The week in fourteen stories

US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say. The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.

Edition 6

US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say.

Sep 14 – 18

The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.

The week, in order Fourteen stories in the order the week produced them, Monday through Friday.

The week, in order

Fourteen stories in the order the week produced them, Monday through Friday.

1. Monday, September 14
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     Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder
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     China dismisses AI ‘fearmongering’ as spy chief warns of threat to Communist party rule
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     President Trump Is on the Line About an A.I. Slowdown
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     Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstage
2. Tuesday, September 15
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     Poverty Rate Was Stable Before Trump’s Safety Net Cuts Gained Force
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     Bernie Sanders says Congress has been ‘asleep at the wheel’ over AI – video
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     Talking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debut
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     Scrutiny of Jury May Complicate Future of Lindsay Clancy Case
3. Wednesday, September 16
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     House Holds Leon Black in Contempt Over Epstein Subpoenas
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     Merriam-Webster Dictionary Is Wordsmaxxing With 1,400 New Definitions
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     Trump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics Desk
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     US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say
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     Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly
4. Thursday, September 17
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     Cornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post

In today’s edition, Andrea Mitchell dives into the latest in the Kennedy Center saga. Plus, we examine new Republican defectors on the House’s Iran war vote. It earns its place because it comes through institutional reporting rather than secondhand accounts. Shares evidence or subject matter with 5 other stories in this edition. It went quiet over the weekend. This still rests on a single independent account from NBC News, so treat the details as provisional until another outlet confirms them.

How BNN covered it

In today’s edition, Andrea Mitchell dives into the latest in the Kennedy Center saga. Plus, we examine new Republican defectors on the House’s Iran war vote.

GOP strategist Karl Rove also said he wouldn't vote for French. It earns its place because it comes through institutional reporting rather than secondhand accounts. Shares evidence or subject matter with 5 other stories in this edition. It went quiet over the weekend. This still rests on a single independent account from ABC News, so treat the details as provisional until another outlet confirms them.

How BNN covered it

GOP strategist Karl Rove also said he wouldn't vote for French.

US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.

US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say

The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.

What the record actually carries So far ABC News is the only outlet carrying this. First carried by ABC News on Wednesday, September 16.

From the record

What the record actually carries

So far ABC News is the only outlet carrying this. First carried by ABC News on Wednesday, September 16.

Six stories, one subject The categories were separate. The consequences were not.

Six stories, one subject

The categories were separate. The consequences were not.

• US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources sayprecedesCornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" was published 24 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murderprecedesCornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder" was published 75 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Talking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debutprecedesCornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Talking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debut" was published 49 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Trump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics DeskprecedesCornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Trump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics Desk" was published 24 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murderprecedesUS preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder" was published 52 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Talking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debutprecedesUS preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Talking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debut" was published 25 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources saymirrorsTrump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics Desk

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News within 0 hours of each other. They describe the same subject from different vantage points.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstagemirrorsMan pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News within 3 hours of each other. They describe the same subject from different vantage points.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstageprecedesTalking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debut

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstage" was published 24 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstageprecedesTrump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics Desk

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Macklemore is dropped from Ed Sheeran's tour over pro-Palestinian comments onstage" was published 48 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murderprecedesTalking Shop with Ciara Miller ahead of her ‘Dancing with the Stars’ debut

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder" was published 27 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

• Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murderprecedesTrump’s latest branding battle: From the Politics Desk

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder" was published 51 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

"US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" sits ahead of "Cornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post" Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" was published 24 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

"US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" sits ahead of "Cornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post"

Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" was published 24 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

• US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources sayprecedesCornyn says he won't vote for Texas Republican Bo French after controversial post

  Both stories are reported under Current Events, Headlines and News, and "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" was published 24 hours first. That is a sequence in time, not a demonstrated cause.

  Association only — no cause is being claimed.

Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly The measures, which fall short of a breakup demanded by the government, effectively ensure that the tech titan’s business will continue largely unscathed. Consequences like this arrive on a delay long enough that nobody connects them to the week they started in.

Quiet consequence

Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly

The measures, which fall short of a breakup demanded by the government, effectively ensure that the tech titan’s business will continue largely unscathed.

Still moving Nothing from this week is still accelerating. The stories most likely to move if anything does are "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" and "Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder" — all settled for now, and worth watching for that reason rather than because they are unresolved.

Weekend watch

Still moving

• Nothing from this week is still accelerating.
• The stories most likely to move if anything does are "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say" and "Man pleads not guilty, denied bond for charges in Tasia Fortune’s murder" — all settled for now, and worth watching for that reason rather than because they are unresolved.

Forward-looking. None of this has happened yet.

What's on the calendar US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say: The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion. Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly: The measures, which fall short of a breakup demanded by the government, effectively ensure that the tech titan’s business will continue largely unscathed. Bernie Sanders says Congress has been ‘asleep at the wheel’ over AI – video: Bernie Sanders criticised the advancement of artificial intelligence at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington Tuesday, warning that this version of AI is 'the least capable version of AI that we will ever have'.

What the weekend carries forward

What's on the calendar

• US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say: The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.
• Judge Orders Data Sharing and Other Fixes to Solve Google’s Ad Tech Monopoly: The measures, which fall short of a breakup demanded by the government, effectively ensure that the tech titan’s business will continue largely unscathed.
• Bernie Sanders says Congress has been ‘asleep at the wheel’ over AI – video: Bernie Sanders criticised the advancement of artificial intelligence at the Pro-Human Assembly in Washington Tuesday, warning that this version of AI is 'the least capable version of AI that we will ever have'.

Forward-looking. None of this has happened yet.

If you only watch one thing Watch what its own reporting says is next — The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion.. It is the number underneath "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say", and it is published without anyone having to announce it.

What the weekend carries forward

If you only watch one thing

• Watch what its own reporting says is next — The pending munitions package is worth $2.8 billion..
• It is the number underneath "US preparing sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, sources say", and it is published without anyone having to announce it.

Forward-looking. None of this has happened yet.