source-notes

Politics

• Guardian/AP/Axios live coverage and individual articles were used to build five tightly scoped political items. The Middle East item stays in the digest because escalation risks can quickly hit shipping and policy.
• Texas’ Bible-reading requirement was kept because it is a state policy fight with national resonance.

Economy

• The mix favors taxes, tariffs, housing, automation, and pricing power. Pure market commentary was downgraded when it lacked a stronger policy or corporate-action hook.
• The billionaire-tax and digital-services-tax stories sit at the politics/economy boundary, but both have direct real-world pricing and tax-policy consequences.

Technology

• OpenAI, Apple, Meta, and Ford anchor the technology section because they show product releases, chip strategy, platform changes, and automation limits in one cycle.
• Research and product rumors were only retained when there was enough current evidence to support them.

Selection Notes

• Loose macro commentary and next-week event previews were excluded when they were less explanatory than current policy or corporate news.
• Unverified tech chatter was skipped unless it was supported by an official post or a major outlet.
• Related Middle East items were consolidated so the section would not repeat the same escalation with slightly different framing.