A bipartisan June 4 draft would require frontier AI labs to report safety incidents federally and prevent states from regulating how the most powerful models are built.
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Oil rebounds toward $80 as Iran-US talks in Geneva collapse without a signing
Brent crude settled near $80 on June 19 after Washington pulled Vice President Vance from planned Iran talks in Switzerland, reviving uncertainty over whether the 14-point ceasefire deal will hold.
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A second US court kills Trump’s 10% tariff, leaving trade policy in legal limbo
A US trade court ruled Trump’s 10% global import surcharge unlawful in May, the second major judicial blow to the administration’s tariff strategy in 2026, with the levy now set to expire in July.
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Germany’s Bundeswehr hits 36-year spending high at $114bn as Pistorius eyes Europe’s top army
Germany’s combined defense outlay reached €108 billion in 2026 — the first time since 1990 that Berlin has exceeded 2% of GDP on military spending — as Chancellor Merz pursues Europe’s strongest conventional army.
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Gatchalian elected Philippines Senate president in record fifth leadership change
Sherwin Gatchalian secured 13 votes on June 17 to become the Philippines’ new Senate president, ending a 15-day leadership dispute that produced the chamber’s fifth change of president in a single Congress.
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Anthropic and DeepMind CEOs call for US-led global AI coalition at G7
Anthropic’s Dario Amodei and Google DeepMind’s Demis Hassabis called for US leadership on global AI standards at the G7 summit in Évian on June 17.
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Intel stock leaps 10.6% as Trump announces Apple chip manufacturing deal
Intel shares jumped 10.6% on June 18 after President Trump announced Apple and Intel would work together on US chip design and manufacturing.
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UK unemployment climbs to 4.9% as payrolled jobs fall by 138,000
ONS data from June 18 shows UK unemployment at 4.9% for the latest quarter, with payrolled employment down 138,000 and real wages barely growing.
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Hegseth declares NATO’s era of freeriding over in Brussels troop review
Hegseth ordered a six-month review of US troops in Europe on June 18, saying allies who denied base access during Iran operations had been ‘shameful.’
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Burnham wins purpose-built Makerfield seat to challenge Starmer
Andy Burnham won the Makerfield by-election on June 18 with 54.81%, entering Parliament to launch a Labour leadership challenge against Keir Starmer.