NYTIMES (Ryan Mac, Kate Conger, Maureen Farrell and Rob Copeland) - Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
NYTIMES (Jacey Fortin, JoAnna Daemmrich and Chris Hippensteel) - Brendan Banfield Found Guilty in Virginia Double Murder Trial
Prosecutors said Brendan Banfield carried out an elaborate scheme using a fetish website in 2023 to kill his wife and another man.
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NYTIMES (Maggie Astor) - Peter Attia, CBS News Contributor, ‘Ashamed’ After Epstein Files Made Public
The longevity influencer said he “never witnessed illegal behavior” but would not defend his crude remarks about women and comments on Jeffrey Epstein’s “outrageous” life.
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NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein and Nick Corasaniti) - Trump, in an Escalation, Calls for Republicans to ‘Nationalize’ Elections
The comments, made on a conservative podcast, follow a string of moves from his administration to try to exert more control over American elections.
WASHINGTONPOST (Mariana Alfaro) - Trump wants to ‘nationalize the voting,’ seeking to grab states’ power
Trump, who continues to falsely claim that he won the 2020 election, has baselessly alleged widespread fraud.
NYTIMES (Ryan Mac, Kate Conger, Maureen Farrell and Rob Copeland) - Elon Musk Merges SpaceX With His A.I. Start-Up xAI
The deal further intermingles Mr. Musk’s companies and creates the most valuable private company on earth.
ABCNEWS - What to know about the partial government shutdown, now in its 3rd day
More than 10,000 Federal Aviation Administration workers are furloughed.
AXIOS (Axios) - Elon Musk's SpaceX to merge with xAI
SpaceX has acquired xAI in a deal that combines two of Elon Musk's biggest companies. Why it matters: It dramatically reshapes SpaceX's looming IPO , giving investors access to a dominant space company and a frontier AI model developer. What they're saying: "SpaceX has acquired xAI to form the most ambitious, vertically-integrated innovation engine on (and off) Earth," Musk wrote . - "This marks not just the next chapter, but the next book in SpaceX and xAI's mission: scaling to make a sentient sun to understand the Universe and extend the light of consciousness to the stars!" Flashback: Musk is no stranger to merging his companies, having put X (the former Twitter) and xAI together last year . This is breaking news. Check back for…
NYTIMES (Nazaneen Ghaffar) - Frigid Temperatures Forecast to Continue this Week
Arctic air will chill much of the United States, but New York’s streak of consecutive freezing days ended on Monday.
ABCNEWS - Verdict reached in trial of man accused of elaborate murder plot to get rid of wife
The former IRS agent was charged with aggravated murder in 2024 following a monthslong investigation.
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