Shutdown starts, 'fat generals', Silicon Vall...

Gemini hacks three companies in first known breakout by Google's AI. The US and Denmark reach a deal on Greenland. Germany's Chancellor Friedrich Merz is under pressure as the far-right looks set to top the polls in another state election. And, French soccer star Kylian Mbappe dr ...  Show more

Trump says he is banning CNN, MS NOW and Politico from the White House, effective immediately. The U.S. State Department has approved a $24 billion dollar sale of fighter jets to Saudi Arabia, while China is pressing Iran to rein in the Houthis as they close in on one of the worl ...  Show more

President Donald Trump has authorized the deployment of federalized troops to several blue states, and their governors are pushing back. Trump’s economic advisor warns the consequences of prolonging the shutdown will be steep. We outline what Hamas wants in the Gaza ceasefire tal ...  Show more

First: A defiant Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, under siege after another Signal chat is revealed, says he's not going anywhere. The White House concurs, at least for now.   Plus: There are fresh warning signs about the Trump trade war sparking a global recession, as the val ...  Show more

Your morning briefing, the business news you need in just 15 minutes. On today's podcast: (1) Congress blew past a midnight funding deadline, triggering the US government’s first shutdown in nearly seven years — and the third under President Donald Trump. (2) US equity-index futu ...  Show more

First: Donald Trump is putting the world on notice by threatening a trade war with Colombia until that country agreed to work with him to deport migrants from the US. His strong arm tactics worked ... but will they next time?  Plus: It's Pete Hegseth's first official day at the ...  Show more