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Trump says Iran has agreed to suspend nuclear program indefinitely as Strait of Hormuz declared ‘completely open.’ Optimism and confusion—AND MORE
New York Times: Iran’s foreign minister said on Friday that the Strait of Hormuz was “completely open” for…
April 18, 2026
Agencies in talks with Trump, family to resolve $10B lawsuit over tax leaks
Washington Post: Trump has suggested that he would donate any funds received as part of restitution in cases…
April 17, 2026
Embassy cables detail how Iran war hurting US abroad
Politico: The cables, dated Wednesday, described the fallout of the war for America’s standing in three countries in…
April 17, 2026
Carney’s $1 trillion investment in Canada by 2030 relies on U.S. trade deal renewal this summer
The Hub: Business leaders and economists are stressing the vital importance of the continuity of CUSMA for investment…
April 17, 2026
Trump plans to ease access to psychedelics like psilocybin, ibogaine
Washington Post: The president will direct federal agencies to boost research into the drugs and support clinical trials,…
April 17, 2026
Anthropic and Trump: Is a truce near?
Politico: The Trump administration is publicly dialing back the heat in its standoff with the artificial intelligence developer…
April 17, 2026
Anthropic chief Dario Amodei: ‘I don’t want AI turned on our own people’
Financial Times: The tech entrepreneur on Claude Mythos, repercussions from the Pentagon dispute — and his message for…
April 17, 2026
The FBI director is MIA
The Atlantic: Kash Patel has alarmed colleagues with episodes of excessive drinking and unexplained absences…
April 17, 2026
Use of foreign applications and software in professional context constitutes risk, warns France’s intelligence service DGSI
France Info: In a document that France Info was able to consult, the General Directorate for Internal Security…
April 17, 2026
How big tech wrote secrecy into EU law to hide data centres’ environmental toll
EU Observer: With the EU set to triple its data centre capacity in the next five years, the…
April 17, 2026
Milei’s radical new order running into Argentina’s old problems
Wall Street Journal: Rising unemployment, court battles and corruption allegations threaten to derail the president’s economic-shock therapy…
April 17, 2026
U.S. intelligence detects signs China is weighing giving Iran advance radar systems
CBS: It remains unclear whether China ultimately moved forward with the transfer but the assessment underscores Washington’s concern…
April 17, 2026
Trump extends sanctions exemption on some Russian oil as high gas prices persist
New York Times: Just two days after Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said the United States would not extend…
April 17, 2026
Starmer rejects calls to resign over Mandelson appointment as pressure builds
Associated Press: Starmer says he was not informed that the Foreign Office had overruled the recommendation of security…
April 17, 2026
Republican nerves fraying ahead of midterm elections
Wall Street Journal: Republican officials are sounding the alarm and urging significant changes ahead of November’s midterm elections,…
April 17, 2026
Europe shouldn’t ‘move fast and break things’ with fundamental rights
EDRI: The Digital Omnibus proposals, presented as “simplification,” risk weakening essential safeguards in the GDPR, the ePrivacy Directive,…
April 17, 2026
One million damage claims highlight cost of Israel’s years of war
Bloomberg: Israel’s compensation fund is older than the state itself. In an era of permanent conflict, it’s busier…
April 17, 2026
Anthropic in talks to give US govt access to its Mythos model, CEO visits WH over hacking fears
Financial Times: Anthropic is in discussions with the US government about granting access to its new Mythos model…
April 17, 2026
Finland joins US initiative against China
YLE: Yesterday, Thursday, Finland joined the United States’ Pax Silica initiative, through which Western countries are trying to…
April 17, 2026
AI finding more bugs than open-source teams can fight off
Bloomberg: Anthropic’s Mythos and similar AI tools can identify threats and vulnerabilities faster than small teams can fix…
April 17, 2026