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Iran eyes military targets in Europe if Trump escalates war, insiders say. U.S. Navy helping get oil through Hormuz—AND MORE
Financial Times: Two regime insiders told the FT that Iranian forces have assessed striking US assets in south-eastern European countries such as Bulgaria, which last…
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Hidden debt that Apple owes to CIA
Wall Street Journal: Without CIA funding that helped keep NeXT afloat in the ’80s, Steve Jobs might not have made a triumphant return to…
‘It’s bonkers’: Jennifer Hegseth’s hands-on role in her husband’s Pentagon
New York Times: Mrs. Hegseth was for years Mr. Hegseth’s producer at Fox News as he built a broadcast career. Now, seven years into their…
Pentagon orders Harvard to audit foreign academic, financial partnerships
The Harvard Crimson: The Defense Department wrote in a press release that the audit is aimed at protecting government-funded research from…
Most Americans believe Trump has inappropriately profited since returning to power: Poll
Reuters: The four-day poll, completed on Monday, found that half of Trump’s own Republicans believe the president allows considerations for…
FTC warns retailers on using private consumer data to raise prices
Wall Street Journal: Merchants have become increasingly skilled at using consumers’ personal data, including their online shopping habits and…
U.S. debt hits $40 trillion as America’s borrowing binge continues
New York Times: This year alone, the United States is on track to borrow more than $2 trillion to help pay for its obligations, including…
China’s arctic Silk Road is now reality — and US cannot do much about it
EuroAsia and the World: China did not gain the Arctic because the ice melted, nor because it belongs there. It gained access because it made…
Former Fauci aide admits hiding emails to thwart pandemic inquiry
Washington Post: David M. Morens — who worked under Fauci from 2006 to 2022 — pleaded guilty to one count of conspiring to defraud the United…
Scientists scramble for private cash in response to fresh funding turbulence
Wall Street Journal: University researchers are navigating more turbulence in federal funding. After last year’s cuts and disruptions, new…
Inside big tech’s frantic race to quell growing backlash to AI
Wall Street Journal: Tech companies are holding listening sessions, offering guaranteed jobs and writing big checks to win public support for…
Meta rejects claims it sought to hook children to Facebook, Instagram as landmark trial begins
Reuters: Megan O’Neill, a deputy attorney general for California, told the eight-person jury that Meta’s business model was to “hook the…
ICE bars its workers from wearing Meta’s smart glasses on job
New York Times: In a memo about the policy on Tuesday, ICE said it considered the glasses, which can discreetly record video and audio, as a…
Trump fired watchdogs. Their replacements have different mission.
New York Times: President Trump is installing his allies in the offices of inspector general, which are meant to provide independent…
Threatening friends and courting enemies in Trump’s ‘upside-down world’
New York Times: The president’s hostility to allies like Oman, Canada and South Korea, and his affection for adversaries like North Korea, may…
Meet Natalie Harp, the aide so close to Trump she once rode in SUV trunk to accompany him
CNN: A former right-wing television host, who began working for Trump after crediting him with saving her life, Harp has become a main conduit…
Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC
CNN: The administration “has waged a retaliatory campaign against ABC for a single reason: it disapproves of what ABC broadcasts,” the lawsuit…
Ukraine’s ousted defense minister calls for wartime elections in bombshell address
CNN: Fedorov’s call, delivered in a video address posted on YouTube, is the first such demand by a major Ukrainian political figure since…
Trump ballroom official held quiet Kremlin talks
Financial Times: An enthusiast for Russian culture, Cook presented his trip as a “cultural visit” where he showed photographs of his “dacha”…
Pentagon weighing smaller U.S. military presence in Gulf once Iran war ends
Washington Post: One of the key areas the Defense Department is assessing is whether to pull back troops from the Persian Gulf, where…
Trump says no talks taking place. Iran lost control of Hormuz?—AND MORE
CNN: US President Donald Trump said no talks are underway or scheduled with Iran, just one day after saying his administration had established…
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