01 · The Washington Post
"The 5-Minute Fix: Senate Republicans are pushing back on Trump"
Republicans got Todd Blanche's written statement rescinding the $1.8 billion fund, but no change to the president's tax immunity arrangement.
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United States
Politics and government
02 · Puck
"How to Win the Democratic Nomination in 2028"
Peter Hamby moves the Democrats' argument to 2028 and the reshuffled early-state primary calendar.
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United States
AdTech and media
03 · Semafor
"Iran diplomacy ruptures"
Monday morning brought called-off strikes and oil down 5%, but by night Tehran denied talks were happening at all.
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Iran United States
Business and tech
04 · Semafor
"Analysts warn about shipping threats"
A Kpler analyst says threats to crude shipping are the highest of the war, and Hapag-Lloyd says even a brisk Hormuz reopening needs months to normalize.
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Iran
Business and tech
05 · Semafor
"Boeing plots its comeback"
Further reading from the day's section on Iran, the Strait of Hormuz and Treasury's yen intervention.
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Business and tech

06 · Semafor
"Amazon hits $3 trillion valuation"
Why it matters
Amazon crossed $3 trillion in market cap and posted $19.8 billion in Q2 ad revenue.
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07 · Semafor
"Data center projects boost hiring"
Why it matters
Data-center construction is bidding electricians and plumbers away from residential building, with data-center trade jobs paying 42% more.
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08 · Puck
"Ellison's Escape Hatch & The Zaslav Lottery Ticket"
Why it matters
Puck's read is that taking the Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery merger to trial may hand the Ellisons an escape hatch, and Zaslav wins either way.
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09 · Digiday
"The case for and against agencies betting on tokens"
Why it matters
Agencies are working out how to resell AI tokens at a markup, effectively a futures market with the incentive problems of principal media trading.
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10 · Digiday
"Who owns the creative brief?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media mergers and the advertising business.
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11 · Digiday
"Time has started serving ads to AI agents"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on media mergers and the advertising business.
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12 · The Athletic
"Which MLB teams need a trade the most?"
Why it matters
At the MLB trade deadline, Toronto and Washington both sold without, per The Athletic's writers, getting enough back.
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13 · The Athletic
"What we're hearing with hours to go until the MLB trade deadline"
Why it matters
The MLB trade deadline produced a quieter kind of drama, with the Dodgers already holding Tarik Skubal.
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14 · Semafor
"China favored in Africa's space race"
Why it matters
Bundled satellite packages are beating technical superiority in Africa's space race, and the same logic is showing up in AI infrastructure.
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15 · Puck
"The War on Art Flippers"
Why it matters
An obscure 1991 ruling explains why gallery resale restrictions on art flippers mostly don't hold.
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16 · Puck
"Buying the Kering Dip"
Why it matters
Reformation went public, Shein filed in Hong Kong, and the fashion IPO is back.
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17 · Digiday
"Inside Unilever's 300,000 creator network"
Why it matters
What the headline number behind Unilever's 300,000-creator network actually means.
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