Billionaire Bill Ackman is backing Alpha School, a fast-growing private K-12 institution that uses AI to deliver two-hour academic lessons and avoids DEI curriculum. capital.news/p/brain-implan…

U.S. MILITARY SEEKS TO STOCKPILE COBALT FOR FIRST TIME IN DECADES

REUTERS: TRUMP ADMIN CONSIDERS PLAN TO REALLOCATE $2BN IN CHIPS ACT FUNDING FOR CRITICAL MINERALS

BBG: TRUMP SIGNS EXECUTIVE ORDER CREATING CHIEF DESIGN OFFICER ROLE FOR U.S. GOVERNMENT BBG: TRUMP CHOSE AIRBNB CO-FOUNDER JOE GEBBIA FOR POSITION

RUBIO: U.S. PAUSING ISSUING WORKER VISAS FOR TRUCK DRIVERS

REUTERS: U.S. opens national security probe into imported wind turbines, components

WSJ: Michael Faulkender, second-highest official at Treasury Department, is leaving administration

Trump says he’ll fire Fed Governor Lisa Cook if she doesn’t resign.

BBG: CANADA TO REMOVE RETALIATORY TARIFFS ON MANY U.S. PRODUCTS

At OPM , we are building a federal workforce that delivers more for less. I talked to @NYTimes about how we’re streamlining government to better serve the American people: nytimes.com/2025/08/22/us/…

The world's first "AI Hypercar" is slated to be unveiled in Miami next month. Details inside. capital.news/p/doge-s-big-b…

Bureaucratic science is already generously funded and does not need more private support. Philanthropists should fund young outsiders, like during the Golden Age of Science. Read the new article by Stuart Buck (link below):

.Andrew Ferguson warned U.S. tech companies against weakening encryption or censoring speech to comply with foreign laws like the EU’s Digital Services Act and UK’s Online Safety Act. capital.news/p/doge-s-big-b…

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Peter Thiel Leads Pack of Investors Piling Into Ether wsj.com/finance/curren…

Send Harvard’s Chinese Students Home: It makes no sense for the U.S. to be educating the scientific and leadership class of a future adversary. wsj.com/opinion/send-h…

WSJ: Trump to Announce U.S. Taking Nearly 10% Stake in Intel

NYP: PARAMOUNT EYES JOB CUTS IN EARLY NOVEMBER

LUTNICK: U.S. now owns 10% of Intel