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Rebeccah Heinrichs, senior fellow at Hudson Institute, said there's momentum for Congress to pass a Russia sanctions bill that had been championed by Senator Lindsey Graham bloom.bg/4aVYgCP Corrects spelling of Lindsey

Apple sued OpenAI for trade secret theft, accusing the artificial intelligence startup and its hardware chief of engaging in a coordinated campaign to steal information about upcoming products. @jmathieureports and @edludlow report bloom.bg/4f5fAHD

Emily Harding, vice president of the Defense and Security Department at the Center for Strategic and International Studies, says the US and Iran "are communicating by violence" bloom.bg/4aVYgCP

Amb. Kurt Volker joins Balance of Power to discuss US President Donald Trump’s suggestion on Wednesday that he would allow Ukraine to build its own Patriot interceptors bloom.bg/4pj9qqM

Retired Lt. General David Deptula discusses potential security concerns surrounding the new Air Force One jet gifted by Qatar, and the decision to send President Trump home from Turkey on an older jet bloom.bg/4f9TqCM

"If you wanted the rest of the world to hate our country, this is the kind of thing that you would do," @RepHuffman says on the decision by FIFA to clear US star Folarin Balogun following a personal appeal by President Trump bloom.bg/4go7LOg

Ivo Daalder, former US Ambassador to NATO under President Barack Obama, said the best outcome from the NATO summit this week is "that the alliance lives another day" bloom.bg/4pgqzBh

"We need to make sure that the data gets better, because consistently the reports are revised every month," says House Ways & Means Chairman Rep. Jason Smith (R) Missouri of recent economic data report revisions. Watch our full interview here: bloom.bg/4y2QMHy

Jay Timmons, president and CEO of the National Association of Manufacturers, said the US trade deal with Canada and Mexico was a "great success story" bloom.bg/4oZDd7t

The US decided against renewing its trade deal with Canada and Mexico, choosing instead to conduct annual reviews of the pact. The USMCA will stay in tact for another decade, unless a country decides to exit. Jeff Mason reports bloom.bg/4wqNxbn

On Capitol Hill, a new time capsule will mark America's 250th birthday — sealed by this Congress and not to be opened until July 4th, 2276. Balance of Power co-host @JMathieuReports was there for the dedication this week bloom.bg/4aVYgCP

US President Donald Trump said Iran firing at cargo ships transiting the Strait of Hormuz violated their ceasefire agreement. Tyler Kendall reports bloom.bg/4viI1qp

Congresswoman Madeleine Dean, a member of House committees on foreign affairs and appropriations, discusses Iran war diplomacy and the administration’s budget requests bloom.bg/4eMGF0P

Today on Balance of Power, hosts Joe Mathieu and Kailey Leinz interviewed Steve Ellis, president of Taxpayers for Common Sense, about the Trump administration’s supplemental funding request bloom.bg/4aVYgCP

NATO Secretary General Mark Rutte speaks to Balance of Power following his meeting with President Trump at the White House Wednesday, telling @jmathieureports that he believes Trump’s disappointment in European allies is tied to "isolated cases" bloom.bg/4oJiYe9

Where will the US and Iran be in 60 days? Aaron David Miller chimes in as the interim peace deal kicks in bloom.bg/4vSHL1J

Bloomberg's @jmathieureports gets a first-hand look at “The Claw,” the nearly 100-foot custom structure built for Sunday’s UFC fight on the South Lawn, marking America’s 250th birthday and President Trump’s 80th. The massive production is drawing scrutiny over the logistics of staging a combat sport at the White House — and Trump’s financial stake in UFC’s parent company bloom.bg/4eqNKE9

Thanks to @BloombergTV, @kaileyleinz, & @JMathieuReports for having me on this afternoon to talk about the latest re Iran, the U.S., Israel and where things go from here. m.youtube.com/watch?v=DUOU81…

Nikki Haley, Trump's ambassador to the UN in his first term, said the president should stop negotiating with Iran and urged him to "go finish what you started" bloom.bg/4vlpJ8N

Mick Mulvaney, who served as director of the Office of Management and Budget and as acting chief of staff in Trump’s first term, said he thinks Trump’s “anti-weaponization” fund may be revived with tweaks to make it palatable bloom.bg/4oiV09j