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Merz casts himself as reformer to stem German far right’s rise
Politico Europe: A series of incremental reforms pushed through by the chancellor is unlikely to deliver the political…
July 11, 2026
Marco Rubio running Venezuela from afar
New York Times: The secretary of state effectively controls Venezuela’s finances, the distribution of its natural resources and…
July 11, 2026
Supreme leader calls for revenge in new message as Trump threatens Iran in overnight post. Nuclear deal unlikely, senior U.S officials confide—AND MORE
CNN: In his first message since the funeral of his father and predecessor, Supreme Leader Mojtaba Khamenei said…
July 11, 2026
Trump admin subpoenas New York Times journalists who reported security concerns around new Air Force One
CNN: The Times said in its report that it will fight the court order, which is highly unusual…
July 11, 2026
Europe considering proposals to allow navigation fees in strait of Hormuz
The Guardian: Europe is studying proposals that could allow navigation fees to be charged in the strait of…
July 11, 2026
News outlets urge judge to sanction OpenAI in high-stakes AI copyright fight
Associated Press: The newspapers allege the ChatGPT maker is hiding evidence important to what could be a landmark…
July 10, 2026
Why Chat Control 1.0 is EU’s most Orwellian law yet
Euronews: A loophole in parliamentary procedure allowed MEPs to extend mass scanning of private communications until 2026 —…
July 10, 2026
Nobel-winning U.S. chemist will move to China to lead A.I. institute
New York Times: Omar Yaghi of the University of California, Berkeley, will head an initiative to apply artificial…
July 10, 2026
OpenAI and Google sell AI models to blacklisted China groups
Financial Times: The US companies confirmed to the FT that they have been supplying AI services to Singapore-based…
July 10, 2026
EU threatens Instagram, Facebook with fines if it doesn’t change addictive design
Politico Europe: The EU executive issued its findings under the Digital Services Act on Friday, telling Meta to…
July 10, 2026
Continued myth of Russia’s imminent collapse: Lessons from Prigozhin’s mutiny three years on
Sean Wiswesser/The Cipher Brief: The third lesson is perhaps the most consequential. Putin’s system was never designed to…
July 10, 2026
Trump again declares ceasefire over but says US has agreed to talks with Iran. Israel shared intelligence with US of Iranian plot to assassinate Trump—AND MORE
CNN: President Donald Trump said the US has agreed to continue talks with Iran but that Washington has…
July 10, 2026
EU Parliament passes Chat Control bill for mass scanning of private messages
Wired: Companies will once again be allowed to scan citizens’ personal texts, emails, and social media messages via…
July 10, 2026
How Trump’s tariffs really ‘work’
Wall Street Journal: But the President is right that his tariffs are at work—in destroying U.S. jobs and…
July 9, 2026
As consumers pare spending, grocery stores race to cut prices
New York Times: But while shoppers may get better deals on some items, their overall grocery bill is…
July 9, 2026
China, Russia and others seek to inflame debate over A.I. data centers
New York Times: China, Russia and, to a lesser extent, Iran have sought to use state media outlets…
July 9, 2026
Volkswagen to slash half its models as sales fall
New York Times: Volkswagen said Thursday that it would cut the number of models it offered by as…
July 9, 2026
You pay, we betray — how Italian spies ‘sold Nato secrets to Putin’
Times: Despite the reported use of old-school techniques, Russia is allegedly still getting hold of intelligence from agents…
July 9, 2026
Federal investigators say certain DOGE records were deleted
Wired: A government report claims DOGE didn’t access sensitive systems. It also says the agency deleted records that…
July 9, 2026
US and Iran trade strikes for second day after Trump said ceasefire is ‘over’. Iran war windfall puts Big Oil on collision course with Trump—AND MORE
CNN: The Middle East saw waves of attacks for a second day as the US and Iran trade…
July 9, 2026