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NYTIMES (Chris Buckley) - Xi’s Military Purge May Set Back His Taiwan Ambitions

By ousting his top generals, Xi Jinping has secured absolute control, but has also hollowed out the command structure preparing for possible war over Taiwan.

NYTIMES (Andrew Duehren and Chris Cameron) - Trump Sues I.R.S. Over Tax Data Leak, Demanding $10 Billion

The president charged that the I.R.S. and the Treasury Department had failed to prevent a former I.R.S. contractor from gaining access to documents shared with news outlets.

AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - What skeptics should know about using AI

Axios CEO Jim VandeHei and Axios chief technology officer Dan Cox were chatting about how to share the basics of AI, and this prompting primer was born: The No. 1 pushback we get from AI skeptics or newbies is: "It's overhyped. I asked it something and it spit out an unimpressive answer!" - Truth bomb: It's not the AI. It's you. Why it matters: Ask top large language models like ChatGPT something simple or generic, and you will get a simple or generic answer. Ask the right questions the right way, and you will often get magic. Jim asked Dan Cox, our CTO and AI leader, to help him craft six ways for ordinary users to get more extraordinary answers. It starts with prompts — the very questions you pose to ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini, Grok or…

NYTIMES (Mark Mazzetti, Julian E. Barnes, David E. Sanger and Ronen Bergman) - War Threats and Ambiguous Evidence: Trump Again Confronts Iran

There is little sign that Iran has made significant progress in reconstituting its nuclear program, leaving questions about the timing and motive behind potential plans for further attacks.

AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - Mike Johnson braces for conservative revolt over ICE funding deal

As the Senate prepares to kick government funding back to the House, Speaker Mike Johnson is staring down another revolt from his right flank. Why it matters: While removing Department of Homeland Security funding from the overall package was not Johnson's (R-La.) preferred approach, most members want to avoid a government shutdown. - But on top of a lengthy list of demands from Democrats around ICE , expect an even longer one from the House Freedom Caucus, centering on sanctuary cities, immigration enforcement and border security. What's next: Conservatives would need to vote for a rule — a party-line procedural vote — to advance the bill. And President Trump's urging everyone to help it pass. - But House Freedom Caucus members…