US court blocks landmark law limiting social media use for children
Judge rules Virginia does not have right to restrict ‘minors’ access to constitutionally protected speech’
Letter: US Treasuries policy plots a narrow course
From Timo Leiter, Vienna, Austria
Letter: German Romanticism — inventing the artist as hero
From Sheila Hayman, Advisory Council, Minderoo Centre for Technology and Democracy, University of Cambridge, London NW1, UK
Letter: All gas and gaiters?
From Dan Hedley, Policy Director, New Capital Consensus, Harpenden, Hertfordshire, UK
Letter: FDR’s idea of homeland
From Derek Leebaert, Washington, DC, US
Letter: My grandson didn’t even know we had a television
From Kim Forder, Hong Kong
Letter: Irish weather lexicon
From Cormac Meehan, Bundoran, County Donegal, Ireland
Trump administration to cut Anthropic from state contracts and Pentagon supply chain
US president implements full ban on agencies using leading AI start-up in feud over military use of its technology
Letter: If you want peace, best prepare for war
From Major James Moloney, Serving British Army Officer, Stamford, Lincolnshire, UK
Letter: Curious advice from such a respected ornithologist
From David Watson, Fletchers Bridge, Cornwall, UK
Correction: Loie Hollowell
Painter Loie Hollowell, featured in today’s HTSI, is 42 years old, not 43 as wrongly stated in the article. She has a studio based in Queens, not Brooklyn, her son’s name is Linden, not Lynden, and she has been represented by Pace since 2017, not 2019
Letter: Musk’s Grok: stranger than science fiction
From Bruce Grill, Annecy, France
FT Crossword: Polymath number 1,376
FT Crossword: Number 18,306
Paramount clinches Warner Bros deal after Netflix walks away
Streaming company’s decision ends months-long battle to buy parent of CNN, HBO and franchises such as Harry Potter
Blackstone chief Schwarzman received $1.2bn in 2025 income
Co-founder of private capital giant stands to make more than $1bn each year from dividends
US and UK pull diplomats from Middle East as Iran war fears rise
Donald Trump says he is ‘not happy’ with Tehran as Washington and London hold talks about use of Diego Garcia
US bank stocks record biggest slide since April’s market ructions
Investors fret over growing strains in private credit and risks of AI disrupting the software industry
Project Warrior: How Paramount beat Netflix in $110bn battle for Warner
Ellison father and son viewed deal as a matter of survival to compete with tech giants that now dominate Hollywood
Trump floats ‘friendly takeover’ of Cuba
US president’s comments come as tensions rise during energy blockade and shooting off communist nation’s coast
Transcript: Green grief for Starmer — by-election special
Lucy Fisher talks to Anna Gross, Jennifer Williams and George Parker
What the State of the Union means for the US midterm elections
Donald Trump’s address to Congress has big implications for the midterms. What are they?
Mexico, El Mencho and the perilous ‘kingpin strategy’
The policy of taking out top cartel bosses has often resulted in brutal reprisals as new leaders use even fiercer violence to assert control
Bill Clinton defends ‘brief acquaintance’ with Epstein
Republicans target ex-president over ties to late sex offender while Democrats press for answers over Donald Trump