NYTIMES (Catherine Rampell, Stephen Stromberg and Derek Arthur) - Why Voters Might Finally Blame Trump for Rising Costs
Trump’s Iran war will affect more than just gas prices.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Connecticut home explosion kills at least 1
Police say no foul play is suspected.
ABCNEWS - WATCH: Crews battle intense barge fire in Delaware
A massive fire erupted on an unmanned barge in New Castle, Delaware. Flames scorched through mounds of scrap metal as fire crew battled the flames for hours.
NPR (Michael Copley) - 2025 saw relatively fewer natural disasters. Will you get a break on home insurance?
Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates.
Disaster costs fell in the U.S. in 2025. Still, it was the fourth time in five years that extreme weather inflicted more than $100 billion in annual losses. Industry experts say the growing financial toll will make insurers wary of rushing to cut rates.Open
NPR (Deena Prichep) - Over puppy yoga? Try it with snakes.
You've heard of yoga with kittens, and goats, and maybe even reindeer… but what about a bunch of pythons and one baby Columbian Common Boa named Mango?
You've heard of yoga with kittens, and goats, and maybe even reindeer… but what about a bunch of pythons and one baby Columbian Common Boa named Mango?Open
AXIOS (Madison Mills) - OpenAI, Anthropic feud could prop up Google
Google is quietly expanding its Pentagon work — and growing users faster than its rivals — while Anthropic and OpenAI publicly spar over conditions for Defense Department work. Why it matters: Winning the AI race may depend on knowing when to stay out of scuffles. What they're saying: "When you have two major companies fighting each other, it is a good distraction for another company to come in and learn from their mistakes and just go all the way to the top," PitchBook's Harrison Rolfes tells Axios. State of play: Google is set to provide AI agents to the Pentagon's 3-million-person workforce for unclassified work, Bloomberg reported Tuesday . - The news came just one day after rival AI lab Anthropic sued the Pentagon for…
Google is quietly expanding its Pentagon work — and growing users faster than its rivals — while Anthropic and OpenAI publicly spar over conditions for Defense Department work. Why it matters: Winning the AI race may depend on knowing when to stay out of scuffles. What they're saying: "When you have two major companies fighting each other, it is a good distraction for another company to come in and learn from their mistakes and just go all the way to the top," PitchBook's Harrison Rolfes tells Axios. State of play: Google is set to provide AI agents to the Pentagon's 3-million-person workforce for unclassified work, Bloomberg reported Tuesday . - The news came just one day after rival AI lab Anthropic sued the Pentagon for…Open
STRIPES (Corey Dickstein) - Army starts producing drone case designed by paratroopers from 82nd Airborne | Stars and Stripes
The little case solves multiple problems paratroopers tasked with drone responsibilities face going into combat or a training environment.
ABCNEWS - Inflation report to be released as Iran war sends gas prices surging
Overall prices cooled in recent months but remain above the Fed's target.
NPR (Cory Turner) - Federal oversight protects student borrowers. Some of it has stopped, watchdog says
Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.
Without this Education Department oversight, borrowers could "be placed in the wrong loan repayment status, billed for incorrect amounts" and more, the U.S. Government Accountability Office says.Open
NPR (Miles Parks) - Americans are split on wanting the National Guard to monitor voting, a new poll finds
Nearly half of Americans support the National Guard monitoring November's elections, potentially signaling an openness to the sort of nationalizing of elections that President Trump says he wants.