2026-06-01
Iran and US trade strikes. Trump drops DOJ fund. Anthropic files IPO.
Good evening. Middle East tensions escalating. Washington moving on internal grievances. Silicon Valley printing money, somehow. Here's what landed.
What Actually Happened
Israel's PM ordered strikes on Beirut's southern suburbs after Hezbollah fired rockets and drones at northern Israel. Iran responded with a warning that escalation could end talks.
struck Iranian radar stations and drone command centers. Called it self-defense. Iran's Revolutionary Guard promised a "completely different" response. Quick deal between Washington and Tehran: no longer likely.
Justice Thomas accused SCOTUS of vacating a Florida murder conviction while ignoring cases on race and free speech. Called the selective attention backwards. One justice. One memo. The echo chamber obliged.
confirmed fresh self-defense attacks. Iran's response promised to be different in scale. The pattern: strike, threaten, repeat.
State convention observed silence for the officer convicted of murdering George Floyd. AG Keith Ellison called it an act of profound cruelty to Floyd's family. Republicans faced immediate backlash.
The AI company closed a $65 billion funding round last week at a $900 billion valuation. IPO filing now underway. Eventually, the public will be asked to own a piece of this.
Two people injured in a fireworks factory blast around 6:35 a.m. Monday. First explosion followed by a second. Massive plume of smoke and debris. The obvious happened.
Expected announcement to drop the Justice Department's controversial fund. The fund faced bipartisan backlash on Capitol Hill. Trump moving to shut it down.
- Diller bids $18B for MGM Resorts
- AI giant Anthropic prepares to sell stock to the public; files preliminary IPO paperwork
- ETF market trends discussed on Bloomberg IQ
- Former election clerk Tina Peters released after Trump pressure campaign
- Trump: Israel and Hezbollah agree to de-escalate
- AI deepfake of Trump's name removed from Kennedy Center goes viral
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US and Iran trading strikes while Washington argues about who weaponized justice first.
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