Wednesday, May 27, 2026

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A federal judge has set a trial date for former FBI Director James Comey over an Instagram post. (Hear Details)

➤ The Class of 2026 is the first AI-native group entering the workforce, and employers are still figuring out what to do with them. (Hear Episode)

➤ A lawyer in China was executed for poisoning the billionaire gaming tycoon behind the studio that brought 3 Body Problem to Netflix. (Listen Now)

  

Politics

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton defeated longtime Sen. John Cornyn, R-Texas, in Tuesday’s Republican Senate primary runoff after a last-minute endorsement from President Trump. Paxton will face Democrat James Talarico in November. (More)

➤ The Supreme Court threw out Florida’s lawsuit against California and Washington for issuing commercial driver’s licenses to illegal immigrants, a case stemming from a 2025 crash that killed three people. (More)

➤ President Trump declared that his physical at Walter Reed “checked out PERFECTLY” in a Truth Social post Tuesday, his fourth publicly disclosed medical exam since returning to office. (See Post)

Dan Greaney, the Simpsons writer known as “The Prophet” for the 2000 episode that imagined a Trump presidency, announced a long-shot 2028 White House bid as a “progressive Republican.” (More)

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Sports

Former Miami Dolphins defensive lineman Manny Fernandez died yesterday at 79. He was a two-time Super Bowl champion and a cornerstone of the famed No-Name Defense that went undefeated in 1972. (More

➤ The U.S. officially unveiled its 26-player World Cup roster yesterday in New York, and half of the squad is tournament first-timers. (See Roster)

Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Jacob Misiorowski threw 57 pitches of at least 100 mph against the Cardinals, the most in a single game since pitch tracking began in 2008. The previous record was 47. (More)

➤ The NCAA baseball tournament bracket is set, with UCLA earning the No. 1 overall seed. Georgia Tech, Georgia, Auburn, North Carolina, Texas, Alabama, and Florida round out the top eight seeds. (More)

Yesterday’s Results: NBA | NHL | MLB | Soccer

Finance

Trend Line Daily Market Report  05/26/2026

NASDAQ
National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations
26,656.18
1.19%
SPX
S&P 500
7,519.34
0.61%
DJI
Dow Jones Industrial Average
50,461.68
-0.23%
BTC
Bitcoin
$75,929.87
-1.75%
GOLD
Per Ounce
$4,507.10
-0.31%
SILVER
Per Ounce
$77.31
1.87%
OIL
West Texas Intermediate Crude
$93.68
-3.02%
MU
Micron Technology Inc.
$895.88
+19.29%
Bitcoin, gold, silver, and oil are traded 24 hours a day.

➤ Big Stock Move: Micron topped a $1 trillion market value for the first time on Tuesday as its stock rose more than 19%, driven by demand for its memory chips. (More)

Eli Lilly agreed to buy three vaccine developers, Curevo, LimmaTech Biologics, and Vaccine Company, for up to $3.8 billion combined, marking the drugmaker’s return to infectious disease as it deploys cash from its booming GLP-1 business. (More)

➤ BP ousted its chairman, Albert Manifold, over what the board called serious concerns about governance standards and conduct, less than a year after he took the job. Shares fell 6% on the news. (More)

American Airlines will install SpaceX’s Starlink on more than 500 narrow-body planes, joining United and Southwest among the major U.S. carriers offering the satellite Wi-Fi service. More

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Science & Technology

➤ Iranian hackers were responsible for the March cyberattack on Los Angeles’ transit system, stealing at least 700 gigabytes of files, according to a Tel Aviv-based cybersecurity firm that traced the breach to a known Tehran operation. (See Report)

A new species of tiny blue octopus has been discovered nearly 6,000 feet below the ocean near the Galapagos Islands, small enough to curl up in the palm of a hand. (See Octopus)

Satellites can now detect animal panic from space, giving scientists a new way to spot poachers in vast African wildlife reserves before rangers can reach them. (See Story)

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Researchers warn that AI can make mental tasks too easy, which may quietly erode learning, motivation, and the sense of meaning people get from their work. (See Commentary)

One specific outdoor setting may ease loneliness more effectively than group activities, according to a new Norwegian study of more than 2,500 people that flips conventional advice on its head. (See Setting)

➤ Six questions, yes or no, can reveal whether someone is truly your soulmate, and the answers should come without hesitation. (See Questions)

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Et Cetera

➤ Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. grabbed two black racer snakes with his bare hands at Medicare and Medicaid chief Mehmet Oz’s beachfront home. His wife, actress Cheryl Hines, can be heard asking him to let them go. (See Video)

➤ Mister Rogers is returning to mailboxes. His 2018 Forever Stamp won a nationwide Postal Service encore contest with more than half a million votes and goes back on sale June 1. (See Stamps)

➤ Starbucks Korea apologized after promoting “tank tumbler” cups as “Tank Day” on the anniversary of the 1980 Gwangju uprising, when soldiers crushed hundreds of pro-democracy protesters. Starbucks blamed AI-assisted planning, and police are investigating whether employees intentionally mocked the massacre. (See Details)

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Poll Position

Do you believe in soulmates?

  1. Yes, found mine
  2. Yes, still looking
  3. Lasting love, not soulmates
  4. No, it’s a myth
 

Yesterday’s Results:

What’s your go-to move on the first hot day?

  1. Fire up the grill: 44%
  2. Other: 21%
  3. Find the ice cream truck: 19%
  4. Hit the pool/beach: 11%
  5. Crank the AC and stay inside: 5%

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“There’s nothing like spending the day looking at something no other human has ever seen.”

Stephanie Smith, Field Museum X-ray lab head, on the discovery of a new species of blue octopus near the Galapagos Islands

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