Dear Mr. Amodei: The Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS), U.S. Department of Commerce, is charged with administering and enforcing the Export Control Reform Act of 2018 (ECRA) (50 U.S.C. 4801-4852). Specifically, § 1758(b)(1) of ECRA (50 U.S.C. 4817(b)(1)) authorizes BIS to establish interim controls on emerging and foundational technologies that are essential to the national security of the United States and are not critical technologies described in clauses (i) through (v) of 50 U.S.C. 4565(a)(6)(A). In addition, 50 U.S.C. § 4813(a)(15) authorizes BIS to establish and maintain a process to inform persons by specific notice that a license from BIS is required to export, and § 744.22(b) of the Export Administration Regulations (EAR) (15 C.F.R. parts 730-774) specifically authorizes BIS to require a license for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country) of any item subject to the EAR because there is an unacceptable risk of use in, or diversion to, a ‘military-intelligence end use’ or a ‘military-intelligence end user’. Consistent with these authorities, I am informing you that a license is required for the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), including deemed exports and deemed reexports, of Anthropic’s Claude Mythos 5 Model and Claude Fable 5 Model to all destinations worldwide and to all “foreign persons,” as defined in § 772.1 of the EAR, wherever located. To be clear, this license requirement applies, inter alia, to the transmission or release of the Mythos and Fable models in any of the following ways: - The sending or taking of the model out of the United States in any manner (see § 734.13(a)(1) of the EAR). - The sending or taking of the model from one foreign country to another in any manner (see § 734.14(a)(1) of the EAR). - Retransferring the model within a single foreign country (see § 734.16 of the EAR). - The release of the model to a “foreign person” in the United States or a foreign [person outside the United States]. Accordingly, until further notice, you must submit an application for an individually-validated license prior to the export, reexport, or transfer (in-country), including deemed export or deemed reexport, of the Mythos or Fable models to any destination worldwide or to any “foreign person” wherever located. Failure to comply will result in prompt criminal and civil penalties, as provided for by law. When submitting a license application through the Simplified Network Application Process Redesign (SNAP-R) (snapr.bis.gov), you must indicate in the “Additional Information” box that the application is submitted based on this “Is Informed” Letter and attach a copy of the letter with your license application. The license requirements set forth in this letter remain in effect until superseded by a subsequent letter from BIS informing you of a revision to or recission [sic] of this letter. If you have any questions about this letter, please contact me or the Under Secretary of Commerce for Industry and Security, Jeffrey Kessler. Sincerely, Howard W. Lutnick Secretary of Commerce

BREAKING: Epstein survivors respond to @maggieNYT and @jonathanvswan’s book revelations. Statement from the Survivors: Today, on behalf of survivors of Jeffrey Epstein’s abuse and trafficking network, we are responding to the release of Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan’s book and the reported inclusion of disturbing Epstein-related information that was not made public when it was first known. For survivors, this is not about politics, media competition, publishing, or book sales.This is about justice. Information connected to Jeffrey Epstein, his associates, the people who enabled him, and the institutions that protected him belongs in the hands of survivors, investigators, law enforcement, Congress, and the public. It should never be withheld for months and then revealed as part of a commercial book release. Survivors have already endured decades of silence, delay, sealed records, broken promises, and institutional failure. They have watched powerful people avoid accountability while the truth has been selectively released, buried, or timed for someone else’s benefit. That pattern must end. If journalists, publishers, government officials, law enforcement agencies, courts, political institutions, or any other individuals possess Epstein-related information that could help expose the network, identify those who enabled abuse, or bring accountability to survivors, it must be disclosed responsibly and without unnecessary delay. Survivors are not storylines. Their trauma is not content. Their pursuit of justice should never be timed around a publishing schedule, media rollout, or financial gain. Survivors have waited long enough.There can be no more selective transparency. No more delay. No more profit from survivors’ pain while accountability remains out of reach. The truth must come out now. Lisa Phillips Lara Blume McGee Sharlene Rochard Audra Lynn Fasano Marina Lacerda Wendy Pesante Jena-Lisa Jones Jane Doe  Jane Doe Jane Doe

Wow! Raskin just sent Kash Patel this letter. It’s umm… interesting. Read it twice. 👀 The House Judiciary minority says Patel has handed out more than $1 million in “bonus” payments to agents on his Director’s Advisory Team and his security detail. The letter calls it a personal slush fund. Here’s the mechanism. Federal pay is capped by statute. The letter alleges Patel routed money around that cap. Nearly $8,000 per agent, every two-week pay period. Some collected five in a row. Roughly $40,000 each. Then the accounts ran dry. Raskin says some of the payments bounced. Who got paid? The letter points to the unit NOTUS reported as the “Payback Squad.” And it ties the cash to silence, alleging agents were polygraphed over whether they helped cover up Patel’s drinking. Now the other column. The agents he fired include an FBI Medal of Valor recipient, the official who led the Jan 6 law enforcement response, a Marine combat veteran cut weeks after his wife died of cancer, and a counterintelligence unit that tracked Iranian threats. Reward the loyal. Purge the rest. Raskin wants every bonus, every authorization, and every legal memo on whether this broke federal law. Deadline June 29.

Security footage shows Daphy Michel, a 31-year-old asylum seeker from Haiti, sitting on a bus stop bench for days in cold temperatures. #StopIce

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BREAKING: Iran's IRGC threatens a "harsh response" against Israel, accusing it of violating the ceasefire and Lebanon clause of the US-Iran agreement 84 times in just the past two days since Trump announced the end of the war, warning it will attack if any further violations occur, per Tasnim.

You have GOT to be kidding.

RT @ColMoeDavis: Trump was able to quickly put together $300 billion in recovery money for Iran after he decided to bomb it. He stood in S…

I believe the administration had to find a way to break the stalemate with Iran. But this is absolutely nuts! Trump was stupid to start this and doubly stupid to end it like this. His administration has pissed treasury reserves and squandered resources. He should be impeached

So the ballroom is a fiasco, the reflecting pool is a fiasco, the Iran war is a fiasco—the Trump administration is a fiasco. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

They’re going to need bigger buckets

Shipowners will not resume transit through the Strait of Hormuz for weeks until they are confident that the US-Iran deal is “material”, the head of the world’s biggest tanker operator has warned. Jotaro Tamura, chief executive of Mitsui OSK Lines, told the FT that many operators would wait before restarting crossings despite the US-Iran deal to reopen the strait. #oott

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🚨Hard to overstate how ominous this looks. Niño 3.4 SSTs are already at 29.27°C by June 13, with daily records being obliterated across early/mid June. El Niño is a natural phenomenon. But this is now unfolding on top of a human-warmed ocean background — and that extra heat is helping push the system into record territory.

They warned me that if I voted for Kamala Harris we’d get a new deal with the Iranian regime worse than the JCPOA. I voted for Kamala, and they were right.

Why is no one talking about the catastrophic failure of senior US military? The political failure is on Trump - no doubt whatsoever But the actual military plan was absolutely incompetent,failing to achieve any war aims and losing the Strait of Hormuz- that's on his Generals!

🇺🇸🇮🇷 The Iran war by the numbers, and none of them are good… -$29 billion spent by the U.S. military -$58 billion in Gulf energy infrastructure damaged or destroyed -Global growth slowing from 2.9% to 2.5% -The World Bank downgrading two-thirds of countries -Gas hitting $4/gallon nationally and $6 in California 127 ships transited the Strait of Hormuz in the entire 3 weeks between May 18-June 7, before the war that number was 100 ships per day. 15 Asian countries are now seeking emergency loans, the Philippines declared a national energy emergency and bought Russian oil for the first time in 5 years, and Sri Lanka moved to a 4-day work week. A deal was agreed to yesterday and the Strait will reopen Friday after it’s made official… but the bill for this war will be paid for years to come. Source: Financial Times / Writer: Michael

Crude oil and gas prices are tumbling this morning following the historic announcement of a US–Iran framework accord to reopen the Strait of Hormuz. But look past the immediate market euphoria. The accord contains fatal structural flaws that have been completely overlooked🇺🇸🇮🇷👇

Not for nothing: American has $400 billion worth of repairs needed for bridges here at home. eandhbridges.com/bridge-cond…

Are you prepared California? A new study led by researchers suggests stress along Southern California’s major faults is now at its highest level in 1,000 years, based on long term modelling of the San Andreas and San Jacinto systems. Researchers say multiple fault segments are unusually loaded at the same time, which raises the potential for a larger multi fault rupture scenario where a quake could break across connected faults. That would increase the overall size of shaking and the area affected. It is important to note this is not a prediction of when an earthquake will happen, but a modelled snapshot of how much strain has built up in the system. 📷 John Wiley manoa.hawaii.edu/news/articl…