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News Digest
Trump administration rolls back fuel-economy rules and announces $15B Iowa steel plant; Russia strikes Kyiv's Academy of Sciences
The Trump administration announced Monday it is scaling back how fuel-efficient American automakers must make their vehicles, rolling back CAFE standards, MPR News (citing NPR) reports. President Donald Trump announced a $15 billion steel plant for eastern Iowa that would be…
Today's Digests
AI Digest
OpenAI Halves Codex Pro's Effective Value as Meta Unveils Enterprise Platform
OpenAI is reopening its $200 Codex Pro tier with a usage formula that nets out at half the old plan's API-spend value, alongside 50% price cuts to GPT-6 Sol and Luna, while Mark Zuckerberg announced Meta Enterprise Platform as "the next major pillar" of the business. The day's other strong signals: an Anthropic eval guide claiming higher accuracy at a fifth of the cost, a Firebase SDK crash that hit every iOS app using it, and loud personal-benchmark claims that Opus 5.5 is "AGI."
Local News Digest
Minneapolis police seek $20M more after years of overtime overruns, pledging tighter controls in 2027
MPD wants $20 million more. Minneapolis police leaders faced tough questions from city council members Monday as they seek a 2027 funding increase, saying they've implemented…
Reality TV Digest
Teresa Breaks Silence on Milania's Airport Incident as Bodycam Footage Reveals "Laced" Fentanyl Claim
The Giudice family situation dominated the weekend. New bodycam footage from the airport shows Milania stating she was "laced" with fentanyl, while Teresa made an emotional plea to save her daughter's life ([Reality B...
Pop Culture Digest
Tom Cruise Went Viral for Checking On a "Sad" Staffer Who Turned Out to Just Be Doomscrolling, and It's the Most Wholesome Chaos on the Internet Today
Miley Cyrus just landed her first Billboard 200 No. 1 in 13 years — Bass Persuades tops the albums chart, her first chart-topper since Bangerz back in 2013. The comeback math is…
Finance Digest
First Fed Hike Since 2023, a 5.23% 10-Year — and AMD Just Cracked the $1 Trillion Club
The index is quiet; the stocks are not. Seeking Alpha flags a striking divergence beneath a flat S&P 500, where individual names are moving violently in both directions — a dispersion regime that punishes index-level ...
Gaming Digest
Fortnite's Five Nights at Freddy's Crossover Just Became the Game's Biggest Tweet Ever
Pokémon trainers, start stretching those Happy Meal muscles. Nintendo Life reports that Pokémon cards are seemingly returning to McDonald's Happy Meals in the US soon — and as the outlet notes, past promos have "spelt...
MTG Digest
Prerelease Verdicts Roll In on Reality Fracture — While a Spider-Man Precon Rumor Spins Its Web
The big question — did players like Empower Jace? — will get a real answer "pretty soon after the set releases," per [Rosewater](https://markrosewater.tumblr.com/post/829042031761522688), who notes the early anecdotal...
F1 Digest
Grand Slam Russell Slashes Antonelli's Lead — But Red Bull Is Coming
Russell controlled a chaotic race from lights to flag, leading every lap for his first career grand slam while Verstappen reeled him in during the closing stages — F1 TV's Alex Brundle called the relentless pursuit ["...