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🇬🇧 OpenAI to work with Pentagon after Anthropic dropped by Trump over company’s ethics concerns
[United Kingdom]
<p>CEO Sam Altman claims military will not use AI product for autonomous killing systems or mass surveillance</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/technology/openai">OpenAI</a> said it had struc...
Related: #AI Ethics, #Military Technology, #Corporate Competition -
🇺🇸 Former Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall calls Trump's order to phase out Anthropic use "outrageous"
[USA]
The deadline for artificial intelligence company Anthropic to meet the Pentagon's demands for unrestricted AI access has come and gone without a deal. Frank Kendall, secretary of the Air Force during ...
Related: #National Security, #Artificial Intelligence, #Defense Technology -
🇺🇸 President Trump orders federal agencies to stop using Anthropic after Pentagon dispute
[USA]
"We don't need it, we don't want it, and will not do business with them again," the president wrote in the post.
Related: #AI Ethics, #National Security -
🇬🇧 The Send system is in crisis – but what should change look like? | Letters
[United Kingdom]
<p>Guardian readers respond to the government’s education white paper setting out changes to provision for children with special educational needs and disabilities</p><p>I am a special educational nee...
Related: #Education Reform, #Special Needs -
🇺🇸 Pentagon shifts toward maintaining ties to Scouting
[USA]
Months after NPR reported on the Pentagon's efforts to sever ties with Scouting America, efforts to maintain the partnership have new momentum
Related: #Military Relations, #Youth Organizations -
🇬🇧 What is happening to gas and electricity prices?
[United Kingdom]
Typical household bills will fall by 7% when the new energy cap takes effect on 1 April 2026.
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🇺🇸 House Narrowly Rejects Air Safety Bill After Pentagon Opposition
[USA]
A move to swiftly pass the bill failed by a single vote. It would have required aircraft to carry technology that officials said might have prevented a midair collision near Washington last year.
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🇬🇧 Government announces review of triple zero laws – as it happened
[United Kingdom]
<p>This blog is now closed</p><ul><li><p>Exclusive: <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/feb/24/australian-women-syria-camps-children-ntwnfb">Australian women held in Syrian camp s...
Related: #Emergency Services, #Public Safety -
🇬🇧 'Effective' SEND support won't be taken away, minister says
[United Kingdom]
But the education secretary says children "will be reviewed in terms of their needs", under planned reforms.
Related: #Special Educational Needs, #Education Reform, #Child Welfare -
🇺🇸 Australia rejects report it is repatriating families of IS militants from Syrian camp
[USA]
Related: #National Security, #Counter-terrorism
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🇬🇧 Survivor of financial abuse invited to advise ministers after Guardian report
[United Kingdom]
<p>City minister Lucy Rigby acts after woman faced repossession of house burned down by controlling husband</p><p>A woman who was nearly killed by her abusive husband has been invited to advise the go...
Related: #Financial Abuse, #Domestic Violence, #Women's Rights -
🇬🇧 ‘Don’t go to the US – not with Trump in charge’: the UK tourist with a valid visa detained by ICE for six weeks
[United Kingdom]
<p>Karen Newton was in America on the trip of a lifetime when she was shackled, transported and held for weeks on end. With tourism to the US under increasing strain, she says, ‘If it can happen to me...
Related: #Immigration Enforcement, #Human Rights, #Tourist Safety -
🇺🇸 Trump administration gives ICE broader powers to detain legal refugees
[USA]
The Trump administration has given ICE the authority to detain refugees who entered the U.S. lawfully but don't have green cards yet, part of a bid to scrutinize the legal immigration system, accordin...
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🇺🇸 Bondi orders Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement
[USA]
Attorney General Pam Bondi ordered the Justice Department to prioritize animal welfare enforcement, in a move she said will entail stepping up prosecutions and even doling out grants to animal welfare...
Related: #Animal Welfare, #Law Enforcement -
🇺🇸 Drivers block Beirut roads in protest of new taxes that raise fuel prices
[USA]
Protesters blocked main roads in and around Beirut on Tuesday after Lebanon's Cabinet approved new taxes that raise fuel prices and other products to fund public pay hikes.
Related: #Economic Crisis, #Public Protest, #Fuel Prices -
🇬🇧 UK economy limps along at 0.1% growth – but there are reasons for optimism in 2026
[United Kingdom]
<p>Consumers and businesses are not yet taking the hint despite six interest rate cuts</p><ul><li><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/business/2026/feb/12/uk-economy-grows-rachel-reeves-budget-ons...
Related: #Economics, #Finance -
🇬🇧 Chaos and confusion in El Paso after airspace closed and quickly reopened
[United Kingdom]
<p>Officials in US border city say FAA decisions caused major disruption – and residents are still scrambling for answers</p><p>Officials in Texas were left scrambling for answers on Wednesday after t...
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🇺🇸 Local residents concerned by AI data center boom
[USA]
President Trump has signed executive actions to fast-track construction permits for artificial intelligence data centers, but residents near those sites are worried about their impact. CBS News' Natal...
Related: #Technology, #Environment -
🇬🇧 English secondary schools must offer inclusion areas for neurodiverse and Send pupils
[United Kingdom]
<p>Special spaces are a key part of government’s planned overhaul of special educational needs support</p><p>Secondary schools in England must provide specially designed areas for neurodiverse childre...
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🇺🇸 F.D.A. Refuses to Review Moderna Flu Vaccine
[USA]
The vaccine maker said the U.S. regulator rejected its request to seek approval for a new product using mRNA technology, which Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has sharply criticized.
Related: #Public Health, #Biotechnology -
🇺🇸 Pride Flag Is Taken Down From Stonewall Monument
[USA]
The removal of the flag from the Manhattan monument, the symbolic heart of the gay rights movement, came after a Trump administration directive about flags at national park sites.
Related: #LGBTQ+ Rights, #National Heritage -
🇺🇸 Drinking Is a ‘Social Lubricant.’ That’s Not Always a Good Thing.
[USA]
Explaining why officials dropped limits, Dr. Mehmet Oz said alcohol “brings people together.” But social drinking also can lead to health problems, studies show.
Related: #Public Health, #Science -
🇺🇸 Oz Offers Forceful Call for Measles Vaccination
[USA]
The comments by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services director come as South Carolina grapples with a large measles outbreak.
Related: #Public Health, #Vaccination -
🇺🇸 Transcript: Scott Gottlieb on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Feb. 8, 2026
[USA]
The following is the transcript of the interview with Dr. Scott Gottlieb, former FDA commissioner, that aired on "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan" on Feb. 8, 2026. Dr. Gottlieb also sits on the ...
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🇺🇸 War Department Cuts Ties With Harvard University
[USA]
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth announced the War Department would sever its academic ties with Harvard University, because attendance at the school no longer meets the needs of the War Department or th...
Related: #National Security, #Education -
🇺🇸 With $48M in philanthropic backing, a division of USAID relaunches as nonprofit
[USA]
A division of the U.S. Agency for International Development eliminated by Trump administration cuts last year was reborn Thursday as an independent nonprofit
Related: #International Development, #Philanthropy -
🇺🇸 2025 Tax Returns: Here’s What to Know About Filing This Year
[USA]
Many Americans will see bigger refunds and new deductions, while others may be revisiting the dreaded alternative minimum tax. Don’t panic just yet.
Related: #Personal Finance, #Economy -
🇺🇸 Increase school funding to meet need for special education, MPs urge
[USA]
A cross-party group calls on the government to "align funding to need", as ministers consider SEND reforms.
Related: #Education, #Public Finance -
🇺🇸 Trump Accounts to get their own Super Bowl ad. Here's a preview.
[USA]
Super Bowl LX will feature an ad to promote Trump Accounts, a new investment plan to help eligible families save money for their kids.
Related: #Economy, #Finance -
🇺🇸 Scottish government confirms it will not back prostitution offences bill
[USA]
Independent MSP Ash Regan's bill would make it a criminal offence to pay for sex in Scotland.
Related: #Legislation, #Sex Work, #Social Issues