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Trump orders U.S. to halt use of Anthropic tech as Pentagon clash over AI ‘red lines’ escalates President Donald Trump ordered federal agencies to “immediately” stop using Anthropic’s technology after the San Francisco-based AI start-up rejected a Pentagon demand for unconditional military use of its Claude models, igniting a high-stakes confrontation over mass surveillance and autonomous weapons. Anthropic accused the Pentagon of “intimidation” and vowed to sue, saying it would not allow its systems to be used for “mass…

WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump on Thursday raised the prospect of a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, saying Secretary of State Marco Rubio is handling contacts with Havana “at a very high level,” as tensions spike and reports surface of back-channel talks with a member of the Castro family. “The Cuban government is talking with us, and they’re in a big deal of trouble,” Trump told reporters as he departed the White House for a trip to Texas. “They have no money. They have no anything right now, but they’re talking with us,…

Trump weighs strikes on Iran as Vance rules out long Middle East war WASHINGTON — Vice President J.D. Vance said Thursday that while the White House is considering targeted military strikes in Iran — focused on nuclear facilities and long-range missile sites — President Donald J. Trump and senior officials still prefer a diplomatic path to ease tensions. In an interview with The Washington Post, Vance stressed that even if the administration authorizes limited action, the United States will not be drawn into an open-ended…

Trump says Omar, Tlaib should be sent ‘back’ after State of the Union protests WASHINGTON — President Donald Trump said Reps. Ilhan Omar and Rashida Tlaib should be sent “back from where they came from,” escalating a clash with two Muslim Democratic lawmakers who loudly protested his immigration remarks during his State of the Union address. In a late-Wednesday post on his Truth Social platform, Trump accused the congresswomen of behaving like “crooked and corrupt politicians” and used demeaning language to describe them.…

President Donald Trump proclaimed a “golden age of America” in his State of the Union address, using a record-length speech to cast his stewardship as a run of uninterrupted victories even as polls show sagging approval and voter frustration over the cost of living ahead of November’s midterm elections. Heeding warnings from Republicans anxious about losing control of Congress, Trump centered the first hour on the economy, asserting he had slowed inflation, lifted the stock market to record highs, signed sweeping tax cuts…

European Commission presses U.S. to honor EU-U.S. trade deal after Trump lifts global tariffs to 15% The European Commission urged Washington to honor last year’s EU-U.S. trade deal after President Donald Trump temporarily raised the global duty on imports to 15%, a move announced a day after the Supreme Court curtailed much of his tariffs campaign. “A deal is a deal. As the United States’ largest trading partner, the EU expects the US to honour its commitments set out in the Joint Statement — just as the EU stands by its…

Trump says he is considering limited strike on Iran as talks crawl toward draft deal US President Donald Trump said he is weighing a limited military strike on Iran, escalating pressure on Tehran even as Iranian officials claimed a draft agreement with Washington to curb its nuclear program could be ready within days. Trump has repeatedly warned that “bad things” would happen if Iran does not strike a deal within a deadline he first set at 10 days and later extended to 15. Asked by a reporter whether he was contemplating a…

Democratic governors escalated demands for consumer refunds after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled 6-3 that former President Donald Trump exceeded his authority by invoking emergency powers to impose tariffs that reshaped global trade and drove up prices at home. Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker on Wednesday sent Trump an invoice seeking nearly $9 billion in tariff refunds for families in his state — roughly $1,700 per Illinois household, echoing a Yale University estimate of last year’s average U.S. household burden. In a letter…

Illinois’ Pritzker demands $9B in tariff refunds from Trump after Supreme Court ruling Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker on Wednesday sent President Donald Trump an invoice seeking nearly $9 billion in tariff refunds for Illinois families, hours after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled the administration exceeded its authority in using emergency powers to impose broad trade duties that lifted prices at home. “Cut the check,” Pritzker urged in a letter to the White House, accusing the tariff program of “wreaking havoc on farmers,”…

Trump orders federal agencies to identify, release UFO and alien files; accuses Obama of sharing classified info President Donald Trump said he has directed federal agencies to begin “identifying and releasing” government files related to UFOs, aliens and unidentified aerial phenomena, a transparency push that has energized believers and skeptics alike amid renewed scrutiny of unexplained sightings. “Based on the tremendous interest shown, I will be directing the Secretary of War, and other relevant departments and agencies,…