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Judge temporarily blocks the Pentagon from declaring Anthropic a national security risk

A federal judge has granted Anthropic a major reprieve as the AI company challenges the Pentagon’s effective blacklisting.On Thursday, US District Judge Rita Lin granted Anthropic’s request for a preliminary injunction to temporarily block the “Presidential Directive” that ordered federal agencies to stop using Anthropic’s technology, and Defense Secretary Pete…

‘A band-aid on a serious wound’: More student-loan borrowers are at risk of Social Security and tax refund seizures once Trump’s pause lifts

Student-loan borrowers are falling behind on payments at record levels.A new report by left-leaning groups, the Century Foundation and Protect Borrowers, found that nearly 9 million student-loan borrowers — or one out of every five — are in default, which typically occurs after a federal borrower hasn’t made a payment…