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Chris Hohn’s hedge fund slashes $8bn Microsoft stake in warning over AI disruption
Financial Times: Sir Christopher Hohn’s hedge fund TCI has dumped almost all of its $8bn stake in US…
May 8, 2026
Ryan Cohen, GameStop’s rebel CEO
Financial Times: “If it’s not obvious already, I have such disdain for corporate America and [eBay] is a…
May 8, 2026
Immigrants giving up their cases and leaving U.S. in soaring numbers
Washington Post: People facing the prospect of prolonged ICE detention are increasingly abandoning their claims for humanitarian protection…
May 8, 2026
Justice Dept ramps up denaturalization push with 12 new cases
Washington Post: The announcement marked a significant escalation in the federal government’s efforts to strip citizenship from individuals,…
May 8, 2026
Feds propose ‘economic zones’ to fast-track approvals for major projects
National Post: “These zones would cover areas like transportation corridors, telecommunications networks, energy production and transmission, and industrial…
May 8, 2026
How Silicon Valley sold Washington an AI race
Transformer: AI companies have pushed the idea of a race with China. The story serves them — but…
May 8, 2026
Facing pressure, Trump officials reject claims they’re softening on immigration
New York Times: Immigration hard-liners have grown frustrated with the level of deportations and the Department of Homeland…
May 8, 2026
A.I populism is here. And no one is ready.
New York Times: In another sense, and in the meantime, A.I. represents perhaps the most personalized sales pitch…
May 8, 2026
Ottawa suggests letting cabinet green-light pipelines before technical assessments happen
The Globe and Mail: The idea of switching the order of the approval process by giving it first…
May 8, 2026
Meta’s embrace of A.I. making its employees miserable
New York Times: As it adapts to the artificial intelligence era, the company is pushing many of its…
May 8, 2026
China takes lessons from Iran war ahead of Trump-Xi summit
Politico: “China’s military is absolutely closely studying our operations against Iran to identify vulnerabilities they can exploit in…
May 8, 2026
U.F.O. files released by U.S. shed light on what govt knows
New York Times: On Friday, the Pentagon released what it called “new, never-before-seen” files related to unidentified flying…
May 8, 2026
Trump has signed off on ousting FDA chief, senior official says
CNN: The decision follows mounting criticism from both Trump aides and outside allies over Makary’s management of the…
May 8, 2026
Anthony Scaramucci: My Wall Street buddies regret voting for Trump
Bloomberg: The former Trump aide talks about midterms, MAGA’s grip on the GOP, and what he got wrong…
May 8, 2026
Ex-NATO chief Rasmussen warns of ‘disintegration’ of alliance, calls for new European defense bloc
Politico: “What we are witnessing right now is the disintegration of NATO, and that is dangerous,” Rasmussen told…
May 8, 2026
White House’s ‘lack of organization’ has AI lobbyists fretting
Politico: The Trump administration has sent mixed signals about how tough it intends to be in vetting powerful…
May 8, 2026
Trump sons back $1bn vehicle targeting sectors championed by US president
Financial Times: Palm Beach, Florida-based American Ventures has set up dozens of entities over the past 10 months…
May 8, 2026
How Republicans pulling ahead in redistricting war affects midterms
CNN: That doesn’t mean it’ll be enough to save the GOP’s House majority in 2026, and the impact…
May 8, 2026
Adam Zivo: Desperately seeking energized Conservative revival
Adam Zivo/National Post: The conference is smaller and more muted than its predecessors: the main auditorium is half…
May 8, 2026
Accidental statesman: How Trump saved free trade, European democracy and free world
Andrew Coyne/The Globe and Mail: Well, it’s easy to be a critic. Missing from these jeremiads has been…
May 8, 2026