North America
by impact geography: 164
Issues 3
- IssueA fixed employer budget moves plan choice from the employer to the individual market1 trends · 1 signals
- IssueFunctional food claims outrun the regulatory categories meant to keep messaging evidence-based1 trends · 0 signals
- IssueThe US fiscal tightrope: too little tightening risks crisis, too much risks stagnation1 trends · 1 signals
Trends 5
- TrendGenetic risk assessment is being paired with behavioral health coaching2 signals
- TrendPsychedelic developers converge on FDA approval as the main route to scale3 signals
- TrendState capitalism with American characteristics4 signals
- TrendTrend 8: US employers break the bundled group health plan into a fixed budget3 signals
- TrendVeteran mental health makes psychedelics a rare bipartisan agenda in Washington2 signals
Signals 156
- Signal"Europeanisation of NATO" (NATO 3.0) after Ankara Summit; US troop drawdown from Germany
- Signal'Almost Alive': Scientists built artificial cell-like blob 'SpudCell' that eats, grows, and divides
- Signal15-Minute City Goes Mainstream — Obel Award 2026 / Canadian Cities Policy Adoption
- Signal2026 AI Policy and Semiconductor Outlook: Federal Preemption, State AI Laws, and Chip Export Controls
- Signal2026 Iran War — US-Israel Strike Iranian Nuclear Facilities, Ceasefire Fragile
- Signal82% of U.S. Manufacturers Reshoring; 25% of Global Trade to Relocate by 2026
- SignalA projected 100,000 worker shortage in the US by 2028 is used to justify voice agents
- SignalAFL-CIO Workers First AI Summit / SAG-AFTRA & WGA AI Renegotiations 2026
- SignalAI 2026 Midterm Campaign Tools: DonorAtlas, Quiller, BattlegroundAI Surge
- SignalAI Companies Pour $125M Into 2026 U.S. Midterms; Deepfakes Enter Electoral Politics
- SignalAMD to Acquire AI Chip Startup Taalas to Etch Models Into Silicon
- SignalAbout 10% of US firms use AI to produce goods and services
- SignalAbout one-third of US adults report insufficient sleep
- SignalAgentic AI is coming to government faster than its guardrails
- SignalB.C. Labour Board Orders Amazon and Union Into Binding Arbitration Over Amazon's Objection
- SignalBlackburn Releases Discussion Draft of the TRUMP AMERICA AI Act
- SignalBlood biomarkers can forecast the onset of ALS symptoms
- SignalBuilding and Governing AI Systems: Advancing Social Workers' Roles across the Technology Industry, Human Service Organizations, and Policy Institutions
- SignalCBDC Banned in United States Until 2031
- SignalCLARITY Act Crypto Market Structure Bill Faces August 7 Senate Deadline
- SignalCRISPR Clinical Trials 2026: In Vivo Delivery as the Single Most Important Transition
- SignalCSIS report examines organising and sustaining a dedicated US cyber force
- SignalCalifornia Pilot Tests Steam as Alternative to Chemical Soil Fumigation Near Schools
- SignalCanada opens public consultations on a Men and Boys' Health Strategy
- SignalCanada's Supreme Court rules Parliament cannot shield Ethics Commissioner decisions from judicial review
- SignalCanadian data claims arts prescribing cuts primary care visits 42% and returns $4.43 per dollar
- SignalCanadian service robot market valued at $1.12 billion in 2024
- SignalClearmind's MEAI candidate is named in US veterans legislation and enters Yale and Johns Hopkins trials
- SignalColorado AI Act (SB 24-205) Repealed Before Taking Effect; Replaced by SB 26-189
- SignalCourt upholds Trump election order that also sets federal AI policy directives
- SignalDARPA AI Forge — Accelerating AI Breakthroughs for National Security
- SignalDC Council Weighs Robotaxi Regulation and Public Interest
- SignalDOE Finalizes Fusion Science Roadmap; $625M for Quantum Centers
- SignalDOE Genesis Mission funds AI foundation models for particle physics
- SignalEU Gives Final Approval to Implement U.S. Trade Agreement / EU Industrial Accelerator Act
- SignalEU agrees 21st Russia sanctions package; OFAC issues Russia, Cuba and counter-narcotics designations
- SignalEight psychedelic candidates hold FDA breakthrough therapy designation
- SignalExecutive Order 14409: Promoting Advanced Artificial Intelligence Innovation and Security
- SignalExport licences and tariff relief converted into revenue and price concessions
- SignalFBI orders 260 staffers to Georgia to assist with 2020 election investigation
- SignalFBI, EPA Warn of Cyberattacks on Water Systems Across Seven US States
- SignalFDA New Guidance Enables Multi-Mutation Gene Editing Trials; CRISPR Pipeline Expands
- SignalFDA removes the testosterone cardiovascular black box warning in February 2025
- SignalFDA's Roadmap to Reducing Animal Testing — New Approach Methodologies in drug development
- SignalFederal Judge Blocks New York's ICE Mask Ban Law on Supremacy Clause Grounds
- SignalFirst Biological Qubit Created from Living Cell Protein — UChicago PME Breakthrough
- SignalFirst congressional psychedelic caucus is co-chaired across party lines
- SignalFrontier model export control suspension and reinstatement (Fable 5 / Mythos 5)
- SignalGallup Poll: Bipartisan Concern Over Election Integrity Ahead of 2026 Midterms
- SignalGeopolitics Reshaping Semiconductor Supply Chain Risk in 2026 / US-China Chip War
- SignalHealth insurers describe the arrangement as a growth channel on 2025 earnings calls
- SignalHumanoid Robot Achieves 95% Real-Time Dodge Rate Using Only Onboard Camera Safety
- SignalIFIC survey finds 52% of Americans actively seek functional health benefits in food
- SignalIPCC Chair Keynote at London Climate Week 2026 — U.S. Paris Withdrawal Takes Effect
- SignalIran sells oil at 20% premium as US ends blockade threat on Strait of Hormuz
- SignalJuly 4 tax-credit deadline pressures US solar/wind project pipeline; $17B federal loan for 10 nuclear reactors
- SignalKorea and US tech giants commit to a $950 billion AI and chip alliance
- SignalKorean Scientists Created an "Artificial Sun" That Ran for 102 Seconds / Helion secures world's first regulatory licenses for fusion power plant
- SignalLLNL and Pacific Fusion achieve 3,000-shot milestone with Sirius pulsed-power prototype
- SignalLancet viewpoint counts 23 US arts prescribing programmes and Social Prescribing USA about 250 providers
- SignalLarge US grid regions move from voluntary flexibility programmes to mandatory participation
- SignalLarge banks and brokerages acquire pre-IPO trading and cap table infrastructure
- SignalLinux Foundation Launches Tokenomics Foundation With 29 Members Including JPMorgan and IBM
- SignalMajor tech firms and VCs press Washington to back open-weight AI
- SignalMeta Introduces Stablecoin (USDC) Payment Options for Advertisers
- SignalMichigan LCV criticizes Whitmer's approval of Line 5 pipeline tunnel
- SignalMicrosoft launches Microsoft Frontier Company with $2.5B investment
- SignalMilitary AI governance under strain: the US–China dialogue
- SignalMore than 400 billion dollars of pharma commitments to US facilities create a new AI testbed
- SignalMusiCares survey finds 11.4% of music professionals reported suicidal ideation in a year
- SignalNASA Holds Final Briefings for International Crew-13 Space Station Mission
- SignalNIST and DOE Office of Science Sign MOU to Advance AI Under National Genesis Mission
- SignalNIST launches autonomous AI agent standards initiative (February 2026)
- SignalNPR examines competing scientific accounts of COVID-19's origins
- SignalNeuralink Expands Human Trials to 21 Participants — VOICE Trial Targets 140 Words/min
- SignalNew Light-Touch Trump AI Cyber Executive Order
- SignalNew Mexico Judge Orders Meta to Pay $567 Million and Impose Youth Safety Measures
- SignalNew Section 301 tariffs on forced-labor goods take effect; Section 122 global tariff lapses
- SignalNew York City designates social media a public health hazard
- SignalNew York social media warning labels law; California digital wellness bill AB 2071
- SignalOne high-risk program reports 100 patients monthly and a 200 percent coaching workforce increase
- SignalOntario Court of Appeal Revives Youth Climate Charter Challenge, Orders New Hearing
- SignalOpenAI Frontier Governance Framework Aligns With EU AI Act and California Law
- SignalOpenAI Reveals Next Model 'Astra' Inside a Math Research Announcement
- SignalPentagon "AI-First" Military — $54.6B DAWG Request, Anthropic "Supply Chain Risk" Designation
- SignalPentagon Cyber Defense Command Drafting Plan to Defend Critical Infrastructure
- SignalPentagon requests $54.6B for Defense Autonomous Warfare Group; Joint Chiefs: autonomous weapons "key and essential"
- SignalPentagon's Defense Cyber Defense Command Drafting Critical Infrastructure Protection Framework
- SignalPharma Tariffs 2026: Supply Chain & Manufacturing Impacts
- SignalPlatforms administering the arrangement scaled quickly after the 2019 US rule
- SignalProfitability of Open-Source Software Product Development
- SignalProtein found in living cells turned into functioning qubit — UChicago PME
- SignalPsilocybin Helps Most Veterans With PTSD, Small Study Shows
- SignalRealta Fusion powers light bulbs with 90% efficient direct plasma energy conversion (WHAM device)
- SignalReflection AI begins $6.3B compute lease at SpaceX Colossus 2 (Memphis)
- SignalReshoring and AI Power 2026 US Supply Chains — but reshoring strains persist
- SignalS&P Global: ports reinvent themselves as 'circular economy hubs'
- SignalSK Hynix and Sandisk Unveil First High Bandwidth Flash (HBF) Standard at FMS 2026
- SignalSenate Leaders Reach Deal to Avert Government Shutdown Before 2026 Midterms
- SignalSenators introduce the Innovative Therapies Centers of Excellence Act in March 2026
- SignalSeven psychedelic candidates have reached FDA Phase 3 trials
- SignalSixty percent of US consumers put health and wellness first among home feature drivers
- SignalSmall employers lead adoption while large-employer uptake grows faster
- SignalSolomon Islands Signs US Shiprider Security Deal, Reaffirms Neutrality Amid China Ties
- SignalSolomon Islands signs Shiprider Agreement with US for maritime law enforcement
- SignalSouth Korea, AMD sign MOU for AI Center of Excellence
- SignalSpaceX Launches Three AST SpaceMobile Block 2 BlueBird Satellites From Cape Canaveral
- SignalStrategic Capital Signs $820M Loan for Drone Expansion
- SignalStudy finds consumer wearable heart-rate data tracks state-level economic hardship in the US
- SignalTariff Volatility Pushes Global Supply Chains into Regional Reset in 2026
- SignalThailand and Canada Launch Carbon Capture Pilot in Cement Industry via 'Saraburi Sandbox'
- SignalThe Beginning of ChatGPT Ads
- SignalThe Effect of Perceived Race and Gender on Police Language Use: Experimental Evidence from VR Simulations
- SignalThe Escalating Cyber Risk Landscape / CISA at 40%
- SignalThe US shows a structural uptick in productivity and rates alongside inflation above target
- SignalThomson Reuters Institute 2026 Global Trade Report: 72% of Trade Professionals Name US Tariffs Top Risk
- SignalTogether AI raises $800M at $8.3B valuation for open-source AI infrastructure
- SignalTrump Signs Executive Order Promoting Advanced AI Innovation and Security
- SignalTrump Signs Narrowed Executive Orders Targeting Birthright Citizenship and Birth Tourism
- SignalTrump directs USTR Section 301 tariff action against Brazil over trade practices and deforestation
- SignalU.S. Trade Representative Proposes Sweeping Section 301 Tariffs to Combat Global Trade of Forced Labor Goods
- SignalU.S.-ASEAN Trade & Tariff Developments
- SignalU.S.–UK Transatlantic Taskforce for the Markets of the Future — joint stablecoin recommendations
- SignalUCLA-Ewha Team Converts Mixed Plastic Waste Directly Into High-Purity Hydrogen
- SignalUS AI legislative flurry — Transparency Coalition update, Warner NDAA amendment, Illinois audit law
- SignalUS Appeals Court Rules EPA Cannot Block Billions in Climate Grants
- SignalUS Commerce Dept lifts export controls, Claude Fable 5 fully restored after 19-day shutdown
- SignalUS Firms' Q2 Lobbying Revenue Reportedly Hits Record High
- SignalUS HHS inspector general audits department's AI governance
- SignalUS Representatives introduce AI Kill Switch Act requiring shutdown capability for powerful AI systems
- SignalUS Supreme Court strikes down party coordinated-expenditure limits as unconstitutional (NRSC v. FEC)
- SignalUS Treasury sanctions multinational network supporting Iran's Mahan Air and IRGC
- SignalUS Water System Cyberattacks Spread to Georgia and Michigan, Now Affecting a Dozen States
- SignalUS and Iran Reach Tentative 60-Day Ceasefire Memorandum of Understanding
- SignalUS federal drug agency funds non-hallucinogenic psychedelic development with $11.4 million
- SignalUS government debt near 120% of GDP would need three points of GDP in extra fiscal saving
- SignalUS government takes equity in Intel and MP Materials with guaranteed prices
- SignalUS in advanced talks with AI companies over voluntary standards for releasing powerful models
- SignalUS oil output at 13.5 million barrels a day, largest producer since 2018
- SignalUS per capita wealth is $17.5 million in the top 1% against $9,600 in the bottom half
- SignalUS philanthropy and the AMA move capital and professional backing behind men's health
- SignalUS power demand rising ~6% a year against eight-year interconnection queues
- SignalUS regulators move to let private assets into retirement plans
- SignalUS threatens Iranian infrastructure over Strait of Hormuz attacks; Ukraine to export drones to US
- SignalUS withdrew forces from Nigeria after joint operation killed ISIS global deputy leader
- SignalUS-Japan $1 Billion Tech Alliance: AI, Quantum, Fusion, Biotechnology
- SignalUSDA's $700 million Regenerative Pilot Program is read as federal alignment
- SignalUSTR Proposes New Section 301 Forced Labor Tariffs Covering Most Major U.S. Trading Partners
- SignalUS–Iran conflict escalates: naval blockade reinstated, new sanctions, ICC targeted
- SignalUnattended home sleep tests among Medicare beneficiaries grew 632.6 percent in a decade
- SignalUtility-scale solar outproduced gas plants on 82% of days Jan–May 2026 in parts of US
- SignalWashington Supreme Court rules WSU can be held liable in fraternity hazing death
- SignalWhite House Four-Page National AI Policy Framework: Six Objectives
- SignalWhite House March 2026 Blueprint: Centralize AI Regulation, Challenge State AI Laws
- SignalWhite House Releases National Policy Framework for Artificial Intelligence
- SignalWhite House Reviews Voluntary AI Model-Testing Framework With OpenAI, Anthropic, and Other Top Firms