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Behind the Curtain: Global AI wars
Axios | Jim VandeHei,Mike Allen | 06/24/26

The Five Eyes intelligence alliance issued a rare joint warning this week that frontier AI capable of crippling governments and businesses is close. The fast rise of Chinese and Japanese models helps explain the urgency and fear, officials tell us.

Why it matters: Yes, Anthropic's Mythos model is the most cyber-lethal threat in the world. But OpenAI is close here in America. And China and Japan, using much cheaper models, have gotten closer, faster than intelligence agencies anticipated.

"The timeline is not years, it is months," Five Eyes warned.

Five Eyes, composed of the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia and New Zealand, is considered the world's most comprehensive and powerful spy network.

Three new disruptions show just how fast it's happening: ... Read more

Europe braces for Trump's wrath
Axios | Mike Zapler | 06/24/26

What looked like a typical round of President Trump insulting European leaders last weekend could turn into a wholesale reordering of the trans-Atlantic relationship.

Why it matters: Administration officials are pointing to Europe's reluctance to get involved in Iran to question why the U.S. should continue underwriting its defense.

Against that backdrop, NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte is due in Washington tomorrow for what may be the alliance's most consequential encounter with Trump since his return to office.

Zoom in: In the course of a few days late last week, Trump and his top officials rattled some of America's closest allies.

1. Trump said Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni "begged" him to take a picture with her at the G7. Meloni, once one of Trump's closest allies, said his claim was "completely fabricated," sparking a nasty social media war of words between them.
2. He broke the news of U.K. Prime Minister Keir Starmer's resignation before he could do it himself - a move British journalist Robert Peston called "extreme, even by his standards."
3. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth vowed in a speech to NATO defense ministers that the U.S. would conduct a six-month survey to determine which European countries aren't paying their fair share. The U.S. will cut its military presence in those places.

At the same time, Trump lavished praise on strongmen like China's Xi Jinping ("a very smart man"), India's Narendra Modi ("a great leader") and Russia's Vladimir Putin (who he said shouldn't have been kicked out of the G8) in an interview with Marc Caputo for "The Axios Show." ... Read more

'No one wants to talk about Iran': White House hopes to pivot back to economy
Politico | Alex Gangitano | 06/23/26

Inside the White House, the plan is to move on from the war in Iran and focus on the domestic issues that polls show matter most to voters. It’s proving hard to do.

The Iranians and the administration are offering conflicting accounts of what has been agreed to in the latest peace deal, undermining the effort to sell the proposed agreement as an American victory. Israeli troops on Tuesday fatally shot two people in Lebanon, threatening the fragile ceasefire. Conservative criticism of the deal abounds in the Wall Street Journal, on Fox News and throughout social media. ... Read more

Inside "Regime Change," by Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan: How Trump has changed
Axios | Mike Allen | 06/23/26

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan tell me these are the top two themes of their book on President Trump's second term, "Regime Change," out Tuesday:

His greater willingness to use power in his second term — like no other president, period.

How four years out of office built up his determination to project that power globally.

The latest: In the duo's first live interview about "Regime Change," Haberman said Monday night on Lawrence O'Donnell's "The Last Word" on MS NOW that people got used to Term 1: Trump didn't really know his government, and he was surrounded by aides who saw his behavior as dangerous.

"There's none of that now," Haberman said. ... ... ... Read more

After $86 billion IPO, SpaceX to borrow $20 billion
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Axios | Matt Phillips | 06/23/26

After just recently securing $86 billion in a record IPO, Elon Musk's SpaceX plans to raise at least $20 billion more by selling bonds.

Why it matters: SpaceX's public offering earlier this month spotlighted the importance of the stock market to the AI boom. But giant tech companies are also leaning heavily on the corporate bond market to source cash for AI investment.

Last week, JPMorgan corporate bond analysts noted that data center–related debt was "the single largest driver of near-record debt issuance to start the year."

"We are not yet at the midpoint of the year and the hyperscalers, data centers and semiconductor financings total $165 billion or already $27 billion more than what was done in the full-year 2025," they wrote. ... ... ... Read more

Britain's lost decade
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Axios | Zachary Basu | 06/23/26

On June 23, 2016, the Brexit referendum unleashed a populist tide that rewrote the rules of Western politics.

Ten years later, a diminished and fractured United Kingdom is preparing for its seventh prime minister - still haunted by the future it was promised.

Why it matters: Keir Starmer was elected as a competent, level-headed antidote to 14 years of Conservative rule - a period consumed by austerity, ideological warfare and the chaos of leaving the European Union.

His resignation on Monday, less than two years after a historic Labour landslide, reveals Britain's chronic instability has outgrown partisan explanation. ...

Instead, a succession of Conservative prime ministers plunged the country into deeper dysfunction: Theresa May was broken by the Brexit negotiations, Boris Johnson by scandal, Liz Truss by market panic, and Rishi Sunak by electoral humiliation.

Today, Britain remains marooned in a low-growth cycle - saddled with trade friction, high prices, strained public services and a hyper-sensitive electorate that tolerates virtually no political failure. ... Read more

Trump's messy path to peace
Axios | Ben Berkowitz,Barak Ravid | 06/22/26

Last Wednesday, the U.S. and Iran signed a deal to end the war.

Since then, Iran said it was closing the Strait of Hormuz again (though it didn't in practice, per U.S. officials), Israel intermittently bombed Lebanon and President Trump threatened to seize and toll the strait, kill Iran's peace negotiators, and send Syria in to fight Hezbollah.

Why it matters: A week after the cease-fire deal was announced, both the U.S. and Iran are pushing it to the limit.

At the same time, the two sides are meeting in Switzerland to hammer out a longer-term nuclear agreement - a sign that both sides remain engaged despite significant differences. ... Read more

El Nino is back with a vengeance - and fears of 'Godzilla' strength may be the least of our worries
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TheGuardian | Ajit Niranjan | 05/21/26

UN's World Food Programme and agriculture agency issue joint appeal for funds to avert global hunger crisis before it happens

Adugna Woyessa was a little boy the first time drought tore his country apart. As harvests failed in rain-starved regions of Ethiopia in the early 1970s, and his school turned a classroom into a grain store for farmers to send aid, he had no idea that scientists were beginning to connect the force parching its fields with cyclical shifts in trade winds that had long supercharged violent weather from South America to Australia.

The now notorious El Nino - Spanish for "little boy" - was named by fishers in the Pacific in the 1800s, but it was not until the 1970s that scientists understood its global nature and began to piece together the historical impact of the natural weather pattern characterised by hot years and brutal extremes.

The 1972-73 El Nino warmed Peruvian waters to levels that collapsed the world's largest anchovy fishery - prompting scientists to conduct the first forecast of its state the following year - and brought harsh drought to south Asia, the Sahel and parts of east Africa ahead of an oil crisis that deepened global hunger. In Ethiopia, protests against the emperor's handling of the famine helped a military coup that ushered in a communist dictatorship.

"El Nino is one of the most challenging climate phenomena," said Woyessa, who grew up to become an epidemiologist at the Ethiopian Public Health Institute and has studied its effects on malaria epidemics. "Nutrition is everything for your capacity to withstand the challenges of its negative impacts on human health." ... Read more

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Google and the World Brain | Best Documentary | 06/18/26 | 1:29:02

Trump's all-powerful "Great Man" theory
Axios | Zachary Basu,Marc Caputo | 06/19/26

President Trump declared on "The Axios Show" on Thursday that he's discovered "no limits" to his power since going to war with Iran.

A forthcoming book reveals he's been entertaining an even grander idea: that he may be the most powerful man in history.

Why it matters: Trump is no longer merely testing the limits of the presidency. He's describing power in world-historical terms - placing himself in the lineage of conquerors, dictators and strongmen who bent nations to their will.

In a wide-ranging, soon-to-be-released 45-minute interview with Axios' Marc Caputo, Trump repeatedly measured power by submission: G7 leaders believed him when he joked "I'm the boss," he said, while Israel has "a lot of respect for me" and will "do as I say." ... Read more

Warsh's Fed Flips From Cuts to a Hike Despite Trump | Steve Rattner on Morning Joe | 06/19/26 | 7:49

U.S. claims Israel-Hezbollah ceasefire back on
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Two U.S. officials told Axios on Friday that Israel and Hezbollah had agreed to a renewed ceasefire in Lebanon, but clashes continued even after it was supposed to be in effect.

Hezbollah sources told Reuters the group would observe the ceasefire, but a spokesperson for Israel's military declined to confirm its participation.

Why it matters: The continued fighting between Israel and Hezbollah led to the postponement of U.S.-Iran talks planned for Friday. U.S. officials hope the talks can now be launched.

The conflict has displaced more than one million people and Israel is still occupying a swath of southern Lebanon.

The U.S.-Iran deal includes a ceasefire in Lebanon, but Israeli officials have raised doubts about their commitment to any such truce. Political allies of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have openly attacked the deal. ... Read more

Inside the White House's AI power center
Axios | Maria Curi | 06/18/26

Like its AI policy, the Trump administration's AI team is taking shape on the fly.

Why it matters: Departures among key White House officials, combined with rapid advances in technology, are shaking up who's taking the lead on AI policy in the administration.

The big picture: Silicon Valley figures David Sacks and Sriram Krishnan have served as key architects of the administration's AI agenda. But with Sacks stepping back from day-to-day involvement and Krishnan preparing to leave, influence is shifting inside the White House to a broader group of officials and aides.

Here's who's running the show - for now.

1. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick
2. Chris Fall at Commerce's Center for AI Standards
3. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent
4. National Economic Council's Ryan Baasch
5. National Cyber Director Sean Cairncross

Arizona emerges as test case for AI's energy and water crunch
Axios | Amy Harder | 06/18/26

PHOENIX - This desert region has become a bellwether for the nation's data center growth as the tech sector grapples with rising temperatures and scarce resources.

Why it matters: Arizona is an extreme microcosm of the challenges the AI boom is running into across the country as tech companies race to build data centers demanding massive amounts of power and testing local water supplies.

"What took our utilities 100+ years to build, we need to double that within the next four to five years to keep up with demand," said Kevin Thompson, who serves on the Arizona Corporation Commission, a powerful utility regulator whose members are elected statewide.

'AWFUL': Trump's Iran deal sparks widespread criticism | MSNow | 06/18/26 | 9:32

JD Vance Instantly THROWN UNDER BUS as GOP PLOT his OUSTER!!!! | MeidasTouch | 06/18/26 | 16:17

SpaceX soars above Amazon in market cap
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Axios | Matt Phillips | 06/17/26

SpaceX jumped another 4.8% Tuesday, enabling Elon Musk's space launch/satellite services/AI/social media conglomerate to leapfrog Amazon.com in market value.

1. In just its first two full days of trading, SpaceX has added roughly $537 billion to push its market value to $2.659 trillion, according to FactSet data.
2. That puts it ahead of Amazon.com, which was valued at $2.646 trillion at Tuesday's close.

Why Stocks and Profits Keep Soaring While Real Wages Fall Behind
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Why Stocks and Profits Keep Soaring While Real Wages Fall Behind | Steve Rattner | 06/16/26 | 8:48

The Fed Will CRUSH Jobs (On Purpose) | Finance Bureau | 06/16/26 | 16:27

"Regime Change" scoop: The night Murdoch was quizzed on Vance vs. Rubio
Axios | Mike Allen | 06/17/26

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An explosion of AI deepfakes is redefining American elections
Amazon | Andrew Solender | 06/16/26

Campaign ads featuring AI-generated clips and images once sounded like a laughable concept. Now they're everywhere, with attack ads that place candidates in a wide variety of compromising - and fictitious - situations.

Why it matters: This largely unregulated practice is warping the unspoken norms of political campaigns and blurring the line between truth and fiction.

1. Some campaigns voluntarily disclose this AI use, but it's not required.
2. Democrats want to change that if they retake control of Congress in November.

Driving the news: The latest spot to push the envelope is an attack ad against Texas Democratic Senate nominee James Talarico from a President Trump-aligned group called Citizens for Sanity. ... Read more

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All eyes on Warsh at new Fed chairman's first policy meeting
Axios | Neil Irwin | 06/15/26

As Kevin Warsh leads his first policy meeting as Federal Reserve chairman this week, he is not getting the luxury of starting the job in "easy" mode.

The big picture: He faces a renewed surge of inflation, a restive wing of monetary hawks on the policy committee and big questions around how he will operationalize the major changes he advocates in how the Fed works.

Even if the policy outcome — no change to rates - looks preordained, the messaging would be tricky in any circumstance. ... Read more

Fox enters new era with Roku deal
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Axios | Sara Fischer | 06/16/26

Fox's $22 billion deal to buy Roku marks a turning point in the streaming wars and a new era for the Murdoch media empire.

Why it matters: Streaming is no longer a paid subscriber race, but rather an opportunity for entertainment giants to accelerate other parts of their businesses where they have a competitive edge against Netflix.

1. For Apple, Amazon, Disney and Comcast/NBCUniversal, that means selling devices, e-commerce subscriptions, parks/movie tickets and broadband, respectively.
2. For Fox, it means bringing more eyeballs to its live programming and selling more digital TV ads.

How it works: The merger would make Fox the owner of the top digital TV operating system in the U.S. ... Read more

How SpaceX's arrival impacts the stock market
Axios | Emily Peck | 06/15/26

The markets are starting the week in their trillion-dollar IPO era, now that SpaceX shares are trading.

Why it matters: Think of Elon Musk's company like a pebble, a big one, thrown into a giant lake of equity - there will be ripples through the public and private markets, and they'll be rippling for a while.

"Any large IPO has a gravitational pull to them, so they can have sizable effects on the public markets, on private markets and sectors," Aaron Mulvihill, a strategist at JPMorgan Asset Management, tells Axios.

State of play: Those impacts take time. SpaceX made only a small slice of its shares available to the market - around 5%.

In a typical IPO, a company will offer up about 10%-20% of its shares as its float, Mulvihill says. ... ... ... Read more

Trump declares D.C.'s July 4th celebration a "TRUMP RALLY"
Axios | Avery Lotz | 06/15/26

President Trump is billing Washington D.C.'s July 4 celebration of 250 years of American independence as a political rally for himself.

Why it matters: Turning America's birthday into a Trump rally underscores the tension in the nation's capital between bipartisan celebrations of U.S history and the partisan spectacle of Trump's presidency.

Driving the news: The morning after a UFC bash on White House grounds that coincided with his 80th birthday, Trump announced on Truth Social that "at The Lincoln Memorial and Washington Monument, in beautiful and safe Washington D.C., we are going to host the most spectacular TRUMP RALLY of them all" on July 4.

He pitched his speech as remarks "you will not want to miss" to be followed by a display of pyrotechnics he wants to be "the LARGEST FIREWORKS SHOW IN HISTORY." ... ... ... Read more

Boris Epshteyn: Trump's "psychiatrist" and counsel
Axios | Marc Caputo,Alex Isenstadt | 06/15/26

Boris Epshteyn is such a fixture in Donald Trump's White House that he's in Oval Office meetings when some attendees don't even know it.

Epshteyn, the president's senior personal counsel, speaks with "the boss" so often that Trump sometimes puts him on speakerphone without telling others in the room, two people familiar with the routine tell Axios.

Why it matters: In a White House where proximity to power is power itself, Epshteyn is one of the most influential people in D.C. - not just because he's listening in, but because Trump listens to him as well.

"He's like my psychiatrist," Trump has joked, referencing how frequently he talks to Epshteyn - who typically offers such enthusiastic support that it's like therapy for the president. ... ... ... Read more

America approaches 250 with its best days in doubt
Axios | Russell Contreras | 06/12/26

Most Americans say the country's best days are behind it as the U.S. approaches its 250th birthday, even as they're personally hopeful about the future.

Why it matters: A new Pew Research Center analysis reveals national pessimism, fueled by political polarization and institutional distrust. But the findings also show the American spirit isn't completely broken.

By the numbers: Nearly 7 in 10 U.S. adults said in January 2026 they were dissatisfied with the way things are going in the country, compared with 29% who were satisfied, Pew found.

1. 59% say the country's best years are behind it, while 40% say they are ahead.
2. Only 50% said in January that the year ahead would be better than the year that just ended - the lowest share in Pew surveys dating back to 2020.
3. Two-thirds of Americans think the country will be more politically divided by 2050. ...

Trump claims Iran deal reached, Tehran says no "final decision"
Axios | Barak Ravid | 06/12/26

President Trump announced that he canceled planned strikes against Iran on Thursday and claimed Iran's leadership "approved" a draft agreement that would extend the ceasefire, reopen the Strait of Hormuz and launch 60 days of negotiations on Iran's nuclear program.

Why it matters: Trump has claimed an agreement was close multiple times before, and Tehran said in response to Trump's latest claim that there had been no "final decision." However, three sources briefed on the talks told Axios that key gaps were narrowed during talks between Iranian officials and Qatari mediators on Wednesday.

1. Iran's Fars news agency denied any deal had been agreed, but said there was a "possibility" Tehran would consider signing off.
2. Trump told reporters in the Oval Office on Wednesday afternoon that his understanding was that the Iranian Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei had given his approval.
3. He added that the final points of the deal have been, "in both concept and great detail, approved by all parties involved," including the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, UAE, Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Bahrain, Kuwait, Jordan and Egypt. ...

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Trump threatens to seize Kharg island as U.S. strikes continue
Axios | Barak Ravid | 06/11/26

President Trump said the U.S. will hit Iran with new strikes Thursday and threatened to seize Kharg Island, Iran's main oil export hub.

Why it matters: This will be the third consecutive night the U.S. military strikes Iran. U.S. officials say the goal is to push Iran to show more flexibility in the negotiations over its nuclear program.

What he is saying: "The United States will be hitting Iran VERY HARD TONIGHT," Trump wrote on his Truth Social account.

He added that "at some point in the not too distant future" the U.S. will take over Kharg Island, and other oil facilities in the country "and assume total control of their Oil and Gas Markets" like it did it Venezuela. ... Read more

"Regime Change": New book reveals Trump team's Epstein leak fears
Axios | Mike Allen | 06/11/26

President Trump's top aides so feared leaks about their handling of the Jeffrey Epstein files that they held multiple damage-control meetings in the classified confines of the Situation Room, Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan write in "Regime Change," their hotly awaited book about Trump's second term.

In a New York Times Magazine excerpt, posted today ahead of the book's publication on June 23, the two Times reporters describe in cinematic detail how top Trump officials, including Vice President JD Vance and Chief of Staff Susie Wiles, gathered in the Situation Room last summer to debate how to manage the growing scandal.

The White House is now abuzz over the leak about leak control.

Behind the scenes: Vance had "floated to colleagues an extraordinary P.R. gambit - that the White House enlist Tucker Carlson to interview Epstein's longtime girlfriend and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, in prison. It might help the president if Maxwell was willing to state that Trump had not been part of any wrongdoing with Epstein," Swan and Haberman report in the excerpt, "Inside the White House Freakout Over the Epstein Files." ... Read more

Trump threatens to attack Iran 'very hard tonight' and seize Kharg Island
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TheGuardian | author | 06/11/26

The price of oil has risen since Donald Trump has threatened a 'very hard' attack on Iran tonight and said US will seize Kharg island, according to the BBC. Brent crude futures increased by around $2, to $94.16, a barrel in the space of a few minutes this afternoon - before shortly falling back down minorly.

This comes in as Trump claims he will be "taking" Kharg Island "at some point in the not too distant future". He believes he will take control of their oil and gas markets, "much like we have with Venezuela".

Kharg island, which is home to a major oil terminal that is considered vital to the country's economy, is located just off the coast of Iran. ... Read more

Supreme Court's final cases loom over Trump's immigration, election hopes
Axios | Avery Lotz | 06/10/26

The last Supreme Court decisions of the term include major tests of presidential power and election law that could have lasting implications on voting and governance.

The big picture: After blessing a wave of partisan gerrymandering, the justices have yet to weigh in on election disputes over campaign financing and mail-in ballots just months before voters head to the polls to elect a new Congress.

The Supreme Court's final slate also includes significant decisions that will affect immigrant families, government regulators and transgender people.

Here are some of the biggest outstanding Supreme Court cases: ...

1. Election law ... please read article
2. Birthright citizenship ... please read article
3. Deportation and asylum ... please read article
4. Trans athletes ... please read article
5. Trump's freedom to fire ... please read article

Breaking! Trump panics as Epstein witness tells all: 'MONSTER'! | Ari Melber, Journalist & Attorney | 06/09/26 | 12:08

The bull and bear cases for SpaceX
Axios | Dan Primack | 06/09/26

It's a foregone conclusion that SpaceX will raise at least $85 billion in its record-wrecking IPO, with pricing set for Thursday and first trades for Friday.

The question, therefore, is what happens next.

1. The bull case ... please read article
2. The bear case ... please read article

The wildcard: Elon Musk

Musk is often compared to Steve Jobs, so a big question is if SpaceX is in its pre-iPhone/App Store phase, when Jobs was vital, or in its post-iPhone stage where Tim Cook was able to build on bedrock.

Bulls believe the former, adding that SpaceX has perhaps the world's best physical engineering team, while bears see a rocket/telecom/AI conglomerate that's less than a year old and still needs foundational direction. ... Read more

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Under Trump, Corruption and Governance Have Become Indistinguishable
TruthOut | Kelly Hayes , OrganizingMyThoughts | 06/09/26

In May, former GEO Group executive David Venturella became the acting director of ICE. Venturella's ascent marked the latest victory for GEO Group, a behemoth in the world of private prisons and detention centers, which saw its annual profit rise nearly eightfold during the first year of Trump's second term. After years of weaving its profit-making machinery into the fabric of the prison industrial complex - with ICE as its largest customer - Venturella's appointment signals an unabashed merger between GEO Group and the US deportation machine: an arrangement that positions GEO Group to extract ever greater profits as detainees are funneled into its detention centers, shackled with its electronic monitors, and warehoused in facilities it owns, manages, or helps operate.

If this sounds like it should be illegal, it almost is. ... Read more

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Behind the scenes: How Israel and Iran nearly pulled Trump back to war
Axios | Barak Ravid | 06/08/26

The past 24 hours underscored the risk of the U.S. once again becoming ensnared in major combat operations in the Middle East, despite President Trump clearly wanting out.

On Monday, Trump nudged Israel and Iran back from the brink, but it's unclear for how long.

Why it matters: 100 days into the conflict, Trump still has not secured an elusive deal to end the war and spent the last 24 hours scrambling to avoid its full-scale resumption.

Trump found himself in a dilemma. On the one hand, he understood it would be nearly impossible for his key ally Benjamin Netanyahu to let an Iranian missile attack go unanswered. On the other hand, he was concerned the tit-for-tat would lead to all-out war. ... Read more

5 key moments from Trump's cut-short "Meet the Press" interview
Axios | Andrew Pantazi | 06/07/26

5 key moments from Trump's "Meet the Press" interview

1. Jan. 6 payouts
2. Iran red line
3. No to no-new-wars pledge
4. Praise for Khamenei
5. Farmers and costs

Trump called NBC a "one-sided crooked network" before ending the interview when Welker pressed him for evidence supporting his election fraud claims. ... Read more

The New Fed Chair's Plan to Cancel America's $39T Debt Crisis | Minority Mindset | 04/20/26 | 25:26

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Apple's Siri AI is both cool and 2 years too late
Axios | Ina Fried | 06/09/26

Apple is finally delivering the conversational and context-aware AI that it promised two years ago. Its rivals have already moved on to agents.

Why it matters: OpenAI, Anthropic, Google and other AI companies are pushing beyond chatbots toward agentic tools that can write code, search through complex file structures, use apps and handle workplace tasks.

Driving the news: At its annual developers conference Monday, Apple announced that its long-delayed Siri overhaul will arrive this fall, built through Apple's partnership with Google.

Apple says its new conversational assistant is "profoundly more capable" and includes greater "personal context understanding" that can surface relevant information from texts, emails, photos and more. ... Read more