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Navy sailor facesdiscipline after crisis. 🏥Regulators proposeeasing radiation safety rule. 📜Iranian broadcaster airsBarron Trump threat. 🌐
A U.S. Navy sailor who attempted suicide earlier this month is accused of going AWOL and of faking or causing an injury to avoid duty, and now faces non-judicial punishment, in which his commanding officer decides the penalty.
Critics say the case punishes a sailor who sought help repeatedly before reaching a breaking point. His wife argues the Navy is piling on stressors instead of offering care, and legal advocates say keeping a criminal statute for those who don’t get help in time is a policy choice.
**The gaps:**After the attempt, the sailor spent five days at a naval medical center but was reportedly never evaluated by a psychiatrist or therapist there. The Navy says it is committed to sailors’ wellbeing and to removing barriers to seeking help.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is proposing to scrap the decades-old ALARA standard, which pushes the industry to keep radiation exposure as low as reasonably achievable for workers and the public. Supporters want more nuclear power online, partly to run energy-hungry data centers.
The proposal would instead set fixed limits: 5 rem a year for workers and 0.1 rem for the public, with extensions up to about 10 rem for some jobs, used sparingly because that is where cancer risk climbs.
**The pushback:**Critics warn that removing ALARA strips companies’ incentive to minimize exposure and could desensitize the public to radiation risks, with cancer the main worry. The rollback follows a 2025 Trump executive order overhauling nuclear rules.
Iranian state broadcaster IRIB aired a three-minute video describing an alleged plot to kill Barron Trump, the president’s youngest son, who studies at New York University. The video reportedly named places he frequents and floated a $10 million bounty on the president’s son.
The Secret Service confirmed it is aware of the video and investigating, while declining to discuss protective details. Former CIA director Leon Panetta urged officials to treat the threat seriously rather than dismiss it as propaganda, and to increase Barron’s security.
The context: The threat lands as the Secret Service faces scrutiny over recent lapses, with three officials placed on leave over possible misconduct. It also comes six months into the U.S.-Iran war, after a ceasefire collapsed earlier this month.
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