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Too hot to handle: US government restricts next-gen AI model after troubling discovery

An AI model has reportedly exposed vulnerabilities in secure government systems as concerns over cybersecurity rage through top companies and government leadership alike.

The Associated Press reported that Mythos, an advanced Anthropic AI model, identified weaknesses in “sensitive and secure U.S. government computer systems during a testing exercise,” citing a U.S. official.

‘This tool broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks but in hours.’

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, reportedly told the AP that the testing was conducted as a part of Project Glasswing, though the identification of the vulnerabilities does not mean that they were exploited.

Project Glasswing, which was announced on April 7, was described at the time as “an urgent attempt to put [the capabilities of frontier model Mythos Preview] to work for defensive purposes.”

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The project announcement noted that Anthropic would be partnering with several industry giants to identify the vulnerabilities on their platforms, with Anthropic even pledging “up to $100M in usage credits for Mythos Preview across these efforts, as well as $4M in direct donations to open-source security organizations.”

The companies listed include Amazon Web Services, Anthropic, Apple, Broadcom, Cisco, CrowdStrike, Google, JPMorganChase, the Linux Foundation, Microsoft, Nvidia, and Palo Alto Networks.

These defensive measures, including the testing performed by Mythos, was alluded to by Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.) during a June 11 Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs hearing.

Mentioning Mythos and Anthropic by name, Warner said, “This tool broke into almost all of our classified systems, not in weeks but in hours.” Warner attributed this information to the head of the National Security Agency and U.S. Cyber Command, General Joshua Rudd.

The government limited access to Anthropic’s latest models for foreign nationals just days after President Trump signed an executive order establishing a national security framework for AI, cybersecurity, and the regulation and classification of “frontier models.” That directive resulted in the company disabling the model temporarily.

Blaze News reached out to the office of the National Cyber Director and Anthropic but did not immediately receive a response.

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Pride Night game CANCELED after baseball players refuse rainbow jerseys: ‘This is how you change the culture’

Minor league baseball team the York Revolution forfeited their Pride Night game on June 18 after fewer than nine players on the 28-man roster were willing to wear Pride uniforms — which featured jerseys with rainbow sleeves.

General manager Ben Shipley said that he was “disappointed” the team “was at this point.”

“I recognize the players’ plight and their unwillingness to cross their line. I also think tolerance is not acceptance. I was just asking for tolerance from the team, and they were unwilling to navigate that with me,” Shipley explained.

“No,” BlazeTV host Pat Gray comments. “You were asking for them to participate. That is not tolerance. That’s promoting something that they have religious convictions against.”

“They’re not paid to wear rainbow colors,” he adds.

“That was a political statement they were asked to endorse, and they refused to,” executive producer Keith Malinak says.

“And this is how you change the culture. And this is what we’ve been begging young girls, young women to do when faced with dudes that want to compete against them,” he continues.

“And if they have to cancel the event, they have to cancel it. That’s how you change this mindset,” he adds.

“But that’s how committed the officials on the team were to this,” Gray says, “that they’d rather not even play baseball.”

“They still donated 10 grand to some gay charity, too,” Malinak adds.

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Rashida Tlaib MELTS DOWN over ‘bulls**t’ sentencing of Antifa terrorists who attacked ICE center

The conviction and sentencing of a group of Antifa-linked terrorists is making Democratic Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan implode on social media.

The leader of the violent 2025 attack on the Immigration and Customs Enforcement center in Texas was sentenced to 100 years in prison while seven others were given sentences between 30 and 70 years. Several others have pleaded guilty and await sentencing.

‘Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try to cling to power is brute force.’

Tlaib objected to the sentencing based on her opposition to President Donald Trump declaring Antifa a terrorist group back in September. Trump made the declaration in NSPM-7, a national security presidential memorandum that established a federal strategy to charge violent groups and networks with terrorism.

“These sentences are a travesty and totally unjustified, but that’s the point,” wrote the congresswoman on a social media post Tuesday.

“Americans hate the fascist Trump regime, so the only way they can try to cling to power is brute force. NSPM-7 is a grave threat to all of us and more bulls**t ‘terrorism’ charges like these are coming.”

The attackers used fireworks to distract ICE officers before firing gunshots that injured one officer. They also vandalized the facility before fleeing from the scene.

An attorney for the leader of the group objected to the government labeling the attackers as “terrorists” and claimed they did not intend to fire gunshots.

“This is a bunch of kids and young adults who really have a really big heart and really wanted their voice to be heard,” the attorney said. “It was never intended that anybody get hurt. It was never intended that any shots would be fired.”

Tlaib, who is a member of “the Squad” of progressive congresswomen, denied during a congressional hearing in 2021 that there’s any formal evidence that Antifa is an organization.

RELATED: Tlaib flips out when asked to condemn ‘Death to America’ chants by anti-Israel protesters

Critics like the American Civil Liberties Union claim that the NSPM-7 lays the groundwork for the administration to punish and prosecute enemies and political opponents based on speech protected under the First Amendment.

“No matter what the president says or tries to do through NSPM-7, the First Amendment constrains what federal agencies can do when it comes to punishing groups and people for exercising their rights to free speech, peaceful protest, and supporting causes by making donations,” said the ACLU in a statement about the edict. “It also safeguards against viewpoint-based government discrimination, coercion, and retaliation.”

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The People’s Republic of NY-13: Election results breakdown

In a congressional district that encompasses upper Manhattan and a portion of the Bronx, Darializa Avila Chevalier, a democratic socialist, has emerged victorious in the contentious Democratic primary against five-term incumbent Rep. Adriano Espaillat.

With 88% of the votes counted, the New York Times has called the race in Avila Chevalier’s favor. She currently leads Espaillat 49.4% to 45.9%.

‘Zohran endorsed her, so I voted for her.’

“I am so thrilled to have the support of my community, and I am so proud that they have put their trust in me to send me to Congress on their behalf,” Avila Chevalier told Norwood News.

But let’s break down the results further.

The 13th Congressional District of New York contains a population of roughly 750,000 people in an area of 11 square miles, which equates to about 68,000 people per square mile. In the recent election, the Manhattan portion of the district accounted for a significantly larger share of the vote than the Bronx portion.

The median age in the district is 39 years old, with 50% of the residents identifying as Hispanic, 24% as black, and 17% as white.

The district is also one of the poorest congressional districts in the country, with a quarter of its residents living below the poverty line and a median household income of just above $52,400.

According to the Times, Espaillat outperformed Avila Chevalier by a sizeable margin of 28 points in the Bronx, while in Manhattan, Avila Chevalier led by a margin of eight points.

Espaillat was able to secure the black (+2.2) and Hispanic (+15.3) vote, as well as the vote of lower-income areas (+10.2). Avila Chevalier, on the other hand, dominated among younger voters (+24.5) and majority college-educated areas (+19.2), reflecting a broader trend of democratic socialists such as NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani performing well among these groups.

Avila Chevalier also led by 5.1 points in higher-income areas, the Times reported.

RELATED: ‘Weak and pathetic’: Mamdani-backed radicals sweep Democratic establishment in New York’s electoral bloodbath

“I’m an immigrant myself, and she has strong positions on immigration. It’s the first time I felt like I had a real choice with the Democratic primary. Zohran endorsed her, so I voted for her,” Juan Alvarez told the New York Post after casting his vote.

The politics of NY-13 have been consistently Democratic for decades, with voters backing Democrat candidates on the national, state, and local levels.

In last year’s New York City mayoral race, Mamdani performed strongly across the district. Both Espaillat and Avila Chevalier endorsed Mamdani for mayor, yet Mamdani later threw his support behind Avila Chevalier in the primary contest.

In her victory speech, Avila Chevalier declared to her crowd of supporters that “the politics of the past ends today.”

“The era of taking a check and cashing a check and calling it representation is over.”

“To every little black and brown girl, mujer dominicana, my Muslim sisters, and every working-class person here — our time has come.”

Avila Chevalier will face off against Republican nominee Manual Williams in the November general election, where she is expected to win comfortably.

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Trump DOJ charges 455 people allegedly tied to $6.5B in health care fraud

The Department of Justice on Tuesday unveiled the results of the 2026 National Health Care Fraud Takedown, which resulted in criminal and civil charges against hundreds of defendants and billions in allegedly stolen taxpayer funds.

The enforcement effort involved 56 federal districts, 45 U.S. states and territories, and 455 defendants, including 90 doctors and other medical professionals, tied to more than $6.5 billion in alleged fraud.

‘The government seized over $30 million in bank accounts, a $594,000 Ferrari 296 GTS, seven other high-end vehicles, an $865,000 custom Bulgari necklace, and $1 million worth of other luxury jewelry.’

The DOJ accused the defendants of participating in numerous schemes, including opioid abuse, submitting false claims to Medicare and Medicaid, and causing patient harm, including death. The department also claimed that 10.7 million pills of controlled substances were illegally distributed.

The alleged stolen taxpayer funds were used to purchase high-end vehicles, jewelry, and real estate, among other luxury items. The federal government has seized $182 million in cash and other assets.

“This announcement marks the greatest combined federal and state effort in combating health care fraud in history,” acting Attorney General Todd Blanche stated. “This team is working tirelessly to take down fraudsters who steal from taxpayer funded programs and prey on vulnerable Americans.”

The DOJ highlighted that charges were filed against 11 individuals allegedly tied to billions of dollars in fraudulent claims for amniotic wound allografts, a wound treatment made from donated placental tissue typically used to repair hard-to-heal injuries.

RELATED: Trump DOJ charges illegal aliens in Boston with nearly $1.5 million in welfare fraud

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In the District of Arizona, the vice president of sales for a company was charged in an alleged kickback scheme after providers allegedly billed Medicare over $4 billion from Dec. 2021 to June 2024 for his company’s allografts.

“The company did not manufacture allografts and instead acquired allografts from tissue banks and relabeled them for sale at a 2,000% mark-up, charging up to $1,450 per square centimeter,” the DOJ stated.

The defendant and others allegedly targeted hospice patients to apply allografts to superficial wounds and treat areas that exceeded the size of the wound.

The defendant was accused of receiving $24 million from the company and spending the funds on “multi-million-dollar houses, million-dollar life insurance policies, luxury vehicles, including a $135,000 Maserati, and luxury watches.”

RELATED: JD Vance is ending the Medicaid gravy train

Bulgari necklace and beach resort in the Philippines. Image source: Department of Justice

In the Southern District of Texas, the DOJ also charged a nurse practitioner who allegedly billed Medicare $906 million for medically unnecessary allografts.

“As alleged, the defendant used the fraud proceeds to purchase high-end vehicles, real estate, and luxury jewelry, and to fund the construction of a $4.6 million … beach resort in the Philippines,” the DOJ stated. “The government seized over $30 million in bank accounts, a $594,000 Ferrari 296 GTS, seven other high-end vehicles, an $865,000 custom Bulgari necklace, and $1 million worth of other luxury jewelry.”

The DOJ reported that Medicare claims for allografts skyrocketed from $1.2 billion in 2022 to $14.4 billion in 2025.

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Hunter Biden wants Democrats to learn EXTREME lesson from NYC elections

The stunning victories of far-left extremists against centrist establishment candidates in the New York City Democratic primary elections are leading many to embrace fringe socialism.

Among those voices is Hunter Biden, the former president’s disgraced son who sired a child with a reported Washington, D.C., stripper.

‘The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It’s a question mark.’

Biden said in a post on social media that Democrats need to abandon seeking the vote of Americans with more moderate views.

“I’m not running for office. But if I were, these are some of the lessons I’d take away from what happened in NY yesterday,” he wrote in a post on the X social media platform.

“The middle is not a strategy. It’s an empty room. Voters reached past the establishment to grab someone who actually believes something,” he said after a few other bullet points.

He said Democrats who made anti-Israel and pro-rent control statements won because they were “authentic.” He also derided endorsements from establishment partisans.

“Endorsements from the current Democratic leadership now read like warnings,” he added. “The establishment wing of the party is no longer a sword. It’s a question mark.”

He also praised far-left democratic socialist Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City. Mamdani backed the extremist candidates who swept their primary elections.

“The lesson under the lessons: the country is tired of being managed. People want to be led,” Biden concluded.

In a response to a commenter, he affirmed that the Democratic Party needs to listen to black women more.

Many on the left are making the same observations about the victory of extremists in New York City while others point out that these policies are not likely to be popular in the rest of the country, even among Democrats.

RELATED: Hunter Biden linked to identity theft of his dead brother by investigator in paternity suit

Biden’s addiction problems became a flashpoint in the 2020 election after Republican operatives were able to obtain a laptop with damaging private content of Biden left at a computer shop.

Trump supporters tried to use the content to damage the Biden presidential campaign, but various social media giants responded by restricting the circulation of the story over suggestions from the administration that foreign actors were circulating fake propaganda.

Hunter Biden has since gone to rehab and began commenting on politics after his father had to drop his re-election campaign over health concerns.

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Ellen Page trans-plains ‘healthy masculinity’

Transgender actress Ellen Page, who now goes by “Elliot” Page, offered her definition of “healthy masculinity” during a recent interview on “It’s Open with Ilana Glazer” — and unsurprisingly, it’s not very masculine at all.

“We are seeing so much, and I mean our entire lives, we’ve seen so much unhealthy masculinity, so much sickness in this world, specifically through the lens of men,” Glazer began.

“In your gender journey, which to me as someone who knows you, but also as someone consuming you as a public figure, to me you appear healthy and continually finding more health and security,” she continued, asking, “What does it mean to you to hear me say ‘healthy masculinity?’”

“Healthy masculinity to me is, or even just something I’ve felt as transitioning … for anyone to just you know love themselves, be able to care for themselves, ideally get rest when they can, like just the practical basic: drink water, eat a banana,” Page responded.

“I think it’s just like healthy masculinity could just mean a really good cry,” she added.

“I feel like I know a lot of masculine men, and they aren’t like, ‘It’s just sometimes hugging yourself and having a good cry and drinking some water,’” Gonzales says.

“That actually sounds like the most feminized version that you could possibly get,” she adds.

“I haven’t had a banana since I was like 6,” Adam Johnson replies, adding, “I reject the whole premise of men eating bananas.”

“You’re right, probably not masculine,” Gonzales says. “I’m sorry to all of the men out there who do enjoy bananas, but the act of it, to Adam’s point, probably not very masculine.”

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Father learns his fate after pleading guilty to having sex with his daughter who months later took her own life

A Southern California father has learned his fate after pleading guilty to having sex with his daughter who months later took her own life.

The Ventura County District Attorney’s Office said Stephen Vincent Chavez’s 18-year-old biological daughter, Makayla, was staying with him at his residence in Moorpark last July. Moorpark is about an hour northwest of Los Angeles.

‘Investigators and prosecutors performed additional interviews, obtained and reviewed the results of new forensic testing and medical evaluations, and carefully analyzed electronic evidence.’

“After a day of drinking at a family gathering, Chavez purchased additional alcohol for himself and his daughter to consume at home,” the DA’s Office added. “Chavez then engaged in sexual intercourse with her. Makayla tragically took her own life in December 2025.”

Chavez, 41, pleaded guilty in May to felony incest and misdemeanor providing alcohol to a minor, officials said, adding that Chavez also “admitted he took advantage of a position of trust and that the victim was particularly vulnerable.”

“Several members of Makayla’s family addressed the court during sentencing and provided emotional victim impact statements describing the lasting trauma caused by the defendant’s actions and the devastating loss of Makayla,” the DA’s Office said.

In addition, Deputy District Attorney Tessa McCarty said, “The people requested the maximum three-year state prison sentence because the defendant exploited his position as a father, violated his daughter’s trust, supplied her with alcohol, and engaged in criminal conduct that forever altered the course of her life.”

McCarty added to KTLA-TV that Makayla had “placed her trust and well-being in [Chavez’s] care” by moving from North Carolina to California to start a new life with him.

The following video report aired prior to Chavez pleading guilty.

RELATED: Previously deported Brazilian woman arrested and charged with child rape, assault, and incest

But District Attorney Erik Nasarenko announced Tuesday that Chavez was sentenced to one year in Ventura County Jail and three years of felony probation for incest and providing alcohol to his 18-year-old biological daughter, officials said.

Prosecutors objected to the court’s sentence, the DA’s Office said.

Prior to Chavez entering guilty pleas, Nasarenko “directed the office’s most experienced prosecutors to conduct a comprehensive review of whether additional charges, including rape, could legally be filed. Investigators and prosecutors performed additional interviews, obtained and reviewed the results of new forensic testing and medical evaluations, and carefully analyzed electronic evidence,” officials said.

The DA’s Office added that 10 of its prosecutors reviewed the evidence and findings and that “experienced prosecutors and legal experts from another county” also were consulted.

However, following the “extensive review, all concluded that incest was the only felony charge supported by the law, facts, and admissible evidence,” officials said.

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