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US and Iran trade fresh round of strikes with talks under pressure—AND MORE
CNN: Iran’s Revolutionary Guards said they carried out retaliatory strikes targeting US bases in the region. Air defenses were activated in Kuwait, Bahrain and Jordan.…
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China hits Philippine defense chief with entry ban over South China Sea remarks
Associated Press: Teodoro is known for using strong language to counter China’s claims over the strategic waters, calling them a “fiction and…
Anthropic announces ‘Claude Corps’ to teach nonprofits to use AI more effectively
Associated Press: Claude Corps, named for the company’s popular AI chatbot, will hire and embed 1,000 fellows trained in the use of Claude at…
Why reviving US manufacturing is so hard
Financial Times: Shifting tariffs are just one of the barriers companies face as they seek to revive US manufacturing. The federal system,…
Road test: Inside Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez’s strategy ahead of potential 2028 campaign
CNN: The New York congresswoman is truly undecided about what she’ll do in 2028, when she can run for president or for the seat held by Sen.…
John Healey resigns as UK defence secretary over military spending
The Guardian: Minister accuses Starmer of being ‘unable to commit the resources to defend the country at this time of rising threats’…
Russia’s Trump asset: Anatomy of a taboo
Craig Unger: Ten years ago, the highest intelligence officials in the land said that Donald Trump was an asset of Russian intelligence. Why…
How Senate Democrats planning to push back on potential election interference
Politico: Minority Leader Chuck Schumer and nine other Democratic senators huddled with top party election experts last week to drill…
China cancels high-level meetings with EU
Financial Times: China abruptly cancelled two important diplomatic meetings with the EU this month as tensions between the two trading…
Kathy Ruemmler helps search for her own replacement as Goldman’s top lawyer
Financial Times: Goldman’s decision to allow Ruemmler to help select a new general counsel has caused disquiet with some at the bank at a time…
How FSB cut Russia off from internet
Financial Times: Since March the outages have been intermittent but indiscriminate. They come all of a sudden, not with a law or an…
EU countries weigh ‘tearing apart’ bloc’s diplomatic service
Financial Times: Paris, Berlin and other capitals are weighing options that include stripping powers from the bloc’s chief diplomat Kaja…
Forget the DOJ. For Trump pardon, call “Bobby” and other influencers
Reuters: A Reuters investigation found nearly all the clemency decisions made by President Trump during his current term flouted longstanding…
Saab’s surveillance jet deal with Canada faces a U.S. stealth tech hurdle
CBC: Much of the success or failure of the effort will depend on convincing the Trump administration and the Pentagon to share a key piece of…
Signal’s Whittaker threatens UK exit amid phone-screening plan
Bloomberg: Meredith Whittaker, president of Signal, has threatened to pull the app from the UK over the government’s approach to tech…
Bill Gates tells Congress Jeffrey Epstein tried to use information about his infidelities to get close to him
CNN: “I never witnessed nor had any indication that Epstein was engaged in ongoing criminal conduct. I never went to his island, his ranch, or…
Why electric cars and robot makers are being linked to China’s military
Newsweek: At the center of U.S. concerns is China’s policy of civil-military fusion, a Chinese Communist Party doctrine that blurs the line…
OpenAI considers drastic price cuts, anticipating war for users with Anthropic
Wall Street Journal: The company is weighing significant cuts to what it charges for tokens, the unit of measurement artificial-intelligence…
Expect Russia to escalate attacks on our democracies
The Cipher Brief: From false-flag operations and social media manipulation to AI-enabled influence campaigns, Moscow continues to refine the…
Chinese activist in UK told by X that abusive deepfakes do not breach rules
The Guardian: Apple Peiqing Ni targeted by account portraying her as promiscuous drug addict after posting about Tiananmen Square…
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