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RFK Jr. targeting decades-old loophole allowing chemicals in food supply
Washington Post: The practice known as “generally recognized as safe” (GRAS) allows companies to self-certify the safety of…
August 10, 2026
GOP lawmakers release Fauci texts discussing covid vaccine and pregnancy
Washington Post: In one message, according to screenshots the senators released, Fauci wrote: “Since many people have significant…
August 10, 2026
Trump media group racks up losses and pushes into nuclear fusion
Financial Times: Trump Media & Technology Group reported a loss of $238mn, $1.7mn in revenue and total assets…
August 10, 2026
Google’s AI team tells job seekers its HR filters are unreliable
Bloomberg: Google DeepMind’s AGI Safety and Alignment Team, which seeks to mitigate the risks of advanced AI, is…
August 10, 2026
Mark Zuckerberg attacks ‘closed’ AI rivals as Meta returns to open models
Financial Times: The $1.5tn company on Monday released the underlying parameters of Muse Glimmer, a new “open” AI…
August 10, 2026
OpenAI’s head of ethics leaves start-up less than one year after joining
Financial Times: OpenAI’s head of ethics has left the start-up less than a year after joining, following a…
August 10, 2026
China bypasses shipping chokepoints with ‘Ice Silk Road’ through Arctic
Financial Times: Sea Legend, a Chinese container shipping company focusing on the Turkish and North African markets, will…
August 10, 2026
Hopes for Hormuz deal fade as Trump demands Iranian reparations. Iran shakes up military leadership—AND MORE
Reuters: Trump’s proposal, which had not been raised before, was a response to Tehran’s demands for compensation and…
August 10, 2026
How counterintelligence inquiry into Trump’s Russia ties was derailed
New York Times: There is little new of substance in the documents, and nothing that fundamentally undercuts the…
August 10, 2026
US backs Australian rare earth miner to cut out China
Financial Times: Donald Trump’s administration has provided a major funding boost to Australia’s hopes of unlocking non-Chinese supplies…
August 9, 2026
Spy cameras on Navy drones secretly sent data to China
Telegraph: The cameras on the K3 Scout surveillance drones had components made in China which were secretly transmitting…
August 9, 2026
Inside school investigations frozen under Trump: Racial slurs, sexual harassment and more
Washington Post: The Education Department was in talks with dozens of districts at the end of the Biden…
August 9, 2026
America’s new oligarchy
Financial Times: “Now the tycoons are taking to being in government themselves,” says Ro Khanna, a Democratic member…
August 9, 2026
Israel rejects Trump’s Gaza peace plan, saying no withdrawal until Hamas disarms
CNN: But in his first remarks directly addressing the plan, Netanyahu said: “I want to be precise here:…
August 9, 2026
How drone ‘hellscape’ might stop Chinese invasion of Taiwan
New York Times: The goal is to use them to help locate and attack Chinese forces approaching the…
August 9, 2026
Trump: “We are low keying it” with Iran—AND MORE
Axios: “We are low keying it,” Trump said during a brief phone call. He stressed that Iran “is…
August 9, 2026
Revealed: British PM Burnham adviser’s ‘irresponsible’ China links
Telegraph: Aide co-founded think tank with ex-Xinhua employee whose state media background was wiped from internet before launch…
August 8, 2026
Greenland issues ‘strong warning’ as Trump-linked oil firm prepares to drill
The Guardian: An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland…
August 8, 2026
‘Is she even allowed to be doing this?’: Inside federal judge’s side gig running PR firm
Politico: Jennifer Mascott, a former conservative law professor who sits on the 3rd Circuit Court of Appeals, was…
August 8, 2026
He had tenure. The New School laid him off anyway.
New York Times: Professor Sanjay Reddy had been bluntly critical for years about how his university, the New…
August 8, 2026