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August 28: Nepal Flood Rescues and Anthropic’s Court Victory
In Nepal
More than 2,400 people are missing after devastating floods, with rescue crews working through deep mud and facing the risk of more flooding. Authorities have recovered 586 bodies, including some carried downstream into India. UNICEF says 17,000 children need assistance.
At a Washington paper mill
Investigators say a chemical tank that failed in May, killing people, had been declared unfit for continued service by an inspection contractor 10 months earlier. The finding raises direct questions about why the tank was still operating.
In tech and security
A federal judge in California ruled that the Trump administration unlawfully retaliated against AI company Anthropic after it resisted Pentagon demands to remove limits on military uses of its models. Judge Rita Lin permanently blocked the Defense Department’s supply-chain-risk designation, finding violations of the First Amendment, due process, and federal administrative law. The government can still pursue lawful alternatives to stop using Anthropic technology.
Separately, dialysis provider DaVita has agreed to pay $15 million to settle proposed class-action claims over a 2025 ransomware attack and data theft incident that reportedly affected nearly 2.7 million people. DaVita operates more than 3,000 U.S. treatment centers, leaving patients to deal with a breach in a system where privacy is not exactly optional.
At the White House
The Trump administration told the Supreme Court that its East Wing ballroom project was 65% complete, arguing it was too far along to stop. But records cited in reporting indicate the work was substantially less advanced under the progress standard in the project’s confidential agreement with contractor Clark Construction.
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