Senator Lindsey Graham’s passing makes some of US President Donald Trump’s legislative agenda, particularly a reconciliation 3.0 package, harder. This episode of Bloomberg Intelligence’s Votes & Verdicts podcast centers on the implications of Graham’s death and the outlook of Apple’s suit accusing OpenAI of stealing trade secrets. Elsewhere, an appeals court reinstated some of the plaintiffs’ experts in federal cases against Johnson & Johnson and spinoff Kenvue alleging that Tylenol causes autism and ADHD, making settlement more likely. Hyperscalers like Alphabet, Amazon.com and Microsoft potentially face further data-center bans following New York’s one-year moratorium. Trump Organization entities are filing amended claims accusing Capital One of debanking them.

Gary Gensler on the Role of the SEC
34:37

Meta Pact, Data-Center Bans, Gas-Tax Holiday
34:36

Disney, Meta, Biofuel, IRS Shrinkage, Crypto
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