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April 29 Morning Brief
In tech and federal policy
The Pentagon is reportedly moving to expand its use of Google’s AI in classified operations, a sign that the defense world is still very interested in machine help, as long as the machine is on the right side of the clearance paperwork.
At the same time, the White House is said to be preparing guidance that would let federal agencies work around Anthropic’s earlier security designation and bring in newer models, including its most powerful one, Mythos. That would be a sharp reversal from the administration’s earlier view that the company was too much of a supply-chain risk to be trusted in federal use.
In U.S. politics and courts
Georgia Attorney General Chris Carr is facing backlash after bringing new charges against three activists tied to the Cop City protests in Atlanta. Critics say the move looks designed to help his lagging Republican governor campaign ahead of the May 19 primary.
In Arizona, a federal judge has thrown out the Justice Department’s lawsuit seeking detailed voter records, including birth dates, addresses, driver’s license numbers, and partial Social Security numbers. It is another setback for the administration’s effort to collect sensitive state data before the midterms.
In security and public safety
A senior journalist says the man accused in the apparent assassination attempt on Donald Trump had stayed in the next hotel room less than 24 hours earlier, raising fresh questions about security at the Washington hotel where the incident is said to have unfolded.
In north-west London, police arrested a man after two people were stabbed in Golders Green. The Jewish neighbourhood watch group Shomrim said its members detained the suspect after he was seen running with a knife and trying to stab Jewish members of the public.
In world affairs
North Korea’s nuclear arsenal may now be large enough to overwhelm the U.S. missile defense system built over the last 30 years, according to the latest reporting. That is not the sort of milestone anyone in Washington was hoping to celebrate.
Oil prices jumped to $115 a barrel after reports of an extended blockade involving Iran, with markets reacting to the latest uncertainty around the war in the Middle East.
In crime and public health
A Pennsylvania court heard from families of opioid overdose victims after Purdue Pharma was sentenced in the U.S. opioid crisis case. It is one more reminder that the legal bill for that catastrophe is still being slowly, painfully written.
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