DOJ arrests a soldier for $400k in Maduro bets while U.S. intel spies on the Vatican. Trump prepares to end birthright citizenship, affecting 4.5 million kids. Acting IG Blier audits the Epstein files as the DOJ seeks to denaturalize 384 citizens. Sony’s robot beats a pro-ping-pong player. OpenAI and xAI build massive gas-powered data centers. Chevron wins a SCOTUS move to federal court. Stars and Stripes ombudsman is fired for being "woke." Steyer gets a Sanders nod.

Is Trump reportedly skipping his Walter Reed physicals? Have thousands of U.S. troops sustained traumatic brain injuries and wounds in the initial Iran strikes? Did Vitol CEO Russell Hardy warn that the oil market has lost one billion barrels due to the war? Is Meta installing software to record employee keystrokes to train AI agents before layoffs?

Trump secretly vets voter rolls using flawed DHS data. IRGC gunboats attack ships in Hormuz, violating the ceasefire to run an extortion racket in Chinese yuan. Kash Patel indicts the SPLC for wire fraud, claiming they funded the KKK. Pentagon heads ask GM and Ford to boost weapons production. Abdul El-Sayed ties for the lead in the Michigan Senate primary. Ted Cruz moves to shield fossil fuel firms from lawsuits.

Donald Trump invokes the Defense Production Act. Sources say Trump denied nuclear codes access. Kash Patel sues The Atlantic. The White House defends the FBI Director. The Onion leases InfoWars. Senate Republicans introduce the American Energy Protection Act. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton sues ActBlue. The shadow docket remakes the Supreme Court.

Senators estimate war cost to be $10 billion per week. The USS Spruance seizes the ship Touska as Tehran threatens to end the ceasefire. Fatih Birol warns of a jet fuel collapse in Europe. Iran uses Chinese satellites to map U.S. targets. Trump prepares an executive order for ibogaine research. Maine enacts the nation’s first data center ban. Google Gemini pulls from private photos to create avatars. Meta's TRIBE v2 simulates human brain activity. Javier Milei fires 37,000 workers in Argentina.

Iran reopens the Strait of Hormuz during a fragile ceasefire, but the IEA warns of a jet fuel crisis. Trump urges Ford and GM to produce munitions as U.S. war costs spiral. Maine enacts the first statewide AI data center ban. Google Gemini begins generating images using private Google Photos. DOGE continues cutting grants as NPR turns to private donors like Connie Ballmer to survive. Steve Bannon calls for a Trump third term. Chevron returns to Venezuela.

The world's largest chimpanzee community in Uganda has split into warring factions, killing 24 members. In the Middle East, DOGE staff cuts left the State Department unable to evacuate 1 million Americans. U.S.-Iran ceasefire talks in Islamabad failed, as the Strait of Hormuz remains blocked by "misplaced" mines. Sam Altman’s home was targeted by a Molotov cocktail amid AI anxiety. Hungary enters a new era as Péter Magyar defeats Viktor Orbán in a landslide.

The U.S.-Iran ceasefire teeters as Israel strikes Lebanon and Iran maintains minefields in the Strait of Hormuz. China emerges as a primary beneficiary, securing discounted oil via Shandong refineries. CISA and NERC are on high alert for Iranian cyberattacks targeting power grid controllers. Anthropic lost an appeal against a Pentagon blacklist after its Mythos model autonomously bypassed security. In the U.S., Acting AG Todd Blanche defended probes into political rivals.

President Donald Trump and Tehran reached a two-week ceasefire brokered by Pakistan, aiming to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. Despite the truce, a drone hit a Saudi Aramco pumping station, and 1,800+ vessels remain stalled in the Gulf. Trump reduced his war funding request to $100 billion while threatening 50% tariffs on Iran’s arms suppliers. Locally, Ron DeSantis signed HB 1471 to designate domestic terror groups, and Democrats flipped a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat.

Trump threatens “whole civilization.” Iran threatens OpenAI’s Stargate. U.S. Army debuts M111 shockwave grenade. ICE arrests 20,000 in D.C. Drift Protocol loses $286 million to DPRK.