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AXIOS (Ashley Gold) - Trump and AI CEOs discuss global AI rules Wed Jun 17 17:00:04 2026

President Trump and top administration officials discussed a U.S.-led effort to coordinate global AI standards Wednesday at a meeting with the CEOs of leading AI companies at the G7 summit in France. Why it matters: U.S. AI policy decisions increasingly determine who around the world can access the most advanced AI models. Driving the news: Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, participated in a "working lunch" on AI and the digital age with other world leaders. - OpenAI's Sam Altman, Google's Demis Hassabis and Anthropic's Dario Amodei were among the participants. - Meta's Alexandr Wang, Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez and Salesforce's…

President Trump and top administration officials discussed a U.S.-led effort to coordinate global AI standards Wednesday at a meeting with the CEOs of leading AI companies at the G7 summit in France. Why it matters: U.S. AI policy decisions increasingly determine who around the world can access the most advanced AI models. Driving the news: Trump, along with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick, participated in a "working lunch" on AI and the digital age with other world leaders. - OpenAI's Sam Altman, Google's Demis Hassabis and Anthropic's Dario Amodei were among the participants. - Meta's Alexandr Wang, Mistral AI's Arthur Mensch, Cohere's Aidan Gomez and Salesforce's…Open

NPR (Matt Ozug) - Greetings from Maputo, Mozambique's capital, shaped by a modernist architecture Wed Jun 17 16:46:12 2026

An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.

An impromptu tour of Mozambique's capital city reveals a unique imprint left by architect Amâncio "Pancho" Guedes.Open

NYTIMES (Julian E. Barnes) - Intelligence Officials Have Welcomed Pulte and Then Clayton Wed Jun 17 16:36:49 2026

The two, whom President Trump nominated as acting director and director of national intelligence, have both prepared to take over the office.

ABCNEWS - GOP senator says Clayton DNI hearing still on despite Trump's push for cancellation Wed Jun 17 16:18:09 2026

Sen. Tom Cotton said the confirmation hearing for Jay Clayton for DNI will continue as planned despite Trump announcing it would be canceled.

NYTIMES (Carl Zimmer) - A Deadly Outbreak of Plague, Nearly 5,000 Years Before the Black Death Wed Jun 17 16:16:28 2026

The oldest known cases, discovered among hunter-gatherers in Siberian graves, contradict the theory that the disease once was mild.

NYTIMES (Corey Kilgannon) - Gilgo Beach Serial Killer Receives Life Sentence After Guilty Plea Wed Jun 17 16:16:27 2026

The decision on Wednesday will bring to an end an infamous case that took investigators more than a decade to solve.

NYTIMES (José María León Cabrera and Johanna Alarcón) - How Ecuador’s Andes Created a Language of Its Own Wed Jun 17 16:16:26 2026

In Ecuador’s highlands, a seamless mix of Kichwa and Spanish creates a language that bends grammar, adds melody and goes unnoticed by many who speak it every day.

NYTIMES (Santul Nerkar and Tania Ganguli) - Shane Hennen, the One Man Linking 3 Gambling Scandals, Is Ready to Talk Wed Jun 17 16:16:25 2026

The N.B.A. and the N.C.A.A. have been rocked by indictments accusing players and others of fixing bets and playing in rigged poker games. Shane Hennen is named in each one.

NYTIMES (Colby Smith) - What to watch at the Fed’s meeting. Wed Jun 17 16:16:25 2026

ABCNEWS - WATCH: Messi's massive night and Kansas town adopts Team Algeria Wed Jun 17 15:57:58 2026

ABC News' Lara Spencer reports on the budding love story between a college town in Kansas and a team from North Africa.