US, Iran to hold indirect talks, complicating efforts to end conflict

Officials from the US arrived in Qatar for talks on the Iran war, but were set to meet with mediators, not Iranian negotiators.
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Silicon Valley’s go-to fixer on AI’s unfixable problem

Bradley Tusk says consumers won’t rally behind the technology.
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SpaceX, US government discuss stock donation for Trump Accounts

The Trump administration has weighed whether to take stakes in other AI firms.
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Supreme Court strikes down caps on coordinated campaign donations

The ruling represents a victory for Republicans.
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Supreme Court rejects Trump’s birthright citizenship executive order

The decision, which was expected, is nevertheless a blow to a key administration priority.
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Supreme Court strikes down caps on coordinated campaign donations

The ruling represents a victory for Republicans.
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Few Ukrainians approve of US leadership, poll finds

Just 7% of Ukrainians said they approve of US leadership, according to a Gallup poll taken in April.
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Trump’s Board of Peace charts path forward

Questions continue to swirl about the organization’s work in Gaza.

Supreme Court punts on future Fed firings

The high court ruled that the president can dismiss members of most independent agencies without cause, but that the US central bank is different.

Supreme Court says Trump can’t fire Fed governor — for now

In a separate ruling, the justices made it easier for the president to fire officials at other independent agencies.

American national pride recedes across parties, poll finds

One-third of US adults say they are “extremely proud” to be an American, according to Gallup.

Democrats’ ‘Project 2029’ goes after tech companies with online safety plan

The liberal counterweight to conservatives’ Project 2025 is rolling out a series of policies to set the stage for an already crowded field of 2028 presidential hopefuls.

New Hampshire becomes the Senate midterms’ sleeper race

Democrat Chris Pappas warns his party not to be “overconfident.”

Threats to US payment rails helped trigger Bessent’s AI worries

Advanced models have heightened banks’ fears of an outage that would hamstring their ability to send money.

Only Trump can end his own blockade

The US president is preventing the reauthorization of a key surveillance law, and refusing to sign a bipartisan housing bill.
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