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Inside Bessent’s treasury: Tension, turnover and unmet economic goals
Wall Street Journal: Bessent’s behavior was a factor—and sometimes the most-important one—in the departure of multiple key officials,…
October 6, 2026
OpenAI releases findings on 377 math problems, further roiling field
New York Times: For 10 of the solutions, the company also provided summaries of how the A.I. model…
October 6, 2026
Ex-C.I.A. officer who stashed gold bars admits to far larger $145 million scam
New York Times: A former C.I.A. officer who the authorities say stashed hundreds of gold bars in his…
October 6, 2026
Rubio urges Russia to share more information on plague lab worker’s death as U.S. prepares formal request
BBC: “I think it’s incumbent upon Russia to obviously share more information with the world,” Rubio told reporters.…
October 6, 2026
Vance says Iran must cut enrichment to end war
Reuters: Speaking on Monday after a campaign trip in Alaska, Vance said any agreement would require Iran to…
October 6, 2026
Emails show how ICE trimmed training for deputized officers
Washington Post: Police officers helping ICE arrest unauthorized immigrants were given a shortened training course that scaled back…
October 6, 2026
Beijing’s policy advisers map out how post-reunification Taiwan could be governed
SCMP: Rather than setting out a single fixed model, scholars involved in those studies told the SCMP there…
October 6, 2026
Justice Dept. turns to partisans and conspiracists to fill depleted ranks
New York Times: Since early 2025, upward of 300 nonpolitical career employees, representing decades of experience, have left…
October 6, 2026
Amid midterm crunch, Trump advisers took time to help Russia-aligned govt
New York Times: James Blair and Chris LaCivita, who are leading the president’s congressional campaign operation, traveled to…
October 6, 2026
Former German spy chief arrested for espionage and treason
BBC: Hanning headed the Federal Intelligence Service (BND) from 1998 to 2005 and has since been working as…
October 6, 2026
‘US has deliberately become a lonelier power’: Indian EAM Jaishankar
Times of India: “No one in the room would disagree with the fact that the landscape today is…
October 6, 2026
AI safety groups aren’t buying OpenAI’s spending retreat
Politico: “I won’t believe that they are actually changing their strategy, or their goals I should say, unless…
October 6, 2026
‘Clearly not working’: Sam Altman hits AI industry over political spending
Politico: In a wide-ranging interview, the OpenAI CEO criticized the flood of AI dollars swamping the midterm elections…
October 6, 2026
Germany and France proposing new weapon to counter flood of Chinese goods
Wall Street Journal: The countries, ahead of a European Union leaders’ summit next week, are proposing that the…
October 5, 2026
White House blocks Politico from Air Force One trip, cannot secure replacement
Washington Post: President Donald Trump’s Air Force One trip Monday will not have a primary print outlet responsible…
October 5, 2026
U.S. officials seeking details of reported Russian plague death, quarantines
Washington Post: The Trump administration is closely tracking reports of a death potentially related to pneumonic plague in…
October 5, 2026
Facing backlash, Trump says his Super PAC will pay for taxpayer-funded ads
New York Times: President Trump reversed course on Monday and announced that his super PAC would now pay…
October 5, 2026
Potential Iranian drone attack led to exit of U.S. aircraft from British air base
New York Times: The suspected attack was part of a complex, multipronged Iranian plot to strike aircraft and…
October 5, 2026
Accenture contractor removed from FBI following damaging data breach, sources say
Reuters: In a statement to Reuters, a senior FBI official confirmed that an unidentified contractor had failed to…
October 5, 2026
‘Super unprecedented’: How Parti Québécois could win majority with less than third of vote
National Post: “If they get 30 per cent of the votes, even with a minority government, that would…
October 5, 2026