Chronological coverage of every Litigation Logic post tagged Scott Bessent.
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Jun 4, 2026Intelligence
Anthropic Extends Mythos Access to EU Cyber Agency ENISA, Talks Ongoing
Dispatch Washington · June 4, 2026 Anthropic has formally invited the European Union Agency for Cybersecurity, ENISA, to join Project Glasswing, the company's restricted program governing access to its Claude Mythos AI vulnerability-disc…
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May 29, 2026Intelligence
White House AI Oversight Order Shelved as Senior Officials Split Over Regulatory Approach
Dispatch Washington · May 29, 2026 President Donald Trump pulled back from signing a prepared executive order on artificial intelligence testing and oversight on May 21, halting a framework that had been under negotiation for months and …
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May 18, 2026Intelligence
Treasury Issues Third 30-Day Russian Oil Waiver as Hormuz Disruption Persists
Dispatch Washington · May 18, 2026 The Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control issued General License 134C on May 18, replacing General License 134B, which expired May 16. OFAC's new instrument authorizes transactions "ord…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Iraq’s New Premier Pledges Militia Crackdown as U.S. Arrests Kata’ib Hezbollah Commander
Dispatch Washington · May 17, 2026 Ali al-Zaidi was sworn in as Iraq's prime minister on May 14, 2026, taking office against a backdrop of direct U.S. pressure and a parallel Justice Department counterterrorism action that illustrated pr…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Trump-Xi Beijing Summit Exposes Divergent Priorities on Taiwan and Trade
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping concluded the first day of a two-day summit in Beijing on May 14 with readouts from each government that highlighted sharply different agendas. Tr…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Pentagon Deploys Anthropic’s Mythos Even as Phase-Out Clock Runs
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 The Department of Defense is simultaneously deploying Anthropic's restricted Claude Mythos Preview model to scan government networks for software vulnerabilities and executing a court-ordered phase-out …
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
I’ll research the key claims in this story before drafting the brief.I now have sufficient corroboration from multiple reputable outlets to draft the brief. Note that the summit has already occurred (May 14–15), meaning the POLITICO source was pre-summit; I’ll write the brief in the present/near-term tense as published before the summit while incorporating cross-referenced facts. I’ll use the sourced data carefully
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 — Hormuz Standoff Shapes Trump's Beijing Summit Agenda on Iran and Taiwan The Strait of Hormuz crisis has emerged as the central variable in President Donald Trump's summit with Chinese President Xi Jin…
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May 16, 2026Intelligence
Now I have sufficient sourced information to write the brief. Let me also search for the Scott Bessent Fox News quote — I already have it from the source story, but let me check what I have. I have enough information from the searches to write a well-sourced brief. Note that the Bessent quote appears only in POLITICO, so I’ll attribute it inline. Let me now compose the piece
Dispatch Washington · May 16, 2026 Iran Races Beijing for Diplomatic Standing Before Trump-Xi Summit Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi traveled to Beijing on May 6 for face-to-face talks with Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi, arriv…
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Apr 24, 2026Intelligence
European Commission Opens Regulatory Talks With Anthropic Over Restricted Cybersecurity AI Model
The European Commission confirmed April 17 that it is engaged in ongoing discussions with Anthropic, the San Francisco-based AI developer, covering the company's range of AI models, including cybersecurity-specific systems not currently …