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BREAKING: Trump says: Either Iran signs a deal or it won't exist any longer. The war has raised living costs through a rise in energy prices due to Iran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, a key shipping lane for oil exporters in the Middle East. Read more: https://t.co/TbkC8LImsW

NEWS: California Attorney General Rob Bonta has served an investigative subpoena on OpenAI

JUST IN: Japan raised permanent residency application fees for foreigners by 20-fold from 10,000 yen to 200,000 yen (about $1,270 USD), per BBC Japan's foreign resident population exceeded 4.12 million at the end of 2025, a record 9.5 percent increase from the previous year. Read more: https://t.co/RKwxWlA51Z

South Korea has pushed back on the Trump administration’s announcement that the country would invest $54 billion in a LNG project in Alaska, per Bloomberg

BREAKING: Jared Kushner is the largest shareholder in an Israeli firm investing in companies supplying equipment for the Israeli military. He is also negotiating a deal for Gaza, per CNN Affinity does not directly own the defense companies, but the money runs through Phoenix straight into nine firms supplying the Israeli military. Read more: https://t.co/KloNtE9ia1

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Federal investigators say Chinese spies spent years to obtain secrets from the inner confines of the Federal Reserve, per CNBC

Trump said he has done ‘a very bad job’ of explaining his economic record, per Reuters

McDonald’s is using artificial intelligence to help set menu prices across the US and some global markets, per Reuters

BREAKING: Chinese refiners suspend October fuel exports, per Reuters China started a week-long holiday without giving major refiners a green light to export fuel to regions other than Hong Kong and Macau. Read more: https://t.co/gohUFMEoEA

OpenAI’s models took data from 55 websites belonging to businesses, non-profits and government agencies including the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the US Securities and Exchange Commission and the International Energy Agency, per FT

Trump: AI is bigger than the Internet. He said he does not want the U.S. to turn it off, citing the amount of money flowing into the sector. Read more: https://t.co/c43huOounB

Trump: It is possible we may renew bombing Iran after midterms

Iran: We will continue seeking dialogue with the US

BREAKING: Trump has said he is considering preemptively pardoning members of his administration before leaving office. When asked directly whether he was considering pardons for members of his administration before leaving office, Trump answered without hedging. Read more: https://t.co/8APwb7Qbel

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The AI job postings are surging, per Deutsche Bank: https://t.co/aGwgQh5o1n

"Using AI chatbots mainly for companionship can lower feelings of wellbeing," per CNBC

The top 1% of U.S. households own over 31% of the nation's wealth, surpassing the total wealth held by the entire middle class (the middle 60%), per CBS That group holds an estimated $55 trillion in assets, roughly equal to the combined wealth of the entire bottom 90% of Americans. Read more: https://t.co/zsNmVUe0aX

The average budget of an American homebuyer in Paris is $950,000, which exceeds the value of both foreign and French purchases, per YF

Employer health-plan costs are projected to surge 11% in 2027, the steepest baseline increase since 2003 https://t.co/85RoKMtphn Employers said that the cost of their current plans would increase by 11%, on average, if they took no action to lower it. Read more: https://t.co/tnqlF3miDE

Moody’s estimates that America’s data center boom will require $110 billion in investment to add 45 GW of power capacity by 2030.

Marriages with separate surnames tend to end about 30% sooner, averaging 8 to 10 years before filing compared to about 12 years for couples with a shared name, per the Institute for Family Studies. Nationwide, roughly 75 to 80 percent of married couples still share a surname, so the separate-name cohort remains the minority. Read more: https://t.co/XBDcj5GAnt

Trump administration grants Mamdani security clearance 9 months into his term, per POLITICO The new clearance, approved in the past week by the Department of Homeland Security, means he can now receive classified documents and briefings related to New York City. Read more: https://t.co/PUUhpbN2vB

Trump: If I ran Venezuela, if I ran any country, I would do exactly the same thing that Maduro did. On the immigration crackdown itself, Trump said, "Frankly, it's the hardest job I've had.: Read more: https://t.co/1Cfq84ta8t

BREAKING: The Pentagon is "increasing [nuclear] options available to the President," per Ken Klippenstein Colby has been making the case for a limited nuclear strike capability since 2011, arguing it gives the president a middle option between doing nothing and Armageddon. Read more: https://t.co/PEL3NvS5Q9

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BREAKING: An appeals court has found Trump colluded with the Department of Justice in bringing and later dismissing a case seeking $10 billion in damages from the IRS, per the Hill

BREAKING: The Texas Department of Public Safety has confirmed that officers have foiled a plan to attack the Texas State Capitol in Austin, per NBC