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TSA funding, Trump's new Iran deadline and Olympic transgender ruling

The U.S. Senate breaks a funding deadlock for most of the DHS after weeks of negotiations. U.S. President Donald Trump extends a pause on attacks on Iranian energy sites into April. A U.S. judge hands Anthropic a win in its fight with the Pentagon over military use of its AI. And ...  Show more

Meta and Google’s reckoning, Israel’s Lebanon plan and Maduro in court

A jury finds Meta and Google liable for harming children’s mental health by designing addictive social media platforms. Iran says it’s reviewing a U.S. ceasefire plan and wants Lebanon included in any truce. Israel’s defense minister says it will occupy south Lebanon up to the Li ...  Show more

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