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Pentagon draws up new Iran strike plans. Trump says he will not attack before midterm election
New York Times: The U.S. military is preparing options to restart major combat operations against Iran, even as President Trump continues to show ambivalence about…
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Important political lesson for Carney: Nothing respects a border
Andrew MacDougall: In some ways, this is the lesson of politics in the 21st century: nothing respects a border. Nation states may still be…
‘Breathtaking,’ ‘devastating’: Mathematics reels after new OpenAI release
New York Times: “If a human did this, it would be an instant Fields Medal, no questions asked.”. That’s how Alex Kontorovich, chair of the…
Trump admin freezes green cards for Microsoft, IT firms, probes universities
Reuters: “There has been no company in the United States, unfortunately, that has abused the system more than Microsoft,” Vice President JD…
German search engine ditches Mistral, bets on Chinese open-source AI
Politico EU: “We are disappointed with the quality of Mistral,” Ecosia founder and CEO Christian Kroll said in an interview, stating that the…
Meet German spymaster turned treason suspect
Politico EU: Roderich Kiesewetter, a Christian Democrat lawmaker on the Foreign Affairs Committee in the German parliament, said that within…
Iran scales up Hormuz attacks, raising pressure on Trump as midterms near
Washington Post: The uptick follows celebrations by the Trump administration that U.S. naval escorts had allowed oil flows to reach nearly…
Fort Hood shooter’s execution will be live-streamed, Defense Dept. says
Washington Post: “We’ll make sure that people are able to watch it,” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Thursday about the firing squad…
Daughter of Trump’s chief of staff works at firm that lobbies for Republika Srpska
Financial Times: Katie Wiles is a partner at Continental Strategy, which signed its contract to lobby for the self-governing entity within…
Trump admin considers using ships to deport immigrants
New York Times: Journeys to destinations including El Salvador and Venezuela could take days and cost millions. Officials cautioned that…
Fired OpenAI safety researchers say they were pushed out over ‘suspicious’ circumstances
CNN: Korback said he believes he was fired because “for months, I’d been raising safety concerns that we’re losing the ability to monitor…
German spy chief arrested for treason helped sell Iraq War. Then he spent his retirement selling secrets, and some of them were Washington’s
Thomas Karat: This is where the American stake sits, and German officials are not trying to soften it. A leak on this scale is treated inside…
How U.S. diplomat suppressed and altered reports critical of Israel
New York Times: A top aide to Ambassador Mike Huckabee skewed information to portray the Netanyahu government in a favorable light, according…
Iran’s wartime hunt for protesters at home and abroad ushers in new era of repression
Reuters: On television and online, the cost of opposition plays endlessly on state media. A video confession. A re-enactment of a treasonous…
UK, Germany to launch new partnership to counter sabotage, cyberattacks
Reuters: New joint partnership will involve sharing information, and coordinating action to monitor, deter and disrupt threats to critical…
Quebec’s new premier will shake up immigration debate…
Brian Lilley: PSPP, as he is known in Quebec, wants to keep immigration numbers low. That’s not unusual in Quebec where they view controlling…
Trump threatens to ‘terminate’ top campaign advisers after revelation of work for pro-Russia Bosnia party
New York Post: President Trump threatened Wednesday to “terminate” two key advisers after they were revealed to have raked in “hundreds of…
Trump might order another Iran strike before midterms
The Atlantic: The White House has asked the Pentagon to develop strike options against Iranian targets that could be exercised ahead of the…
Google, Unity launch platform to create video games from prompts
Bloomberg: The initiative, called Playground, will “put game creation in the hands of millions of new creators, and bring new experiences to…
Russia says it found no ‘emergency’ in plague lab. Trump says ‘we don’t think’ Russian plague case is a bioweapon
New York Times: The Russian authorities said on Wednesday that a researcher at a Siberian anti-plague institute who died from a mysterious…
Former Taiwan President Tsai tells US audience of ‘sustained’ Chinese pressure
Reuters: “We face daily cyberattacks, cognitive warfare, information manipulation, economic coercion, and attempts to compromise our critical…
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