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Domestic

The most significant development was the Pentagon's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, immediately restricting U.S. government agencies from using its AI products. Anthropic has sued the government over the decision, with Microsoft backing the lawsuit. The State Department and Treasury began phasing out Anthropic's products. In a separate major event, the Justice Department released previously withheld documents from the Jeffrey Epstein investigation, including an uncorroborated claim of sexual assault against Donald Trump when the accuser was a minor. A House committee released video depositions of Bill and Hillary Clinton regarding Epstein.

In technology, Google rolled out new AI tools across its services, while a father sued the company alleging its AI chatbot contributed to his son's suicide. Meta acquired the social network Moltbook and is developing new in-house chips. Amazon faced criticism from the FCC chair over satellite launches and obtained a court order to block Perplexity's AI bots from its site. Apple announced new laptops with M5 chips and a more affordable MacBook Neo. Texas held primary elections for Senate and House seats, resulting in a Democratic Senate nominee and a Republican runoff.

International

Reports indicated the U.S. military used Anthropic's Claude AI during strikes in Iran, despite a prior ban on using such systems. Amazon's AWS cloud service experienced an outage after its data centers in the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain were struck by objects described as drones, causing fires and disruptions. Donald Trump welcomed soccer star Lionel Messi and his Inter Miami teammates to the White House to honor their MLS Cup victory. Files showed the British Prime Minister was warned of a 'reputational risk' due to Peter Mandelson's links to Jeffrey Epstein, with a new photograph emerging appearing to show Prince Andrew, Mandelson, and Epstein together.