NYTIMES (Cade Metz) - Anthropic’s and OpenAI’s Dance With the Pentagon: What to Know
Negotiations, threats and amended contracts have left plenty of questions. Here are some answers.
NYTIMES (Mike Isaac) - For OpenAI and Anthropic, the Competition Is Deeply Personal
A fight over Pentagon contracts shows how the leaders of Silicon Valley’s two most important A.I. start-ups are feuding over the future of the tech industry.
NYTIMES (Benjamin Swift and Max Bearak) - At Trump’s Summit in Miami, Bolivia Makes a Political U-turn Toward the U.S.
For the past two decades, Bolivia resisted U.S. influence. A rightward shift is reorienting the country’s president toward Washington.
NYTIMES (Adam Goldman, Samuel Granados, Ronen Bergman and Eric Schmitt) - What the U.S. and Israel Have Targeted in Their Iran Blitz
The waves of bombings reveal a broad effort to ravage the country’s leadership and security services.
NYTIMES (Amanda Taub) - How Good Intentions Helped Pave Trump’s Road to Iran
Humanitarians proposed a loophole in international law. Decades later, Trump is jumping through it.
NYTIMES (Mark Landler) - Europe Didn’t Want War With Iran. But So Far, It Can’t Stay Out of It.
From London to Rome and beyond, leaders are facing diplomatic headwinds and criticism at home as they take part in a conflict they did not seek.
ABCNEWS - Trump to speak at 'Shield of the Americas' summit aimed at taking on cartels
President Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a 'Shield of the Americas' Summit on Saturday in Doral, Florida.
AXIOS (Delano Massey) - Civil rights group documents 70 alleged "modern-day lynchings" across 7 Southern states
A new civil rights report argues that lynchings of Black men didn't end in America — they evolved — and that some deaths today may still be misclassified as suicides or accidents. The big picture: If killings are misclassified, families can lose their paths to justice, and possible patterns of racial violence can remain hidden in plain sight. Driving the news: Mississippi-based civil rights group JULIAN identified 70 "modern-day lynchings" in seven southern states from 2000 to 2025 in a report released last month. - The report, called The Crimson Record, lists cases across Georgia, Texas, Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee and Alabama and says the total could exceed 100 when suspicious deaths are included. - Mississippi had the most…
WASHINGTONPOST (Kadia Goba) - Clyburn isn’t sure if he’ll run again, but knows whom he’d like to succeed him
As a debate about generational change rages in his party, the 85-year-old lawmaker weighs another run.
WASHINGTONPOST (Paul Kane) - One hidden impact of redistricting? A more polarized Congress.
New maps are forcing incumbents into early retirement or ideologically driven primaries, creating a more partisan House.