Thursday Evening Links

[CNBC] Stock futures edge higher after key AI stocks dive on valuation fears: Live updates 

[Reuters] Wall Street ends lower on tech valuations, economic jitters

[AP] Travelers brace for chaos as US government shutdown threatens holiday flights

[Axios] Judge orders White House to pay full SNAP benefits by Friday

[CNBC] Trump AI czar Sacks says ‘no federal bailout for AI’ after OpenAI CFO’s comments

[CNBC] China’s key weapons in its AI battle with the U.S. — massive Huawei chip clusters and cheap energy

[Axios] National Retail Federation forecasts first $1 trillion holiday season

[Bloomberg] DoubleLine’s Cohen Sounds the Alarm on AI-Debt Funding Frenzy

[Bloomberg] Altman Says OpenAI Doesn’t Want a Government Bailout for AI

[Bloomberg] First Brands Says It Needs $600 Million or ‘It’s Game Over’

[Bloomberg] US Initial Jobless Claims Rose Last Week, State Data Suggest

[FT] US money market at risk of fresh bout of stress, Wall Street banks say

[FT] Sam Altman says OpenAI is not ‘trying to become too big to fail’