The Pentagon is considering a drastic plan to reduce the U.S. military’s presence in Europe.
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A former detainee at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” detention center said he spent 15 hours in a phone booth-sized cage.
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Here’s what to know today.
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Pentagon weighs pulling nearly a third of U.S. forces from Europe
The Pentagon is considering a drastic plan to pull planes, ships, weapons and tens of thousands of U.S. troops from Europe, despite warnings from NATO allies about the growing threat of Russian aggression, according to seven current and former U.S. and Western officials.
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This is Morning Rundown, a weekday newsletter to start your day.
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If carried out, it would be the most significant scaling back of the 80,000-strong U.S. military presence in Europe since the aftermath of the Cold War in the 1990s.
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Such a withdrawal could radically reshape America’s relationship with its major allies.
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Countries affected would likely include Germany, Italy and Spain, sources said.
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The three nations host the bulk of the U.S. troops in Europe, but leaders of all the countries have also clashed with President Donald Trump over the war with Iran.
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The Pentagon announced a six-month review of the American military’s presence in Europe in June.
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Air Force Gen. Alexus Grynkewich, the supreme allied commander and the head of the U.S. European Command, is expected to provide his analysis to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth today, sources said.
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The analysis will likely include four courses of action that could include cuts and possibly shifting some forces within Europe to countries on NATO’s eastern flank.
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‘Godfather of AI’ says there’s little time left to regulate the tech
'Godfather of AI’: Congress has about a year to get ahead of AI
How long does Congress have to implement AI safeguards before it’s too late?
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Hinton and other experts spoke to lawmakers in a private briefing this week, capping a flurry of activity on Capitol Hill in the week since an Anthropic researcher resigned from his job and warned people of the threat AI poses to humanity.
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Hinton’s dire warning came as the House departed Washington for the last time before the midterm elections, and there appeared to be lots of conversations but little sign of progress on any substantial AI regulation in the Senate.
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How lawmakers reacted to Hinton’s warnings.
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Meanwhile, Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro is pushing the federal government to quickly pass regulations to rein in the industry, saying the warnings from tech executives is “not the time to kick the can down the road.”
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More politics news:
- Marco Rubio, the nation’s top diplomat, has avoided the spotlight on the unpopular Iran war, distance that could be politically advantageous.
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Those close to him say a future presidential run or a stint in the private sector could be on the table.
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- For subscribers: Attorney General Todd Blanche’s political appearances are shattering a decades-long Justice Department norm.
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Trump administration officials have had discussions with potential replacements for Steve Feinberg, the Defense Department’s No. 2.
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- Former Sen. John Kyl, a longtime Republican lawmaker from Arizona, died at age 84.
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Former ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ detainee describes phone booth-sized cage
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For around 15 hours, immigration detention officers at Florida’s “Alligator Alcatraz” kept Raúl Suárez Herrero confined in a cage slightly larger than a phone booth, where he feared snakes and endured mosquitoes in the middle of Florida swampland, he alleged.
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“I feel like I was in hell,” Suárez said in a phone interview from Mexico, where he was deported.
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He had lived in the U.S. for more than four decades before he was detained last year during an ICE check-in.
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Suárez spoke about his experience days after the Department of Homeland Security watchdog confirmed the use of cages — which measured 7 feet, 9 inches high and 4 feet, three inches square — at the now-shuttered detention camp in the Everglades.
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The facility staff told federal inspectors that the cages were “calming areas” and that no one spent more than two hours inside them.
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But Suárez said that wasn’t the case.
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The White House withdrew Trump’s nominee to lead ICE, former Oklahoma state trooper Lance Schroyer.
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King Charles issues fiery response to Princess Diana’s brother over claims in new book
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Royals respond to claims in Princess Diana’s brother’s book
Buckingham Palace has issued a rare and unusually forceful denial after the late Princess Diana’s brother claimed that the then-Prince Charles said his first wife would soon be forgotten in the days after her death.
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In a soon-to-be-published memoir, Charles Spencer recounts the emotional days in the aftermath of Diana’s 1997 death in a Paris car crash at age 36.
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An excerpt alleges a heated exchange with Charles, now the British king, over whether Princes William and Harry — then 15 and 12 — should walk behind their mother’s coffin in the funeral procession.
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Spencer says he expressed that Diana would not want them to endure such an ordeal and claims that was met with a “stream of anger” from Charles.
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He writes that Charles “unleashed down the phone what I have always taken to be his pent-up contempt for Diana, and his horror that the world was so bowled over by her death.
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‘Rest assured,’ he hissed, ‘we’ll forget her soon enough.’
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Buckingham Palace replied with a forceful statement denying the claims and suggesting that grief for his older sister may have affected Spencer’s memory.
“While we do not comment on books as a matter of principle, His Majesty is mindful that the pain of fraternal grief can cloud reason, affect judgment and color memory in ways others do not recognize, even many years after such a loss,” said the statement.
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Staff Pick: The booming business of styling NFL players
NFL teammates all look similar when they play a game: the same uniforms and helmets covering their faces.
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So if they want to show off their individuality, it must be done before they take the field — in the stadium tunnel.
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