<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss version="2.0"><channel><title>The Brief</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app</link><description>Smart. Short. Worth your time.</description><item><title>AI Giants Stumble: ChatGPT, Claude, Gemini All Down</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/ai-giants-stumble-chatgpt-claude-gemini-all-down-34306.html</link><pubDate>2026-09-03T21:53:48+00:00</pubDate><description>OpenAI, Anthropic and Google simultaneously hit outages Thursday, exposing how much of the digital economy now leans on a handful of AI providers.</description></item><item><title>Xi Pushes Belt and Road at SCO Summit</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/xi-pushes-belt-and-road-at-sco-summit-33666.html</link><pubDate>2026-09-02T06:38:16+00:00</pubDate><description>Xi Jinping pitched more Belt and Road financing in Bishkek. Debt-trap warnings from client nations grew louder.</description></item><item><title>Vance Slams Michigan Democrat In Closed-Door Speech</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/vance-slams-michigan-democrat-in-closed-door-speech-33293.html</link><pubDate>2026-09-01T09:53:57+00:00</pubDate><description>The vice president defended the U.S.-Israel alliance at a private Republican Jewish Coalition event, then tore into his party&#x27;s midterm rival in Michigan.</description></item><item><title>Bessent Presses China, Opens Russia Channel at G20</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/bessent-presses-china-opens-russia-channel-at-g20-33112.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-31T23:41:30+00:00</pubDate><description>Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent confronted Beijing over its trade surplus and met Russia&#x27;s finance minister, both moves tied to Trump&#x27;s broader diplomatic push.</description></item><item><title>Edwards fights censure: &#x27;Poetry is not sexual misconduct&#x27;</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/edwards-fights-censure-poetry-is-not-sexual-misconduct-31343.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-27T20:15:14+00:00</pubDate><description>Rep. Chuck Edwards sent colleagues a six-page letter disputing the House Ethics Committee&#x27;s recommendation that he be censured for alleged sexual harassment of female staffers.</description></item><item><title>Warsh Faces Reckoning at Jackson Hole Friday</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/warsh-faces-reckoning-at-jackson-hole-friday-31342.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-27T20:14:59+00:00</pubDate><description>Markets are demanding clarity from the Fed&#x27;s cryptic chairman. His silence strategy may have run out of runway.</description></item><item><title>9/11 Trial Finally Set — for 2028</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/9-11-trial-finally-set-for-2028-31115.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-27T11:45:59+00:00</pubDate><description>A military judge scheduled Khalid Sheikh Mohammed&#x27;s trial to begin June 5, 2028. That&#x27;s 27 years after the attacks that killed nearly 3,000 people.</description></item><item><title>Judge: USPS broke mail-ballot order, rule stands</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/judge-usps-broke-mail-ballot-order-rule-stands-30301.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-26T00:30:38+00:00</pubDate><description>A federal judge found the Postal Service defied her injunction — then let the mail-ballot rule publish anyway. The Supreme Court&#x27;s earlier move looms large.</description></item><item><title>Bessent launches &#x27;Operation Economic Outcast&#x27; against Iran</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/bessent-launches-operation-economic-outcast-against-iran-29646.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-24T22:32:17+00:00</pubDate><description>The Treasury Secretary calls it &#x27;economic asphyxiation&#x27; — and warns any nation still doing business with Tehran to expect the same treatment.</description></item><item><title>America&#x27;s quiet talent pipeline is self-petitioning</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/america-s-quiet-talent-pipeline-is-self-petitioning-28773.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-23T13:57:43+00:00</pubDate><description>While Washington fights over the H-1B, a lesser-known green-card route has roughly tripled in four years.</description></item><item><title>Debt Hits $40 Trillion — Bessent Says Grow Through It</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/debt-hits-40-trillion-bessent-says-grow-through-it-27546.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-20T22:53:11+00:00</pubDate><description>The Treasury secretary is betting on expansion and spending cuts to tame a debt load that just crossed a historic threshold — and he&#x27;s doubling down on bond buybacks to steady the market.</description></item><item><title>Supreme Court shuts door on Trump&#x27;s $5M Carroll appeal</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/supreme-court-shuts-door-on-trump-s-5m-carroll-appeal-25538.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-17T15:57:31+00:00</pubDate><description>The justices declined Monday to rehear Trump&#x27;s challenge to the 2023 jury verdict — leaving a $5.63 million payout to E. Jean Carroll final. A separate $83.3 million verdict remains before the court.</description></item><item><title>Mangione Pleads Guilty, Faces Life in Prison</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/mangione-pleads-guilty-faces-life-in-prison-23897.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-14T21:37:11+00:00</pubDate><description>Luigi Mangione admitted in open court to stalking and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson. Sentencing is set for December 18 — and prosecutors want life.</description></item><item><title>US, Israel, Syria, Turkey seal secret nuclear removal deal</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/us-israel-syria-turkey-seal-secret-nuclear-removal-deal-21973.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-11T04:06:52+00:00</pubDate><description>Negotiations spanning months secured an IAEA-led plan to extract uranium material from a covert Syrian site — before it fell into the wrong hands.</description></item><item><title>Courts clear path for thousands of Big Tech addiction suits</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/courts-clear-path-for-thousands-of-big-tech-addiction-suits-21858.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-10T20:20:55+00:00</pubDate><description>The 9th Circuit refused to let Meta, TikTok, Snapchat, and Google use Section 230 to escape lawsuits alleging they deliberately hooked minors on addictive design.</description></item><item><title>AOC leaves 2028 door open</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/aoc-leaves-2028-door-open-21203.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-09T19:03:12+00:00</pubDate><description>Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez says she hasn&#x27;t ruled out a presidential run. A new New Hampshire poll puts her at the front of a crowded Democratic field.</description></item><item><title>Murkowski sinks Blanche AG confirmation before recess</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/murkowski-sinks-blanche-ag-confirmation-before-recess-20111.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-07T14:38:10+00:00</pubDate><description>Sen. Lisa Murkowski&#x27;s &#x27;no&#x27; vote leaves Todd Blanche short of the votes needed — likely pushing confirmation past the August recess and leaving the Justice Department in limbo.</description></item><item><title>Marine One Nearly Clipped a Passenger Jet Over Reagan</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/marine-one-nearly-clipped-a-passenger-jet-over-reagan-19182.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-06T00:30:23+00:00</pubDate><description>The FAA confirmed a &#x27;momentary loss of separation&#x27; Tuesday between Trump&#x27;s helicopter and a departing commercial flight — raising hard questions about who failed to halt traffic.</description></item><item><title>Senate Confirms Schwartz as CDC Director, 51-44</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/senate-confirms-schwartz-as-cdc-director-51-44-19181.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-06T00:30:07+00:00</pubDate><description>Dr. Erica Schwartz becomes the CDC&#x27;s 22nd director — and its first confirmed leader in nearly a year — after a 51-44 Senate vote that broke mostly along party lines.</description></item><item><title>Socialist Wave Sweeps Michigan, Ousts Incumbent Democrats</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/socialist-wave-sweeps-michigan-ousts-incumbent-democrats-19077.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-05T20:16:53+00:00</pubDate><description>Far-left candidates backed by Bernie Sanders and Justice Democrats toppled establishment figures across Michigan&#x27;s key primaries Tuesday — a warning shot for the Democratic Party&#x27;s center.</description></item><item><title>Ethics Committee Opens Miller Probe — At His Own Request</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/ethics-committee-opens-miller-probe-at-his-own-request-18554.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-04T23:08:08+00:00</pubDate><description>Rep. Max Miller asked the House Ethics Committee to investigate him on domestic violence and drug allegations, then the committee obliged — hours later. He says he won&#x27;t resign.</description></item><item><title>Trump privately warns Miller: &#x27;Things aren&#x27;t looking good&#x27;</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/trump-privately-warns-miller-things-aren-t-looking-good-18441.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-04T18:52:53+00:00</pubDate><description>President Trump told Rep. Max Miller his reelection bid is in trouble after domestic abuse allegations from his ex-wife — even as Miller vows to stay in the race.</description></item><item><title>House Ethics Panel Recommends Censure for Rep. Edwards</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/house-ethics-panel-recommends-censure-for-rep-edwards-17920.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-03T21:09:35+00:00</pubDate><description>The House Ethics Committee found Rep. Chuck Edwards engaged in a persistent pattern of inappropriate conduct toward two young female staffers. Lavish gifts, poems, and deleted messages are all in the report.</description></item><item><title>Ohio GOP Implodes: Moreno Demands Miller Resign</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/ohio-gop-implodes-moreno-demands-miller-resign-17253.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T19:27:14+00:00</pubDate><description>Sen. Bernie Moreno went public Sunday calling his former son-in-law, Rep. Max Miller, unfit for Congress — a family feud now threatening a Trump-won Ohio seat.</description></item><item><title>UEFA Demands Accountability After FIFA Quietly Drops Privatization Plan</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/uefa-demands-accountability-after-fifa-quietly-drops-privatization-plan-17018.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T10:57:09+00:00</pubDate><description>European soccer&#x27;s governing body welcomed FIFA&#x27;s reversal — then immediately called for heads to roll over a secretive deal that nearly sold off the World Cup.</description></item><item><title>CONCACAF Calls for Full Review of Infantino&#x27;s Presidency</title><link>https://rm-brief.vercel.app/nota/concacaf-calls-for-full-review-of-infantino-s-presidency-17016.html</link><pubDate>2026-08-02T10:56:36+00:00</pubDate><description>FIFA&#x27;s private-equity grab for the World Cup collapsed in days. 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