Judge calls Pentagon’s moves against AI firm Anthropic “troubling”: “It looks like an attempt to cripple Anthropic”

A judge sharply questioned a lawyer for the federal government on Tuesday over the Pentagon’s efforts to cut Anthropic out of its classified systems — the latest development in a dispute between the company and the Trump administration over AI guardrails. The back-and-forth revolves around Anthropic’s push to bar the military from using its AI …

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U.S. expected to deploy troops from 82nd Airborne Division to Middle East

President Trump claimed Tuesday that the U.S. is already in direct negotiations with Iran and that the country has agreed never to have a nuclear weapon. Meanwhile, new reporting is emerging about potential troop deployments to the Middle East. CBS News’ Eleanor Watson and Olivia Rinaldi have more.

How are the U.S. and Iran likely communicating?

President Trump says the U.S. is engaged in talks with Iran. He told reporters on Tuesday that Iran gave the U.S. a “very big present” related to oil and gas in the Strait of Hormuz, but didn’t offer specifics. CBS News national security contributor Sam Vinograd has more.