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A tense Tuesday sees U.S.-Iran nuclear diplomacy at a crossroads, Anthropic files for a potentially trillion-dollar IPO, Trump walks off a live TV interview, and violence strikes both sides of the Atlantic.
The fifth round of U.S.-Iran nuclear talks in Rome concluded with only 'some but not conclusive progress,' as Iran insists on retaining domestic uranium enrichment capacity while the U.S. calls it a red line. The standoff is fueling fears of military escalation, with Israel reportedly preparing to strike Iranian nuclear sites if diplomacy collapses.
Claude-maker Anthropic has filed a draft registration statement with the SEC for an initial public offering, potentially debuting at a valuation near $1 trillion — which would rank among the largest IPOs in history. The filing comes less than a week after Anthropic closed a $65 billion Series H round and beats rival OpenAI to market.
President Trump abruptly ended a live interview with NBC's Kristen Welker, calling the network 'crooked' and walking off set after heated exchanges over election fraud claims and his war record. The incident marks one of the most dramatic presidential media confrontations in recent memory.
Britain is gripped by national anger after bodycam footage emerged showing police handcuffing 18-year-old Henry Nowak as he lay dying from a stab wound in Southampton, with officers dismissing his pleas that he had been stabbed. His killer had falsely accused Nowak of racial abuse, triggering widespread protests and calls for police accountability.
A gunman opened fire near Toledo's Old West End Festival Saturday evening, wounding at least 12 people — two critically — with suspects still at large and a manhunt underway. Ohio Governor Mike DeWine expressed deep concern as investigators scoured a historic residential district.
An Israel-Hamas agreement paving the way for a ceasefire and hostage releases has sparked celebration across Gaza and Israel, with UN aid teams declaring they are ready to deliver humanitarian relief at scale. The deal, brokered with U.S., Egyptian, and Qatari mediation, includes the phased release of remaining hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners.
Five people were stabbed at Penn Station Sunday evening in an attack that left one victim with serious injuries, prompting Amtrak Police to launch a rapid manhunt that ended with a suspect captured on-scene. Authorities described the attacker as an emotionally disturbed individual with no terror links.
A new mathematical modeling study warns that the Trump administration's freeze and redirection of PEPFAR funding could cause between 60,000 and 74,000 excess HIV deaths across seven sub-Saharan African countries by 2030. Health workers in South Africa and Mozambique say the cuts have already endangered vulnerable patients and cost lives.
Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent publicly weighed in on legislation to create a $250 bill featuring President Trump's portrait, framing it around America's upcoming 250th anniversary celebrations. The bill, introduced in Congress earlier this year, has yet to advance past committee but is drawing significant national attention.
Democrat Xavier Becerra and Republican Steve Hilton have advanced through California's top-two gubernatorial primary to face off in November, as the state elects a successor to term-limited Governor Gavin Newsom. The race is the most high-profile governor's contest of the 2025 cycle, with Republicans eyeing their first statewide California win since 2006.
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