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Europe’s founders need a European standard to compete globally from day one. Europe’s leaders committed to delivering one. But their teams are negotiating away the very things that make it one. There is still time to change course if Europe's Heads of State step in now.

At the @WarsawForum, I asked Democratic Congressman Jim Himes what would change and what would remain the same in US-Europe relations with a new Democratic Administration? ​Himes provided a pretty clear and realistic overview. #WSF2026

Skeleton Technologies secures strategic investment led by @Siemens to expand US manufacturing #Unicorn #AIInfrastructure #DataCenters

The independent credit rating firm Egan Jones declares It’s Over and that the complete disruption of the economy is now “all but certain” thanks to AI.

NEW!! The U.S. Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus has quietly become the largest regional or country caucus in the upper chamber, hitting 38 members and nudging past Taiwan (37), according to congressional tallies.

The Gulf Coast holds 54% of U.S. refining capacity and makes more fuel than it uses. The East Coast relies partly on imports. Banning exports would trap surplus diesel in one region while tightening the global market that supplies another.

Trump: "We will immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are many"

Secretary of State Marco Rubio signs a memorandum of understanding on critical minerals with Lithuanian Foreign Minister Kestutis Budrys: "Lithuania and the United States are going to jointly identify... priority projects and mobilize government and the private sector."

European Commission officials have started grappling with an awkward question: What if former European Central Bank President Mario Draghi is going rogue? Brussels Playbook has more 👇 politico.eu/newsletter/bruss…