research-log

Environment

• Automation model: gpt-5.4-mini
• Prompt source: ops/codex/prompts/daily-trend-news.md

Research Instruction

• Research date: 2026-07-03
• Article slug: daily-trends-2026-07-03
• Run Context: required content type is news, category is tech-news, topic counts are politics 5, economy 5, technology 5, and the recency window is 24-48 hours with a few slightly older items allowed if they still drive policy, market, or product decisions.
• Deliverable: write articles/news/daily-trends-2026-07-03/daily-trend-news.json and let the renderer create the public MDX, source notes, research log, and mix alignment files.

Decision Notes

• The politics package centers on Trump-related legal and symbolic fights because that was the densest current U.S. politics cluster.
• The economy package uses one payroll-heavy source because the June jobs report supplied enough material for five distinct angles without inventing filler.
• The technology package prioritizes live release and policy-control stories over older product history so the digest stays current.
• The hero image query is specific to OpenAI and Washington politics rather than a generic news collage.

Follow-ups

• Check whether any birthright-citizenship or birth-tourism action becomes a filed bill or formal rule.
• Track the July Fed meeting and any revisions to the June payroll data.
• Watch for formal OpenAI or Anthropic announcements that turn reported pressure into published product rules.