A federal appeals court declined to pause a judge’s order requiring Donald Trump’s name to be removed from the Kennedy Center facade. Officials said storms delayed the work past the Friday deadline but that removal was ongoing and expected to finish early Saturday.
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Anthropic disabled access to Fable 5 and Mythos 5 after the U.S. government ordered it to block foreign nationals from using the models over security concerns. The company said the directive was based on a narrow alleged jailbreak and stemmed from “a misunderstanding.”
A federal judge declined to block a UFC event planned for the White House South Lawn on President Donald Trump’s birthday. The lawsuit challenged the event as an improper private business opportunity and objected to a large temporary structure built on White House grounds.
The Justice Department has approved Paramount Skydance’s roughly $110 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery, a major step toward combining two historic Hollywood studios. State regulators, entertainment workers and European Union officials continue to scrutinize the deal.
Pope Leo used his Canary Islands visit to defend migrants, condemn traffickers and press Europe to protect people risking deadly Atlantic crossings. The islands received a record 46,843 migrants in 2024, while thousands died trying to reach Spain.
Four Palestine Action activists received prison terms of nearly five to eight years over a 2024 raid on an Elbit Systems factory near Bristol. A judge ruled the criminal damage had a terrorism connection, a finding the defence and supporters oppose.
US and Iranian officials said a ceasefire deal may be close, but conflicting accounts over sanctions, nuclear terms and the Strait of Hormuz left the outcome uncertain. Pakistan’s prime minister claimed a final text had been agreed, a statement neither Washington nor Tehran confirmed.