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Trump’s top general ‘looking for off-ramp’ from Iran war. Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan agree to NATO-style defense pact—AND MORE
CNN: “Caine is looking for an off ramp,” one of the sources said bluntly. Caine is not alone in his view that the war has…
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Argentina renews US$19 billion China currency swap, brushing off Washington’s pressure
SCMP: Buenos Aires locks in the yuan line until 2031, months after the US Treasury Department offered a rival facility…
DOGE’s claim of $110B in savings was vastly inflated and riddled with errors: GAO
ABC: A new review by the U.S. Government Accountability Office found the site’s claim of $110 billion in taxpayer savings was vastly inflated…
State Dept wants Palantir’s advice on free speech and “countering digital surveillance”
The Intercept: The Trump administration tapped a surveillance giant with a record of attacking the press to advise the State Department on…
Ex-Pentagon employee described seeing ‘translucent triangle’ fly overhead in 2023 UFO sighting
New York Post: The summary report adds that the UFO “looked like a perfect triangle … without any extra wings, fins, or any bubble for the…
Trump says he’ll bring ballroom fight to Supreme Court after lower court halts work
Washington Post: “Each President is a temporary tenant, not the owner, of the White House and its Executive Residence,” Judges Patricia A.…
US euro sale to prop up yen blindsided ECB
Financial Times: The lack of co-ordination highlights the unusual nature of the first joint Washington-Tokyo effort to boost the yen in almost…
U.S. intel links Russia to explosive drone at German airport
Wall Street Journal: An explosive-laden drone discovered at an airport in Germany this week likely belongs to the Russian government,…
OpenAI pauses some work on new AI model over cybersecurity concerns
Wall Street Journal: OpenAI is pausing some activities involving an upcoming artificial-intelligence model, Astra, after internal evaluations…
U.S. intel finds Putin could test NATO’s resolve with limited incursion
Wall Street Journal: Russian President Vladimir Putin could try to test NATO’s resolve with a limited assault on an allied country in the next…
Trump again tries to curb birthright citizenship and ‘birth tourism’ through executive action
CNN: He signed executive orders on the subject Thursday, which appear to largely tighten laws already in place and narrow recognized…
New Mexico judge orders Meta to pay $567 million into child mental health fund
CNN: Thursday’s ruling goes beyond monetary penalties, however. Among other actions, the judge said Meta must “Delete the accounts and all…
Trump admin to deregulate Head Start
New York Times: The Trump administration announced on Thursday that it would move forward with a plan to eliminate hundreds of federal…
Why people want job at European Commission — and why so many end up miserable
Politico: The Commission is one of Brussels’ most coveted employers. Inside, officials describe mounting pressure, bureaucracy and burnout…
‘Tone deaf’: GOP fears WH isn’t speaking to voters angst over Iran, gas prices
Politico: Regular messaging guidance the White House provided to Republicans at the start of the war has dwindled to almost no communication…
Pentagon policy chief can’t get invited to Beijing
Politico: Colby has been trying for months to wrangle a Chinese government invitation to visit the country, including asking Defense…
Leipzig drone incident fuels fears of Russian election meddling
Politico EU: “The state elections in Saxony-Anhalt and in eastern Germany are, of course, a major target of Russian influence, because these…
Russia targets Maga influencers ahead of German state vote
Financial Times: The tactic, which relies on English-language posts being spread on platforms including Elon Musk’s X, is intended to help…
Argentine company accuses US of meddling in Huawei project
Financial Times: CALF, a regional electric grid co-operative, said on Wednesday that a US embassy official in July asked one of its executives…
US federal judge halts order for Trump to turn over financial records to BBC
The Guardian: US district judge Roy Altman issued the temporary pause while he considers Trump’s request to revise and narrow parts of his…
Google shifts AI power back to Brin as DeepMind’s Hassabis steps aside
Financial Times: Google is shifting control of its AI effort from London back to Silicon Valley, in a sweeping leadership overhaul that…
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