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America Losing Friends: EU Plans to Engage More With Other Nations Hit by US Tariffs (Bloomberg)
The EU is preparing to step up its engagement with other countries hit by Donald Trump’s tariffs following a slew of new threats to the bloc and other US trading partners, according to people familiar with the matter.
The contacts with nations including Canada and Japan could include the potential for coordination, said the people, who spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss private deliberations. The move comes as talks between the EU and the US have dragged on and continue to be stuck on several issues, including cars and tariff rates on agriculture.
European Commission chief Ursula von der Leyen said on Sunday that the bloc will extend the suspension of trade countermeasures against the US until Aug. 1 to allow for further talks.
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Ukraine Latest: Trump to Announce "Aggressive" Ukraine Weapons Plan (Axios)
Sending offensive weapons would be a major shift for Trump, who had until recently been at pains to say he would provide only defensive weapons to avoid escalating the conflict.
Defense News: Drones Are Key to Winning Wars Now. The U.S. Makes Hardly Any. (New York Times)
Although the United States has excelled in developing large, complex unmanned aircraft like the Predator and Reaper drones, which cost tens of millions of dollars apiece, today’s conflicts, including the war in Ukraine, have been dominated by swarms of smaller, inexpensive drones that are largely produced with components from China.
Losing Lead in Science: Trump Seeks to Cut Basic Scientific Research by Roughly One-Third, Report Shows (New York Times)
Donald Trump’s budget plan guts federal science funding for the next fiscal year, according to an analysis published by the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Particularly at risk is the category of basic research — the blue-sky variety meant to push back the frontiers of human knowledge and sow practical spinoffs and breakthroughs in such everyday fields as health care and artificial intelligence.
Hitting the MAGA Base: Attack on D.E.I. Stifles Scientific Dreams From Trump Country (New York Times)
Donald Trump’s push to end D.E.I. has been a blunt instrument, eliminating highly competitive grant programs that defined diversity well beyond race and gender. Those who have lost grants include not only Black and Latino scientists, but also many like Lucas Dillard — a doctoral student in molecular biophysics at Johns Hopkins — who are white and from rural areas, which are solidly Trump country.
Trump Loyalty Purges Continue: Attorney General Pam Bondi Fires 20 Department of Justice Employees from Jan. 6, Trump Documents Cases (Axios)
The firings are part of a massive purge aimed at clearing DOJ of attorneys and support staff who took part in Special Counsel Jack Smith's prosecution of Trump for Jan. 6 and possessing classified documents unlawfully. The new dismissals bring the total Smith-related firings to about 35.
Immigration Latest: ICE Memo Outlines Plan to Deport Migrants to Countries Where They are Not Citizens (Washington Post)
The United States has rarely deported people to countries where they are not citizens, and lawyers have warned that thousands of longtime immigrants with work permits and families in the U.S. could now be uprooted and sent to places where they lack family ties or even a common language.
Report: Air India Crash that Killed All But One Aboard Points to Cockpit Confusion as Fuel Flow Cut Out (Bloomberg)
The Air India jetliner that crashed on June 12 was doomed almost immediately upon taking off, after both engines lost fuel supply and the pilots ran out of time to regain control and avert catastrophe.
Pressing the Gas on Electric: UK Plans New Measures to Boost EV Sales, Transport Secretary Says (Bloomberg)
As part of efforts to make it cheaper for drivers to switch to electric vehicles, Transport Secretary Heidi Alexander’s office announced plans to invest £63 million in building charging points at homes and logistics depots around the UK, including funds for charging points at residences without driveways.
US AI Regulation Goes to the States: AI Rules Make Comeback in States as US Moratorium Fails (Bloomberg)
Following bipartisan pushback, the Senate voted 99-1 last week to remove the AI moratorium provision from Trump’s massive tax and spending bill. Now states once again have a path to safeguard the rapidly evolving technology — likely to the frustration of many leading developers.
Advancing the Field of AI: Bloomberg’s AI Engineers Publish 3 Information Retrieval Research Papers at Leading Association for Computing Machinery Conference (Tech At Bloomberg)
Bloomberg's AI Engineering Group are showcasing their expertise in information retrieval, a critical process for combatting information overload and facilitating access to knowledge in a world full of data, during the 48th International ACM SIGIR Conference being held this week in Padua, Italy.
AI is revolutionizing the field, and research presented at the conference will be applied toward making information retrieval systems more robust, effective, and efficient.
Leading Man of Steel: ‘Superman’ Soars With $122 Million Opening Weekend, Despite Right Wing Pushback (Bloomberg)
The latest reimagining of the superhero story stars David Corenswet in the title role and Nicholas Hoult as the antagonist Lex Luthor, who seeks to destroy the Man of Steel. The picture was expected to generate at least $115 million domestically, the estimate of industry tracker Box Office Pro. The picture took in $217 million worldwide, Warner Bros. said Sunday.
Wimbledon Winners: Iga Swiatek, Jannik Sinner Win Their First Wimbledon Titles (Wimbledon.com)
Iga Świątek pulled a page from Steffi Graf's playbook, winning her first Wimbledon crown in a 6-0, 6-0 rout of Amanda Anisimova. Still, by making her first major final, the young American rocketed five spots up the rankings and now sits at a career high No. 12 in the world.
World No. 1 Jannik Sinner avenged his French Open loss to Carlos Alcaraz, defeating his rival 4-6, 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 to win his first Wimbledon trophy and second major title of the year. These two, only 55 years old combined, have won the last seven men’s major titles and eight of the last nine.
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