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CIA Director John Ratcliffe told President Trump and other senior officials that evidence gathered by U.S. intelligence agencies raises serious doubts about Iran's willingness to make the nuclear concessions the U.S. is seeking in any final deal, according to three sources familiar with those discussions. Friction point: Ratcliffe isn't the only skeptic in Trump's top team. In internal discussions, Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth both expressed concerns and raised questions about the memorandum of understanding (MOU) announced Sunday, while Vice President Vance and U.S. envoys Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner advocated for it, according to two of the sources. Behind the scenes: There were a series of high-level meetings about the deal between Trump and his advisers in the lead-up to Sunday's announcement. During those meetings, Trump and his team discussed intel gathered by several U.S. intelligence agencies that showed that the way Iranian officials were discussing the deal among themselves was inconsistent with what they were telling the mediators and the U.S., two sources said.Ratcliffe and Rubio said that based on that intel, they doubted the Iranians would agree to take the nuclear steps the U.S. was seeking, according to two sources."The intelligence reflects that the Iranian intentions are not in line with their commitments under the deal," a source said. What they're saying: "President Trump listens to all opinions on any given issue — but everyone understands he is the final decision-maker," a White House official said in response to questions for this story. "This MOU meets all of the redlines that the administration has long articulated by ensuring that Iran can never possess a nuclear weapon, they cannot keep their highly enriched uranium, and they cannot hold the world's energy supply hostage," the official said, adding that Trump would only agree to a "good" final agreement.The CIA and the State Department declined t
UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres says the international community has failed Haiti as gang violence deepens
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - The leaders of the G7 countries said on Wednesday they stand united to support Ukraine, including its territorial integrity, and agreed to increase the pressure on the Russian war economy. "In this context, we will strengthen our sanctions (against Russia), including those on the oil and gas sectors," the leaders said in a joint statement
Councilman Robert White has won the Democratic primary to be Washington, D.C.’s, next delegate to the House of Representatives, beating out his colleague Brooke Pinto in their race to replace retiring Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC). With 64% of the vote counted early Wednesday morning, White was declared the winner of the Democratic primary with […]
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Like its AI policy, the Trump administration's AI team is taking shape on the fly. Why it matters: Departures among key White House officials, combined with rapid advances in technology, are shaking up who's taking the lead on AI policy in the administration. The big picture: Silicon Valley figures David Sacks and Siriam Krishnan have served as key architects of the administration's AI agenda. But with Sacks stepping back from day-to-day involvement and Krishnan preparing to leave, influence is shifting inside the White House to a broader group of officials and aides. Here's who's running the show — for now. Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick. Lutnick's signature was on the letter that sparked the latest confrontation between Anthropic and the administration, ultimately leading to the takedown of the company's Fable and Mythos models. Last week, Lutnick imposed export controls on Anthropic, effectively creating a licensing regime that could eventually impact other AI labs.He is now leading meetings on the sidelines of the G7 to discuss expanding access to advanced AI models and standing next to President Trump during his summit press conference. While Lutnick brokers abroad, Chris Fall at Commerce's Center for AI Standards and Innovation has been holding technical meetings in D.C. Zoom in: Lutnick was once said to be on the outs for going off message in TV interviews and not having a solid handle over his department's jurisdiction, sources familiar with the matter said. But last week's Anthropic fallout put him back in the game and it's now Lutnick's moment."He's fixing a problem. He's not being a problem. And he's doing a great job," said one senior administration official following the letter imposing export controls. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. Bessent does not directly oversee AI testing. Yet he was the point of contact when Amazon raised concerns about Anthropic safety issues and was among the few cabinet members flanking the president during a G7 press co
Cuba's Communist Party has signed off on a package of free market reforms. One member called the changes a response to "economic war," while the party said they were not a "deviation" from the socialist project
Brexit at 10: Regulation melissa.ittoo Wed, 17/06/2026 - 14:54 Much of the argument for Brexit was regulatory. 5 Comment Matthew Gill Institute for Government Yes Brexit Regulation Trade Artificial intelligence Utilities Business Cameron government May government Johnson government Sunak government No The Trade and Cooperation Agreement was designed to maximise regulatory autonomy – for Great Britain at least – by taking the UK firmly outside the orbit of the EU’s single market. And there has since been welcome innovation in UK regulation, which is being driven by individual regulators, regulatory networks, the Regulatory Innovation Office and government departments. 2 Gill M, Regulation and growth: Will the government’s strategy deliver?, Institute for Government, 2025, www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/regulatory-action-plan But much of this aims to resolve inefficiencies in the UK’s national regulatory arrangements, rather than to diverge from the EU (or lead the world). Regulation has been front and centre of implementing Brexit, but not in the way its proponents might have hoped. Related content Regulation and growth Only modest divergence from EU regulation has been achieved Five years ago, the IfG said it would be hard for the UK to realise the promised regulatory benefits of Brexit, 8 Rutter J and Marshal J, Taking back control of regulation: Managing divergence from EU rules, Institute for Government, 2021, www.instituteforgovernment.org.uk/publication/report/taking-back-control-regulation and so it has proved. Early enthusiasm for ‘sunsetting’ laws that were initially transferred onto the statute book to smooth the transition from the EU – as discussed by Jonathan Jones in this series – was quickly frustrated by business concerns about regulatory uncertainty and, in the case of GB businesses exporting to the EU, the cost and complexity of satisfying two regimes. The UK’s attempts to go it alone have sometimes proved unworkable and had to be qui