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Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic  Axios Exclusive: Anthropic Drops Flagship Safety Pledge  Time Magazine Responsible Scaling Policy Version 3.0  Anthropic What the Defense Production Act Can and Can’t Do to Anthropic  Lawfare Hegseth issues an ultimatum to ‘woke AI’ startup Anthropic:

Cuba says it killed 4 people on speedboat from Florida, alleges they were trying to carry out terrorism on Cuba  CBS News Live Updates: Cuban Border Guard Kills 4 on US-Registered Boat – The New York Times  The New York Times Cuba

The Cuban government says its forces have shot and killed four people on a US-registered speedboat that entered its waters and opened fire on a patrol boat.

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Trump administration’s third-country deportation policy unlawful, judge finds  The Washington Post Trump Live Updates: Immigration, State of the Union Speech and More News – The New York Times  The New York Times Trump administration’s ‘third country’ deportation policy is unlawful, judge rules  CNN

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Karoline Leavitt’s White House photo with Team USA hockey stars ignites online fury over MAGA hat  Fox News

Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’  The Guardian Vance launches into Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ by suspending Medicaid payments to Minnesota  NBC News Trump administration pauses Medicaid funding to Minnesota  MS NOW Trump Administration Withholds $259

Vance says Minnesota’s Medicaid funds halted as part of Trump’s ‘war on fraud’  The Guardian Vance launches into Trump’s ‘war on fraud’ by suspending Medicaid payments to Minnesota  NBC News Trump administration pauses Medicaid funding to Minnesota  MS NOW Trump Administration Withholds $259

With a 250th birthday in sight, we wanted to ask Americans what it means to be an American and reflect on what the founders built, who they left out and what in that 250-year history has been left unresolved. Judy