TRUMP LAUNCHES AMERICA.GOV, AN AI CHATBOT THAT CONTRADICTS SOME OF HIS CLAIMS

LIBERAL NEWS
the BLUE PILL

Why Sherrod Brown Might Beat the Crypto Industry This Time [Strong Left] — New Republic

Bears notes: Rookie Dillon Thieneman gets first interception [Lean Left] — Chicago Sun-Times

This Is a Crucial Week in the Fight Against Trump’s Assault on the Law [Strong Left] — New Republic

The FDA’s Overton Window Problem [Strong Left] — New Republic

Facebook Boss Busted Gloating at Trump Bullying a Woman [Strong Left] — Daily Beast

Jack Smith Found Proof Beyond “Reasonable Doubt” of Trump’s Guilt [Strong Left] — New Republic

The Blueprint for Democrats to Win Back Voters [Strong Left] — The Intercept

Another U.S. Soldier Is Dead as Iran War Casualties Rise [Strong Left] — The Intercept

Ken Paxton's 'abject fear' exposed by Fox News as Senate campaign goes silent: analyst [Strong Left] — Raw Story

Even Republicans Are Figuring Out That Pete Hegseth Is a Disaster [Strong Left] — The Nation

Why China Isn’t Getting Existential About A.I. [Lean Left] — New Yorker

This Is Exactly What Humiliated Trump Will Do Next: Author [Strong Left] — Daily Beast

Supreme Court Says Trump Can Keep Deporting People to Random Places [Strong Left] — New Republic

Backlash as Indian oil heir made professor of sustainability by Newcastle University [Lean Left] — Guardian World

How Joe Biden Helped Cause a Genocide in Gaza [Strong Left] — The Nation

Judge Orders New York to Scrap Rollout of Second-Home Tax and Start Over [Lean Left] — NY Times

‘We will not be intimidated,’ says Estonian PM after attributing recent arson attack to Russia – as it happened [Lean Left] — Guardian World

Why Do AI Agents Sound So Frustrated? [Lean Left] — The Atlantic

HYPOCRITICAL NEWS

Trump Team Scrambles to Backpedal on Slip About Arms Sale to China [Strong Left] — New Republic

Trump Launches America.gov, an AI Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims [Lean Left] — NYT Politics

The AI industry's contradictions take center stage in Washington, Silicon Valley [Center] — Axios

Trump Launches America.gov, an AI Chatbot That Contradicts Some of His Claims - The New York Times [Center] — Google News US Politics

Trump’s Broken Promises in Venezuela. Don’t Let AI Make You Dumber. Plus. . . [Lean Right] — The Free Press

Donald Trump orders federal agencies to rename AI ‘Super Intelligence’ [Center] — Business Insider

OpenAI says its new AI agents won’t stay a premium product forever as the company launches its priciest plan yet [Center] — Business Insider

Judge rules Mamdani's pied-à-terre tax rollout needs a do-over [Center] — Business Insider

Who sat next to Trump — and who was missing — at his big AI lunch [Center] — Business Insider

Amazon vans may be New York City's latest target in a crackdown on delivery services [Center] — Business Insider

I went to Scotland for the first time. There are 6 items I'm glad I packed and 4 I wish I had brought. [Center] — Business Insider

Senate Republicans and John Fetterman Block Measure To Probe Killings of Nine Americans by Israelis in West Bank [Center] — Mediaite

Fox’s Brit Hume Tsk-Tsks GOP Senator Over Embarrassing Error: ‘He Brought This on Himself’› [Center] — Mediaite

Reporter Confronts Republican Senator on the Street Over Viral Blunder: ‘What Happened in There?’ [Center] — Mediaite

Republican Senator Stunned as Colleague’s Attack on Trump Prosecutor Disintegrates in Real Time [Center] — Mediaite

Vance Says He Had a Message for Team Behind New Trump Website: ‘Don’t Let It Be a Clusterf*ck’ [Center] — Mediaite

‘He’s Basically Disgraced Himself’: Raskin Flames Republican Senator Behind Viral Blunder on Live TV [Center] — Mediaite

Fox News Reports GOP Senator Has Yet to Respond After Viral Gaffe: ‘We’ve Not Heard Back’ [Center] — Mediaite

CONSERVATIVE NEWS
the RED PILL

Freed Israeli Hostages Still Had Shrapnel in Their Bodies From Oct. 7 Attack [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Vance Sets The Record Straight On Mass Deportations [Strong Right] — Daily Caller

Eric Schmitt’s shadow campaign for the vice presidency lasted six hours [Lean Right] — Washington Examiner

The Latest Gaza Hostages Freed: Women Whose Hamas Warnings Were Ignored [Lean Right] — Wall Street Journal

Exclusive: ICE Arrests Illegal Aliens Convicted of Murder, Child Sex Crimes, Rape [Strong Right] — Breitbart

ROOKE: Trump’s Best Communicator Has Been Front And Center, Speaking The Base’s Language [Strong Right] — Daily Caller

Judge blocks Mamdani’s second-home tax rollout, tells city to start over [Lean Right] — Washington Examiner

The Biden Admin Said Afghan Refugees Were Vetted. Then Came The Audit. [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

Trump: Iran Is ‘Doing Very Poorly,’ Will ‘Give Up’ — Regime’s Currency Crashes to Record Low [Strong Right] — Breitbart

A Limited Supreme Court Win for Trump's Voter Database [Lean Right] — Reason

Could Trump revoke Ilhan Omar's citizenship for alleged brother marriage? Ex federal prosecutor breaks it down [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Supreme Court Lets Trump Resume Third-Country Deportations [Strong Right] — Daily Wire

Talarico Pledges in Undercover Video to Use Senate Seat to Fight for Trans Children: ‘I Will Fight for Them’ [Strong Right] — Breitbart

Supreme Court climate showdown jolted by Alito's last-minute decision [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Were the Nazis Socialist? Only in Part [Lean Right] — Reason

FBI's Andrew Bailey blasts exit 'lies' as he reveals real reason he's leaving agency [Lean Right] — Fox News Politics

Jack Smith's Trump probe swept up Fox News, other media communications as investigation went beyond lawmakers [Lean Right]Fact-Check — Fox News Politics

Eleventh Circuit Upholds Restriction on Referring to "Settlement" of Trump v. IRS, [Lean Right] — Reason

Market Correlation

U.S. equities are mixed: the S&P 500 -0.17% at 7,671, the Nasdaq -0.09% at 26,798, the Dow -0.26% at 51,350. The VIX sits at 16.0 (-0.2% today), inside its normal range.

The 10-year Treasury yield is climbing at 5.26% — the number behind mortgage rates and Washington's interest bill. The dollar index is at 101.4 (+0.2%). Elsewhere: gold up 0.3% at $4,180/oz; WTI crude down 3.5% at $89.38/bbl; Bitcoin at $83,295 (-0.2%).

Among big names, ORCL leads gainers at +3.91%, while AAPL lags at -2.66%. Rate moves and energy prices feed straight into the political fight over inflation — match this against the headlines above.

S&P 500 7,670.84 -0.17%

Nasdaq 26,797.54 -0.09%

Dow 51,349.92 -0.26%

VIX 16.04 -0.19%

10Y Yield 5.26% +0.29%

Dollar Index 101.37 +0.17%

Bitcoin 83,295.26 -0.25%

Gold 4,179.7 +0.27%

Oil WTI 89.38 -3.48%