Marathon Senate speech, record $40B OpenAI funding and SpaceX polar-orbiting mission

U.S. Sen. Cory Booker gives a marathon speech to oppose Trump’s policies, The New York Times details the extent of U.S. involvement in the Russia-Ukraine war, an Israeli strike kills a Hezbollah official in Beirut, China launches military drills around Taiwan, the U.S. admits to an 'administrative error' in the deportation of a Maryland resident, the U.S. attorney general seeks the death penalty in the murder of UnitedHealthcare’s CEO, OpenAI secures a record $40B in funding, an AI brain implant turns thoughts to speech in near real-time, Argentina's poverty rate drops to 38.1%, and SpaceX launches its first civilian-crewed polar orbit mission. Sources: www.verity.news