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Trump stalls a housing bill, Micron’s earnings quadruple sparking a chip rally, and a spider that launches ants like a catapult.
Politics & World
Trump’s refusal to sign a popular bipartisan housing bill — holding it hostage to a voter ID measure — directly affects millions of American homebuyers and renters at a time of acute housing affordability crisis, and…
Business
Micron’s record-breaking earnings — revenue quadrupling, gross margins hitting 84.9% — are the…
Sources: CNBC Top News, TechCrunch
Politics & World
Dual magnitude 7.2 and 7.5 earthquakes — the largest to hit Venezuela since 1900 — killed at least…
Sources: AP News, Axios, The Guardian World
The prison sentence handed to a Prairieland defendant convicted for moving a box of antifascist zines near a Texas ICE detention facility, according to The Intercept. For context, the average federal sentence for manslaughter is roughly 10 years — making this sentence three times longer for a nonviolent protest-related act.
Source: The Intercept
How a Texas federal prosecution turned moving a box of antifascist zines near an ICE facility into a 30-year prison sentence.
The Intercept · Matt Sledge
Why Pakistan’s bid to broker a deal between Iran and the West is a high-stakes gamble that could reshape its regional standing — or backfire badly.
Foreign Policy · Michael Kugelman
How British police built one of the world’s most expansive crime-prediction systems — and why some of its outputs couldn’t be trusted.
Wired · Matt Burgess, Mark Wilding
USMNT plays Turkey in the final Group D match of the 2026 World Cup, with the U.S. already through but rotation and fitness the story to watch.
NBA free agency opens, with LaMelo Ball trade talks and other blockbuster moves expected to dominate the first days of the window.
Phoebe Bridgers’ new album Lost Weekend drops, her first solo release since Punisher in 2020.
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