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EUROPE SPEEDS UP NATO CONTINGENCY PLAN IN EVENT OF US WITHDRAWAL - WSJ (@FirstSquaw)

VANCE: NEGOTIATIONS WITH IRAN ONGOING & CEASEFIRE HOLDING; DEEP MISTRUST BETWEEN US & IRAN CANNOT BE RESOLVED OVERNIGHT (@FirstSquaw)

VP VANCE ON IRAN: OPTIMISTIC ABOUT CURRENT POSITION; IRANIAN NEGOTIATORS SHOWED WILLINGNESS TO REACH A DEAL (@FirstSquaw)

OPENAI LAUNCHES NEW CYBERSECURITY MODEL TO SELECT GROUP OF CUSTOMERS – FT (@FirstSquaw)

US STATE DEPT INFORMS CONGRESS CUBA MAY BE COMPLICIT IN BACKING RUSSIA'S WAR IN UKRAINE, WITH UP TO 5,000 CUBAN NATIONALS REPORTEDLY FIGHTING FOR RUSSIA; NO DEFINITIVE PROOF HAVANA OFFICIALLY DISPATCHED TROOPS BUT "SIGNIFICANT INDICATORS" REGIME TOLERATED OR ENABLED THEIR (@FirstSquaw)

JD VANCE EXPECTED TO LEAD POTENTIAL SECOND ROUND OF TALKS WITH IRANIAN OFFICIALS AHEAD OF NEXT WEEK'S CEASEFIRE DEADLINE; STEVE WITKOFF & JARED KUSHNER ALSO EXPECTED TO ATTEND - CNN (@FirstSquaw)

US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: AIM TO DE-RISK FROM CHINA IN CERTAIN AREAS; TARIFFS COULD RETURN TO PRIOR LEVELS BY EARLY JULY (@FirstSquaw)

US TREASURY SECRETARY BESSENT: GROWTH COULD STILL COMFORTABLY SURPASS 3 PCT OR 3.5 PCT THIS YEAR; UNDERLYING ECONOMY REMAINS ROBUST (@FirstSquaw)

VENEZUELA'S RODRIGUEZ: RECEIVING OIL COMPANIES' RECOMMENDATIONS & VIEWS ON ENERGY INDUSTRY; US LICENSES LACK LONG-TERM LEGAL CERTAINTY, SANCTIONS ON VENEZUELA SHOULD BE LIFTED (@FirstSquaw)

RUBIO SAYS HE MET EGYPTIAN COUNTERPART AND DISCUSSED IRAN CEASEFIRE AMID DIPLOMATIC EFFORTS TO DE ESCALATE CONFLICT (@FirstSquaw)

BROADCOM SAID CEO HOCK TAN WILL STEP DOWN FROM META’S BOARD AND TRANSITION INTO AN ADVISORY ROLE WITH THE COMPANY (@FirstSquaw)

BROADCOM AND META WILL COLLABORATE OVER THE NEXT THREE YEARS ON ADVANCING AI CHIP TECHNOLOGY TO POWER LARGE-SCALE DATA CENTER AND AI WORKLOADS (@FirstSquaw)