Daily Briefings
The Beacon Briefing for April 25, 2026
A preserved edition of the main news stories featured on The Beacon on this date.
California cities seek to bless polyamorous unions
LA Times·Family
Healing
Twimg
Washington prepares to take on the prediction markets
Politico·Politics
DeepSeek V4 with 1/6th price of Opus 4.7
Venturebeat·AI
Insurers step up prior authorization reforms
The Hill·Health
World's most complex machine
Worksinprogress·Technology
New pancreatic cancer treatment showing results
Ynet News·Health
Trump cancels Pakistan trip for negotiators
Fox News·War
TMZ Washington team gets interviewed
Politico·Media
DoJ brings back firing squads and electrocution
CNBC·Legal
A progressive defense of theft
City Journal·Culture
Finland Supreme Court rules against free speech
Chronicles·Legal
US still striking drug boats
CBS News·Domestic
The wild west of peptides
Business Insider·Health
First voting in Gaza in 2 decades
Al Jazeera·International
Iran war redrawing the oil map
Axios·War
Google invests in Anthropic
Ars Technica·AI
Weekend peace talks
AP News·War