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"U.S.-Canada relations, already tense, are likely to deteriorate further after the United States went ahead with a decision to ban nearly $1 billion worth of Canadian imports, including alcoholic beverages, dairy products and motorcycles," per CBS

JUST IN: OpenAI has released an AI that works 24/7 for you, called dots.

The Treasury Department will automatically enroll tens of millions of children in the government’s new Trump Accounts as soon as this week, replacing the previous structure that required parents or guardians to sign up, per WSJ Until now, families generally had to opt in by filing IRS Form 4547 with a tax return or through TrumpAccounts Read more: https://t.co/HEPzaFhFX6

Trump: War with Iran will be over very soon. To get updates on Trump speaking, subscribe to Unusual Whales. See more: https://t.co/RIgxzbODcR

JUST IN: Trump has unveiled America. gov, an AI-powered website designed to consolidate information from tens of thousands of federal webpages into a single searchable database.

BREAKING: Sam Altman announces the release of GPT 6.1 Sol, OpenAI's most powerful model yet. The developer documentation lists a 1.05-million-token context window, a maximum output of 128,000 tokens, and support for tools including web search, file search, code interpreter and computer use. Read more: https://t.co/NQti1wCSAi

Trump has said that Canada is "one of the worst countries in the entire world."

“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that President Trump engaged in serious crimes against our nation,” former special counsel Jack Smith has said “I stand by my decisions as special counsel, including my decision to bring charges against President Trump,” Smith said Read more: https://t.co/ZpfW2HeGDy

Bank of America has said it is more bullish on the S&P500.

Democrats say they’ll probe Trump family businesses if they take control of Congress, per Reuters The investigations could examine corporate donors to President Donald Trump’s proposed White House ballroom and deals involving his family members. Read more: https://t.co/iXk3sqoxlv

BREAKING: The US 30-year Treasury yield has risen to 5.612%, the highest since June 2002.

Iran’s ability to choke off oil flowing through the Strait of Hormuz, and use that as leverage in talks with the US, is breaking down, per WSJ

Zcash & privacy coins are having it's moment. $DEFT just launched one of Europe's first $ZEC ETPs through @ValourFunds giving traditional investors a brokerage-native way to get exposure.

Morgan Stanley has launched a Digital Asset Lab to test stablecoins, tokenization and DeFi applications before rolling them out across the bank.

Anthropic says its IPO valuation is targeted to be $2 trillion. Anthropic’s revenue increased twelvefold in 2025 to almost $4.6 billion, and the company reported a net loss of $42 billion, including an accounting charge of approximately $34 billion related to financing instruments Read more: https://t.co/2bFaeYCRZp

Goldman Sachs has said that stocks need bond yields to fall.

Trump supports a new plan to offer Russia sanctions relief in exchange for the release of political prisoners, per the Atlantic.

Smart-ring maker Oura said it was delaying its planned IPO due to market uncertainty, per WSJ

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AI drives up healthcare costs without better patient care, per BCBSA BCBSA said the share of inpatient cases billed as “medically complex” rose from 37% at the beginning of 2023 to 40% by the end of 2025. Read more: https://t.co/lsJdsMMwRL

The board of Goldman Sachs has discussed a plan for David Solomon to step down as CEO and be replaced with COO John Waldron as soon as next year, per WSJ

"Interest rates could go up for decades," per the Globe and Mail The recent rise is not unique to Canada, as global interest rates have spiked in recent weeks, with U.S. 30-year mortgage rates now exceeding 7 per cent. Read more: https://t.co/nZ1ewfhWvU

The federal government has spent at least $1.7 million to air three different TV ads featuring President Trump in recent days, per ABC

Trump’s approval rating has dropped to 37% in a WSJ poll, the lowest of any president heading into a midterm election in Journal polls dating to 1990, per WSJ According to the survey, the poll of 1,500 registered voters, conducted September 16-21, found that 61 percent disapprove of Trump’s job performance. Read more: https://t.co/z6ER3LvAot

Michael Burry has said he believes the AI bubble 'may burst' sooner than he first believed The new put structure is aggressive and near-dated. He swapped his Micron short with puts at a June expiration date and a $500 strike price range. Read more: https://t.co/vFgswCaoig

Anthropic says AI may pose 'existential risks to humanity' in IPO filing, per CNBC

The Trump administration will formally overturn Biden-era Title IX rules that aimed to protect transgender and LGBTQ students, per the Guardian

The Pentagon has had its personnel database breached, exposing sensitive information belonging to nearly 3 million military personnel, including Social Security numbers and details about the jobs they held, per ABC A Defense Manpower Data Center (DMDC) information system experienced unauthorized access of personally identifiable information by a small number of unauthorized users between October 2025 and July 2026. Read more: https://t.co/2cuKszoI9z

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