NEWSNATIONNOW (Katie Pavlich) - Fauci ripped over COVID diary ahead of Senate testimony
Dr. Scott Atlas and Jennifer Sey say Fauci privately doubted the virus.
NEWSNATIONNOW (Jesse Weber) - Bryan Kohberger: Goncalves family grills geolocation expert over cell data gaps
Sy Ray says only a fraction of Kohberger's phone data was ever mapped.
NPR (The Associated Press) - New York school pauses plan to deploy humanlike AI robot teacher after backlash
A school district in upstate New York is pausing plans to deploy an AI-powered, humanoid robot in the classroom after state education officials, teachers and local residents raised concerns.
AXIOS (Zachary Basu) - Anthropic's lonely island
Anthropic spent this winter and spring as the darling of America's AI boom, conquering the frontier while casting itself as the industry's moral conscience. - By summer, the Claude maker had found itself alone on an island of its own principles. Why it matters: Anthropic is simultaneously the world's most valuable startup and its most isolated AI leader. The company's idiosyncrasies have strained its relationship with developers, policymakers and partners as it barrels toward a potential trillion-dollar IPO . Driving the news: Anthropic is the only frontier AI lab that declined to sign an open letter led by Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang urging Washington not to restrict open-weight models, a category currently dominated by China. -…
AXIOS (Barak Ravid) - Zelensky to Axios: Ukraine needs missile interceptors to head off winter disaster
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told Axios in an interview Tuesday that he asked President Trump for an emergency "winter package" of Patriot air defense interceptors to help thwart Russian attacks on Ukrainian energy infrastructure. Why it matters: Ukraine's stockpiles of the interceptors have been almost depleted, and without them the country can't defend itself against ballistic missiles. It was the reason Ukraine couldn't stop recent Russian attacks on Kyiv. - If this problem isn't solved by winter, Russian missile attacks could destroy Ukraine's power plants, shutting off heating for millions of Ukrainians and creating a humanitarian crisis. - The war with Iran has also drawn down U.S. stockpiles of Patriot interceptors,…
AXIOS (Stef W. Kight) - Thune's next nightmare
Senate Majority Leader John Thune has one of the toughest jobs in Washington. It could get even harder next year. Why it matters: Thune is one of the few Republicans in Washington who's managed to say "no" to President Trump and still keep his job. But the Senate leader could enter the next Congress with diminished power, leading a conference whose loyalty increasingly lies with Trump. - Republican control of Congress could be weakened , if not lost. - The Senate's MAGA flank is poised to grow. - And Trump — who has been relatively restrained in his criticism of Thune even as his demands to pass the SAVE America Act and kill the filibuster remain unmet — will have nothing to lose in the last two years of his presidency. Zoom in:…
AXIOS (Tina Reed) - Cyclospora exposes weak links in America's food safety system
The nation's largest known cyclospora outbreak is straining Americans' trust in the food safety system — and could undermine the healthy-foods messaging from the Trump administration. Why it matters: It arrives as the administration urges Americans to eat more whole foods, even as health experts say recent cuts have weakened the public health infrastructure responsible for detecting outbreaks. The big picture: More than 11,000 confirmed or suspected cases of infection have been linked to the parasite across more than 40 states this summer, with investigators tying some — but not all — cases to contaminated iceberg lettuce. - That raises a broader question among public health experts: Can the government convince Americans to eat…
NPR (The Associated Press) - Jordan intercepts Iranian missiles as U.S. and Saudi Arabia strike militias in Iraq
Jordan intercepted five missiles launched from Iran, the country's military said, hours after the U.S. military said it had knocked down an Iranian missile barrage launched against American forces.
WASHINGTONPOST (Hannah Natanson) - West Point professors free to comment publicly as school declines to appeal ruling
West Point professors may still comment freely as the military academy declined to appeal a judge's ruling that blocked the school from enforcing a restrictive policy on public speaking and writing.
YOUTUBE (The Hill) - Trump hosts Zelenskyy and Netanyahu in separate White House meetings - The Hill | NEWSNATION
Host Blake Burman discusses back-to-back, face-to-face meetings between Trump and Zelenskyy, and Trump and Netanyahu at the White House following Senator Lindsey Graham's memorial service. On Tuesday, hundreds came to Washington, D.C. to pay their final respects to the late South Carolina senator. 00:00 - Introduction 02:52 - Trump hosts Zelenskyy, Netanyahu at WH 12:24 - Kentucky governor demands McConnell health update 21:03 - Trump hosts Zelenskyy, Netanyahu at WH 31:47 - MI cyclosporiasis outbreak surges to 9,600+