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🏦 ECONOMY & WORLD
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Lip Reader Reveals Zelensky’s Furious 3-Word Declaration to Netanyahu (➜)
Saudi Arabia just joined U.S. military strikes on Iranian proxies. (➜)
Iran launched a "surprise attack" on U.S. forces in the Middle East. (➜)
Warsh’s rate decision is a cliffhanger. These trades might offer a clue. (➜)
Hot tub tryst, bedroom antics and how it blew up in their faces: Explosive story of Newsom’s affair—as told by his secret lover. (➜)
Fauci received a dire warning from this congressman before his explosive Senate hearing. (➜)
Americans battle highest grocery price spike in 50 years. (➜)
AI companies are recruiting electricians and carpenters by the thousands to build the data centers. (➜)
Inside the financial network managing Trump’s $858 million portfolio. (➜)
The Trump administration plans to end the Medicare drug plan subsidy. (➜)
Body language expert comments on meaning behind picture of Netanyahu, Trump and Vance. (➜)
The U.S. Army just called China’s bluff in the rare earth war. (➜)
Americans are flocking to this Southern state more than any other in 2026, according to a new report. (➜)
🏢 INDUSTRY
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Bodycam Captures Tony Romo’s Drunk-Driving Arrest and Argument with Police (➜)
Russia charged Telegram founder Pavel Durov with facilitating terrorism. (➜)
A coordinated cyberattack targeted more than 30 community water systems in this state. (➜)
Oscar-winning musician, actor dead at 56 after early morning motorcycle crash. (➜)
Four women have accused actor Jared Leto of criminal sexual conduct that allegedly occurred when they were teenagers. (➜)
FIFA’s Gianni Infantino plans a $20 billion private company to run the World Cup, with possible Kushner family investment. (➜)
“60 Minutes” makes big hires, including one that will raise eyebrows. (➜)
This former Wall Street bigwig just got 30 years for drugging and raping women—wait until you hear the twisted reason he’s blaming. (➜)
The anti-Trump bar that promised “free beer” the day that the president dies just lost its liquor license. (➜)
Johnson & Johnson offers up to $5.5 billion to settle baby powder cancer lawsuits. (➜)
Struggling wine industry plots major pivot that could change what Californians drink forever. (➜)
Project Sunrise, a 22-hour nonstop flight, is coming. What will it be like? (➜)
The biggest bombshells from Netflix’s “The Idaho Murders” documentary. (➜)
The FDA reported a nationwide recall of this popular over-the-counter medication over "sterility" fears. (➜)
We tried 10 popular chocolate ice cream brands—and the winner is the one we’ll be eating forever. (➜)
💰 PERSONAL FINANCE & DEALS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: The 7 Groups of Retirees Seeing the Biggest Social Security Changes This Year (➜)
Want a cheap high-performance car? Here are 6 for less than $40,000. (➜)
Costco and Trader Joe’s battle it out on weekly grocery costs, and the cheaper option might surprise you. (➜)
This brightening serum “works wonders” on mature skin—and it's only $15 on Amazon. (➜)
Le Creuset’s limited-time cookware sale is too good to leave on the back burner. (➜)
📈 HOT STOCKS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Bill Ackman Is Piling In Again—Meet Pershing Square’s Newest Big Bet (➜)
Prediction: This dividend ETF will thrive after 20 years no matter what the market does. (➜)
Jefferies' Global Best Ideas List featured these 5 dividend stocks with huge total return potential. (➜)
Morningstar spotlighted the best REITs to buy while real estate outperforms the market. (➜)
🧠 AI
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Private Claude Chats Exposed in Google and Bing Search Results (➜)
OpenAI’s rogue AI agent compromised a Modal Labs customer account, extending beyond its Hugging Face breach. (➜)
Inside the backlash against Anthropic brewing in Silicon Valley. (➜)
China’s Moonshot AI trained its Kimi K3 model on Nvidia chips by circumventing U.S. export controls. (➜)
In a rare op-ed, Mark Zuckerberg argued that superintelligence should empower everyone, not be centralized in a few hands. (➜)
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang says the “ChatGPT moment” has already arrived for the next $50 trillion trend. (➜)
🚀 SPACE, DEFENSE & ROBOTS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Could the Most Radical Plane Design Since the Concorde Take On Boeing? (➜)
The Trump administration is banning new Chinese humanoid robots and power inverters. (➜)
Detroit gets drafted: Ford and GM are headed back to the battlefield. (➜)
Mysterious object in NASA Mars photo ignites theories of extraterrestrial life on the Red Planet. (➜)
New peak in U.S.-China tech rivalry? Inside the wild drone hub that just launched on Mount Everest. (➜)
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