Pimco Head of Public Policy Libby Cantrill said President Trump's threats to leave NATO are a 'paper tiger' because a 2024 law requires a 60-vote Senate majority or a change in law to withdraw. The as…
A bipartisan group of lawmakers in Congress introduced the CREATOR Act, which would give visual artists the legal power to sue individuals and AI platforms that deliberately imitate their style for pr…
Meta is lobbying Congress to attach language to the Kids Online Safety Act that would grant social media platforms immunity from state-law lawsuits over child safety and privacy, according to Reuters.…
U.S. lawmakers introduced three tech bills this week: the Web of Biological Data Act to create a centralized biological database for biotechnology research, the National Security Commission on Quantum…
President Trump's new White House ballroom is expected to cost $600 million, with over half funded by taxpayers, according to a leaked estimate from contractor Clark Construction. The project, initial…
The Commerce Department imposed export controls on two of Anthropic's advanced AI models on June 13, forcing the company to globally disable its Fable 5 and Mythos 5 models. The move reignited congres…
President Trump used the Defense Production Act to send $75 million to an Oakland coal terminal, forcing taxpayers to bail out a fuel that cannot compete with cheaper natural gas, wind, and solar, acc…
A researcher tracked AI-generated language markers in U.S. congressional speeches over the past decade, finding a statistically significant increase in the House of Representatives, particularly in on…
Professor Margaret Hu of William & Mary Law School argues for a separation of AI and state, drawing parallels between medieval church coinage and modern AI tokens. She warns that AI labs, like the med…
Alex Bores is running for Congress in NY-12, with voting beginning today. The author suggests that instead of solely supporting Bores, AI safety advocates should ally with anti-data-center movements t…
ICE detention hit a record 70,766 in January 2026, with about 70% of detainees having no criminal conviction, according to data from TRAC. The surge was funded by $75 billion in new money in 2025 and …
The CyberCorps: Scholarship for Service program, a federal initiative that has supplied nearly 5,000 cybersecurity professionals to the government over 25 years, is adapting its curriculum to address …
The House of Representatives passed a concurrent resolution on June 3 directing President Donald Trump to remove U.S. forces from hostilities against Iran, with four Republicans joining Democrats in t…
Congress has failed to pass comprehensive tech regulation for decades, while states like California are moving to regulate AI risks such as privacy violations, job losses, and existential threats. AI …
Republican Senator Jim Banks of Indiana urged the Trump administration on June 5 to incorporate risks of autonomous AI self-improvement into federal testing frameworks. Banks' letter backed a recent A…
A federal government attorney argued Friday that courts cannot halt construction of a $400 million White House ballroom once work is underway, asserting that only Congress has the authority to stop th…
Senior US officials have held preliminary discussions with major AI companies about the federal government acquiring shares in firms building frontier AI, according to a report by NOTUS. OpenAI CEO Sa…
OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is urging Congress to increase federal funding for AI testing at the Commerce Department while opposing any requirement for AI companies to obtain government approval before rele…
California faces a looming health care crisis as federal cuts from HR 1 threaten to eliminate $7 billion in annual Medicaid funding, impacting 15 million Medi-Cal recipients. State leaders warn the ca…
Utah Republican congressional candidates Celeste Maloy and Phil Lyman called Monday for Congress to impose constraints on President Donald Trump's military actions in Iran, arguing lawmakers must auth…