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Connie Loizos / TechCrunch : Vultron, which makes AI tools for federal contractors, raised $22M from investors including David Sacks' Craft Ventures, raising ethical questions   —  When Vultron announced its $22 million funding round earlier this week, the AI startup made sure to highlight a key investor: Craft Ventures …

Marcus Mendes / 9to5Mac : Apple was exempted from the EU's Corning deal to end exclusivity terms with OEMs, after finding products designed exclusively for Apple fall outside the market   —  The European Commission has concluded an antitrust investigation into Corning's glass supply deals.  And for once, Apple just watched from the sidelines.

Washington Examiner : Sources: UK plans to designate Apple and Google as holding a “strategic market advantage” over rivals, subjecting them to new regulations and potential fines   —  EXCLUSIVE — The United Kingdom is preparing to designate Apple and Google as holding a “strategic market advantage” …

President Donald Trump signed into law the Guiding and Establishing National Innovation for U.S. Stablecoins (GENIUS) Act Friday — a landmark piece of legislation that establishes federal regulations surrounding digital currency.  Ahead of signing the bill, Trump recalled how he previously vowed to make the U.S. the "crypto capital of the planet" during a keynote address during a bitcoin conference in Nashville, Tennessee, in July 2024, where he said that regulations his administration would implement would be "written by people who love your industry, not hate your industry."  "I pledged that we would bring back American liberty and leadership and make the United States the crypto capital of the world," Trump said Friday. "And that's what we've done. And under the Trump administration, this is only going further."  Stablecoins are a form of digital currency tied to a stable asset like gold or the U.S. dollar, which aims to keep their...

Bloomberg : President Trump signs the GENIUS Act, and says the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins will “secure the dollar's status as the world's reserve currency”   —  President Donald Trump signed the first federal bill to regulate stablecoins, hailing it as a “giant step …

Illegal alien Ronald Joseph was sentenced to prison after pleading guilty to raping and impregnating his own teenage daughter while living at a government-run Massachusetts migrant shelter . Joseph, a 44-year-old Haitian national, was living in a government-run hotel in Marlborough, Massachusetts, when it was discovered he had repeatedly raped his own daughter, resulting in the 14-year-old girl becoming pregnant . Though the crimes were committed between 2023 and 2024, Joseph was not arrested until Jan. 31, 2025, when he was charged with aggravated rape of a child and held without bail. In a statement Thursday, Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Marlborough Chief of Police David Giorgi confirmed Joseph pleaded guilty to aggravated rape of a child for sexually assaulting a 14-year-old victim. According to the statement, Judge Kenneth Salinger of the Massachusetts Superior Courts sentenced Joseph July 11 to 12-15 years in prison. MEXICAN WOMAN IN US ILLEGALLY CHARGED WITH FA...

Lucinda Shen / Axios : SPAC Insider: SPACs are booming in 2025, with 74 blank check companies going public so far in 2025, raising about $14.7B and beating 2022 total of $13.4B   —  SPACs are reaching heights not seen since 2021, despite their reputation as a symptom of an overly frothy market. … - And its been accelerating.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt revealed additional details on President Donald Trump's health after photos showed some bruising on the back of his hands, and apparently swollen legs.  "I know that many in the media have been speculating about bruising on the president's hand and also swelling in the president's legs," she said Thursday. "So in the effort of transparency, the president wanted me to share a note from his physician with all of you today." Leavitt went on to read a memo explaining that the swollen legs were part of a "benign and common condition" for individuals older than age 70, while the bruising on his hands were attributable to "frequent handshaking and the use of aspirin." "In recent weeks, President Trump noted mild swelling in his lower legs," Leavitt said Thursday during a press briefing. "In keeping with routine medical care and out of an abundance of caution, this concern was th...

Aria Alamalhodaei / TechCrunch : Hadrian, which is building largely automated factories to produce space and defense parts, raised a $260M Series C, bringing its total funding to ~$500M   —  Investors are continuing to rally behind the call to reindustrialize American industry, this time by building out a $260 million war chest …

Salvadorian migrant Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in federal court in Tennessee, where a federal judge on Wednesday will hear an appeal from the Justice Department seeking to keep him detained in criminal custody pending trial. The request to U.S. District Judge Waverly Crenshaw from the Justice Department caps off months of confusing and contradictory statements from the Trump administration in the case of Abrego Garcia, who was erroneously deported to El Salvador in March in violation of a court order, and returned to the U.S. three months later in June. The acting U.S. attorney for the Middle District of Tennessee, Robert McGuire, urged Crenshaw in a new filing this week to keep Abrego Garcia detained in criminal custody pending trial, arguing in a filing that "there is no combination of bail conditions that can reasonably assure either the safety of the community or the defendant’s appearance in future court proceedings." ABREGO GARCIA LAWYERS ASK US JUDGE TO ORDER RET...

Chris Prentice / Reuters : The US House clears a key procedural hurdle on cryptocurrency legislation after Trump intervened, setting the stage for likely passage of several crypto bills   —  The Republican-controlled U.S. House of Representatives cleared a key procedural hurdle Wednesday, setting the stage for likely passage …

A bipartisan duo bent on imposing strict sanctions against Russia are giving President Donald Trump some runway after his latest, hardened stance against Moscow. Senators Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., and Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., have pressed for stringent sanctions against Russia and its energy trade partners, and they have been working to refine their bill to meet requirements from the White House that give Trump more flexibility. The bill had been sidelined by congressional Republicans’ push to pass the president’s "big, beautiful bill" and had been eyed for a vote possibly by the end of the month. RUSSIA SANCTIONS BILL GAINS STEAM AS WHITE HOUSE APPEARS TO CHANGE TONE ON PUTIN But Trump’s announcement that he would levy 100% tariffs against Moscow unless Russian President Vladimir Putin agreed to end the war with Ukraine has likely again stalled that plan, and the bipartisan pair isn't mad about it. "It sounds like right now the president is going to attemp...

Jessica E. Lessin / The Information : Mark Zuckerberg Q&A: Meta's focus on “personal super intelligence”, how large compensation packages pale in comparison to AI infra investments, AI glasses, more   —  When I sat down with Meta CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg to talk artificial intelligence …

Foo Yun Chee / Reuters : The European Commission says France, Spain, Italy, Denmark, and Greece will test an age verification app meant to protect kids online   —  France, Spain, Italy, Denmark and Greece will test a blueprint for an age verification app to protect children online, the European Commission said on Monday …

Nikkei Asia : Satellite imagery and eyewitness testimony reveal that online scam centers are proliferating rapidly in Myanmar despite a large-scale crackdown in February   —  The number of scam centers in eastern Myanmar is expanding at a rapid pace.  Even after a large-scale crackdown in February …

Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Kash Patel and Deputy FBI Director Dan Bongino all called for Jeffrey Epstein 's sex-trafficking secrets to be made public long before the DOJ's stunning about-face last week. "This systemic review revealed no incriminating ‘client list,’" read a joint memo leaked to Axios a week ago. "There was also no credible evidence found that Epstein blackmailed prominent individuals as part of his actions. We did not uncover evidence that could predicate an investigation against uncharged third parties."  The revelation shocked many MAGA Republicans and Trump supporters, who had for years believed that Epstein was at the heart of a child sex trafficking ring that involved blackmailing prominent movers and shakers worldwide. Many also doubt the government's finding that Epstein died by his own hand in New York's Metropolitan Correctional Center in 2019. Trump has since brushed off the Epstein investigation as old new...

Border czar Tom Homan slammed lawmakers for criticizing the conditions of "Alligator Alcatraz" — the nation’s newest detention center — while remaining "silent" about the migrant death toll under former President Joe Biden.  "Alligator Alcatraz," which was constructed in the alligator-filled swamplands of the Florida Everglades to deter escapees, has drawn scrutiny over its conditions, remote location and potential environmental impact. Critics have questioned whether the site is safe, humane or appropriate for long-term detention. Homan, however, said the center still meets guidelines under U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and maintains the "highest" standards in the industry. "Detainees complain about the conditions of detention," Homan said during an appearance on CNN’s "State of the Union" on Sunday. "You can simply go to ICE.gov and look at the detention standards ICE has. They have the highest detention ...