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⭐ Editor’s Pick: “New Cards on the Battlefield”: U.S., Iran Ratchet Up Rhetoric With Peace Talks in Limbo (CNBC)

Trump’s full interview on CNBC this morning. (X)

Meet Iran's dark fleet vessels slipping through the U.S. blockade. (WSJ)

Here’s what to expect from Fed chair nominee Kevin Warsh’s Senate hearing Tuesday. (CNBC)

Scammers posing as Iranian authorities are targeting shipping companies with vessels stranded near the blocked Strait of Hormuz. (CNN)

Americans deserve to know who’s behind those suspiciously timed Iran war-related trades and bets. (NYP)

The Trump administration invoked the Defense Production Act to accelerate expansion of U.S. natural gas pipelines, processing plants and storage. (INV)

Commercial loans show that the U.S. economy continues to defy sluggish forecasts. (PYM)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: Trump Posts Hilarious Message Praising Tim Cook: Called To "Kiss My Ass" (TH)

Obama's Hollywood production company is parting ways with Netflix. (DL)

The surprising fast food cheeseburger that fans say is better than McDonald's “by a mile.” (AR)

Andreessen Horowitz has backed MTS, a new 24/7 livestream news venture on X, to provide real-time sense-making amid the relentless headlines. (AX)

The Justice Department’s antitrust division has opened a criminal investigation into whether major beef companies engaged in anticompetitive conduct. (WSJ)

Nike humiliated after being forced to pull ad accused ahead of the Boston Marathon. (NYP)

Ukraine’s richest man bought Monaco flat for eye-watering record sum. (BBG)

Inside Elon Musk and Sam Altman’s battle to be “first buddy” to Trump. (NYP)

The Onion CEO says he has a deal to buy Infowars —and has "grand designs" for it. (BI)

Wall Street is bringing its sophisticated quant trading to the masses. (WSJ)

Papa John’s under fire for an outrageous message now printed on all pizza boxes. (DM)

Inside the nasty fight between two of the world’s most storied gun makers. (WSJ)

Red Lobster brings back fan-favorite deal in long-awaited return. (FBN)

The $400 million machine that spawned the world’s most coveted toy. (WSJ)

Inside San Francisco's hottest peptide club. (BI)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: This Counterintuitive Tax Move Could Save You and Your Heirs Thousands (KIP)

Dunkin' is giving away 1 million free coffees again. How to get yours. (MTN)

6 hidden Costco discounts most shoppers miss. (GBR)

15 genius ways to travel cheaply without sacrificing the fun. (CHP)

Robert Kiyosaki says only 6 assets will survive 2026. (TS)

I Tried the viral 5-4-3-2-1 method to save money on groceries and I’m never going back. (TEG)

32 hacks to help you fight the inflation squeeze in 2026. (MTN)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: Morningstar’s 5 Long-Term Stocks to Buy Now and Hold for Decades (MS)

The best high-yield dividend stocks to buy for 2026 and beyond. (MF)

The nuclear stock that could power your retirement income for decades. (MF)

This is the most undervalued psychedelic stock following Trump's fast tracking of PTSD research. (SA)

Morgan Stanley revealed 2 stocks as its top picks for the rest of the year. (TR)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: An AI Bot Is Running a Retail Store. Is This The Future? (UT)

Inside BlackRock’s AI transformation. (WSJ)

Amazon agreed to invest up to $25 billion more in Anthropic, on top of roughly $8 billion already committed. (CNBC)

A new AI fault line has emerged inside Google. (BI)

Jeff Bezos’s secretive AI startup Project Prometheus is nearing a roughly $10 billion fundraising round at a $38 billion post-money valuation. (FT)

Volkswagen will roll out advanced voice AI agents in all its China-market vehicles. (CNBC)

OpenAI launched Chronicle, a new research-preview feature for its Codex Mac app that captures screen content to create richer on-device memories. (WC)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: AI Humanoid Robot Dances with Coachella Attendees (UT)

How retailers deploy robots to reshape the shopping experience. (UPI)

Can robots work alongside humans? Siemens and NVIDIA are trialing a humanoid robot to find out. (EUN)

Beijing will host the second World Humanoid Robot Games in August. (CD)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: Inside Ghost Murmur: The Heartbeat-Tracking Tech That Has Experts Questioning the Laws of Physics (MIL)

Northrop Grumman released a new teaser video revealing further details of its tailless F/A-XX next-generation naval fighter concept. (TWZ)

How Russia is building tomorrow’s war machine. (NYT)

How cyber threats are reshaping the defense battlefield in 2026. (SC)

NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman is launching a “NASA Force” program to recruit top engineering talent. (PW)

⭐ Editor’s Pick: Two CIA Officers Die in Mexico After Counternarcotics Operation (WAPO)

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer will resign amid misconduct allegations. (POL)

FBI Director Kash Patel filed a $250 million defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic over an article alleging excessive drinking. (FOX)

Congress published a list of 28 House investigations for sexual misconduct in the wake of major scandals. (NYP)

The Justice Department refused to help French prosecutors investigating X, citing the First Amendment. (RTW)

This creepy pasta sauce wants to record your family. (VER)

A powerful nonprofit network took hundreds of millions in federal funds while pushing wokeness on children, according to a concerning report. (FOX)

Trump officials, crypto advocates are ramping up pressure on the Senate to hold a speedy markup on CLARITY Act. (WR)