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The final nuclear arms treaty between the United States and Russia expired this week, removing all formal limits on the world’s two largest arsenals for the first time in over 50 years. In technology, the release of new artificial intelligence tools by Anthropic triggered a $285 billion selloff in software stocks, while Alphabet announced plans to nearly double its AI infrastructure spending to $185 billion. In a major contraction for American media, The Washington Post announced it will lay off one-third of its newsroom staff, gutting its sports and foreign desks. Finally, a federal judge sentenced Ryan Routh to life in prison for the September 2024 assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump.