The Pentagon is considering terminating its partnership with Anthropic over disagreements about military usage restrictions and safeguards, a friction point emerging after reports the U.S. military used Claude during a Venezuela raid (multiple outlets). Three major social media companies have agreed to independent assessments of their teen safety protections amid mounting pressure over youth mental health impacts (multiple outlets).

The CIA investigated a Norwegian pulsed-energy experiment as potential evidence of foreign involvement in anomalous health incidents affecting U.S. personnel (multiple outlets). A changing weather pattern is expected to bring significant rain and mountain snow to the drought-parched Western United States, offering relief after extended dry conditions.