NYTIMES (Sheryl Gay Stolberg and Benjamin Mueller) - What We Know About Dr. Fauci Pleading the Fifth in Senate Hearing on Covid Origins
In a three-hour Senate hearing this week, Dr. Fauci invoked his constitutional right to stay silent, leaving people confused about many of the issues raised.
NYTIMES (Pranav Baskar) - What to Know About Ceuta
The peninsula on Morocco’s northern coast that Spain has governed for centuries has been a frequent site of mass migrant crossings and political tensions.
DAILYCALLER (Leena Nasir) - Famous Actress Launches OnlyFans Account At Age 85
She becomes the oldest woman to join the platform
DAILYCALLER (Mark Tanos) - Dem Senate Nominee Troy Jackson Has 2 Kids With His Cousin: REPORT
Maine Democrat’s Senate Bid Draws Scrutiny Over Family Ties
AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Anthropic says three Claude models reached real-world systems during cyber tests
Some of Anthropic's most powerful models — including Mythos 5 and an internal research model — gained unauthorized access to real-world systems during pre-deployment cybersecurity testing, the company said Thursday. Why it matters: OpenAI's and Anthropic's latest disclosures show frontier AI models reaching real-world systems during safety testing, raising new questions about how labs secure their evaluation environments. The big picture: Anthropic said a misunderstanding between the company and one of its testing partners left the evaluation environment connected to the internet. - Anthropic reviewed more than 141,000 cybersecurity evaluation runs after OpenAI disclosed that several of its models accessed Hugging Face…
AXIOS (Hans Nichols) - Inside Trump's Senate playbook
President Trump has three go-to moves for GOP senators who frustrate him : persuade them when he can, ignore them when he must and bully them at will. Why it matters: The approach doesn't always produce results. But it almost always provides drama . Persuade: Trump dispatched two top deputies to the Senate GOP lunch on Wednesday to make the case, in person, for a third reconciliation bill with elements of the SAVE Act . - Then he sent in the big guns. Chief of Staff Susie Wiles huddled with the Senate GOP leaders shortly after their lunch. - When Trump faced a Senate rebuke over the Iran conflict last month, the White House aggressively lobbied wavering Republicans to flip their votes. Ignore: Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche …
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - Trump Admin Advances New Hiring Rule to Eliminate DEI in Federal Government.
The Trump administration has removed federal hiring guidelines that emphasized so-called race-conscious hiring practices.
The Trump administration has taken steps to eliminate so-called race-conscious hiring practices in federal agencies, emphasizing merit-based employment standards. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The Trump administration has removed federal hiring guidelines that emphasized race-conscious hiring practices. DETAIL: On Thursday, the Trump administration removed a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) measure from the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM). The OPM is the agency responsible for setting the federal government’s hiring policies. Specifically, the President removed the Uniform Guidelines on Employee Selection Procedures, a set of guidelines first formulated in 1978 to encourage race-conscious hiring decisions. The…Open
NYTIMES (Chris Cameron) - What Is the Board of Peace? The Trump-Backed Group, Explained.
President Trump created the international organization, aimed at resolving the long-running war in Gaza and other conflicts.
THENATIONALPULSE (Pulse Wires) - U.S. 30-Year Mortgage Rate Hits Yearly High of 6.66%.
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has risen to 6.66 percent, adding financial strain on prospective homebuyers.
The average 30-year fixed mortgage rate has risen to 6.66 percent, adding financial strain on prospective homebuyers. PULSE POINTS WHAT HAPPENED: The average rate on a 30-year fixed U.S. mortgage has climbed for the fourth consecutive week, reaching its highest level in a year and adding another challenge for prospective homebuyers facing elevated borrowing costs. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac reported Thursday that the benchmark rate increased to 6.66 percent from 6.58 percent last week, compared with 6.72 percent a year ago. DETAIL: The average rate on a 15-year fixed mortgage, commonly used for refinancing, also rose to 6.04 percent from 5.96 percent the previous week, up from 5.85 percent one year ago. Higher mortgage rates can add…Open