Housing, Power, and Political Fault Lines

Three stories set the practical agenda right now. Housing is getting harder to enter, AI is starting to reshape the power grid, and U.S. politics on Israel is moving faster than the old consensus can keep up.Housing affordability and the long arc behind itHow U.S. housing got hereMortgage risk and why supply matters more than loan designAI power demand and the utility land grabAutos, tariffs, and North American supply chainsDemocrats shift on IsraelPublic opinion, Netanyahu, and Gaza's long rebuildTexas wrongful conviction fightSources:WSJ What’s News — Owning a Piece of AmericaThe Daily — The Last 12 WeeksFT News Briefing — AI wakes up the sleepy US power sectorGlobal News Podcast — The Global Story: Is the US falling out of love with Israel?Global News Podcast — BBC meets Venezuela earthquake survivorsUp First from NPR — The secret life of a stolen Van GoghThis podcast was created with Podkey. Make your own at https://podkey.fm