01 · Vox
The Supreme Court's final sprint
Ian Millhiser calls the 5-4 Watson mail-ballot ruling a warning of what could come if Trump replaces one more Supreme Court justice.
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United States
Politics and government
Regulation · Elections
02 · Vox
Trump v. Slaughter and the unitary executive
Roberts blocked Trump's firing of Fed Governor Lisa Cook 5-4, while a 6-3 ruling upheld his firing of FTC Commissioner Rebecca Slaughter.
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United States
Politics and government
03 · Semafor Washington
"Birthright endures"
The justices rejected Trump's bid to end birthright citizenship, but only five agreed, and the fight moves to Congress and the trial courts.
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United States
Business and tech
04 · Business Insider
Comcast, Mamdani's rent freeze, and the day's agenda
Further reading from the day's section on Colorado's anti-establishment primaries and the president's finances.
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New York
Business and tech
05 · Semafor Washington
"Musk's next play?"
Colorado Democrats swept out incumbents: Melat Kiros unseated 15-term Rep. Diana DeGette and AG Phil Weiser beat Sen. Michael Bennet for governor.
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United States
Business and tech

06 · Ed Zitron
The AI Industry Is Losing
Why it matters
The BIS warned the AI capex boom could turn into a protracted bust, and Zitron counts Oracle's $129.5B in debt and $260B in unstarted leases.
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07 · Semafor
Bradley Tusk on AI's political problem
Why it matters
Bradley Tusk says this is the most permissive AI regulation will ever get, because nobody loves these products enough to fight for them.
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08 · AI Secret
The In-House Model Fever
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on whether the AI boom is a supercycle or a debt bomb.
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09 · Puck
The Comcast-NBCU split: what comes next
Why it matters
Comcast is spinning NBCUniversal into a stand-alone company, and Dylan Byers reads Brian Roberts's denial of future M&A as a claim no one believes.
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10 · Semafor
"Better apart"
Why it matters
The media pendulum is swinging from content is king back to the pipes that deliver content to eyeballs.
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11 · The Rebooting
The problem with Google
Why it matters
Publishers are at a breaking point with Google, whose share of People Inc's traffic fell from 75% to 25% in four years.
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12 · Status
Paula Reid to exit CNN under Ellison
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media empires breaking apart.
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13 · Puck
What Google wants from A24
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media empires breaking apart.
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14 · Digiday
OpenAI's David Dugan on third-party measurement
Why it matters
OpenAI's ad boss David Dugan says the company will accept independent third-party measurement, a break from the self-graded norm.
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15 · Marketing Brew
Rivian goes mainstream with the R2
Why it matters
Rivian is trying to go mainstream with its roughly $45K R2 into the headwind of a killed EV tax credit.
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16 · The Athletic
LeBron, Anthony Davis and the Warriors
Why it matters
The Athletic floats a Warriors super team of LeBron, Curry, Draymond, Horford and Anthony Davis, with an average age of roughly 38.
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17 · JohnWallStreet
AUSL's MLB advantage and the MLBx launch
Why it matters
MLB is using its All-Star Weekend 3-on-3 MLBx format to build women's fastpitch league the AUSL, backed by an ESPN deal.
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18 · Business Insider
The boomer gray-divorce boom and your inheritance
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on markets and the wider world.
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19 · Trends.vc
Counter-positioning: why incumbents can't copy you
Why it matters
Why incumbents can't copy challengers, recommended as the best lens for half of the day's stories.
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20 · Puck
Inside the Dianna Russini exposé
Why it matters
The New York Times investigates its own $800K reporter, Dianna Russini.
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