AI & Security: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent warned the U.S. can’t “lose the AI race” to China as NSA, CISA and FBI issued an advisory alleging six China-based firms used industrial-scale requests to distill capabilities from U.S. frontier models. Public Charge Fight: New York City and San Francisco-area counties joined lawsuits to block Trump’s public charge green-card rule expansion, arguing it could deter immigrants from using health, food and housing benefits. VA Tech Rollout: The VA plans to expand “ambient AI scribe” tools after successful pilots, scaling to more outpatient specialties with consent-based recording. Healthcare Innovation & Devices: GE HealthCare is reportedly in talks to buy radiopharma firm Sofie Biosciences for $1B; Artisight acquired TMG Global to speed smart-hospital deployments; Quanterix named a new CMO as it readies Alzheimer’s biomarker launches. Clinical/Research Advances: A multi-ancestry genetic score improved risk prediction for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; Regentis advanced GelrinC knee cartilage repair toward potential U.S. approval. Public Health: CDC reported nearly 3 in 4 U.S. adults struggle with fatigue, while measles deaths continue to rise in Pennsylvania. Rural Health Funding: USDA awarded disaster recovery grants to rebuild rural Iowa infrastructure, including water treatment and emergency medical services.