NYTIMES (Kate Conger) - Elon Musk Defends Social Media Posts in Twitter Shareholder Lawsuit
Mr. Musk said he did not expect his posts in the lead-up to his 2022 acquisition of the social media site, now X, to affect the company’s share price.
NYTIMES (David McCabe and Brad Plumer) - Trump Announces A.I. Industry Pledge to Pay for Power
Companies including Google, Microsoft and OpenAI committed to pay for the power plants and grid upgrades needed to run their data centers.
NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein) - James Talarico Wins the Texas Democratic Senate Race. The Real Challenge Lies Ahead.
After the state representative won the Senate primary, he joined a list of other promising progressives who have captured the left’s fancy.
WASHINGTONPOST (Cat Zakrzewski, Evan Halper) - Trump unveils data center pledge amid voter backlash to high utility bills
Top AI executives, in response to a backlash against high utility bills, pledged to cover the energy costs created by data centers at an event with the president.
NYTIMES (Priya Krishna) - What Are Your Prom Dinner Plans? We Want to Hear From You.
We may want to cover your big night for a story about high school’s most important event.
NYTIMES (Matthew Cullen) - The U.S. Is Accelerating Its Attacks on Iran
Also, sea levels may be higher than we thought. Here’s the latest at the end of Wednesday.
WASHINGTONPOST (Marianna Sotomayor, Kadia Goba, Dan Merica) - Tuesday elections put incumbents on notice in 2026 primaries
For Democrats, age may become a liability this cycle; for Republicans, trouble may arise without a Trump endorsement.
NYTIMES (Mark Arsenault) - After Pete Hegseth Cut Pentagon Funding, Harvard Offers Options for Military
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has said the Pentagon would end funds supporting active-duty service members at Harvard. The school is offering military students alternatives to defer or go elsewhere.
WASHINGTONPOST (Perry Stein) - DOJ to appeal judge’s order barring search of Post reporter’s devices
The Justice Department said it plans to appeal a judge’s decision that blocked the government from searching Post reporter Hannah Natanson’s electronic devices.
NYTIMES (Tiffany Hsu, Steven Lee Myers and Stuart A. Thompson) - Iranian TV and Social Media Project Defiant and Distorted View of the War
State media and online propagandists are striking a confident posture, despite heavy losses. Some of the content was generated by artificial intelligence.