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  1. 11H AGO

    U.S. and Israel strike Iran while talks stall on nuclear deal

    U.S. and Israeli forces struck Iranian vessels and missile sites Monday even as President Trump said diplomatic talks were proceeding nicely—the core contradiction being that both sides have agreed on nearly everything except the nuclear question. The average American household will pay about $1,500 in tariff costs this year. Google made its newest AI model the default for 900 million users worldwide, and the WHO declared the Ebola outbreak in Congo a global health emergency.

    6 min

  2. 1D AGO

    Hungary ousts Orbán after 16 years, Ebola crosses 1,000 cases

    Péter Magyar's Tisza party won a landslide supermajority in Hungary's election, ending Viktor Orbán's 16-year grip on power and removing Russia's most reliable EU ally. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has surpassed 1,000 cases and reached Uganda's capital Kampala. Also: the Senate advances a war powers resolution on Iran, Cerebras raises nearly $6 billion in the year's biggest tech IPO, and the Michael Jackson biopic breaks box office records despite poor reviews.

    6 min

  3. 2D AGO

    Iran demands Strait tolls, Ebola cases triple, Russia deploys nukes to Belarus

    President Trump claims a broader Iran deal is largely negotiated, but Tehran is telling a different story—establishing a new authority to collect tolls on Strait of Hormuz passage while rebuilding its military. The Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo has nearly tripled to 750 suspected cases in one week and crossed into Uganda, with no vaccine available for this strain. Russia has physically delivered nuclear warheads to Belarus for the first time as the New START treaty expires.

    8 min

  4. 3D AGO

    Oil crisis deepens as stockpiles drain at record pace

    Global oil reserves are depleting faster than ever recorded after the Strait of Hormuz closure, pushing Brent crude past $105 a barrel and forcing the U.S. to drain its Strategic Petroleum Reserve at record rates. The Ebola outbreak prompts an unprecedented travel ban on green card holders from affected regions. SpaceX files for its IPO at a $2 trillion valuation, with Starlink revealed as the company's main revenue engine.

    8 min

  5. 4D AGO

    Trump-Xi summit on Taiwan, AI safety order scrapped

    President Trump wrapped a two-day summit in Beijing with Chinese leader Xi Jinping that produced $17 billion in annual agricultural trade commitments but left Taiwan's status deliberately unresolved. Trump also scrapped a planned executive order requiring federal AI safety reviews after Elon Musk and other tech leaders lobbied against it, citing competition with China. Plus Fed chair Kevin Warsh confirmed by the narrowest Senate vote ever, a former federal prosecutor charged with stealing a cla…

    8 min

  6. 5D AGO

    Trump suspends Iran strike as Senate breaks through on war powers

    President Trump halted a planned military operation against Iran after Gulf leaders said they were close to a diplomatic deal. Meanwhile, the Senate voted 50-47 to advance a war powers resolution for the first time, with Republican Senator Bill Cassidy breaking ranks. Also: a banking executive order that lets lenders treat deportation risk as a lending factor, Russia's largest nuclear drills on record, and natural hydrogen being produced beneath Ontario's ancient rocks.

    8 min

  7. 6D AGO

    House passes $2.3T tax bill by one vote, Meta cuts 14,000 jobs

    The House narrowly approved a sweeping tax and spending bill that would raise the child tax credit and increase the SALT deduction cap, adding $2.3 trillion to the national debt. Meta is laying off 14,000 workers while simultaneously raising AI spending to $145 billion, cutting headcount to pay for computing power. Plus the White House is expected to release an AI executive order requiring companies to share frontier models 90 days before public release, and Treasury yields hit their highest le…

    8 min

  8. MAY 19

    Musk loses OpenAI lawsuit on statute of limitations technicality

    A federal jury rejected Elon Musk's $180 billion lawsuit against OpenAI and Sam Altman on a procedural grounds — the claim was filed outside a three-year statute of limitations — without ruling on whether OpenAI actually betrayed its nonprofit mission. A federal judge also found the Justice Department engaged in systematic deception while seeking patient records from a Rhode Island hospital. Plus NextEra Energy's $67 billion acquisition of Dominion to secure data center power for AI, escalating…

    9 min
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