White House

4 briefs

power 2026-05-12

Fund ICE for Three Years. Also Build the Ballroom.

Senate Republicans returned from recess to pass a $72 billion immigration enforcement package. Trump wants $1 billion in the same bill for White House ballroom security. Vulnerable Republicans have to vote on both.

power 2026-05-09

The White House Wants an FDA for AI. The Problem Is That Anthropic Wrote the Prescription.

A single model from Anthropic alarmed the VP, scrambled the administration's deregulatory posture, and may hand the biggest AI companies a regulatory moat they've been building toward for years.

power 2026-04-26

Trump Escapes the White House Correspondents' Dinner. Now He Wants to Escape the Venue Entirely.

A gunman breached security at the annual press dinner, and before the night was over, Trump was using the chaos to accelerate a plan his lawyers had been blocking for months.

power 2026-04-20

The AI Model Too Dangerous to Release (Except to the Government)

Anthropic withheld Mythos from the public for being too capable at cyberattacks, then flew its CEO to the White House to discuss federal access.