U2 Grafton St. Dublin City Ireland right now…

Dear Global Citizens, Due to the extreme weather forecast for New York City this weekend, we have made the difficult decision, in consultation with the City of New York and NYC Parks, to cancel this year’s Global Citizen Festival. Forecasts predict dangerous conditions and circumstances in which we cannot safely bring tens of thousands of Global Citizens, artists, crew, vendors, partners, and staff onto the Great Lawn, let alone all of the equipment required. Safety has to come first. This is the first time in 14 years we’ve had to cancel. We have spent this week working through countless contingencies, which were ultimately not possible, and cancelling is a decision we have not taken lightly.

As Xi leaves Washington, flagging what @EvanFeigenbaum told me for my column earlier this week: A Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Asia during the George W. Bush Administration, he argued that China has found an “easy mark,” who is giving ground on sensitive issues such as export controls on U.S. chips and American policy toward Taiwan. Still, China is not aiming for a grand bargain with Washington anytime soon. “Their objective really is just to ring-fence the worst outcomes and park the Americans in a corner,” Feigenbaum told me, “and then pursue their opportunities for expansion of their influence regionally and globally elsewhere.” newyorker.com/news/global-no…

Stefano Domenicali is here to talk @F1 tonight! #FallonTonight

In pointed floor speech, Senate Armed Services Chair Roger Wicker says that as Xi visits that Trump "should keep in mind that his guest is a brutal, unelected and oppressive dictator who seeks to dominate his neighbors and whose massive military arsenal is aimed directly" at the USA Wicker says had Trump asked him he "would have suggested the president not invite [Xi] to Washington for such a lavish welcome here in the United States of America" Says Trump should ask Xi about China military build-up, the thousands of Uighur people who "have been sent to concentration camps," political prisoners and China's "interference in the internal affairs of nations around the world"

In a world of AI slop and sensational clickbait.. the reality of the Indian GP’s prospects for 2028 👇🏼#F1 sportskeeda.com/f1/indian-gp…

On Wednesday, Xi Jinping lands at Joint Base Andrews, and President Trump will be waiting for him on the tarmac. Then comes a flyover by a B-2 and four F-22s and a meeting between Melania Trump and Peng Liyuan. Nothing quite like that happened when Trump went to Beijing in May. Xi wasn't waiting for him, there were no flyovers, and there was no meeting of the first ladies. "Reciprocity" is the administration's watchword. But the asymmetry in pageantry reflects a broader asymmetry in the relationship: Beijing believes rare earths tamed Washington, and Washington at times seems to agree. Below, I've pulled together quick brief on the ten issues that will likely define the state visit, from the Busan truce and rare earths to AI dialogue, Taiwan, and Iran. Link here -> rdoshi.substack.com/p/when-x…