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NEW: OpenAI’s first product is a mobile, screen-free home smart speaker that a user can build a connection with like an AI companion. Amid Apple’s trade secret lawsuit, the iPhone maker has nothing like it on the market. bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Jon Ossoff: If you're CIA Director John Ratcliffe, and you see that they're going to selectively declassify some nonsense to try to lay the foundation for some kind of mischief, this is the last chance to jump ship and speak out, because you will be forever tainted by your association with these kinds of shenanigans.
ICE has shot and killed two people in the last week. One in Texas and one in Maine. Both of whom were not targets of their operations or under investigation. Today, the President told ICE to keep doing that.
Oil refiners are making historic profits. The 3-2-1 WTI refining margin is up to a record $59 per barrel. This is a key metric of how much profit refiners generate from turning crude oil into fuels like gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel. Refining margins have nearly tripled since the start of 2026. By comparison, this metric average ~$10 per barrel between 1985 and 2021 and never exceeded $30 per barrel during the 2004-2008 refining boom. The surge reflects a severe shortage of global refining capacity, as the Iran War, attacks on Russian refineries, and lower fuel exports have tightened supply. As a result, an estimated ~10% of global refining capacity, or ~8 million barrels per day, is offline, keeping gasoline, diesel, and jet fuel prices elevated even with crude oil trading ~$40 per barrel below its March high. World refiners are cashing in on a tightening oil market.
New York becomes the first state to impose a data-center moratorium. 'The bottom line is: Progress shouldn't arrive with a higher utility bill, depleted water supplies, or noise pollution,' New York Governor Kathy Hochul said reut.rs/3RcxjDK
Largest inflation decline in over six years. Core inflation comes in at 2.6%. Four years ago with Biden inflation was at 9.1%.
BREAKING: Per multiple federal sources to @FoxNews, ICE has been instructed to immediately cease most vehicle stops during immigration enforcement operations nationwide, except for operations targeting the most egregious criminal aliens. This comes after two people were killed by ICE in shootings in TX and ME in the last week in incidents that began as vehicle stops. DHS alleges one of those incidents was a ramming attempt. I’m told this will be temporary until ICE officers receive new training on vehicle stops. The policy change will have significant impacts as many of ICE’s arrests begin as vehicle stops when they find and follow a target, as we’ve witnessed on multiple embeds. More to come as we get it. First scooped by @JennieSTaer
The Portland Press Herald has released footage from the deadly ICE shooting in Biddeford, Maine. Bystanders described the shooting as an execution.
