Anthropic spent this spring fighting a Pentagon supply-chain-risk designation that excluded it from Defense Department contracts, a label a federal judge suggested looked like punishment after the company refused to let the military use Claude for mass surveillance and autonomous weapons.
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Sandy Carter,
Forbes.com,
13 June 2026
He even was excluded from the yearbook, the suit noted.
In correspondence discouraging districts’ diversity programs, the administration has repeatedly cited a broad interpretation of the Supreme Court’s ruling on affirmative action, which prevented colleges and universities from directly considering race in admissions.
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Annie Ma,
Los Angeles Times,
9 June 2026
World Liberty is embroiled in litigation with Justin Sun, a crypto investor who was a major early purchaser of WLFI tokens, over his allegations that World Liberty has quietly prevented him from selling his tokens.
Peregrine falcons were heavily impacted by the use of the pesticide DDT, which was banned across the United States in 1972.
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Sean Campbell,
Sacbee.com,
9 June 2026
Taiwan is weighing export controls that would restrict AI chip sales to all customers in China, Bloomberg reported Tuesday—a move that would bring the island into closer alignment with US rules that have banned such sales since 2022.
But ever since Hay filed his civil suit against Combs, the musician’s attorneys have fiercely denied his allegations.
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Elizabeth Wagmeister,
CNN Money,
11 June 2026
Boats arriving from Haiti’s seaports will soon be required to operate under enhanced security measures or risk being denied entry into the United States.
Not discouraged by the previous drop, Young then went back to Legette, who made a difficult catch while falling to the ground.
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Charlotte Observer,
Charlotte Observer,
11 June 2026
Iran’s hold over the critical Middle Eastern passageway has discouraged activity in the area, triggering a sweeping blockage of oil tankers and a global energy emergency.
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Emily Hallas,
The Washington Examiner,
10 June 2026
The birthplace criterion also shuts out key figures of the Harlem Renaissance — including Zora Neale Hurston, Langston Hughes and Louis Armstrong — who were born in the American South and moved to New York as part of the Great Migration.
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Harmeet Kaur,
CNN Money,
10 June 2026
Tampa Bay’s bullpen shut out Boston over the final five innings, yielding just three hits.
Gansey is already at work as Philadelphia's latest president of basketball operations, trying to find ways to raise the team to a championship level, while deeply hindered by near-untradeable, unwanted contracts tied to aging and unreliable Joel Embiid and Paul George.
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CBS News,
CBS News,
8 June 2026
Injuries have hindered the 27-year-old Frasso’s development.
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