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Trump Bans Anthropic as OpenAI Wins Pentagon Deal

The Trump administration has ordered every federal agency to immediately cease all use of Anthropic's artificial intelligence technology, marking an extraordinary escalation in tensions between the White House and one of the world's most valuable AI companies. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth designated Anthropic a "Supply-Chain Risk to National Security" — a label typically reserved for foreign adversaries — making it the first American company to receive such treatment. The dispute centers on Anthropic's insistence on two safeguards for military use of its AI models: no mass surveillance of American citizens, and no fully autonomous weapons systems without human oversight. Hours after the ban was announced, rival OpenAI struck its own deal with the Pentagon — one that CEO Sam Altman said includes the very same restrictions Anthropic had sought. The confrontation has sent shockwaves through the technology sector and raised fundamental questions about the relationship between the federal government and the AI industry, the limits of executive power over private companies, and the ethical guardrails that should govern military applications of artificial intelligence.

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News: Khamenei Confirmed Dead as Iran Retaliates Across

Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei has been confirmed dead by Iranian state media following joint US-Israeli strikes dubbed Operation Epic Fury, triggering one of the most consequential geopolitical crises since the 1979 Islamic Revolution. The Islamic Republic has responded with waves of ballistic missiles and drones targeting Israel and at least six Gulf states hosting US military assets, killing and injuring civilians as far as Dubai and Abu Dhabi. As of Sunday, March 1, 2026, the conflict shows no signs of abating. Israel announced fresh strikes "in the heart of Tehran" while Iran vowed further retaliation. An interim Leadership Council has been hastily assembled in Tehran, with senior cleric Ayatollah Alireza Arafi named alongside President Masoud Pezeshkian and Chief Justice Gholamhossein Mohseni Ejei to oversee the supreme leader's duties until a permanent successor is chosen. The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps has also appointed a new commander in chief, Ahmad Vahidi, after its previous commander General Mohammad Pakpour was killed in the strikes. The scale of the conflict has sent shockwaves through global markets and aviation networks, with more than 1,400 flights cancelled across the Middle East on Sunday alone. Iran's internet has been down for over 24 hours, severely limiting the flow of information from inside the country. World leaders, from Beijing to London, are scrambling to assess the fallout as the prospect of a full-scale US-Iran war becomes increasingly real.

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News: Trump Orders Federal Ban on Anthropic AI After

President Donald Trump has ordered every federal agency to immediately stop using technology from AI developer Anthropic, escalating a confrontation between the White House and one of the world's most valuable artificial intelligence companies. In a series of posts on Truth Social on Friday, Trump wrote: "We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again!" The ban follows Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei's refusal to grant the Pentagon unrestricted access to the company's AI tools over concerns about their potential use in mass surveillance and fully autonomous weapons systems. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth had given Anthropic a deadline to comply and threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act and designate the company a "supply chain risk" — what appears to be the first time the US government has applied such a label to a domestic technology company. The confrontation carries significant implications for the broader AI industry, defense contracting, and the relationship between Silicon Valley and the federal government. Anthropic's Pentagon contract is worth approximately $200 million, a small fraction of the company's $380 billion valuation — but the precedent being set could reshape how every major tech company negotiates AI deployment with the US military.

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News: Trump Delivers Record-Long State of the Union

President Donald Trump delivered the longest State of the Union address in modern American history on Tuesday evening, speaking for approximately 108 minutes in a sweeping speech that touched on the economy, trade, immigration, Iran, and his administration's legislative agenda. The address broke his own record from last year's joint session by eight minutes, and came at a politically precarious moment for the president as polls show Americans losing confidence in his handling of the economy ahead of the November 2026 midterm elections. Trump declared the United States was experiencing a "turnaround for the ages" and a "golden age of America," touting stock market highs, falling inflation, and record employment numbers. But the triumphant rhetoric stood in stark contrast to polling data showing his approval on economic issues slipping, and to the Supreme Court's decision just four days earlier to strike down his signature tariff program in a 6-3 ruling. Democrats, who are making affordability a central campaign theme, offered vocal pushback during the speech, while Virginia Governor Abigail Spanberger delivered the official Democratic response focusing on kitchen-table costs. The speech's market-relevant elements were significant: a new tax cut proposal to be advanced through budget reconciliation, a government-backed retirement savings plan for workers without employer matches, a pledge to bar institutional investors from buying single-family homes, and a defiant promise to reimpose tariffs using "alternative" legal authorities despite the Supreme Court ruling. Separately, Trump's brief but pointed comments on Iran — with U.S.-Iran nuclear talks resuming in Geneva on Thursday — kept oil markets on edge, with Brent crude trading near seven-month highs.

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