
Brexiters’ effort to resettle Chagos Islands hit by lack of proper boat
Financial Times: The politician, crew and journalist have left as planned. The Chagossians who remain have limited food, threadbare tents and…
G20 countries should consider more trade barriers with China to cut imbalances, Bessent says
Reuters: Bessent said in an interview ahead of a G20 finance leaders meeting that the current flood of exports from China was unsustainable,…
Trans veteran became homeless after the military didn’t pay her severance
Washington Post: She was 30, young enough to make something new of her life. She’d planned to leave San Antonio and use the money to start…
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