Melanie Marlowe

BREAKING: Greenland's Institute of Natural Resources and Environment has announced it will not enter into any new collaborations with U.S. institutions, marking a significant shift in scientific cooperation. Before President Trump returned to office, the institute worked closely with the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF). Existing projects will continue, but no new agreements will be signed. The institute's director, Josephine Nymand, cited the deteriorating political climate following President Trump's repeated statements about taking control of Greenland, as well as concerns over U.S. travel policies. The institute has also advised its researchers not to travel to the United States for conferences or scientific work, pointing to stricter border procedures requiring travelers to disclose social media accounts and concerns that researchers could face questioning or detention at U.S. airports. Instead, Greenland says it is seeking to expand scientific partnerships with countries including France, the United Kingdom and Switzerland.

Aides expect Sen. Cotton to block permanent daylight savings bill. He gave a long speech in 2025 explaining his opposition -- and his mistake in letting it pass four years ago "I didn’t personally object in 2022 for two reasons. First, I hadn’t adequately communicated to my staff the depth of my opposition to this bill. Second, because of a miscommunication, I expected another senator who also opposed the bill to object. I take full responsibility for this mistake, though the search for someone else to blame is actively ongoing"

NEW: The Department of Commerce just removed all export controls on AI chips on the UAE government and its AI national champion, G42. This is a HUGE deal, poses massive national security risks, will slow the US AI buildout, and will cause the largest data centers in the world to be built in the UAE instead of the US. These license requirements were in place because of significant national security concerns related to the UAE government and G42 in particular, which are well documented in public reporting. The UAE government and G42 can now buy as many AI chips as they want. Here's what will likely happen as a result of AI chips being uncapped to the UAE: (1) The UAE/G42 will buy millions of Blackwell chips (~6 million Blackwells are being made this year, so this would be a big chunk of global capacity); (2) UAE-owned G42 will build AI data centers globally, and be the first global competitor to U.S. hyperscalers, which currently dominate that market; (3) The UAE will build the largest data centers in the world, will become the world's second largest hub for AI compute, and leading AI models will be hosted in the UAE. This will pose enormous national security risks, as the UAE will become one of the most important AI compute hubs in the world, just as it now is for oil, but also a backdoor for China. It will create a massive foreign-owned competitor to the most important US companies. It will provide one of the few countries in the world with the money and interest to build AI models that rival the United States, with the tools to do it. And most importantly, it will exacerbate the already extreme supply shortage for AI chips in the United States, slowing the U.S. AI buildout. How does the United States benefit from this? How is this America First? This policy just seems like it's Steve Witkoff first, given G42 purchased 49% of World Liberty Financial in 2025 in an effort to convince the administration to let them buy large numbers of AI chips. That seems to have worked. It is hard to overstate how far-reaching the implications of this decision could be for the global AI infrastructure buildout, which was previously dominated by the US--but now has legitimate non-US competitors that have extensive ties to China. And the AI chip supply crunch for US firms will get tighter, making it even harder to build data centers in the US. Why are we doing this? Who benefits?

Antelope Reef has reached another construction milestone with the completion of a new 680-meter quay, this enhances its waterfront infrastructure as the reclaimed feature steadily develops into China's largest artificial island in the South China Sea

FREEDOM FUEL HAS ARRIVED. ⛽️🇺🇸 The FIRST Freedom Fuel Network gas station has LANDED in Philadelphia, lowering the price at the pump to $3.47 for our 47th President. President Trump is leading the charge to lower gas prices this summer - putting more money in your pocket. 🔥

BREAKING: The Russian government has introduced a full ban on diesel fuel exports. The country will begin importing fuel from other states, Russian Deputy Prime Minister Novak announced.

Trump: "[I'm a] big fan of President Xi. Lot of people say, ‘Oh, why?’ I watched a couple of people critical of the fact that TikTok is so bad, it’s so dangerous, so horrible, they are spreading all these rumors. And the numbers came out yesterday. You know who is number one on TikTok? I am! I am number one on TikTok and all I talk about is how bad communism is, right. They say, ‘oh, it’s terrible.’ They are spreading ... But I am number one. I listen to Gordon Chang, I like Gordon Chang, but he is always negative: ‘Oh, China is so terrible, they are terrible, and TikTok is so terrible.’ But I am number one on TikTok. I have like 4 billion views or something like that. So I don’t know, people have to get the priorities straight.”

July 7 (Reuters) - The United States revoked on Tuesday a general license that authorized the sale of Iranian oil, as a U.S. official warned that Iran's actions in the Strait of Hormuz were "wholly unacceptable" and ‌would be met with consequences after attacks on tankers.