Anthropic refuses to bend to Pentagon on AI safeguards

by: MATT O’BRIEN and KONSTANTIN TOROPIN, Associated Press Posted: Feb 27, 2026 / 09:26 AM MST WASHINGTON (AP) — A public showdown between the Trump administration and Anthropic is hitting an impasse as military officials demand the artificial intelligence company bend its ethical policies by Friday or risk damaging its business. Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei drew a sharp […]

Drug Traffickers Trained In Ukraine Attack State Forces In Mexico

Written by Lucas Leiroz, member of the BRICS Journalists Association, researcher at the Center for Geostrategic Studies, military expert In recent days, Mexico has made headlines worldwide due to the increase in internal violence in the country. After the local government launched an offensive against drug trafficking and eliminated a major criminal leader, the country’s main […]

U.K. and France plotting to smuggle nuke into Ukraine – Russian intel

RT  24 Feb, 2026 08:08   France and the UK are plotting to secretly arm Ukraine with a nuclear weapon, Russia’s Foreign Intelligence Service (SVR) said on Tuesday. According to the agency, British and French officials are considering the “covert transfer of relevant European-made components, equipment, and technologies to Ukraine,” and are laying the groundwork for an […]

Most thought-provoking reader comment of the week [2/23/20206]

From Moon of Alabama comments section: Kevin Walmsley (Inside China Business) details how the lack of access to gallium has the Pentagon taking deliveries of F35s without radar, but instead having ballast placed in the nose to maintain the weight and balance profile. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yfat53Oe_Js I wrote about this over a year ago that China would […]

Senator warns Mexican narco-terrorists are hunting down “Americans” in war zone Puerto Vallarta as thousands try to escape on flights

Daily Mail By RACHEL BOWMAN, US SENIOR NEWS REPORTER and ELIOT FORCE, US NEWS REPORTER and STEPHEN M. LEPORE, US SENIOR REPORTER Updated: 16:52 EST, 23 February 2026 An Ohio Republican senator claimed Mexican cartels are targeting American tourists as gang unrest spreads across the country. Bernie Moreno wrote on X on Monday that the U.S. should halt trade talks and […]

The War in Ukraine Could Go Nuclear

J.B. Shurk | February 20, 2026 A prospect even more unsettling than the current War in Ukraine now takes shape: the quickening drumbeat toward nuclear confrontation.  What U.S. and former Soviet Union leaders spent half a century working to avoid is now discussed too openly for comfort.  American senators, such as Lindsey Graham, have occasionally suggested that effective nuclear deterrence […]

Kier Starmer to add VPNs to UK’s “social media ban”

By Kit Knightly (Off-Guardian)  Feb 16, 2026 In a statement yesterday, the office of the British Prime Minister announced plans to broaden the scope of the “social media ban” for minors that would see virtual private networks (VPNs) included in the future. Speaking to “parents and carers” today, Sir Keir Starmer is expected to “make clear […]

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