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Capital One cites money laundering review in Trump-related suit
Bloomberg: Capital One Financial Corp. said it closed accounts belonging to President Donald Trump’s real estate company in 2021 for…
Trump dings longtime ally Jeanine Pirro for dropping Reflecting Pool vandalism case
Politico: The president said he disagreed “100%” with the top Washington prosecutor after her office abandoned vandalism charges for the…
Data centers have politics problem — and industry knows it
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Trump threatens to revive $1.8 billion fund for allies over Blanche standoff
New York Times: The president vowed to push for the payout fund if Senate Republicans fail to confirm Todd Blanche as attorney general,…
Trump’s fixation on Arctic ships led to billions in no-bid contracts
New York Times: The president decided to buy 11 polar icebreakers after a game of golf with Finland’s president. Experts say it’s far from…
Migrants say hunger, hostility drove them back from Spain’s Ceuta to Morocco
Reuters: “We came to make progress, not to be fooled,” said Brahim, a bakery worker from Fez who left his job and crossed the border after…
US Treasury undertakes historic intervention in yen market
Financial Times: The US Treasury intervened in yen exchange rates on Friday, marking the first time Tokyo and Washington joined forces to…
Massive US tungsten discovery could run into Nasa roadblock
Financial Times: The tungsten discovery is detailed in a resource report seen by the FT following a recent drilling programme by critical…
Last day of factory in Trump country, as its work moves to China
Washington Post: Managers had informed Klima and other union leaders in January that Conn Selmer was closing its Eastlake plant. Some…
Spain pushes migrants back to Morocco as fallout deepens over mass border breach
Washington Post: Sánchez, whose government this year is rolling out a historic legalization plan for hundreds of thousands of undocumented…
He helped China repress Uyghurs. He says he’s a victim, too.
New York Times: Mr. Zhang related the pressure of participating in China’s security apparatus: endless shifts, sleeping in the office and…
How Leopold Aschenbrenner, ‘golden child’ of AI trade, was laid low
Financial Times: Leopold Aschenbrenner made his name on his ability to predict the future. But the trader dubbed the “Nostradamus of AI” would…
George Santos accused of ‘manipulative activity’ in prediction market trades
Washington Post: The former congressman agreed to pay $35,000 to settle charges by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, which cited…
House push to integrate defense industries of Israel, U.S. draws scrutiny
Washington Post: “It compromises our sovereignty and hurts our national security by limiting our options,” said Sen. Chris Van Hollen…
Tens of thousands of migrants voluntarily leave after crossing into Spanish territory of Ceuta
Associated Press: Some migrants swam several miles through the sea and faced down authorities who tried to turn them back with water cannons,…
Alphabet rolls back AI image generation in Google Earth over policy violations
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OpenAI finds evidence other AI agents escaped containment as it widens hacking probe
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Chinese military researchers tap US AI models to train defence systems
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Trump to appeal judge’s ruling denouncing I.R.S. suit as exercise in self-dealing
New York Times: The notice of appeal and a request to pause the judge’s order, both filed in Federal District Court in Miami, were the latest…
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