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ABC News : Trump admin debuts arcade.gov with a deportation-themed Snake clone and a Tetris-like wall-building clone; Tetris says it takes IP infringement “very seriously”   —  In “Build the Wall,” players aim to “protect the border” from zombies.  —  Isabella Murray, Nicholas Kerr, and Michelle Stoddart

Jean Eaglesham / Wall Street Journal : Swiss Re: global premiums for insuring data centers will likely reach $20B-$30B/year by 2030; ~40% of US data-center capacity is located in tornado-prone areas   —  AI hyperscale data centers are exposed to a dizzying array of potential threats during construction and operation

Former U.S. Sen. Kyrsten Sinema can be sued under North Carolina's so-called "homewrecker" law after a federal judge ruled the state has jurisdiction over allegations she helped break up a marriage by having an affair with a woman's then-husband. Sinema acknowledged having a sexual relationship with Matthew Ammel , who was a member of her security detail while she was a senator, but said she could not be sued in North Carolina because she lacks a meaningful connection to the state. U.S. District Judge David A. Bragdon rejected that argument and denied Sinema's motion to dismiss the case, saying she knew Ammel lived in the state with his wife, Heather Ammel, and their three children. Bragdon also pointed out that Heather Ammel discovered the affair in early 2024 after reading nine messages Sinema sent to her then-husband while he was in North Carolina. He found that those communications were enough for Heather Ammel's lawsuit to move forward in the state. JONAT...

After a week of ICE raids, the Democrat-dominated City Council of Danbury, Connecticut, voted nearly unanimously to approve non-citizen legal residents serving as police officers. Under the new guidance, approved in an 18-2 vote, non-citizen legal residents and Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients living in Danbury are allowed to serve as police officers in Danbury. One city council member, Democrat Joe Britton, remarked that the vote "sends a message to our immigrant community at large that you are welcome in Danbury." ICE operations in the area resulted in more than 60 arrests, according to local reports. The arrests prompted public outrage in the community, including from city officials such as Britton, who called the raids "frightening." BORDER CZAR TOM HOMAN FIRES BACK AFTER DEMOCRAT CHRIS MURPHY CLAIMS ICE IS ‘TERRORIZING LITTLE KIDS’ The only two council members to vote against the measure were Republicans, while the council’s 17 Democra...

Celia Ford / Transformer : OpenAI says it can't read all of Astra's reasoning and admits covert sandbagging would likely go uncaught, yet still calls it the world's most aligned model   —  OpenAI is hailing its new model as “the world's most intelligent and aligned”, but the details reveal an awareness of being evaluated …

Hayden Field / The Verge : OpenAI launches GPT-6 Astra, initially for customers in its Daybreak program; Greg Brockman says it is a “generational leap” and “we are now in the AGI era”   —  OpenAI's next big model is here: GPT-6 Astra.  The company calls it a “generational leap in capability” …