⚡️🇩🇪 NEW - Germany's Chancellor Merz: We can no longer accept the extraordinarily high levels of sick leave in our companies. We are abolishing sick leave by telephone and introducing the requirement to submit a medical certificate from the very first day of illness. We know this is a tough decision. But we can no longer afford this competitive disadvantage caused by prolonged absences from work.

👀 Is anyone still here?

⚡️🦠 NEW - A parasite that causes 'explosive diarrhea' has reportedly spread across 17 US states 145 people have been infected and 20 have been hospitalized as the CDC investigates the source, which is expected to be contaminated food Currently, no one has died from the outbreak, which has symptoms that last anywhere from days to more than a month

⚡️🇻🇪🇮🇱 NEW - Israeli soldiers have been spotted in a hotel in Caracas today. This would be the first Israeli presence in Venezuela since Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez kicked out all Israeli diplomats from Venezuela before cutting all relations with Israel in 2009 because of its war on Gaza.

⚡️🇺🇸 ARCHIVE - “You should NOT defend everything the Israeli government does. Period.” - Charlie Kirk

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Palantir CEO Alex Karp admits that small Israel is one of the leading tech centers in the world. He says he wants the "far left" and the "far right" to immediately stop criticizing him, or else China will win the AI race.

⚡️🤖 NEW - Weave Robotics announces the fall launch of their $7,999 AI robot which can do your laundry, make your bed, and pick up your kids toys. Would you buy one?

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Trump: Now, as I see my two beautiful sons sitting there. I think I'm going to give one to myself, one to them, and we'll have a threesome.

⚡️🇪🇺 NEW - EU Parliament’s new internal AI tool just proved how “neutral” it is. German MEP Christine Anderson asked the most obvious question: “How do we get rid of Ursula von der Leyen as President of the Commission?” Instant block for “security policy violation.” Even the AI is programmed to protect the boss.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Tucker Carlson announces plan to build a third political party: "There should be a good-faith effort to figure out what benefits the country… If you make sixty thousand dollars a year, you're degraded… the promise of your children's lives is likely gone. No one seems to care. It's not even a factor… I officially don't care about Hamas. The US government should have, as its first priority, the welfare of its own people." Carlson said he doesn’t want to be a candidate in the new party.

⚡️🇺🇸 NEW - Lara Trump says she has no clue why so many influencers, like Tucker Carlson, have suddenly started accusing President Trump of being a puppet of Israel. She says the accusations are dangerous and warns that Republicans need voters to remain united behind the party ahead of the midterm elections. Lara Trump holds a stake in Salem Media, whose top executives are registered as foreign agents for Israel.

⚡️🇺🇸🇮🇱 NEW - The United States government has officially signed an agreement to build a permanent embassy in Jerusalem that will cost taxpayers billions of dollars. Mike Huckabee says the United States flag will be permanently displayed in Israel. "A very expensive and massive building for a new embassy complex."

⚡️🐑 END OF DAY - Maybe it's time to go to bed…

⚡️🔎 ARCHIVE - On this day in history, 12 years ago, Newegg became one of the first stores to accept bitcoin.

⚡️🇻🇪 NEW - Death toll from Venezuela earthquakes rises to at least 2,295

⚡️🇪🇸 NEW - Spain Orders Blacklist of US Tech Giant Palantir From Public and Private Companies The Spanish government blacklisted Palantir due to growing concerns over the potential misuse of classified national security information.