Nvidia Spy Scandal, Nationwide Ground Stop Lifted, Starship’s Longest Test Flight
David Gura, Christina Ruffini, Lisa Mateo, David Cameron, Ross Hamilton, Maria Curi, Peter Mattis, Allison Ellsworth, Stephen Ellsworth, George Ferguson, Mike Shepard, Becca Wasser, Morgan Meeker, Jeff Mason, Emily Chang, Barry Ritholtz, Ed Ludlow
Amidst a fragmented air traffic control failure attributed to legacy infrastructure and a global Microsoft outage, the Trump administration has requested $50 billion to modernize aviation systems while U.S. measles elimination status was revoked due to rising outbreaks. Simultaneously, the tech sector faces severe turbulence as NVIDIA's CEO resigns following national security concerns over Chinese intelligence ties, triggering a $2 trillion market drop and potential congressional testimony, while AI talent wars intensify with firms offering record signing bonuses. In other major developments, a stalled Starship test highlighted the challenges of reusable rocketry, and U.S. envoys proposed a contentious peace deal for Ukraine involving territorial concessions in exchange for security guarantees.