Good morning. Donald Trump abruptly terminates trade talks with Canada, but all eyes are turning to his big meeting in Asia. And Sin City has some serious competition. Listen to the day’s top stories.
The Trump administration is pushing regulators to dramatically accelerate the process of allowing data centers to connect to power grids. That would help the president deliver on his AI ambitions, but clashes with concern that such complexes’ massive appetites for electricity drive up utility bills for neighboring residential neighborhoods. Check out our podcast on the topic.
Alaska Air says it’s resolved a significant IT outage that forced it to cancel hundreds of flights (for the second time in roughly three months), but disruptions are likely throughout the day. To make matters worse, the ill-timed stoppages coincided with the carrier releasing weaker-than-expected quarterly results.
Deep Dive
Trump’s headed to Asia, with the centerpiece of his trip a Thursday meeting with Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping. Here’s what to expect.
He’s even floated an elusive agreement on nuclear weapons and expressed a desire to convince Xi to pressure Russian President Vladimir Putin to end his invasion of Ukraine.
But analysts expect any agreement would simply dial down tensions following weeks of escalating threats, trade retaliation and harsh rhetoric—far from a sweeping accord that addresses core conflicts. Here’s a reminder of why it all flared up again.
You might want to rethink your weekend outfit. Vans are looking cooler than Adidas Sambas now, Andrea Felsted writes. The company still has a long way to go to catch the iconic three stripes, but the potential is there.
