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Trade court rules Trump’s 10% global tariff illegal
New York Times: In a split ruling, the Court of International Trade found that Mr. Trump had wrongly…
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The man trying to make Trump’s tariffs go on forever
Politico: One senior Republican lawmaker, granted anonymity to speak candidly, was taken aback by the fact Greer said he wanted the tariffs to…
Trump insists cease-fire with Iran holds despite exchange of fire—AND MORE
New York Times: President Trump insisted late Thursday that the cease-fire with Iran was holding, even after the United States said it had…
‘The biggest China dove in the administration’: Trump to test limits of dealmaking in Beijing
Politico: “The biggest China dove in the administration is the president. He’s always been focused on making deals with China. That’s just who…
OpenAI rolls out advanced AI cyber model to challenge Anthropic’s Mythos
Politico: GPT-5.5-Cyber scales up the latest model released by OpenAI two weeks ago and will only be available initially to vetted…
White House distances itself from tighter AI regulation
Politico: The White House is looking for “partnership” with companies rather than pursuing “government regulation,” a senior White House…
How Anthropic’s Mythos threw White House AI strategy into chaos
Wall Street Journal: The White House is weighing an executive order that could create a formal oversight process for the most-advanced models.…
Samsung workers demand bigger slice of surging AI profits
Financial Times: Two Samsung unions are demanding the company pay out 15 per cent of each division’s operating profits to workers, as well as…
Judge rules DOGE’s cuts to humanities grants were unconstitutional
Washington Post: U.S. District Judge Colleen McMahon said DOGE selected grants for termination last year in ways that violated the First…
U.S. intelligence says Iran can outlast Trump’s Hormuz blockade for months
Washington Post: The analysis by the U.S. intelligence community, whose secret assessments on Iran have often been more sober than the…
Shell reports nearly $7 billion profit amid ‘unprecedented disruption’
New York Times: The company, based in London, said Thursday that its adjusted profit soared to $6.92 billion in the first three months of the…
China exploited Home Office’s remote working policy to spy on the UK in first case of its kind
Telegraph: A Border Force official accessed a Home Office database on his days off to trawl through sensitive details for his Chinese handlers…
EU prepares for ‘potential’ talks with Vladimir Putin, says official
Financial Times: European Council president António Costa says bloc has Kyiv’s support for seeking to negotiate with Russian president…
IMF warns new AI models risk ‘systemic’ shock to finance
Financial Times: The latest AI models pose a risk of “correlated failures” that could affect the financial system on a “systemic” level, the…
Rosenberg: Russia’s Victory Day parade with no tanks a sign Ukraine war not going to plan
Steve Rosenberg/BBC: “Our tanks are busy right now,” Russian MP Yevgeny Popov tells me. “They are fighting. We need them…
Revealed: Russia’s top secret spy school teaching hacking and election meddling
The Guardian: The files, covering several years of activity up to 2025, include course syllabuses, exam records, staff contracts and the…
Trump shelved ‘Project Freedom’ after Saudis refused use of bases and airspace
The Guardian: Saudi Arabia refused to drop its objections despite a personal call between the crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, and Trump,…
Two men first in British history to be found guilty of spying for China
The Guardian: Chi Leung Wai and Chung Biu Yuen convicted over surveillance of dissidents in ‘shadow policing’ operation…
Thousands of vibe-coded apps expose corporate and personal data on open web
Wired: Security researcher Dor Zvi and his team at the cybersecurity firm he cofounded, RedAccess, analyzed thousands of vibe-coded web…
Inside MAGA influencer’s turn against right-wing machine
Washington Post: “There is no free thinking here,” she said in a TikTok video last month about the movement she joined when she was 19. “They…
Russia ramping up attempts to kill opponents in Europe, intelligence officials say
Associated Press: The officials said Russia’s security services are now more brazen in their choice of targets, going after Russian…
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