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Catch up on the top industries and stocks that were impacted, or were predicted to be impacted, by the comments, actions and policies of President Trump with this daily recap compiled by The Fly:OPENAI ASKED TO STAGGER RELEASE:The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to stagger the release of its AI model so organizations can first be vetted by the government before receiving access to the tool, George Hammond and Joe Miller of The Financial Times reports. OpenAI currently plans to give two dozen partners access to GPT 5.6, the company's latest AI model, ahead of a broader rollout, but these partners would need to be approved by the government, multiple people with knowledge of the matter told the Times.HOUSING BILL SIGNING CANCELED:On Wednesday, President Donald Trump stated in a post to Truth Social: "Today's Housing News Conference and Signing is hereby cancelled until such time as we pass the desperately needed SAVE AMERICA ACT, which I consider to be a National Emergency. Thank you for your attention to this matter!" Publicly traded homebuilding companies include Beazer Homes, D.R. Horton, Hovnanian, KB Home, Lennar, PulteGroupand Toll Brothers.HONDA'S EV PLEDGE UNRAVELS:Five years ago, Hondapledged by 2040 the company would spend tens of billions of dollars to phase out gas cars in favor of electric vehicles, River Akira Davis of The New York Times reports. This goal, however, has more recently unraveled in a way CEO Toshihiro Mibe has called "heartbreaking." The Trump administration's elimination of federal tax credits for EVs has sapped demand, leading to the company's first annual net loss in its history as a public company. As a result, some senior executives have begun rallying support to urge Mibe to resign and take responsibility for the issues at the company.

The major averages had a mixed finish as markets tried to rebound from the sharp technology-led selloff over the prior two sessions. Semiconductor stocks have been at the center of the pressure, with investors reassessing valuations after an extended run higher. Meanwhile, oil prices continue to drop amid optimism over developments in the Middle East.Investors are closely watching earnings from memory-chip maker Micron, which could become an important read-through for broader AI infrastructure spending. Recent weakness in chip shares has revived concerns about whether massive spending on AI data centers and hardware can continue at the same pace.Get caught up quickly on the top news and calls moving stocks with these five Top Five lists.1. STOCK NEWS:AlphabetwasVerizonin the Dow Jones Industrial Average as of the open on June 29FedExreportedand provided guidance for 2026Cerebras Systemsreportedand provided guidance for Q2 and FY26President Trump stated in athat customers are being "gouged" by "big oil companies," and ordered the DOJ to investigate the matterThePfizer'sIbrance combo for metastatic breast cancer2. WALL STREET CALLS:BlackBerrywith a Buy at StifelVaronisto Overweight at Stephens on improving growthTake-Twowith a Buy at BTIGPrincipal Financialto Underperform at BofATwiliowith a Buy at Goldman Sachs3. AROUND THE WEB:Paramount Skydanceis preparing for the California and New York attorneys general to sue to block its proposed takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery, NY Post reportsThe Trump administration is urging Metato voluntarily submit its AI models for government review to assess capabilities and risks, NY Times saysTencentis negotiating exits from several game studio investments in Japan as part of a reassessment of the company's global portfolio, Bloomberg reportsQualcommis in discussions to provide its chip-design services to ByteDance, Reuters reportsOn China's black market, Nvidia'sAI chips have doubled in price as the U.S. crackdown on illicit exports coincides with strong demand from Chinese companies, FT says4. MOVERS:Wendy'sjumped as the stockfrom online trading communities as a potential short-squeeze candidateSunrungained afterwith Renew Home and Teslato deliver more than 16 gigawatts of energy capacity to hyperscalers and utilitiesAbsciwas higher afterfrom its human trial of ABS-201Toyowas lower in New York after announcingHertzfell after filing toand announcing plans to offer $300M in aggregate principal amount of Exchangeable Senior First-Lien Secured PIK Notes5. EARNINGS/GUIDANCE:LiveOneand raised its guidance for FY27Paychex, with CEO John Gibson commenting that the company "finished fiscal 2026 with strong momentum"Daktronics, with EPS and revenue beating consensusMoneyHero, with EPS lower year-over-yearKB Homeand provided guidance for Q3 and FY26INDEXES:The Dow rose 182.06, or 0.35%, to 51,848.90, the Nasdaq lost 110.41, or 0.43%, to 25,476.64, and the S&P 500 declined 7.24, or 0.098%, to 7,358.22.