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US military developing plans to target Iran’s Strait of Hormuz defenses if ceasefire fails—AND MORE
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War and sanctions accelerate China’s currency push
New York Times: China’s bid to build a renminbi-based financial system beyond the U.S. dollar’s reach is gaining traction as a way to sidestep…
Pentagon fires ombudsman overseeing military newspaper after calling it ‘woke’
Washington Post: Stars and Stripes ombudsman Jacqueline Smith said the Defense Department dismissed her without giving a reason, according to…
Elon Musk’s online posts show him increasingly focused on race and Whiteness
Washington Post: The billionaire posted 850 times on the topic in recent months, almost triple the rate for the previous two years…
White House eases mandatory requirements for preserving presidential records
Washington Post: The White House quickly embraced a new records-preservation policy after the Justice Department deemed a presidential records…
After call from Beijing, China’s auto industry races to embed AI in just about everything
Reuters: China’s most recent five-year plan released earlier this year presented a blueprint for “AI Plus,” a national…
Meta to cut 10% of jobs to ‘offset’ Mark Zuckerberg’s AI spending
Financial Times: The $1.7tn social media group on Thursday told staff in a memo that it was laying off the staff in order to “run the company…
KPMG and EY demote partners in end of job-for-life model
Financial Times: KPMG and EY have removed members of their equity partnership — the senior practitioners who own the firm and share its…
Donald Trump and the remaking of America’s media order
Financial Times: As US president, Trump has mastered the show. Yet it is harder now to dismiss the outcome as spectacle. In just a decade, he…
Polish PM questions whether US is ‘loyal’ to Europe’s defence
Financial Times: Donald Tusk told the FT that Europe’s “biggest, most important question is if the United States is ready to be as loyal as it…
U.S. steps up crackdown on online scams directed from Southeast Asia
Wall Street Journal: Justice Department found Americans are being targeted by a new Hollywood-style law-enforcement impersonation scam…
Pentagon email floats suspending Spain from NATO, other steps over Iran rift, source says
Reuters: An internal Pentagon email outlines options for the United States to punish NATO allies it believes failed to support U.S.…
Unflattering secrets revealed so far in Elon Musk’s latest legal feud
Washington Post: Hundreds of court filings have revealed cringey texts, emails or private diary entries of Musk, Sam Altman, other OpenAI…
F.B.I. said to have investigated Times reporter after article on Patel’s girlfriend
New York Times: The bureau said it is not pursuing a case, but the scrutiny is an example of the Trump administration weighing whether to…
How a Chinese marketing network quietly injects political narratives into Taiwanese lifestyle content
Reporters Without Borders: A new investigation by Reporters Without Borders (RSF) reveals how certain Facebook pages posing as lifestyle hubs…
Trump reposts tirade against Chinese and Indian immigrants
New York Times: The president touched off a furor with his post sharing a podcast episode in which the host referred to China and India as…
Disapproval of Trump hits highest level of his second term
New York Times: Disapproval of President Trump has climbed to the highest level of his second term, according to The New York Times polling…
Ken Griffin pushes back after Mamdani features his $238 million penthouse in tax-the-rich video
Wall Street Journal: In an email sent midday Thursday to employees, which was reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Griffin’s chief operating…
Behind Meta’s huge layoffs is relentless shift toward AI
Wall Street Journal: It is all part of the tech company’s plans to become “AI native” and transform the way its teams and employees do their…
Iran war complicates contingency plans to defend Taiwan, some U.S. officials say
Wall Street Journal: The U.S. has burned through so many munitions in Iran that some administration officials increasingly assess that America…
Microsoft offers its first ever buyouts to shape workforce around AI push
Wall Street Journal: Roughly 7% of the company’s U.S. employees are eligible, according to a person familiar with the matter. To be eligible,…
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