01 · The Washington Post
"Takeaways from primaries in South Carolina, Wisconsin, Minnesota and Connecticut"
The Post called David Crowley's win over Francesca Hong in Wisconsin's Democratic gubernatorial primary a clear upset.
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Politics and government
02 · Vox
"A messy lesson for the post-woke left"
Francesca Hong ran on universal childcare, free school meals and a data center moratorium, but spent her closing week explaining 2020.
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Politics and government
Data centres
03 · Vox
"Why progressives are backing off Woke 1"
Progressives including Mamdani, El-Sayed and AOC are openly walking back the strident Woke 1 vocabulary that peaked after 2020.
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Politics and government
04 · Semafor
"MAGA wars"
David Weigel reads the primaries as record Democratic turnout that is not automatically helping the left, plus an aging-incumbent reckoning.
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Business and tech
05 · Puck
"A.O.C. Engagement Questions & 'Woke 1' Blowback"
Hill Democrats are wincing at AOC saying 2020-era rhetoric is not rhetoric the left would use today.
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AdTech and media

06 · The Washington Post
"Are data centers enough to flip a key House race?"
Why it matters
Will Lawrence, running in a Trump-carried mid-Michigan district, built his first general-election ad around a proposed data center in Mason.
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07 · The Washington Post
"Rural Texas data center opposition is scrambling conservative orthodoxy"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on data centers, power and the metro economy.
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08 · The Washington Post
"How utility and tech firms 'educate' regulators with big donations, secret retreats"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on data centers, power and the metro economy.
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09 · Business Insider
"Miami is now more expensive than New York City"
Why it matters
Miami's cost of living has passed New York's.
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10 · Business Insider
"Austin's real estate bust"
Why it matters
79% of Austin homes sold in 2022 are now worth less than their sale price.
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11 · Business Insider
"Goldman says the AI bulls and bears are both wrong"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on data centers, power and the metro economy.
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12 · The Washington Post
"Trump administration set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction"
Why it matters
The administration is set to spend at least $900 million on White House construction, mostly taxpayer-funded, per confidential contracts.
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13 · The Washington Post
"Pirro, in rare move, convenes special grand jury in Washington"
Why it matters
Jeanine Pirro convened a special grand jury in D.C., a designation that lets it focus on a single case and issue a public report.
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14 · The Washington Post
"Trump's plane ruse echoes Clinton's Pakistan swap, with one key difference"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on Trump's decoy plane and the machinery of Washington.
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15 · Semafor
"Through a glass darkly"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on maritime chokepoints, espionage and the death of Zhu Rongji.
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16 · Semafor
"Not worth the risk"
Why it matters
Eli Lilly filed six lawsuits against sellers of illicit retatrutide, its unapproved obesity drug.
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17 · Status
"Ellison's CNN Board Game"
Why it matters
Paramount floated an editorial oversight board to safeguard CNN's independence after its acquisition, and CNN staff aren't buying it.
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18 · Puck
"How Much Does Fox Need the NFL?"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the fights over media ownership.
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19 · Puck
"The Life Magazine Revival Is Happening & The Unstoppable Rise of TikTok Shop"
Why it matters
Further reading from the day's section on the fights over media ownership.
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20 · Digiday
"Perplexity blocks Time's ads served to AI agents, calling them 'deceptive'"
Why it matters
Time served markdown ads designed to shape chatbot answers, and Perplexity blocked them outright as deceptive.
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