Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth at the State of the Union on Tuesday. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times via AP/Pool) At great risk to its business, Anthropic is taking a principled stand in the face of threats from the administration to commandeer its cutting-edge artificial intelligence technology.

Secretary of State Marco Rubio said Cuba's Communist regime will need to give its people political and economic freedom for the US to ease pressure that's recently led to blackouts and disrupted daily life on the island.