THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - UK PM Burnham, Spanish PM Sanchez Going on Vacation Amid Twin Migrant Crises.
The British and Spanish prime ministers have decided to go on vacation as their respective countries grapple with ongoing illegal immigration crises, raising concerns that Andy Burnham and Pedro Sánchez are neglecting their duties.
The British and Spanish prime ministers have decided to go on vacation as their respective countries grapple with ongoing illegal immigration crises, raising concerns that Andy Burnham and Pedro Sánchez are neglecting their duties. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: Far-left Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez has gone on holiday amid a migrant surge into the Spanish city of Ceuta, and new British Prime Minister Andy Burnham has decided to take a break just two weeks into the role despite a growing influx of boat migrants . DETAIL: Pedro Sánchez traveled to the Canary Islands off the west coast of Africa just days after the crisis at Ceuta, a Spanish enclave bordering Morocco in north Africa. The European Union (EU) has since called an…Open
AXIOS (Matt Phillips) - Investors can't stop believing
Data: FactSet; Chart: Matt Phillips/Axios Who cares about war, oil prices, interest rates or an AI bubble? Investors apparently do not — for now at least — sending stocks back to record highs. Why it matters: High stock prices are critical to keeping funds flowing to the AI buildout. - A significant erosion of investors' confidence in stocks would be a big risk to the AI flywheel of financial flows, capital expenditures and industrial activity driving the U.S. economy. Catch up quick: Some analysts and investors had worried that the markets were beginning to deflate, as the S&P 500 failed to advance in June or July. - Previously high-flying chip stocks hit an air pocket in early June. - The slump then spread to hyperscalers, with…
AXIOS (Jim VandeHei) - We're headed toward the first true AI election
This will be the first election cycle where AI is both a dominant policy debate — and a widely deployed political weapon. Why it matters: AI allows both candidates and bad actors to persuade and perplex with unprecedented speed, scale and precision in our elections. Watch what works, as those same techniques will likely be used against YOU. What to watch: - Persuasion bots. Campaigns are training text bots to hold back-and-forth conversations in their candidate's voice. Some voters engage for HOURS, granting precise knowledge of what ideas and language move them most. Yale researchers found a bot that admits it's a bot is just as persuasive to people as one posing as a human. - Simulated voters. Political operatives are running AI…
AXIOS (Avery Lotz) - Trump's golden age reality check
The Trump administration's rosy promises of a new "golden age" with 6% economic growth have fizzled on the realities of slower-than-anticipated growth and souring consumer sentiment. Why it matters: President Trump's roller coaster economy has risen with consumer spending and AI investment but also tumbled on tariff uncertainty, stubborn inflation and his Iran war, muddling the economic picture. - Trump preaches a golden future, but many voters aren't buying it . - That's a warning sign for the midterms: Reuters-Ipsos polling out this week found that Americans favored Democrats over Republicans on economic policy for the first time in nearly a decade. The big picture: Roughly 18 months into Trump's second term, the economy has proved…
AXIOS (Caitlin Owens) - Fauci's legal woes could deter scientists from government service
Senate Republicans' planned vote this week on whether to hold Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress is the latest escalation in their attempt to right perceived COVID-era wrongs and further disempower the federal health care bureaucracy. Why it matters: Critics fear the Senate Homeland Security Committee's efforts will deter scientific talent from taking government jobs, weakening America's public health infrastructure and ceding its dominance in biomedical innovation. Driving the news: The panel is expected to vote Thursday to hold the nation's former top infectious disease official in contempt for refusing to answer the committee's questions on the coronavirus during a hearing last week. - Fauci repeatedly invoked the Fifth Amendment…
WASHINGTONPOST (Praveena Somasundaram, Patrick Marley) - Takeaways from a big primary night in Michigan, Kansas, Missouri and more
The Michigan Senate race remained too close to call, but Democratic ideological battles ended in mixed results in House primaries.
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Senate Panel Advances Blanche’s AG Nomination After GOP Standoff
The Senate Judiciary Committee voted 12-10 on Tuesday to advance Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to the full Senate, ending weeks of delay caused […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG News Staff) - Trump Administration Expands Intelligence Operations in Cuba’s Communist Regime
The Trump administration has expanded U.S. intelligence operations in Cuba in recent months, according to two people familiar with the effort, as Washington intensifies pressure […] Source
AMERICANGREATNESS (AG Staff) - 19 Charged in $4 Million Philadelphia Medicare, Medicaid Fraud Scheme
Federal and Pennsylvania prosecutors have charged 19 defendants in connection with a $4 million scheme to defraud Medicare and Medicaid, the latest sign of the […] Source