ABCNEWS - Trump says US government will 'immediately cease' use of Anthropic AI
The Pentagon set a 5:00 p.m. ET deadline for Anthropic to agree to a deal.
NPR (Graham Smith) - Pentagon puts Scouts "on notice" over DEI and girl-centered policies
After threatening to sever ties with the organization formerly known as the Boy Scouts, Defense Secretary Hegseth announced a 6-month reprieve
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NYTIMES (David W. Chen and Eduardo Medina) - In Tuesday’s North Carolina Primaries, the Left Is Aiming for Democrats
From a Durham-area House race to three statehouse races, North Carolina liberals are signaling that their tolerance for Democratic stalwarts may be coming to an end.
NYTIMES (Reid J. Epstein and Shane Goldmacher) - Kamala Harris Endorses Jasmine Crockett in Texas Senate Race
The endorsement from the former vice president, her most significant since leaving office, comes as Ms. Crockett is facing a competitive Democratic primary contest against James Talarico.
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NYTIMES (Karoun Demirjian) - Victims’ Families Stunned by Failure of Air Safety Bill in House
Relatives of those who died in a midair collision over D.C. last year came to Washington to watch a vote they thought would go their way. It didn’t.
AXIOS (Dave Lawler) - Trump moves to blacklist Anthropic over AI fight with Pentagon
The Trump administration has decided to blacklist Anthropic in the most consequential and controversial policy decision to date at the intersection of artificial intelligence and national security, President Trump announced. The big picture: Anthropic rebuffed the Pentagon's demand to lift all safeguards on the military's use of its model, Claude, due to its concerns about the use of AI for mass domestic surveillance and the development of weapons that fire without human involvement. Driving the news: The Pentagon is now following through on its threat to declare Anthropic a "supply chain risk," a penalty usually reserved for companies from adversarial countries, such as Chinese tech giant Huawei. - The department plans to sever its…
NPR (Brendan Byrne) - NASA redirects Artemis moon mission program, postponing a planned astronaut landing
In shaking up its Artemis lunar program, NASA's new moon plan looks more like the Apollo missions of the 1960s. Instead of landing on the surface on Artemis III, NASA hopes to do so on Artemis IV.
ABCNEWS - 30 more people charged in connection with Minnesota church incident: DOJ
The Justice Department had previously charged nine others, including former CNN journalist Don Lemon, for their alleged roles in the incident.
NYTIMES (Mark Hurwitz) - Here’s How Mamdani Can Reduce Homelessness
Our aim should be to make permanent housing, not shelters, the default.
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NYTIMES (Benjamin Mullin and Lauren Hirsch) - How David Zaslav Pulled Off the Sale of Warner Bros. Discovery to Paramount
Not long ago, Mr. Zaslav was widely criticized for his management of Warner Bros. Discovery. He overcame the doubters, cementing a blockbuster sale to Paramount.