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On today's podcast:
(1) President Donald Trump expressed confidence in the US military campaign against Iran even as the timeline for operations remained deeply unclear on the fifth day of the Middle East war.
(2) Real change in Iran will require a sustained US military focus in the Middle East that could wear down US weapons stockpiles and leave it vulnerable to attacks from other adversaries such as Russia and China, former Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
(3) Oil extended gains as the US and Israeli war against Iran disrupted crude flows to key importers, with the combatants vowing to press on with the conflict and top importer China seeking to conserve fuel.
(4) The financial and logistical troubles the Iran war is causing for the global aviation industry are compounding by the day, with the number of canceled flights to Middle East hubs surpassing 23,000 since fighting began.
(5) China set its most modest growth target since 1991, a tacit acknowledgment that the model powering the country’s economic rise is showing strains.
(6) Anthropic chief Dario Amodei has resumed discussions with the Pentagon about the way its AI models are used by the US military, raising the possibility that the two sides can resolve a feud that’s transfixed Silicon Valley.
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