Trump just clawed back $810 MILLION that Congress already approved β mostly health, education and refugee programs. His own party's appropriations chair calls it "illegal." The power-of-the-purse fight is back. πΊπΈ #Trump#Politics#Congress
The AI shopping war is on π€ Amazon just BANNED Meta's #1 AI agent Muse (2.5M+ downloads) from its site β it "stores customer credentials," Amazon says. A day later, Shopify threw its doors WIDE open. Walmart and Best Buy too. #AI#Amazon#Meta
Google is sending AI chips to SPACE π Next week, a prototype satellite with Tensor Processing Units launches on SpaceX's Transporter-18 to test if AI chips can survive orbit. The goal: data centers in space, powered by endless sunlight. #Google#Space#AI
"The will of 190+ countries subject to the whims of five." π At UNGA, leaders from Turkey to Nigeria demanded Security Council reform β calling the veto system illegitimate after the US bombing of Iran and Russia's Ukraine invasion. #UN#UNGA#Diplomacy
The TrumpβXi state dinner: every tech titan on Earth β Musk, Bezos, Pichai, Altman, Cook, Huang β ate sea bass with the two leaders. One seat was empty: Anthropic. In AI diplomacy, the missing chair is the story. π½οΈ #Trump#Xi#AI
A monster nor'easter is battering the US East Coast π 60 mph gusts, 20-foot seas, major coastal flooding from NC to NJ. NY and NJ declared emergencies. Festivals canceled, flights waived, Amtrak disrupted. #Noreaster#NYC#Weather
Dozens of delegations WALKED OUT on Netanyahu's UN speech Thursday. Outside, NYPD arrested 100+ protesters β including Susan Sarandon, Elliot Page and Cynthia Nixon β in a mass sit-in. He called genocide claims "the biggest lie of the century." βοΈ #UNGA#Netanyahu
Overnight: the Saudi-led coalition intercepted two Houthi ballistic missiles and two drones aimed at Riyadh. Hours earlier, Saudi, Pakistani and Turkish military chiefs met under their new joint defence pact. The region is on edge. π‘οΈ #Saudi#Houthis#Geopolitics
"An act of war." π΅π° At the UN, PM Shehbaz Sharif warned India that blocking Pakistan's share of the Indus waters would be treated as an act of war β and demanded a UN-supervised plebiscite in Kashmir. India's reply was scathing. #Pakistan#UNGA#Kashmir
Red-state panic π¨ Trump's approval is down to 39%. Districts he won by 15 points are now "within the margin of error," and Democrats are bullish on flipping the Senate too. The midterms are shaping up as a wave. π #Midterms#Trump#Politics
Days after a federal judge ORDERED the White House to restore CNN's press access, Trump banned them from his Air Force One trip to Tennessee β second time in a week. Other networks suspended the pool rotation in protest. π₯ #PressFreedom#CNN#Trump
Trump just clawed back $810 MILLION that Congress already approved β mostly health, education and refugee programs. His own party's appropriations chair calls it "illegal." The power-of-the-purse fight is back. πΊπΈ #Trump#Politics#Congress
Gold closed Friday at ~$4,286 π That's ~$350 below the $4,700 peak β and price just fell BELOW the 200-day moving average for the first time in ages. Support: $4,295 / $4,250. Resistance: $4,365. RSI 40.8 β not oversold yet. The floor is getting tested. #Gold#XAUUSD#Forex
Gold fell $350 from its peak. BTC got rejected at $87K. Everyone has an opinion on the next move β nobody has a crystal ball. The traders who survive volatility don't predict better, they RISK better: small size, hard stops, journaled trades. Protect capital first. π§ #TradingPsychology
Saturday good news π§ The NHS is launching a world-first rapid brain-tumour DNA test β it can type a tumour from a biopsy in UNDER 2 HOURS, during surgery, versus weeks by microscope. ~13,000 UK brain-tumour diagnoses a year. Medicine moves fast. #Science#Health#GoodNews
Friday's market tape π Brent slid 2.1% to ~$104.32 on Hormuz-reopening hopes (it nearly hit $110 midweek). Dow +479 to 51,829, S&P within 0.7% of its all-time high β all three indexes finished the week HIGHER. Stocks climbing the wall of worry. #Markets#Stocks#Oil
PSX whipsaw π΅π° KSE-100: +830 Wednesday to 172,232, then β1,733 Thursday to 170,498 on $105 Brent, then +438 Friday morning on Iran-truce hopes. Meanwhile SaudiβTΓΌrkiyeβPakistan held an urgent defence-pact meeting over Houthi attacks. Volatility everywhere. #Pakistan#PSX
Iran's 7-day Hormuz offer π’οΈ Araghchi handed the US a "concrete" plan: Hormuz reopened within 7 days IF Washington lifts the naval blockade, waives oil sanctions, and releases frozen funds β US moves first. But: zero nuclear concessions. Rubio says the US is "cautious." Oil is watching. #Iran #Geopolitics #Oil
SCOTUS hands Trump a win βοΈ States CAN use the federal SAVE citizenship database to audit voter rolls for non-citizens β unsigned opinion, 3 liberals dissented. Reverses a lower-court block. Voter-roll fights are heading into overdrive. #SCOTUS#Politics
Ethereum waking up π· ETH ~$2,670 after tagging an eight-month high of $2,786.96 Wednesday. Spot ETH ETFs pulled $746.5M in five sessions, and whales scooped 260K ETH since the Clarity Act stall. The 10Y at 5.2% capped the rally β for now. #Ethereum#Crypto