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Hegseth says Iran war cost $37.5 billion so far as Trump seeks more funding. Israel sitting out bombing campaign in Iran—AND MORE
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OpenAI says its A.I. models went rogue and attacked digital library
New York Times: The incident, which happened last week while OpenAI was testing the cybersecurity capabilities of its systems, displayed the…
Trump pushes Chinese election threat, but files show Russia’s heavy hand
New York Times: …a trove of intelligence documents that Mr. Trump declassified in hopes that they would bolster his assertions arguably made a…
Trump officials withhold $1 billion in Medicaid funds from 2 states
New York Times: The federal government will hold more than $867 million in payments from California and about $200 million from Minnesota…
France becomes first EU country to ban social media access for under-15s
The Guardian: “France is leading the way in Europe when it comes to protecting our children and teenagers,” Macron said in a video posted on…
Trump says generic drugs to face no US tariffs for 2 years, then 100% and 200% tariffs later
Reuters: “This is done in order to RESHORE Generic Pharmaceutical Production into America, with a penalty to those Companies that decide not…
U.S. auto industry races to purge Chinese connected-car hardware amid federal push
Reuters: The components most affected under the hardware rule include satellite communications systems, external antennas and other…
Novo sues Lilly, claiming misleading ads in weight-loss drug battle
Reuters: Novo alleges Lilly compared the highest approved doses of its medicines with lower doses of Novo’s Wegovy and Ozempic while omitting…
Utilities join Trump pledge to limit AI-driven increases in electricity bills
Wall Street Journal: The nation’s largest utilities and developers of data centers have signed on to President Trump’s pledge to pay more for…
White House to redirect billions in research funds toward AI, away from colleges
Wall Street Journal: The Trump administration plans to accelerate its overhaul of federal research by supporting more individual scientists…
Man who runs IRS spied on colleagues when he worked at JPMorgan
Wall Street Journal: Frank Bisignano, the head of the Internal Revenue Service and Social Security Administration, sits atop two government…
Rubio says Nicaragua’s plans to cancel elections threaten U.S. national security
Wall Street Journal: Rubio said on Monday that the Trump administration and the international community won’t stand by as Ortega and Murillo…
Bill Gates was warned about Epstein links by staff of his charitable foundation
Financial Times: Independent review finds talks with late sex offender continued for more than three years despite concerns…
Midwest sunset: Trump’s tariffs hit America’s farming powerhouse
Financial Times: Last year, the US exported $171bn of agricultural goods according to the Department of Agriculture, just $2bn more than the…
Zelensky ousts Ukraine’s military commander as major shake-up continues
Washington Post: Zelensky had come under increasing pressure from lawmakers and protesters in recent days to oust Syrsky. After Fedorov was…
Netanyahu told Blinken he agreed to let in only small amount of supplies in Gaza
New Yorker: Blinken flew to Israel a few days later. He met with Netanyahu and Gallant, and, according to people present, told them that…
CCP intel-associated official converted taxpayer-funded facility by US military bases into massive illegal weed grow
Daily Caller: While it is unclear if any of the defendants ever worked for AQ, Chinese government documents translated by the DCNF reveal that…
Burnham promises ‘circuit breaker’ moment for UK as he becomes PM
The Guardian: New prime minister says his political and economic model will bring ‘biggest changes in 40 years’… Burnham picks Healey as…
Why Silicon Valley can’t stop looking over its shoulder at China
New York Times: Chinese companies are offering artificial intelligence that is nearly as good as the leading U.S. technologies, but it’s still…
AliExpress hit with $629 million EU fine over sales of illegal, counterfeit products
Reuters: AliExpress said it will appeal the fine as it considers it excessive. “Today’s decision and disproportionate fine ignores our sound…
Chinese AI sensation Moonshot’s gamble on big models pays off
Bloomberg: Kimi K3 outperforms all rivals except for Anthropic’s Claude Fable 5 and OpenAI’s GPT-5.6 on overall capability, according to…
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