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• @Business

• President Trump said he's meeting with advisers on the Iran-Israel conflict but remained coy about whether the US plans to join Israel's offensive. "It's possible that you're going to have to fight for them not to have nuclear," he said Wednesday. 
• Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu thanked President Trump Wednesday "for standing by us" and "for the support the United States offers in defending Israel's skies" (translation via AP).
• The Bank of England is expected to keep interest rates at 4.25% and signal it is sticking with its one-cut-every-other-meeting approach.
• Here’s the latest news and analysis on the oil market.
• US Federal Reserve officials continued to pencil in two interest-rate cuts in 2025, though new projections showed a growing divide among policymakers: Here’s your Evening Briefing. 
• Amazon is ordering some corporate employees to move closer to their managers and teams. 
• Trump’s administration urged the Supreme Court to turn away a request for fast-track review of his sweeping tariffs. 
• Senate Republicans are crafting provisions to provide funding for struggling rural hospitals in order to resolve one of the issues holding up passage of President Donald Trump’s tax-cut bill. 
• The Social Security trust fund will become unable to pay scheduled benefits to retirees and the disabled as soon as 2034, new projections show — one year earlier than last year’s estimates. 
• Foreign investors’ holdings of US Treasuries held close to a record high in April, despite the turmoil in financial markets in the wake of President Donald Trump’s tariffs. 
• Coinbase is launching a platform designed to make stablecoins a go-to payment method for online transactions, a potentially big leap forward in the mainstream adoption of cryptocurrencies meant to track the US dollar.
• There's a case for an AI future less like the Terminator and more like Astro Boy, writes
  @cathythorbecke. Viewing machines as colleagues, not overlords has merit. 
• Get up to speed on what's moving global markets.
• Here's what you need to know to start your day.  

• @Zerohedge 

• *US EYES THIS WEEKEND AS POSSIBILITY FOR IRAN ATTACK.
• Average Age Of US Women Giving Birth Increases To Nearly 30: CDC.
• This person teaches at Harvard Law School. 
• LA District Attorney Announces Charges Against 30 People Over Anti-ICE Protests.
• NY Gov. Kathy Hochul announces that taxpayers will cover $50 million in legal services for criminal aliens in the state. No, this is not parody.
• Homeowners Worried About Chemicals Being Spread In Sewage Fertilizer.
• Trump Has Reportedly Approved Iran Attack Plans But Is Withholding Final Order. 
• If Iran’s Oil Is Cut Off, China Will Pay the Price. 
• MAGA is back - US > RoW is vividly on display as hedge funds have recently allocated far more risk towards US stocks. (graph)
• Device Linked To Alleged Political Assassin Traveled To High-Risk Countries, Raising Red Flags Over NGO Ties.
• Stocks Pump'n'Dump As Powell Pessimism Trumps Iran Optimism.

• @MarioNawful

• ARE CHINESE CARGO PLANES SECRETLY DELIVERING WEAPONS TO IRAN? Three Chinese Boeing 747 freighters reportedly departed mainland China over the weekend, turning off transponders and diverting from filed flight plans near Iranian airspace. Radar data shows flights Luxembourg to Dubai vanishing over Central Asia before dropping off near Iran, never arriving in Europe. The aircraft reportedly carried heavy military equipment known to be used by Chinese military contractors, delivered just days after Israeli strikes crippled Iranian missile and air defense infrastructure. While unconfirmed, the timing and secretive flight path suggest military equipment or systems transfers.
• ISRAEL HIT IRAN’S TOP OIL AND GAS SITES INCLUDING SOUTH PARS AND TEHRAN DEPOT. Israel targeted major Iranian energy facilities over the past week, including the massive South Pars gas field (Phase 14), the Fajr Jam gas plant, and Tehran’s Shahran oil depot. The strike on South Pars Phase 14 halted production of 12 million cubic meters of gas. Fajr Jam, one of Iran’s largest gas processing plants, was also damaged. The Shahran facility, a critical fuel storage and distribution hub for Tehran, was among the confirmed targets. 
• BREAKING: ARAK NUCLEAR COMPLEX UNDER EVACUATION ORDER OUTSIDE TEHRAN. This evacuation order, which is first outside of Tehran, is for the Arak Nuclear Complex, which contains a 40MW heavy water nuclear reactor believed to be non-operational.
• U.S. NAVY HITS 2025 RECRUITING GOAL 3 MONTHS EARLY. The U.S. Navy has met its recruiting target for Fiscal Year 2025 three months ahead of schedule, adding 40,600 future sailors. Officials say morale is surging across the force. 
• FOX POLL: 73% SAY IRAN IS "REAL THREAT" TO U.S. SECURITY. New Fox News survey shows dramatic 13-point surge in Americans viewing Iran as national security threat, with majorities across all parties agreeing. Yet voters remain split on Israeli strikes: -49% approve -46% disapprove. Key findings:  
• GROK 3 UNLEASHED WITH MAJOR PRODUCTIVITY UPGRADES. Grok 3 now scans 50-page PDFs in seconds, writes human-quality content, delivers structured research answers, and builds full-stack apps with zero code. It finds insights, answers doc questions, pulls real-time data from X, compares viewpoints, and outputs deploy-ready code. From whitepapers to apps, it’s all automated.

• @bennyjohnson

• Trump and Elon defund USAID. ***one month later***. DNC: “we’re broke now”.

• @BGatesIsaPsycho

• Britain just voted overwhelmingly to legalise abortion right up until the moment a Mother gives birth. This bill barely received any debate or legacy media attention & is just more Anti-Human, Anti-Life Agenda sentiment from the evil Globalists who own all our Politicians.

• @unusual_whales

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• @DC_Draino

• This is mindblowing info from @MikeBenzCyber. The Bidens were taking tens of millions from China, and now the FBI confirms China helped rig the 2020 election? But it gets worse... When President Trump started tweeting about foreign countries printing counterfeit ballots, his own CISA activated a new censorship program that specifically blocked those types of statements from social media. Chris Krebs, the Bidens, and any other accomplices in the greatest election steal in US history must be held accountable for TREASON.

• @KobeissiLetter

• BREAKING: Britain is considering participating in a war against Iran if the United States intervenes with Israel against Iran, per The Times. Markets now await any potential peace deal talks over the next 24-48 hours.