The administration replaced its expiring global 10% tariffs with double-digit rates on dozens of trading partners, timed to take effect the moment the old ones lapsed. Allies including Australia and the EU pushed back on the forced-labor rationale.

Reuters reports the defense-tech company is negotiating a new round at roughly $100 billion — another step-change in how the market is pricing defense startups.

Neal Stephenson makes the case that longhand writing engages the brain in ways typing doesn't, and argues for keeping it in your daily practice.