American forces stopped an Iranian -flagged cargo ship "by blowing a hole in the engineroom" after it tried to bypass a U.S. naval blockade in the Gulf of Oman, President Trump said Sunday. The big picture: Trump said Marines took the vessel, named Touska, into custody as U.S. and Iranian officials prepared to hold talks in Pakistan ahead of a looming deadline for the ceasefire ending. What he's saying: Trump posted on Truth Social that the USS Spruance "gave them fair warning to stop. The Iranian crew refused to listen, so our Navy ship stopped them right in their tracks by blowing a hole in the engineroom." - In a separate post earlier Sunday , he threatened that if Iran doesn't accept a deal, "the United States is going to knock out…
U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Mike Waltz defended President Donald Trump’s threat to "knock out every single power plant" in Iran on "This Week" on Sunday.
The Black Sea country is holding its eighth election in five years, with Bulgarians yearning for the kind of prosperous life enjoyed by other Europeans.
DOJ official Harmeet K. Dhillon wrote that she is seeking ballots to investigate election law compliance. Democratic state officials call the request baseless.
Two senior Hamas officials in Gaza said the group was prepared to relinquish some automatic rifles and other arms, a concession that falls short of Israeli-U.S. demands.
The National Security Agency is using Anthropic's most powerful model yet, Mythos Preview , despite top officials at the Department of Defense — which oversees the NSA — insisting the company is a "supply chain risk," two sources tell Axios. Why it matters: The government's cybersecurity needs appear to be outweighing the Pentagon's feud with Anthropic - The department moved in February to cut off Anthropic and force its vendors to follow suit. That case is ongoing. - The military is now broadening its use of Anthropic's tools while simultaneously arguing in court that using those tools threatens U.S. national security. Breaking it down: Two sources said the NSA was using Mythos, while one said the model was also being used more…