Politics & World
Senate Passes $70B Immigration Enforcement Bill After Marathon Vote
Major legislative victory for Trump’s immigration agenda, funding enforcement through his second term after contentious 18-hour vote marathon
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Senate Passes $70B Immigration Bill, Anthropic Files for IPO, and 5,300-Year-Old Yeast Makes Bread
The Senate passes a massive immigration bill, Anthropic files for IPO despite AI warnings, and scientists bake bread with ancient yeast.
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Business
Anthropic Files for IPO Day After Warning AI Development Should Slow
Major AI company going public while simultaneously warning about AI development risks creates market…
Sources: TechCrunch, Engadget, Yahoo Finance
Sports & Culture
Yankees Star Aaron Judge Out With Stress Fracture in Rib
Major injury to MLB’s biggest star and reigning MVP affects Yankees playoff hopes and baseball’s…
Sources: CBS Sports, ESPN
100,000
The number of cockroaches seized in an illegal breeding operation in rural Australia, worth more than $100,000 on the black market. The exotic bug trade has grown rapidly as collectors pay premium prices for rare species.
Source: Phys.org
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Trump Is Playing With Fire in Cuba
How Trump’s aggressive Cuba policy risks destabilizing the Caribbean and undermining US interests in the region.
Foreign Policy · Howard W. French
Trump Administration Tries to Shift Blame for Ebola Response
Why the Trump administration’s attempts to deflect criticism of its Ebola response in Congo are falling short.
The Intercept · Nick Turse
Ballroom, bunker, or boondoggle? What exactly is Trump building on the White House grounds?
What Trump’s mysterious construction project on the White House grounds reveals about his security priorities.
Washington Examiner · Jamie McIntyre
- Monday
Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference begins Monday with expected AI and software announcements.
- Tuesday
MLB trade deadline approaches Tuesday, with several contenders eyeing pitching help after recent injuries.
- Wednesday
Federal Reserve Chair Powell speaks Wednesday on inflation outlook ahead of next week’s policy meeting.
- Thursday
Supreme Court expected to rule Thursday on major social media content moderation case.
Etcetera
- Scientists use 5,300-year-old yeast from Ötzi the Iceman to make sourdough
- Why the Army asked Hershey to make chocolate that tasted like boiled potatoes
- Australia seizes 100,000 cockroaches in illegal bug-breeding bust
- Burglar uses Waymo robotaxi as getaway car after stealing yoga clothes
- Cash App launches a magic wand for tap-and-pay purchases
- Six notable people who died on the toilet throughout history
- Eight weirdly specific smells that perfectly defined the 1990s
- Meet Wiarton Willie, Canada’s celebrity groundhog weather predictor
Today’s clickbait, so you don’t have toThis Robot Party Clown Completely Ignored Asimov’s First Law of Robotics
On this day · June 5
The Historybook- 1947Secretary of State George Marshall announces the Marshall Plan for European recovery
- 1968Robert F. Kennedy is shot at the Ambassador Hotel in Los Angeles
- 1981The CDC publishes the first report on what would later be known as AIDS
- 1989The Tiananmen Square protests reach their climax in Beijing
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Quote of the day
“A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.”
— Isaac Asimov, First Law of Robotics
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