European governments are reassessing contracts with US data analytics firm Palantir, with UK lawmakers calling a £330 million NHS deal a strategic vulnerability. The pushback raises bigger questions about who should hold sensitive public data.
The Senate approved $70 billion in immigration enforcement funding after rejecting a Schumer amendment to block Trump's $1.8 billion "anti-weaponization" fund by a 49-50 vote, with three vulnerable Republicans defecting.
Volodymyr Zelensky published an open letter calling for a face-to-face meeting with Vladimir Putin and a ceasefire during negotiations. The Kremlin again invited him to Moscow, while Putin ruled out a truce.
Israel and Lebanon agreed in Washington to renew a faltering ceasefire and create pilot security zones in southern Lebanon free of Hezbollah, an effort the Trump administration is tying to its parallel talks with Iran.
Senate Republicans dropped $1 billion in Secret Service security funding tied to President Trump's new White House ballroom from an immigration enforcement bill, after the chamber's parliamentarian ruled the provision violated reconciliation rules.
Seattle's city council committees unanimously advanced a one-year moratorium on new datacenter construction, with a full council vote expected Tuesday. The measure would block five proposed AI facilities that could have consumed roughly a third of the city's daily electricity demand.
The White House announced 10% to 12.5% tariffs on imports from roughly 60 countries, citing forced-labor enforcement gaps. It is the third legal theory the administration has tried after losses at the Supreme Court and the Court of International Trade.
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