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The E.U. Is trying to stall the awarding of a lucrative Balkans pipeline contract to a company fronted by Donald Trump's personal lawyer
Brussels has clashed with Trump over trade, Ukraine and military spending,
but the intervention in the "Southern Interconnection pipeline project" appears to mark the first time it has challenged a commercial venture by those close to the president.
The pipeline will run through Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Under what Bosnia…

For weeks, reporting from The Atlantic and others has suggested that Trump has been quietly insulating himself from the political fallout of a potential Iran disaster.
The strategy, as described by multiple analysts, hinges on delegation
— letting others take the lead publicly, while the White House maintains distance if things go south.
Trump has long framed his Iran posture as a signature issue
— a test of strength, leverage, and deal-making prowess.
Yet when t…

Trump Trots JD Vance Out in Front of News Cameras and Makes Him Take the Fall for ‘Bad News’ on Iran Talks - NewsBreak
Vice President JD Vance walked out of a high-stakes diplomatic meeting halfway across the world and delivered what he himself framed as “bad news.” But the

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: bigger battery and seven years of software updates, but basic cameras, few major updates, and no Qi2 charging magnets (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
https://www.theverge.com/tech/892311/samsung-galaxy-s26…

Samsung Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus review: This again
Samsung’s latest Galaxy S26 and S26 Plus flagship phones are going through the motions.

The Price is Right: Responsible Uses of Personal Data in Pricing
https://fpf.org/blog/the-price-is-right-responsible-uses-of-personal-data-in-pricing/
@…

One advantage of being an artistic weirdo who makes completely commercially non-viable music is that I have a •lot• of practice forging that sense of purpose and meaning for myself when the world is aggressively not handing it to me.
Software development has been coasting on a wave of profitability / employability for several decades, and as a discipline perhaps has an underdeveloped sense of intrinsic purpose. Now is a good time to for us to redevelop that as a community, regardless of future job market prospects.

Talks kick off Monday between U.S. and Mexican trade officials.
The North American economies could agree to renew the
US-Mexico-Canada Agreement,
or USMCA as it is for another 16 years
— a prospect that appears unlikely.
Or they could keep working on ways to improve it;
Under a convoluted renewal process, they have until 2036 to reach an agreement
Much of this bustling cross-border commerce is duty-free, thanks to the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement, that Do…

Tricky negotiations begin Monday to renew a trade pact between the United States, Mexico and Canada — The Associated Press
Every day more than $4 billion worth of goods cross the United States’ borders with Canada and Mexico – U.S. auto parts headed for car factories in northern Mexico, cartons of Mexican avocados bound for California supermarkets, Canadian aluminum destined to become cans of Campbell Soup.

Iran’s foreign minister said the passage through the strait of Hormuz would be allowed for the next two weeks under Iranian military management.
Trump had earlier warned that “a whole civilization will die tonight, never to be brought back again” if Iran failed to allow commercial shipping to pass safely through the strai.
The president’s comments were swiftly condemned by Democrats, longtime supporters who have broken with Trump over the war, and Pope Leo, the first American po…

The Trump administration is backing off a rule aimed at stopping commercial space companies from leaving rocket bodies in Earth’s orbit,
a practice that experts say could threaten public safety and telecommunications.
The Federal Aviation Administration first proposed the measure in 2023, under the Biden administration,
in hopes of curbing the growing junkyard of debris circling the planet.
It would have required companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX to safely remove suc…

Amid Crowded Skies, FAA Kills Rule Aimed at Regulating Space Junk
The agency once said that pieces of space debris “pose a significant risk,” but the Trump administration has backed off a rule that would have required companies like Elon Musk’s SpaceX to remove rocket parts from orbit within 25 years of launch.

Two key things prompted previous U.S, presidents to opt for diplomacy over war with Iran:
the bloody violence certain to follow
and the stranglehold Iran has on the Strait of Hormuz.
Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps spent decades developing weapons and military capabilities aimed at halting commercial traffic in the strait in the time of crisis.
U.S. and Israeli warplanes have decimated Tehran’s ability to mass-produce weapons and menace neighbors’ capitals…

Opinion | On Iran, Trump Offers No Plan and No End in Sight
The president failed to provide any meaningful strategy on the two central issues that define the war on Iran: reopening the Strait of Hormuz and what to do about that country’s uranium.