Good morning. Trump's latest foreign policy shift is sending shockwaves through global markets as he tells allies including the UK to "go get your own oil" and declares America won't be there to help anymore. This dramatic withdrawal from traditional security commitments comes as soaring fuel prices since the Middle East conflict escalated are driving a surge in electric vehicle interest, with test drives and online searches spiking as drivers experience "pump anxiety" at forecourts.
Meanwhile, serious questions are emerging about Trump's defense secretary Pete Hegseth after reports that his broker tried to purchase millions in defense funds just before Iran's recent attacks. The timing raises eyebrows about potential conflicts of interest at the highest levels of the Pentagon. On the tech front, a major security breach has hit the popular Axios library on NPM, with malicious versions dropping remote access trojans into countless software projects - if you're running any web applications, your IT team is likely scrambling to check dependencies right now.