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May 25 1200 UTC Brief
In U.S. politics
President Trump is due for another scheduled medical checkup, his third in 13 months, and outside physicians are still asking the obvious question about an almost 80-year-old president, whether the public is getting a full picture of his health. The White House has not exactly built a reputation for over-sharing here.
Separately, Lithuania says a mass data leak appears to have been carried out by a foreign state. Officials did not name a culprit, but the Baltic region is already on edge over hybrid tactics tied to Moscow, including cyberattacks and other forms of digital nuisance with very expensive consequences.
In the Middle East
The Trump administration says it has reached a temporary understanding with Iran, one that is not a peace deal, not a nuclear deal, and not a missile deal, which is a lot of labels to avoid for something still under negotiation. Talks are continuing, final approval could take days, and one possible outcome would be reopening the Strait of Hormuz, which would ease a major energy risk while the harder issues get kicked down the road.
On artificial intelligence and cyber risk
Pope Leo XIV has issued a sharp warning about artificial intelligence, saying it is being driven by a “culture of power” and should face the “most rigorous” ethical constraints as it spreads through work and war. He also linked the issue to older forms of exploitation, including slavery, which he described as a wound the Church took far too long to name.
Meanwhile, Anthropic says its Mythos system has identified about 23,000 potential vulnerabilities across 1,000 open source projects, with many already confirmed as serious. On the darker side of the internet, a cybercrime forum post claimed to offer 340 million OnlyFans user records for sale, another reminder that the data economy remains very enthusiastic about the wrong incentives.
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