NEWSNATIONNOW (Leland Vittert) - Navy SEALs used robot boats, night dives to clear mines from Strait of Hormuz
Harward says night dives, not daytime tactics used in past missions, kept divers safe from drones.
WASHINGTONPOST (Dan Merica) - How Canada, with elbows up, could hurt Trump in the midterms
The president's fight with our neighbor to the north — a constant over the course of his second term with a focus on trade — has turned ugly in recent weeks.
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - OpenAI is begging for someone to slow the AI race
AI leaders are sounding the alarm as their own breakthroughs sharpen an extraordinary dilemma: slow down and risk falling behind, or press ahead and risk losing control. Why it matters: AI executives and researchers increasingly see a race they can't safely slow on their own. Instead, they're urging governments, rivals and outside institutions to impose restraint across the field. - "The idea of racing forward at all costs seems absurd once one internalizes the seriousness of the stakes," OpenAI chief scientist Jakub Pachocki wrote Sunday. Meanwhile, Anthropic researcher Jacob Coxon said Tuesday he was leaving the company rather than contribute to what he sees as a race between OpenAI and Anthropic to build systems that will be difficult…
AXIOS (Mike Zapler) - Musk's PAC goes big on trans attack ads
Elon Musk's super PAC has entered the midterm campaign fray with a heavy dose of anti-trans messaging. Why it matters: America PAC isn't running a traditional persuasion campaign. It's undertaking a massive get-out-the-vote operation, with targeted ads designed to get GOP voters to the polls. - The PAC is betting trans issues will do just that. Driving the news: In a series of just-launched ads , America PAC goes after Democratic Senate candidates in four competitive races over transgender athletes, gender-transition care and other trans issues. - The PAC's emphasis on trans issues is striking because that's been a much less prominent theme in GOP Senate ads so far this election cycle, per AdImpact, which tracks political advertising.…
WASHINGTONPOST (Daniel Wu, Chris Hacker) - Cancer’s toll on 9/11 survivors is accelerating 25 years later
The number of victims receiving aid has tripled in recent years, a Post analysis finds, as the illness’s toll becomes more apparent.
NYTIMES (Ephrat Livni and Isabel Kershner) - Before Oct. 7 Attack, Netanyahu Was Warned, Report Says. He Denies It.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said he would sue the newspaper Haaretz after it reported that the Emirati president had warned him Hamas was planning a major operation against Israel.
NYTIMES (Charlie Greene) - My Dad Died on Flight 93. I Miss the Way America Responded.
My father died on 9/11, and a nation united behind my family, as well as others. We desperately need that sense of togetherness today.
NYTIMES (Carlos Lozada, Michelle Cottle, Nicole Hemmer and Derek Arthur) - How Roy Cohn Shaped Trump — and America
A new book reveals how the lawyer’s legacy lives on decades after his death.
ABCNEWS (ABC News: Top Stories) - US-Canada trade war threatens economic fallout in key midterm states
Tit-for-tat tariffs risk outsized harm in Michigan, Ohio and Maine, analysts said.
AMERICANGREATNESS (Liz Sheld) - Morning Greatness: GOP Midterm Convention Kicks Off in Dallas
The midterm GOP convention, SCOTUS on voting integrity, the harpies on the Clancy jury speak out and much, much more. Source