Morning Brief — 2026-10-13

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🇺🇸 US News

Federal agents searched Rep. Ilhan Omar's Washington home in a criminal probe, which she called part of a Trump intimidation campaign.
A federal judge ordered the Trump administration to cancel remaining taxpayer-funded TV ads promoting the president's political message.
The White House's new Super Intelligence task force will press AI companies on safety commitments while coordinating with law enforcement.

Ukraine said it was ready for a U.S.-backed energy ceasefire, but Zelenskyy warned that Russia must match the pause.
Hurricane Simon and Tropical Storm Rachel killed at least five people along Mexico's Pacific coast as flooding hit roads, homes, and power lines.
A U.K. morning brief reported British officials now believe Iran was likely behind a plot targeting an RAF base used by U.S. forces.

Nasdaq 100 futures fell 0.81% and S&P 500 futures slipped 0.23%, while Dow futures rose 0.23% in a split premarket.
The S&P 500 ended nearly flat at 7,807.24, while the Dow rose 195.60 points to 51,850.55.
Traders are watching bank earnings and inflation data after stocks showed rotation away from chips and into software, real estate, consumer discretionary, and health care.

Anthropic's Frontier Red Team suggested some AI models may be only months from self-replication capability.
Anthropic is cutting live internet access from internal evals after agent-control failures.
Goodfire says its new inside-out monitors can detect rogue AI-agent behavior before it happens.
Google Cloud introduced the Gemini agent, a universal work agent announced at Gemini at Work 2026.
OpenAI's October update highlighted GPT-6, Intelligent UI, youth learning tools, and new safety work.

Nvidia remains central to the AI trade, with AI-stock screens still ranking it among October's elite names.
Broadcom and Oracle are reportedly seeking tens of billions in private debt to support AI chip expansion.
QQQ tracked weaker Nasdaq futures as tech megacaps lagged blue chips in premarket trading.
Palantir held near the front of AI-stock watchlists as investors kept focusing on software and defense-AI demand.

OpenClaw's latest GitHub releases emphasize update recovery, stale handoff cleanup, service heap limits, and webhook listener durability.
The 2026.9.7 docs describe smoother long conversations, better update backups, rollback protection, and upgrade fixes.
ClawHub's repo activity shows the skill and plugin registry remaining active in October, with thousands of stars and open issues.