SCOOP: Nippon Steel plans to invest $14 billion in U.S. Steel's operations including up to $4 billion in a new steel mill if the Trump administration green lights its bid for the iconic U.S. company, according to a document and two people familiar with the matter. W/Alex Alper

🚨 President Trump Makes MAJOR Announcement Next week, tariffs on steel will be raised from 25% to 50% to further protect the U.S. steel industry from foreign influence and unfair competition. AMERICA FIRST. 🇺🇸

$TSLA - TRUMP IS CONSIDERING GETTING RID OF HIS TESLA

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Exclusive w/ Joey Roulette: White House reviews SpaceX contracts as Trump-Musk feud simmers reuters.com/business/aeros…

US may target Samsung, Hynix, TSMC semiconductor operations in China, sources say reuters.com/business/media… via Reuters Alex Alper

Trump to outline AI priorities amid tech battle with China w/Alex Alper reuters.com/legal/governme…

Trump administration to supercharge AI sales to allies, loosen environmental rules w/⁦Alex Alper⁩ - reuters.com/legal/governme…

The reason: officials at those departments..want other firms, including Salesforce and billionaire Peter Thiel's Palantir, to have a chance to win similar projects, which could amount to a costly do-over, according to 7 sources familiar with the matter reuters.com/world/us/how-u…

“There is a very real sense that we are in the regulatory Wild West with this administration – and it should come as no surprise that the traditional limits of ‘normal contracting’ are repeatedly going to be pushed and pressed in this environment,” said Franklin Turner

How the unraveling of two Pentagon projects may result in a costly do-over reut.rs/45NAxBT reut.rs/45NAxBT

Sources: the US Commerce Department is considering imposing tariffs on foreign electronic devices based on the number of chips they contain (Alex Alper / Reuters) reuters.com/world/us/trump… techmeme.com/250926/p28#a25… 📫 Subscribe: techmeme.com/newsletter?fro…

The Pentagon Press Association makes clear that the Pentagon’s updated rules for Pentagon correspondents “appear designed to stifle a free press and potentially expose us to prosecution for simply doing our job.” The full statement is below.