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Tehran strikes Gulf neighbors after US attack on Iranian military sites. Top Iranian official says peace talks are at deadlock—AND MORE
CNN: US forces intercepted missiles and drones launched by Iran toward the Strait of Hormuz and the Gulf region as sirens were activated in Kuwait…
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Trump issued pardon to former Republican congressman convicted of insider trading
Associated Press: A letter signed by more than 40 former Republicans in Congress said Buyer was “targeted by the deep state” because of his…
Trump-run Kennedy Center took $2mn from ‘fake CIA operative’, lawsuit alleges
Financial Times: Donation by alleged conman follows accusations of cronyism and corruption at Washington’s top performing arts centre…
Taiwan’s top diplomat opens up about Trump’s maneuvering
Politico Europe: In a new interview, the self-governing island’s top diplomat to the United States says he isn’t worried about being “traded…
Top Goldman Sachs lawyer Kathy Ruemmler to remain with bank despite Epstein ties
Financial Times: David Solomon, Goldman’s chief executive, asked Ruemmler to remain as an adviser to clients, said people briefed on the…
Trump urges ‘less shackled’ Pulte to fire intelligence-community employees
Wall Street Journal: In an interview with The Wall Street Journal on Friday, Trump said he has privately told Pulte that he believes the…
Putin rejects Zelenskyy’s offer to meet and reaffirms Ukraine war aims
The Guardian: Russian president describes Ukrainian counterpart’s letter as rude and says he sees no point in face-to-face talks…
Trump admin puts in writing to courts that $1.8B ‘anti-weaponization’ fund is dead
CNN: The Justice Department told two federal judges on Friday that cases challenging President Donald Trump’s “anti-weaponization fund” are…
Mexico starting to push back against Trump’s pressure campaign
Wall Street Journal: “An event of this magnitude is unprecedented in the history of our bilateral relationship,” Sheinbaum said. “Mexico is…
Google to pay SpaceX $920 million a month for compute capacity at xAI data centers
CNBC: Days before a planned IPO that’s expected to raise record sums of cash, SpaceX has inked a deal with Google that will bring in $920…
‘60 Minutes’ stars will stay because they don’t want show to ‘die’
New York Times: Lesley Stahl, Bill Whitaker and Jon Wertheim said on Friday in an email to the show’s staff that they had reached the decision…
US journalist pleads guilty to working as China’s agent
BBC: Thomas Weir Pauken II, 50, “admitted to being part of a conspiracy to obtain sensitive information from the US government” for China, US…
One year on, Italy still waiting for answers from Paragon over spyware scandal
Wired: In 2025, Graphite spyware was detected on the phones of Italian journalists and activists. Prosecutors have not yet received answers…
AI upending one of Finance’s cushiest jobs
Bloomberg: Wealth managers, who can make upwards of $500,000, are confronting a chatbot reckoning. …A growing share of people say they trust…
Trump says US may take equity stakes in AI companies
Financial Times: The US may take equity stakes in AI companies such as OpenAI so that “American people can benefit”, Donald Trump said, as a…
Patel said to have fired five F.B.I. analysts over memo on Catholic extremists
New York Times: The Trump administration on Friday fired five F.B.I. employees tied to a 2023 internal intelligence document that…
From cow-milking robots to weed-zapping lasers, farmers embracing A.I.
New York Times: …The equipment is expensive, and learning to use it takes time. It also requires accepting that day-to-day life is going to…
Trump lawyers refuse to reveal financial information to BBC in defamation case
The Guardian: The US president’s lawyers accused the BBC of a “fishing expedition”, according to court filings, after the broadcaster’s…
Ex-CIA official accused of stashing $40m in gold bars is ‘master manipulator’, prosecutors say
BBC: At a hearing in Virginia on Friday, government lawyers said Rush “cannot be trusted” and was “fully willing and able to skirt the rules”,…
Palantir wins £9M contract to run UK firearms licensing: CIA-backed biz to hold gun, bomb, and poison records
The Register: The US spy-tech biz will also handle Home Office licensing for explosives, explosive precursors, and poisons. The contract…
Meet SpaceX employees who are about to become overnight millionaires
Wall Street Journal: Many current and former staffers have stakes valued at millions of dollars and will be able to tap them more easily after…
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