Politics
Trump said 'I call the shots' in an FT interview, then Israel struck Iran without US sign-off — the first public commander-in-chief orders defiance.
Economy
Two companies carry half of South Korea's stock market — and when Broadcom's AI miss cascaded, the whole thing halted for the first time ever.
Technology
Apple launched Siri AI at WWDC running on Gemini under the hood — so its 'private' assistant depends on the infrastructure of its biggest AI competitor.
Technology
A $965B IPO filing and a safety essay in 72 hours — Anthropic is either hedging regulatory risk or proving safety is a growth strategy.
Sports
LA says no ICE at World Cup venues. DHS says ICE will enforce the law. The tournament kicks off in three days with no binding commitment.
Life
Donors pledged $518M. Frontline workers in Mongbwalu eat once a day, aren't paid, and face community attacks — the gap between pledges and paychecks is the story.
Entertainment
Two YouTube filmmakers topped the box office this weekend — while a $200M He-Man film opened to $29M. The gatekeepers lost.
Sports
A Lubbock judge just said state law overrides NCAA integrity rules — and the NCAA called it the most damaging ruling in modern sports history.
Culture
The Court preserved the FCC's ability to levy fines without a jury trial — giving the same agency threatening broadcast licenses over war coverage a weapon the Fifth Circuit tried to take away.
Business
The biggest IPO in history is marketing at a valuation that makes Tesla's peak look modest — and the Anthropic compute deal disclosed in the S-1 ties the offering directly to the AI capital stack.
Technology
Britain will become the first country to mandate OS-level controls preventing children from sending or receiving explicit images — and tech firms have 90 days before legislation follows.
Life
A bispecific antibody from a Chinese biotech beat Keytruda in squamous lung cancer — the first China-origin drug to present at an ASCO plenary session in 61 years.
Life
A Veterans Affairs analysis found semaglutide reduced SUD diagnoses by 14%, overdoses by 39%, and mortality by 50% — across every substance class, not just alcohol.
Culture
Cannes awarded the Palme d'Or while Soderbergh screened Meta AI Lennon footage — the festival became a battleground over whether cinema's future is handmade or machine-aided.
Technology
The UNU study quantifies what carbon-only reporting misses — AI's water footprint will match Sub-Saharan Africa's domestic needs while electricity consumption triples to 945 TWh.
Sports
A bicameral Democratic bill targets the $40 billion youth-sports industry — PE firms get 91 days to divest or face monthly 10% revenue escrow forfeited to a new federal Youth Sports Fund.
Sports
The Knicks' first Finals since 1999 delivered ABC's most-watched Game 1 since 2018 — and Game 3 at MSG now has Trump attending and an $8,000 get-in price.
