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Today's Headlines: So NATO is preparing for war, aka potential Russian aggression, with Poland and Lithuania developing cross-border civilian evacuation plans for the Baltic states and practice exercises scheduled for next week. Meanwhile, five people were arrested near a UK Royal Air Force base used by the US during the Iran war, on suspicion of planning a terrorist attack after someone spotted three suspicious vehicles heading toward the base after midnight — no names released, no country claimed responsibility, and the US embassy issued a security alert for Americans traveling in the UK. On Iran, Trump rejected Iran's latest peace proposal while claiming negotiations are continuing in New York, which sounds like nothing really. In potential voter suppression news, the Supreme Court ruled 6-3 (of course) that the Trump administration can move forward with its centralized voter citizenship verification database using Social Security data — with six weeks until the midterms, the timing is almost certainly the point. The Trump administration is scouting Grand Teton National Park for a baseball stadium because the MLB wants to host a game there, which would require major construction on some of the most protected land in the country. On the scary tech beat, OpenAI and Anthropic are investigating tens of thousands of problematic AI security incidents — not a few rogue hacking episodes, tens of thousands — and ProPublica's investigation found that DraftKings actively recruited a journalist mimicking compulsive gambling behavior into its VIP program after he lost $1,800 in one night chasing losses. And finally, RFK Jr. accepted over $4 million in book advances and $270,000 in gifts during his year as Health Secretary, with his wife separately receiving $210,000 in "consulting fees" from the same MAHA-connected friend, because public health leadership is a great side hustle.
Resources/Articles mentioned:
Euronews: Poland and Lithuania preparing cross-border evacuation plan for Baltic states
WaPo: 5 arrested in U.K. near base used by U.S. on suspicion of planning terror act
Axios: Trump says he rejected the latest Iranian proposal
SCOTUS Blog: Supreme Court clears way for Trump administration to use modified voter verification database
WaPo: Trump officials weigh MLB game at Grand Teton National Park
Axios: Scoop: Top AI companies probing tens of thousands of security incidents
ProPublica: I Posed as a Problem Gambler. DraftKings Made Me a VIP
NYT: RFK Jr. Drew $4 Million in Book Advances From Publisher Who Also Monetized MAHA
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