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The Big Story
Alex Vindman Survived Trump’s Retaliation Machine. Now He’s Running for Senate
By Katie Drummond
Security
Crypto-Funded Chinese Peptide Labs Are Booming
By Andy Greenberg, Dell Cameron, Dhruv Mehrotra, and Maddy Varner
Culture
‘It’s Not a Joke’: A Simpsons Writer Holds His First Presidential Campaign Rally
By Miles Klee
Business
The AI IPO Race Heats Up, DOGE Whistleblower Sues Elon Musk, and Instagram Gets Hacked
By Brian Barrett, Zoë Schiffer, and Leah Feiger
Politics
The Trump Administration Is at War With Itself Over AI Regulation
By Hugo Lowell and Maxwell Zeff
Security
Cybercrime Crew Claims It Hacked Mike Lindell’s MyPillow
By Lily Hay Newman, Dell Cameron, and Matt Burgess
Security
The White House’s Aliens.gov Site Brags That ICE Arrested More Than 700 US Citizens
By Maddy Varner and Dell Cameron
Culture
A Dating App Is Giving Away Free Gas to Convince People to Get Out of the House
By Jason Parham
Politics
The State Department Really Doesn’t Want to Talk About the Office of Remigration
By David Gilbert