In his first comments about Saturday’s US military strikes against Iran, President Donald Trump claimed in a video posted to social media that Iran has been building missiles that “could soon reach the American homeland.” It’s an argument he also made in his State of the Union address Tuesday night. https://edition.cnn.com/2026/02/27/politics/iran-missiles-trump-intelligence-nuclear
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Trump dramatically orders government to stop using ‘woke’ AI firm as Pentagon declares it a national security threat despite $20m contract… and a replacement has already been announced
Donald Trump emphatically told all government agencies to stop using the ‘woke’ Anthropic AI technology and quickly set up a replacement deal with Sam Altman’s OpenAI. Trump, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and other officials took to social media to chastise Anthropic for failing to allow the military unrestricted use of its AI technology by a…
US launches plan to tackle China’s critical minerals dominance
The US has launched an effort to form a trade zone for critical minerals that are key to making everything from smartphones to weapons as it tries to break China’s dominance of the industry. https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c5y41r5rzrno
Don Lemon Released Without Bond Over Minnesota Protest Charge
The former CNN anchor Don Lemon and three other people arrested on charges that they violated federal law during a protest at a church in St. Paul, Minn., were released on Friday after initial court hearings. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/30/us/don-lemon-arrest-minnesota-church-protest.html
Georgia will be first US state where pharmacies sell medical cannabis
For the past year and a half, medical cannabis company CEO Gary Long has spent a lot of his time reassuring Georgia’s small-town mayors about what will soon be coming to their local pharmacy: medical marijuana. https://edition.cnn.com/2023/10/20/health/georgia-pharmacies-medical-marijuana/index.html