📰 From the Digest

Further reading from the day's section on The Coalition Cracks: Podcasters, Pollsters and Frat Houses.

D.C. and Virginia have filed suit to stop the proposed 250-foot arch near Arlington National Cemetery, calling it flagrantly unlawful.

A congresswoman on the Kennedy Center board alleges leaders tied foundation funding and payroll to keeping Trump's name on the building.

Bremmer explains Lula's record comeback in Brazil, Flavio Bolsonaro's flight to Miami, and Netanyahu's fraud claims after Israel's inconclusive vote.

Business Insider's roundup includes the Villa Vie Odyssey residents stranded in Cambodia by fuel costs up more than 300% since the Iran war began.

Fast Company and PitchBook contrast Anthropic's $11.6 billion quarter with $430 billion in non-cancelable compute contracts as retail investors are invited into the IPO.

Further reading from the day's section on The AI Bill Comes Due.

Microsoft offered buyouts to 60,000 employees, more than a quarter of its workforce, while spending heavily on AI.

Business Insider tallies the costs behind Amazon's $220 billion AI and data-center bet as investors question AI spending.

A benchmark reweighting turned a 3-point US-versus-China model gap into 12 points without the models changing, Refacto shows.

A university study found ad-tech vendors attaching real human IDs to bot traffic, and the MRC does not audit identity at all.

Lisandro Martinez's two bookings in ninety seconds sealed Chelsea's 2-0 win and added pressure on Michael Carrick's United.

A struggling United side arrived at the right moment for Xabi Alonso's Chelsea after a turbulent week.

The Athletic's NHL staff picked every team's biggest surprise of the early 2026-27 season.

Front Office Sports led its week with the NFL telling Saquon Barkley to divest his Polymarket stake and owners spending over $100 million on the midterms.