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🏦 ECONOMY & WORLD
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Remarkable Video Captures Lindsey Graham’s Reaction After Convincing Trump to Strike Iran (➜)
Dr. Anthony Fauci's embarrassing obsession with fame and celebrities is revealed in secret diary entries. (➜)
Inside the phone-throwing drama at the troubled and dead-broke Democratic National Committee. (➜)
A blue state’s lieutenant governor was indicted in what is being described as the "biggest bribery scandal in its history." (➜)
DSA mask-off moment: Co-chair openly calls for abolishing the Senate, ICE, prisons, and borders. (➜)
Iran’s leaders turn on each other as hardliners push for wider conflict. (➜)
Trump was said to be furious over the announcement of a Saudi nuclear deal without his approval. (➜)
Foreign plot to influence Israel’s elections through social media exposed. (➜)
Xi Jinping to start growing baby soldiers in factories? (➜)
Federal Reserve Chair Kevin Warsh has sent a clear signal on the path of interest rates. (➜)
The stock market is on the verge of a valuation milestone not witnessed since around the Civil War, with potentially alarming implications. (➜)
Big companies are beginning to hire again, defying predictions of an AI-driven job wipeout. (➜)
Inside how the U.S. became the world's LNG superpower. (➜)
China’s rare earth restrictions are proving an own goal, accelerating a U.S. manufacturing revolution. (➜)
Trump threatened new tariffs on the European Union in response to its fines against U.S. tech companies. (➜)
Mamdani will announce discounted staple groceries at new city-owned stores—and here are the big savings he claims New Yorkers will get. (➜)
🏢 INDUSTRY
⭐ Editor’s Pick: Rockers Slam Bruce Springsteen as "Bitter Old Man" for Dissing America (➜)
Watch Trump’s priceless reaction to WSJ reporters winning an award for Epstein coverage he sued over. (➜)
Meet the woman who stands to inherit much of Jeffrey Epstein’s fortune. (➜)
Actually, #MeToo is back—and this is the woman behind it. (➜)
A young Middle Eastern prince died of cardiac arrest after ingesting a lethal cocktail of drugs and alcohol in a London hotel, an inquest heard. (➜)
A Netflix executive went ballistic after being fired for a stunning “trust exercise” confession at a company retreat, according to an explosive lawsuit. (➜)
The real reason why the media hates Elon Musk. (➜)
Paramount just hired one of America’s top lawyers to contest California’s challenge to its proposed merger with Warner Bros. (➜)
A court has allowed a conservative activist’s defamation lawsuit against Google over alleged false statements generated by its AI tools to proceed. (➜)
Secret doors and Navy SEALs: Inside the James Bond-inspired mansion built to "make a billionaire's jaw drop." (➜)
The Happiness Industrial Complex exposed: the secret to human flourishing may be far simpler than advertised. (➜)
Mysterious tunnels uncovered under quiet town—and they have a dark secret. (➜)
McDonald’s employee revealed secret menu hacks—and customers’ jaws are on the floor. (➜)
This popular coffee product has been recalled amid concerns over potential contamination with a dangerous toxin. (➜)
A new Chick-fil-A copycat just dropped at Costco—and it’s under $2. (➜)
💰 PERSONAL FINANCE & DEALS
⭐ Editor’s Pick: I Visited 6 Grocery Chains to Compare Ground Beef Prices—One Spot Is Clearly the Cheapest (➜)
This chain just launched a gas discount that could beat Costco—here’s how much you’ll save. (➜)
5 little-known Social Security benefits that most retirees never claim. (➜)
Our picks for the most budget-friendly cars of 2026 so far. (➜)
📈 HOT STOCKS
⭐ Editor’s Pick—Morningstar: This May Be the Closest Thing to a Risk-Free Investment (➜)
If I could only own 1 ETF heading into the coming Fed meeting, it would be this one. (➜)
3 absurdly cheap dividend stocks to buy before August. (➜)
Scoop up these stocks ahead of their earnings, before it’s too late, Morgan Stanley warned. (➜)
🧠 AI
⭐ Editor’s Pick—Elon Musk Dropped a Wild Prediction About AI and Humanity (➜)
Nvidia is in talks to guarantee roughly $250 billion in financing for OpenAI’s lease of a massive 10-gigawatt data-center complex in Ohio. (➜)
Trump is quietly caught in a bitter battle between Apple and Micron over Chinese chips. (➜)
Chamath Palihapitiya warned a U.S. ban on open-source AI would tank the stock market. (➜)
Inside what OpenAI CEO Sam Altman will urge the White House this week. (➜)
Anthropic unveiled Claude Opus 5, delivering near-top-tier performance on everyday tasks at roughly half the cost of Fable 5. (➜)
🚀 SPACE, DEFENSE & ROBOTS
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