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THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Federal Judge Greenlights Record $1.5 Billion Copyright Settlement Against Anthropic.

A landmark $1.5 billion settlement resolves allegations that AI company Anthropic illegally downloaded copyrighted books to train its models.

PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: A federal judge has granted final approval to a $1.5 billion class-action settlement requiring AI company Anthropic to compensate authors and publishers whose copyrighted books were illegally downloaded from the pirate libraries LibGen and PiLiMi, marking what the U.S. District Court in San Francisco called the largest copyright class-action settlement in history . DETAIL:  The lawsuit focused on Anthropic’s acquisition of the works rather than the legality of using copyrighted material to train artificial intelligence, with an earlier ruling finding that training its AI models is covered by fair use. Under the order signed by U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín, eligible rights holders can claim…Open

AXIOS (Kate Santaliz) - House GOP passes blueprint for reconciliation 3.0

House Republicans officially kicked off reconciliation 3.0 on Wednesday, narrowly approving a budget framework to unlock work on their planned $95 billion package. Why it matters: The vote gets Republicans into the reconciliation process , but lawmakers in both chambers have signaled the package itself faces a difficult path to passage. - Two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) — voted against the measure, along with all Democrats. GOPer- turned-Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) also voted against the measure, which passed 216-214. - The package includes $73 billion in funding for the Iran war, $12 in farm aid and a $10 billion fund aimed at incentivizing states to adopt elements of the SAVE…

House Republicans officially kicked off reconciliation 3.0 on Wednesday, narrowly approving a budget framework to unlock work on their planned $95 billion package. Why it matters: The vote gets Republicans into the reconciliation process , but lawmakers in both chambers have signaled the package itself faces a difficult path to passage. - Two Republicans — Reps. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) and Warren Davidson (R-Ohio) — voted against the measure, along with all Democrats. GOPer- turned-Independent Rep. Kevin Kiley (Calif.) also voted against the measure, which passed 216-214. - The package includes $73 billion in funding for the Iran war, $12 in farm aid and a $10 billion fund aimed at incentivizing states to adopt elements of the SAVE…Open

YOUTUBE (NewsNation) - The use of “directed energy weapons” in the military

NewsNation’s Hena Doba speaks with Maj. Glenn Ignazio, a retired Air Force Special Operations commander and defense technology expert, talks about the effectiveness of directed energy weapons, how easy they are to maneuver and how they are becoming more prevalent in the U.S. military. Watch this full episode of "The Truth of the Matter" on Spotify or NewsNation's YouTube channel

JUSTTHENEWS (Katherine Pugh) - Senators finds partisanship over diabetes, obesity issues but spar over sugar labels, food stamps

Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) attributes the issues of obesity and diabetes among American youth to the food industry producing and advertising junk food to children.