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Microsoft backs Anthropic in Pentagon blacklist battle, urges temporary restraining order
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Microsoft backs Anthropic in Pentagon blacklist battle, urges temporary restraining order

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella attends the 56th annual World Economic Forum (WEF) meeting in Davos, Switzerland, January 20, 2026. Denis Balibouse | Reuters Microsoft threw its support behind Anthropic on Tuesday, saying a judge should issue a restraining order that would block the Pentagon’s designation of the artificial intelligence giant as a supply chain risk […]

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Iran war: Israel’s president Herzog calls ‘cost’ for business the price for Middle East peace
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Iran war: Israel’s president Herzog calls ‘cost’ for business the price for Middle East peace

Israeli President Isaac Herzog visits the site of an Iranian strike in Beit Shemesh, Israel, March 2, 2026. Alexi J. Rosenfeld | Getty Images Israeli President Isaac Herzog told a group of U.S. business leaders at the Yale CEO caucus meeting on Tuesday that he understands their concerns about the costs of the war against […]

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‘Forever war:’ Democrats rebut Trump’s assertion that Iran war nearing end
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‘Forever war:’ Democrats rebut Trump’s assertion that Iran war nearing end

Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Mass., from center left, Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., Sen Jon. Ossoff, a D-Ga., and Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colo., during a State of the Union address in the House Chamber of the US Capitol in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2026. Al Drago | Bloomberg | Getty Images Senate Democrats on […]

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Russia told Trump they have not shared intelligence with Iran during war, Witkoff says
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Russia told Trump they have not shared intelligence with Iran during war, Witkoff says

Russian leaders told President Donald Trump during a phone call on Monday that they denied widely reported allegations that they are sharing intelligence with Iran during the United States’s war on that country, U.S. Special Envoy Steve Witkoff said during a CNBC interview on Tuesday. “We can take them at their word,” Witkoff told CNBC’s […]

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South Korea opposed to U.S. moving air defense systems in the country to Middle East: President Lee
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South Korea opposed to U.S. moving air defense systems in the country to Middle East: President Lee

GYEONGJU, SOUTH KOREA – NOVEMBER 1: South Korean President Lee Jae-myung speaks during an international press conference after the Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit was concluded, in Gyeongju, South Korea, on November 1, 2025. Anadolu | Anadolu | Getty Images South Korea is opposed to the U.S. moving air defense assets out of the […]

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Iran war: Hegseth says Tuesday ‘will be our most intense day of strikes’
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Iran war: Hegseth says Tuesday ‘will be our most intense day of strikes’

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth speaks during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. Brendan Smialowski | Afp | Getty Images Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Tuesday said, “Today will be, yet again, our most intense day of strikes inside Iran.” “Iran stands […]

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Trump’s war predictions, Pershing Square files for IPO, Anthropic’s lawsuit and more in Morning Squawk
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Trump’s war predictions, Pershing Square files for IPO, Anthropic’s lawsuit and more in Morning Squawk

1. The magic words US President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference at Trump National Doral in Miami, Florida, on March 9, 2026. Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Wall Street witnessed a stunning midday recovery yesterday after President Donald Trump indicated the U.S.-Iran war could be over soon. Trump told a CBS […]

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Iran defends strikes on Gulf neighbors. They say a ‘huge trust gap’ will last for decades
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Iran defends strikes on Gulf neighbors. They say a ‘huge trust gap’ will last for decades

Foreign workers look at a tall plume of black smoke ascends following an explosion in the Fujairah industrial zone on March 3, 2026. Fadel Senna | Afp | Getty Images Iran has defended its strikes against its Gulf neighbors, telling CNBC that U.S. military assets located in surrounding territories were “legitimate” targets in its fight […]

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Democrats threaten more Iran war powers votes, call for Hegseth, Rubio to testify
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Democrats threaten more Iran war powers votes, call for Hegseth, Rubio to testify

Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., talks with reporters outside the U.S. Capitol after President Donald Trump selected Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Okla., to replace Kristi Noem as the Department of Homeland Security secretary on Thursday, March 5, 2026. Tom Williams | CQ-Roll Call, Inc. | Getty Images A group of Senate Democrats on Monday laid out a […]

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Anthropic was the Pentagon’s choice for AI. Now it’s banned and experts are worried
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Anthropic was the Pentagon’s choice for AI. Now it’s banned and experts are worried

Dario Amodei, chief executive officer of Anthropic, at the AI Impact Summit in New Delhi, India, on Thursday, Feb. 19, 2026. Ruhani Kaur | Bloomberg | Getty Images Last August, Pentagon technology chief Emil Michael, a former Uber executive and attorney, took on the added role of overseeing the Defense Department’s artificial intelligence portfolio. A […]

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