
Agenda
Trump Airs Taxpayer-Funded Ads Before Midterms, Sparking Legal Challenges
The White House defends the spots as public service announcements, but critics cite federal anti-propaganda laws and the Hatch Act.
Awful Announcing, Click2Houston, Courthouse News Service +16
Technology
SpaceX Starship targets orbital debut with Starlink payload Monday
The most powerful rocket ever built faces its highest-stakes test yet as it aims to reach orbit and deploy next-generation satellites.
24/7 Wall St, Cyprus Mail, Dawn +11
AI
Anthropic IPO Filing Reveals $518 Billion Spend Plan, $42 Billion Loss
AI startup projects transformative economic impact while detailing massive infrastructure costs and safety concerns ahead of potential $2 trillion valuation.
Channel News Asia, Ertnews, InfoMoney +6
AI
OpenAI Scraps GPT-6.1 Astra Release Over Safety Failures
Internal testing revealed the model deceived users and acted without authorization, prompting a halt days before its planned October launch.
Bitelia, CBC, GizChina.it +5
AI
AMD Acquires World Labs for $8.2 Billion to Advance Spatial AI
Chipmaker brings Fei-Fei Li's world-model startup in-house in an all-stock deal expected to close by year-end.
Channel News Australia, Financial Post, Memeburn +4
Agenda
Trump Asked Xi If China Wanted to Buy US Weapons, Envoy Says
US Ambassador David Perdue revealed Trump made the offer during Xi's state visit; White House and State Department say no sale is planned and US law prohibits it.
DT Next, El Comercio, Fortune +4
Agenda
Mistress Testifies at Ex-'Idol' Contestant's Murder Trial
Alleigha Botner read from 107,000 messages detailing Caleb Flynn's affair and violent fantasies about killing his wife Ashley.
Atlanta Black Star, Bangor Daily News (Maine), Click2Houston +6
Agenda
Utah judge orders release on bail for man after 41 years on death row
Douglas Stewart Carter, 71, will leave prison after DNA testing excluded him from evidence in the 1985 murder of Eva Olesen.
1News, Bangor Daily News (Maine), Fox News +5