Jay Goldberg

Rep. Jamie Raskin and Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse introduced legislation Wednesday to bar foreign-owned or influenced U.S. companies from making political contributions, targeting what Democrats call loopholes created by the 2010 Citizens United ruling. The bill faces an unlikely path to passage with Republicans controlling both chambers.

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BlackRock, Carhartt, Ford, and Google have formed the Alliance for America's Skilled Trades to invest in apprenticeship programs and address a deepening shortage of electricians, technicians, plumbers, and builders across the U.S.

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Nvidia disclosed a 9.3% equity stake in Amsterdam-based neocloud Nebius on Tuesday, lifting its shares 7% in premarket trading, while Mizuho argued Oracle's 38% year-to-date decline has created a rare buying opportunity in enterprise cloud infrastructure.

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Samsung Biologics has launched a 1.46 billion Swiss franc ($1.8 billion) all-cash tender offer for Switzerland's PolyPeptide Group, a peptide-based drug ingredient specialist, in what the South Korean firm describes as the largest biopharmaceutical M&A deal in its country's history.

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Samsung Electronics America has cut jobs and offered relocation packages to hundreds of U.S. workers as it moves its headquarters from Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey, to Texas, with 739 roles in New Jersey and roughly 100 in Plano affected.

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Public proof-of-concept exploits for the critical "wp2shell" WordPress vulnerabilities are circulating, with security firm watchTowr reporting early signs of in-the-wild exploitation. Site owners are urged to update immediately to WordPress 7.0.2 or 6.9.5.

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Leaked documents reviewed by The Insider, Der Spiegel, and Le Monde reveal that China and Russia have been coordinating at a previously undisclosed military forum on strategies to counter SpaceX's Starlink satellite network, which now comprises more than 10,000 satellites.

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Short interest in SpaceX has surged to roughly 29% of the company's public float, representing about $25 billion in bearish bets, as shares fell below their $135 IPO price for the first time in July.

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Citi raised its Microsoft Copilot adoption estimates Wednesday, projecting M365 Copilot net adds of 8 million in fiscal Q4 and forecasting accelerating revenue and EPS growth through fiscal 2030, even as it trimmed its price target to $570 from $620.

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SK Hynix shares jumped more than 11% on Wednesday, leading a rebound across Asian technology stocks after the chipmaker's biggest-ever single-day drop, even as debate over AI market valuations and IBM's 25% plunge sharpened investor focus on where AI spending is actually flowing.

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Frontier Airlines will debut Starlink satellite Wi-Fi in early 2027, joining four other budget carriers in a deal covering more than 1,000 aircraft — the latest expansion for SpaceX's fast-growing in-flight internet business.

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A federal appeals court revived more than 500 lawsuits against Tylenol maker Kenvue on Monday, ruling that a lower court improperly excluded expert testimony tying acetaminophen use during pregnancy to autism and ADHD in children.

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Grassroots opposition to AI data center construction has more than doubled in a single quarter, with protesters blocking or delaying at least 75 U.S. projects valued at $130 billion as communities push back against rising energy costs, water concerns, and environmental impacts.

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NHTSA administrator Jonathan Morrison has issued a directive demanding that autonomous vehicle developers fix their systems' failure to detect and respond to emergency scenes, with a deadline for solutions set for the end of July.

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Goldman Sachs initiated coverage on Hong Kong-listed Zhipu with a price target of 1,880 Hong Kong dollars while naming DeepSeek and ByteDance as its other top Chinese AI model picks, citing near-frontier performance and surging enterprise adoption.

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A June survey of 1,690 U.S. adults found that 69% support forcing AI companies to transfer 50% of their stock to a public sovereign wealth fund, as tech-sector layoffs surpass 140,000 this year and AI is cited as the leading cause of job cuts.

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Michigan's Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary between progressive Abdul El-Sayed and Rep. Haley Stevens is emerging as a test of whether AI and data center anxieties can move voters — and set the tone for how Democrats message on tech policy nationally.

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The two largest AI political action committees have spent at least $44 million on 2026 midterm candidates through the end of June, drawing from a combined war chest of more than $200 million as the industry positions itself to shape the first national AI legislation.

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