NYTIMES (Matt Stevens) - Tell Us Why Taylor Swift’s Wedding Is Meaningful to You
For an upcoming story, we want fans to talk to us about the journey they have been on with Swift through the years and how they feel about her big day.
NYTIMES (Julia Jacobs) - Judge Orders Kennedy Center to Make a Plan for Staying Open
As the Trump administration seeks to move forward with renovations at the center, a judge has asked for its programming calendar.
NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein) - Democrats Keep Helping Out This Far-Right Maryland Republican
Gov. Wes Moore, a Democrat, has begun running ads on Fox News that promote Dan Cox, a Republican running in a contested primary to challenge him.
ABCNEWS - All 78 World Cup matches have counter-drone technology: White House official
Andrew Giuliani spoke to ABC News after an alleged UFC 250 drone attack plot was disrupted by authorities.
AXIOS (Matt Phillips) - SpaceX soars above Amazon in market cap
Data: FactSet ; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios SpaceX jumped another 4.8% Tuesday, enabling Elon Musk's space launch/satellite services/AI/social media conglomerate to leapfrog Amazon.com in market value. - In just its first two full days of trading, SpaceX has added roughly $537 billion to push its market value to $2.659 trillion, according to FactSet data. - That puts it ahead of Amazon.com, which was valued at $2.646 trillion at Tuesday's close. Why it matters: The gain underscores the extraordinary power Musk's mastery of the stock market gives him. - Essentially, the surge in market value provides SpaceX with hundreds of billions of dollars out of thin air, which it can then use to remarkable operational advantage. Case in point:…
Data: FactSet ; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios SpaceX jumped another 4.8% Tuesday, enabling Elon Musk's space launch/satellite services/AI/social media conglomerate to leapfrog Amazon.com in market value. - In just its first two full days of trading, SpaceX has added roughly $537 billion to push its market value to $2.659 trillion, according to FactSet data. - That puts it ahead of Amazon.com, which was valued at $2.646 trillion at Tuesday's close. Why it matters: The gain underscores the extraordinary power Musk's mastery of the stock market gives him. - Essentially, the surge in market value provides SpaceX with hundreds of billions of dollars out of thin air, which it can then use to remarkable operational advantage. Case in point:…Open
AXIOS (Ashley Gold) - Trump's AI export strategy runs into Trump's export controls
The Trump administration has made exporting American AI a key part of its plans for global AI dominance, but ad hoc policy decisions around the most advanced AI are threatening that effort. Why it matters: A flagship U.S. program designed to boost AI exports could be undermined by the very administration that created it. - "The government's willingness to arbitrarily and abruptly remove America's best models from all foreign use shows that the strategy behind the AI Export Program is no longer relevant to decision makers in the U.S. government," Dean Ball, a former AI adviser in the Trump administration, told Axios. Driving the news: The Trump administration slapped export controls on Anthropic's newest model Fable 5 due to…
The Trump administration has made exporting American AI a key part of its plans for global AI dominance, but ad hoc policy decisions around the most advanced AI are threatening that effort. Why it matters: A flagship U.S. program designed to boost AI exports could be undermined by the very administration that created it. - "The government's willingness to arbitrarily and abruptly remove America's best models from all foreign use shows that the strategy behind the AI Export Program is no longer relevant to decision makers in the U.S. government," Dean Ball, a former AI adviser in the Trump administration, told Axios. Driving the news: The Trump administration slapped export controls on Anthropic's newest model Fable 5 due to…Open
ABCNEWS - Democratic socialists think fatigue with mainstream could open paths in midterms
Trump threatened to "take back" D.C. if democratic socialist wins mayor's race.
NYTIMES (Tim Balk) - Hillary Clinton Says Biden’s Re-Election Bid Was a ‘Terrible Mistake’
If the former president had “passed the torch” and allowed a competitive Democratic primary in 2024, she said in a new interview, the winner “would have beaten Donald Trump.”
NYTIMES (Soumya Karlamangla) - Bay Area Voters to Decide on Swalwell Replacement
Eric Swalwell resigned in April as he faced sexual assault allegations, prompting a special election to fill out his term. Two Democrats topped the field in a regular primary election this month.
NYTIMES (Robert Jimison) - Republicans Again Block War Powers Measure in the Senate
Four G.O.P. senators crossed party lines to back the resolution to direct President Trump to halt the war in Iran and seek authorization from Congress, but their support was not enough.