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Disturbing Video: Unconscious Mitch McConnell Stretchered into Ambulance

🏦 ECONOMY & WORLD
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Inside Iran's Fresh Plot to Assassinate Trump (➜)
The fight over the Strait of Hormuz boils down to one poorly worded clause. (➜)
"Deepening Dark Trend" emerges on the Strait of Hormuz. (➜)
NATO leaders are rattled by the surprise gift from Turkey’s president after the summit. (➜)
The Wall Street firm that turbocharged Trump’s stock-trading frenzy. (➜)
Spring home-selling season ends on a bad note. (➜)
Tech stock jitters just went off the charts. (➜)
Americans are pouring money into Trump Accounts at a stunning pace in just the first five days. (➜)
In a stunning move, Mexico vowed legal action against ICE over the fatal shooting of an illegal alien who rammed agents in Texas. (➜)
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh just dropped an unmistakable clue about interest rates. (➜)
The big winner from the Iran war is a mega-billionaire you’ve probably never heard of. (➜)
Billionaire hedge fund manager warns this far-left agenda could trigger a Great Depression in the “blink of an eye.” (➜)
The coming power war that will define the AI era. (➜)
Critics are brutally savaging this blue state’s "largest-ever tax hike." (➜)
Fed Chair Kevin Warsh announced two huge names and others to lead task forces. (➜)
Inside Kim Jong Un’s summer project: renovating his massive luxury compounds. (➜)

🏢 INDUSTRY
⭐ Editor’s Pick: The Buc-ee’s Job That Can Pay You $275,000—Without a College Degree (➜)
In a shocking twist, Netflix is mulling a major pivot. (➜)
Wall Street braces for today's blockbuster SK Hynix debut. (➜)
Fury erupts as this U.S. tech giant fired 1,600 employees after securing thousands of foreign worker visas. (➜)
Inside the secret "whisper networks" that steer Capitol Hill women away from handsy congressmen. (➜)
Delta flyers, brace yourselves—the CEO just delivered some bad news. (➜)
This state is ground zero for the "explosive" diarrhea parasite as cases explode 400%. (➜)
This California city faces fast-food apocalypse over $20 wage disaster as hotspots shutter. (➜)
This Democrat-run area is plotting a major change to fast food restaurants that will infuriate customers. (➜)
I tried on biohacker Bryan Johnson's brain helmet—it's a futuristic Apple Watch for your noggin. (➜)
It smells like rotting flesh—and people line up to catch a whiff of this plant. (➜)
Costco hit with lawsuit alleging this popular item sold in stores contains "dangerous" levels of lead and arsenic. (➜)

💰 PERSONAL FINANCE & DEALS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: We Compared Costco and Target on Everyday Staples — The Clear Winner Might Surprise You (➜)
Kevin O’Leary and Dave Ramsey went head-to-head in a fiery clash over Trump Accounts. (➜)
Meet the 8 vehicles consumers trust the most that can easily last over 200,000 miles. (➜)
It’s National French Fry Day! Here are all the delicious deals and freebies you can score. (➜)
We asked 4 points pros for their best flight hack—and they all said the same thing. (➜)

📈 HOT STOCKS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: While Wall Street Worries, This Cheap Warren Buffett Consumer Stock Is a Screaming Buy (➜)
Billionaire Israel Englander just dropped SanDisk and bet big on this AI memory stock. (➜)
Bank of America says this is the #1 way to play the Strait of Hormuz closing again. (➜)
This top dividend king is down 12%—and worth loading up on right away. (➜)
🧠 AI
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Betrayal—Nobel-Winning U.S. Chemist Will Move to China to Lead AI Institute (➜)
AI is fueling a massive wave of new entrepreneurs, with a record number of startups expected this year. (➜)
Meta entered the AI coding fight against Anthropic and OpenAI, with aggressive pricing to squeeze rivals in the escalating price war. (➜)
Meet the secretive China chipmaker that is built to dodge U.S. curbs—and founded by a U.S.-trained entrepreneur. (➜)
China, Russia, and Iran are using state media to turn the U.S. data center controversy into a domestic fracture point, according to a new analysis. (➜)
OpenAI debuted ChatGPT Work to automate workplace tasks for companies—here's how it could make your life easier. (➜)

🤖 ROBOTS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Must Watch—America Just Beat China in the Race to Solve Robotics’ Hardest Problem (➜)
Humanoid robots marry with vows “to support one another through every update.” (➜)
Breakthrough birdlike robot swims, then flies—without ever paddling. (➜)
Meet Bambi, Montreal’s dancing robot taking the city by storm. (➜)

🚀 SPACE & DEFENSE
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Elon Musk Teases New Mars Colonization Plans—and Hints at Who Will Be the First Residents (➜)
China made history by successfully landing a rocket booster during an orbital launch for the first time ever. (➜)
NATO has quietly placed significant trust in Palantir for key operations, marking a major behind-the-scenes partnership. (➜)
NASA chief admitted that the agency has unexplained UFO imagery: “We don't know what it is.” (➜)
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