Trump empowers election deniers, targets dissent with "antifa" crackdown, expands ICE surveillance. Atlas browser launches. Coffee threatened by deforestation. Louvre heist stuns Paris.

The Treasury Department ordered “no sharing” of crews tearing down the East Wing of the White House. Trump's "shadow president" Vought wields OMB as weapon while surveillance targets "No Kings" protesters. AI data centers spark global fury over blackouts and water shortages. Brazil approves Amazon drilling before climate summit. Cocaine kingpins live large in Dubai.

Trump administration surveillance programs targeting immigrants and protesters raise urgent civil liberties concerns, while new executive orders threaten to reclassify protests as domestic terrorism. Federal terrorism charges against alleged "antifa" members establish dangerous legal precedent for criminalizing dissent. Climate stories include Trump blocking global shipping emissions taxes and insurance market collapse driving state-level policy responses. Progressive movement leaders debate media strategy and call for coordinated policy infrastructure equivalent to Project 2025. AI's environmental costs emerge through investigations of data centers powered by fracked gas on bulldozed Texas land. Wikipedia reports declining traffic as AI search summaries extract value without supporting knowledge creation. Platform changes on X discourage external links, further consolidating information control. Green sea turtles downlisted from endangered status demonstrate conservation success but risk weaponization by anti-regulation advocates. Democratic lawmakers amplify "No Kings" protest messaging on social media as arrests begin under new enforcement frameworks.

Trump admin prosecutes activists as nonprofits mobilize $30M defense fund. AI energy demands spark crisis warnings as data centers build private power plants. Atlanta project tracks flooding inequities. Progressive resistance intensifies.

Treasury launches "War on Terror" against progressive nonprofits. Supreme Court poised to hand GOP 19+ House seats. Australian rainforests flip to carbon source in world first. Data centers spike utility bills 267%, roiling midterm races.

Trump administration strikes Venezuela boat, designates antifa as terrorists, removes historical park signs. AI companies partner with Walmart as energy costs spike. Global deforestation 63% off track. California regulates chatbots for kids.

Secret Gaza summit doc raises concerns, Eric Trump hot mic moment, soaring power bills linked to Big Tech data centers, Rogan & podcast bros cooling on Trump, plus Russian AI news show and sports betting addiction epidemic.

Trump administration escalates pressure on nonprofits through multi-agency investigations led by Stephen Miller, while Hamas releases remaining Israeli hostages under Trump-brokered ceasefire. Government shutdown continues as public frustration grows with both parties. AI developments include OpenAI's Sora surge, Elon Musk's xAI gaming ambitions, and Neuralink's robotic arm breakthrough. Climate battles intensify as Congress pushes Supreme Court review of Boulder lawsuit and study shows imported solar panels save lives. JPMorgan mandates biometric data for HQ access, signaling new era of workplace surveillance.

Polymarket accurately predicted Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado's Nobel Peace Prize win 12+ hours before announcement. Major focus on Trump administration's expanding prosecutions of political opponents (James Comey, Letitia James) and efforts to designate Antifa as foreign terrorist organization. Coverage includes Peter Thiel's leaked "Antichrist lectures" positioning tech critics as satanic threats; academic Mark Bray blocked from travel; OpenAI's Sora reaching 1M downloads; Figure AI's humanoid robot launch; Gaza ceasefire approval; climate and culture stories.

President Trump announced a Gaza ceasefire agreement while Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faces scrutiny for investigating nearly 300 Defense Department personnel over social media posts critical of slain conservative activist Charlie Kirk. Texas Gov. Greg Abbott threatens to withhold road funding from cities that refuse to remove rainbow crosswalks, joining federal efforts to erase LGBTQ+ visibility from public spaces. The briefing also covers Trump's escalation of antifa to foreign terrorist designation, extreme weather destroying a year's worth of UK wheat harvests, and China's rare earth export restrictions impacting clean energy supply chains.