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By Amy Langfield May 31, 2026

Good morning and welcome to the Sunday edition of Morning Wire, where we give you the weekend rundown to get ready for the week ahead. Today, Israeli forces have seized a strategic castle in Lebanon, and an Associated Press investigation looks at a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees in Missouri and finds tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight.   But first, there are two differing AI worlds within the military. The defense secretary is pushing for rapid AI integration and some military leaders are urging caution. UP FIRST U.S. Navy Adm. Frank Bradley testifies before the Senate Committee on Armed Services on Capitol Hill in Washington in April. (AP Photo/Cliff Owen) As the Pentagon pushes for battlefield AI, some military leaders urge caution The Trump administration is pushing to use artificial intelligence in the U.S. military even as it faces calls for caution from some companies and military leaders. Adm. Frank Bradley of U.S. Special Operations Command emphasized in recent remarks at a conference in Florida that troops “have to be very careful" about use of AI when it comes to deadly strikes. He says he can see a future where AI determines what targets to hit but that humans have to ensure that it would “deliver violence only where we intend it to be delivered.” Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is pushing for rapid AI integration, clashing with Anthropic over safety concerns. Read more.

RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Capitol rioters clamor for payouts from Trump’s new ‘anti-weaponization’ fund despite backlash Judge temporarily blocks payouts from Trump’s $1.776 billion ‘anti-weaponization’ settlement fund  Photos show protesters and ICE agents clashing outside a New Jersey detention center  ICE officer wanted in the shooting of a man during the Minneapolis crackdown is arrested in Texas  Louisiana enacts new congressional districts in a bid to give the GOP another seat Federal judge says New Hampshire must make it easier to prove citizenship when registering to vote Bondi refuses to answer lawmakers’ questions about Trump’s involvement in Epstein files release US strike on an alleged drug boat kills 3 in the eastern Pacific Ocean in fourth attack this week US and China trade journalist expulsions in tit-for-tat moves In a California Chinese enclave, a mayor’s guilty plea stokes fears of Beijing’s influence  Former head of Iowa school district sentenced to 2 years for falsely claiming to be a US citizen Kenya court suspends US plan for Ebola quarantine facility for Americans White House moves to give political appointees more power over federal grants Trump tells agencies to align with study calling for narrower childhood vaccine recommendations Trump vents about judge who blocked the Kennedy Center renovation America In Focus: Inflation gauge hits multiyear high as American consumer confidence slides Trump claims he’s making food more affordable but his examples ignore the big picture Trump to headline ‘Great American State Fair’ for nation’s 250th anniversary after artists drop out Trump’s physician says the president is in ‘excellent health’ and is ‘fully fit’ to serve TOP STORIES A view of Beaufort Castle in southern Lebanon as seen from northern Israel, Sunday. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit) Israeli forces make historic push inside Lebanon and complicate an Iran deal Israeli forces are making their deepest incursion inside Lebanon since they withdrew from the country over a quarter-century ago, despite a nominal U.S.-brokered ceasefire and the first direct Israel-Lebanon talks in decades. It’s a challenge in the emerging deal to extend the Iran war ceasefire as Tehran wants it to end fighting in Lebanon, too. On Sunday, Israeli forces seized a symbolic fort in southern Lebanon, Beaufort castle, a site that has been a military asset for close to a millennium. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ US says it struck a commercial ship trying to breach blockade and reach Iran ‘To call it a ceasefire is a joke': Israeli soldiers share rare accounts from Gaza with AP  War and displacement in Gaza are fueling a rise in early marriage  Trump administration grants rare TPS reprieve, extending protections for 11,000 Lebanese NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani will skip annual parade celebrating Israel but pledges big police presence Inside a taxpayer-funded treatment center for adoptees, tales of abuse, neglect and little oversight A residential treatment center in Missouri advertises to adoptive parents that it can help heal struggling children. Calo Programs is part of the so-called troubled teen industry that has been quietly institutionalizing adopted children at extraordinarily high rates. How Calo makes money and what happens to kids there offers a window into a larger phenomenon. Some youth treatment centers depend on government funding despite limited oversight. Calo is facing more than a dozen lawsuits and parents describe a chaotic environment that left their children more traumatized than before. Calo denies wrongdoing and says its treatment has helped many children. Read more. RELATED COVERAGE ➤ Despite scrutiny, special education money flows to for-profit residential treatment centers

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