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Justice Department terminates some school desegregation cases without asking court to ensure past discrimination has ended, watchdog group says

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The Justice Department moved to terminate more than a dozen decades-old school desegregation cases without asking the court first to review whether the district successfully ended its past discriminatory practices, a watchdog group has found. A new analysis released by Red Line for Civil Rights, an oversight project of Democracy Forward run by former DOJ…

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First case of New World screwworm in U.S. wildlife confirmed in Texas elk, USDA says

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The first case of New World screwworm in wildlife in the United States has been found in an elk in Texas, the U.S. Department of Agriculture announced Wednesday. The elk was discovered on a game ranch in Pecos County and was reported after being harvested by a hunter, the USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service…

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Ukraine’s military evacuates wounded soldier with aerial drone in apparent world-first

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Ukraine’s military says it carried out a front-line medical evacuation by aerial drone — an apparent world-first for the drone-savvy nation — as Russia’s full-scale invasion nears the five-year mark. The Ukrainian Ground Forces’ 92nd Assault Brigade said Monday that it had evacuated a wounded soldier from the front line using a heavy-lift aerial drone. …

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Open-weight AI models are more vulnerable to manipulation and can lack oversight. Here’s what to know.

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The revelation last month that Claude was used “in ways that could support biological weapons development” was made possible, in part, because Anthropic’s AI models operate on a closed system overseen by the company. Anthropic said it banned and reported accounts engaging in misuse of its AI and used the findings to strengthen safeguards. But…

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DOJ says it’s moving to end more than 50 decades-old school desegregation cases

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The Justice Department said Thursday it was seeking to end more than 50 long-standing consent decrees dating back decades that sought to curb unlawful racial segregation that was prevalent during the Jim Crow era. Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, said her office was “ending prolonged federal oversight…

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Another Anthropic model gained access to the open internet, company says

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Anthropic disclosed on Wednesday that another one of its Claude models mistakenly gained access to the open internet during a cybersecurity exercise, marking the fourth time its models have done so. An early version of the Claude Opus 4.6 model connected to the internet, hacked into a third-party system and gained access to someone’s personal…

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What Fauci has said about COVID origins and gain-of-function research in his spat with Rand Paul

nglobix@gmail.com3 months ago09 mins

Thursday’s vote by a Senate panel on whether to recommend holding Dr. Anthony Fauci in contempt of Congress builds on more than five years of tension between the federal government’s former top infectious disease expert and Republican Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky — much of it hinging on the origins of the coronavirus and a…

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Senate Judiciary Committee advances Blanche’s nomination for attorney general

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Washington — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday advanced Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general to the Senate floor, clearing a key hurdle for President Trump’s pick to lead the Justice Department. The GOP-led panel voted 12-10 along party lines to advance Blanche’s nomination. The acting attorney general overcame skepticism from Republican Sens. John Cornyn…

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issues order rescinding “anti-weaponization fund”

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Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche issued an order Sunday evening formally rescinding plans to create a $1.8 billion fund meant to compensate allies of President Trump. The order came after Republican Senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn threatened to block Blanche’s confirmation for the permanent position to lead the Justice Department. “The Attorney General’s May…

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Politics

Full transcript of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Aug. 2, 2026

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On this “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan” broadcast, moderated by Margaret Brennan: Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly of Arizona Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio Clément Delangue, CEO of Hugging Face Independent former Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia Heather Manchin, founder and CEO of Americans Together Click here to browse full transcripts from 2026 of “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan.” …

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