Israel launches “preemptive strike” on Iran, Israeli military says

Israel launched what it described as a “preemptive strike” on Iran Saturday morning, Israeli officials said. The Israel Defense Ministry said in a statement that it launched the strike because it was expecting “a missile and drone attack” from Iran “in the immediate future.” The scope and location of the strike was not immediately clear.

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei calls White House’s actions “retaliatory and punitive”

Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei said in an exclusive interview with CBS News Friday that the Pentagon’s decision to designate the AI company a supply chain risk was “retaliatory and punitive.” Hours earlier, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed the company a “supply chain risk to national security,” which restricts military contractors from doing business with Anthropic.

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Hegseth declares Anthropic a “supply chain risk to national security”

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth deemed artificial intelligence firm Anthropic a “supply chain risk to national security” on Friday, following days of increasingly heated public conflict over the company’s effort to place guardrails on the Pentagon’s use of its technology. Hegseth declared on X that effective immediately, “no contractor, supplier, or partner that does business with

Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s AI technology

Washington — President Trump announced Friday that he is ordering all federal agencies to “immediately” stop using Anthropic’s artificial intelligence technology, as the company neared a Pentagon deadline to drop its push for guardrails over the military’s use of its AI.  “I am directing EVERY Federal Agency in the United States Government to IMMEDIATELY CEASE

U.S.-Iran deal is “within our reach,” Omani mediator says

Negotiators from the U.S. and Iran have made “substantial progress” toward a deal to curb Iran’s nuclear program, Omani Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi told CBS News on Friday, as President Trump considers strikes on Iran. Albusaidi — who has mediated several rounds of U.S.-Iran talks over the last month — told “Face the Nation” moderator