source-notes

Politics

• Axios, Reuters, and AP coverage centered on Starmer’s resignation, the U.S.-brokered Israel-Lebanon framework, the asylum ruling, the supplemental request, and New York’s Democratic socialist upset.
• I kept the U.K. and New York stories even though they are slightly older because both still shape leadership math and factional positioning today.
• The Israel-Lebanon deal remains tentative because Hezbollah is still outside the agreement.

Economy

• The selected stories connect oil, travel, consumer sentiment, AI device pricing, market nerves, and AI-led growth.
• The AI price shock item gave the clearest direct evidence that compute demand is reaching consumer prices.
• I dropped broader tariff commentary and generic inflation recaps in favor of stories with a concrete household or market effect.

Technology

• The tech set covers frontier-model access, cyber defense, phishing automation, workforce transition, and robotics safety.
• Anthropic and OpenAI show tighter public scrutiny and stronger cyber tooling in the same week.
• I rejected rumor-heavy launch chatter and kept only articles with dated company or reporter updates.

Selection Notes

• I kept a few 2-5 day-old stories because they still drive current debate and have visible follow-on effects.
• I rejected generic market wrapups and duplicated macro angles when a more specific downstream story existed.
• I used stable topic-specific images from Axios, MarketWatch, WSJ, and Datawrapper instead of generic collage art.