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US and Iran trade fresh strikes amid fragile ceasefire. Trump says he feels no pressure to make deal because ‘I don’t care about the midterms’—AND MORE
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Ukraine turning tables
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Ozempic may be reshaping brain, scientists say
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Trump won big with White working-class. Now they’re souring on him.
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Britain faces ‘lost generation’ as youth worklessness heads for 1.25m
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Prosecutors say ex-CIA official stole $40 million in gold bars from agency
Washington Post: Prosecutors say David J. Rush of Virginia, described in a criminal complaint as a former senior executive with a top-secret…
Trump appointees push $250 banknote with his portrait
Washington Post: The printing director who resisted the effort said she was reassigned last month. “The buck stopped here,” she wrote in her goodbye…
‘It isn’t canceled’: Inside White House divisions on AI
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Norway will come under France’s nuclear umbrella, leaders say
Politico: Under the plan, Norway would take part in what France calls “forward nuclear deterrence”, under which European partners are more…
What it takes to get a job at Anthropic
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Mistral rejects Pope Leo criticism of AI military use
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Fired BP chair disputes oil company’s claims of poor conduct
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Pentagon puts building blocks in place for Cuba invasion
Politico: The Pentagon has spent months positioning the troops and weapons needed for the U.S. to launch a military attack on Cuba — all it…
Trump admin in talks to fund U.S. drone companies
Wall Street Journal: Among the companies the Pentagon has identified for possible funding are Performance Drone Works, which won a contract to…
Justice Dept launches criminal investigation into Trump accuser E. Jean Carroll
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China exporting its factories across world and spooking competition
Wall Street Journal: More Chinese companies could be coming to the U.S., after President Trump and Chinese leader Xi Jinping reached a deal in…
Google employee charged with $1M Polymarket insider trading bet on search term
CNBC: Prosecutors claim that Michele Spagnuolo, a staff information security engineer at Google, used confidential information to place trades…
World comes to Xi Jinping
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How AI threatens giants of consulting
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Americans don’t like either political party. We asked them why.
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China’s military says it drove away Dutch frigate in South China Sea
Reuters: The Netherlands said the frigate was operating in accordance with international law. Zhai Shichen, a spokesperson for the People’s…
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