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The numbers “86 47” were found carved into a section of grass on the National Mall on Thursday, days before large crowds are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., for a UFC event scheduled on President Donald Trump’s birthday. Live webcam footage from the showed the numbers cut into a large patch of discolored grass east of the World War II Memorial. Officials have not determined when the markings were made. Photographs of the National Mall taken on June 5 did not show the numbers. The markings were not easily visible from ground level Thursday afternoon. Witnesses said several emergency…

The company cited a US export-control order which came days after it revealed previously hidden Fable 5 safeguards US AI company Anthropic said on Friday that it disabled access to its most advanced AI models, Fable 5 and Mythos 5, after receiving a government order to suspend access by foreign nationals.The company said it shut down the models for all users while it assesses how to comply with the export-control order. The order also applied to foreign-national Anthropic employees, it added.The company said the government did not provide detailed information about the alleged security risk. According to Anthropic, officials believe…

During Friday’s broadcast of Fox Business Network’s “Mornings with Maria,” Rep. Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) expressed skepticism about the tenets of a recently announced agreement between the United States and Iran. “Your thoughts on where we are in this war?” host Maria Bartiromo asked. Gimenez replied, “Don’t know, I’m usually an optimist, and even though the president is very optimistic about it, the one thing that I’m not really crazy about is that I’m not hearing that Iran not having a nuclear weapon is the number one thing, the first thing agreed to. I’m hearing more and more that that’s subject to…

The Department of Justice (DOJ) announced on Wednesday that the University of California (UC), Davis School of Medicine (Davis Med) “discriminates based on race in its admissions process,” in violation of the Supreme Court’s 2023 decision finding “affirmative action” unconstitutional.  DOJ said its Civil Rights Division made the determination following a six-month investigation by the department into the school’s admissions practices.  “Davis Med’s actions reflect both unabashed contempt for the rule of law and plain disregard for the potential public health consequences of putting race over merit, skill, and competence,” said Assistant Attorney General Harmeet K. Dhillon of the Justice Department’s…

Abbas Araghchi said Tehran will collect transit fees and jointly administer the waterway with Oman Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi has said control over the strategically vital Strait of Hormuz will not return to its pre-war status.Araghchi made the remarks as the US and Iran finalize a deal to end the conflict, which began on February 28 with joint US-Israeli bombardments of Iranian territory and the assassination of senior officials, including the country’s longtime supreme leader, Ali Khamenei.The waterway, which normally handles around a quarter of the world’s seaborne oil and LNG trade, has largely remained closed throughout the war,…

The United States has called on Britain to urgently get over its defence budget crisis and rediscover its military strength in the wake of the implosion of its spending plan and resignation of two defence ministers in 24 hours. U.S. Undersecretary of War Elbridge Colby has said “there is again a great need for more British military strength in this critical time” as British defence credibility took another hit this week The British Minister of Defence, John Healey, spectacularly resigned his post on Thursday and was followed hours later by his junior minister the Under-Secretary of State for the Armed…

The Department of Education (ED) announced on Thursday that several Kansas school districts face losing federal funding if they continue to allow transgender-identifying boys in girls bathrooms and locker rooms, in violation of Title IX. ED’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) issued “Letters of Impending Enforcement Action” to three Kansas school districts, including Olathe Public Schools, Shawnee Mission School District, and Topeka Public Schools. The department’s OCR also sent a “Letter of Impasse” to the Kansas City, Kansas Public School District informing the district of its alleged failure to comply with Title IX. ED’s OCR determined in April 2026 that the districts…

The Pentagon said the operation to hunt down the leader of the Tren de Aragua gang was carried out together with Venezuelan authorities The US said it had killed a notorious gang leader in an strike on his compound in Venezuela.US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said the operation targeting Tren de Aragua leader Hector Rusthenford Guerrero Flores, known as Nino Guerrero, was carried out earlier this week in full coordination with Venezuelan authorities.Hegseth said the operation “underscores the shared USand Venezuelan commitment to take the fight to narco-terrorists and deny them any safe haven in our hemisphere.”“Guerrero was a wanted…

A district court in Seoul, South Korea, sentenced impeached former President Yoon Suk-yeol to 30 years in prison on Friday on charges of abuse of power for a 2024 incident in which he ordered drones to fly into North Korea. The 30 years, should Yoon not win an appeal, will be added on top of an already existing life sentence for the conservative ex-head of state issued in February in response to Yoon’s failed attempt to impose martial law in December 2024, blaming North Korean communists for the need to restrict citizens’ rights. Yoon’s martial law lasted mere hours as…

Thursday on CNN’s “The Arena,” Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) said he had concerns with Maine U.S. Senate Democrat nominee Graham Platner’s Nazi-affiliated tattoo. Coons said, “I’ve got my own reelection campaign to focus on. And I have lots of current colleagues who I am helping and supporting. Whether it’s Sherrod Brown who is seeking to return, to his seat or others like Mark Warner, who I am campaigning with and supporting. I know Susan Collins. I’ve worked with her, and I understand and respect why the voters of Maine, have chosen someone who is an outspoken, forceful, progressive, someone who is…