Trump moves to blacklist Anthropic AI from all government work The penalty is usually reserved for companies from adversarial countries, like China's Huawei. Axios · Feb 28
OpenAI's Sam Altman Draws Firm Limits on Military AI Use Amid Pentagon Tensions With Anthropic OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees this week that the company will hold firm on two ethical limits in any work with the U.S. military. International Business Times · Feb 27
Crude Oil Prices Finish Sharply Higher on US-Iran War Jitters April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) on Friday closed up +1.81 (+2.78%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) closed up +0.0318 (+1.41%). Crude oil and gasoline prices rallied sharply on Friday, with crude posting a 7-month high and gasoline posting an 8-month high. Concerns about a potential US strike on... Barchart · Feb 27
Crude Oil Prices Rally on US-Iran Tensions April WTI crude oil (CLJ26 ) today is up +1.45 (+2.22%), and April RBOB gasoline (RBJ26 ) is up +0.0271 (+1.20%). Crude oil and gasoline prices are moving sharply higher today, with crude posting a 7-month high and gasoline posting an 8-month high. Concerns about a potential US strike on... Barchart · Feb 27
Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic's red lines in Pentagon fight But he still wants a Pentagon deal. Axios · Feb 27
Democrats are demanding $1,700 in tariff refunds for Americans Congressional Democrats and state lawmakers say Americans are owed billions after the Supreme Court struck down Trump's levies. Axios · Feb 27
The AI influence network's power players Millions of dollars are pouring into state and federal races specifically around AI. Axios · Feb 27
Texas airspace shut after Pentagon shoots down border patrol drone The Pentagon shot down the drone because CBP didn't coordinate with the department, an administration official told Axios. Axios · Feb 27
"Absolutely infuriating": House Democrats' campaign arm faces revolt from candidates "This is exactly what we as Democrats have been complaining about for years," said one candidate in Virginia. Axios · Feb 27
Top U.S. commander in the Middle East briefs Trump on Iran options This was the first time Adm. Brad Cooper briefed Trump since the beginning of the crisis with Iran. Axios · Feb 27
Anthropic AI defies Pentagon over expanded military use of its tech despite Hegseth blacklist threat The AI model, named Claude, is the only one currently running in the military's classified systems The Independent UK · Feb 27
Scoop: US citizens were on stolen boat in deadly shooting with Cuba's coast guard Four people were killed and six injured in the incident Wednesday. Axios · Feb 26
House Democratic leaders to force vote on reining in Trump's Iran war powers Some Republicans have indicated they may vote with Democrats on the resolution. Axios · Feb 26
AI "hot takes" are becoming a market risk Viral essays and AI product announcements are wiping billions off company valuations, creating a new narrative risk that communications teams must manage. Axios · Feb 26
Axios · Feb 26 Wiles "in shock" over FBI phone-record subpoena Kash Patel called the subpoena "the tip of the iceberg."
Axios · Feb 26 Trump didn't endorse them, but they're acting like he did Republicans in races nationwide covet Trump's blessing, tout his endorsement — and can be a bit misleading when they don't get it.
Axios · Feb 26 U.S. launches investigation after Cuba kills 4 on Florida boat Marco Rubio said officials were still gathering facts about what happened, but there was no U.S. government operation in Cuba.
Axios · Feb 26 Republicans hesitant to censure Rep. Al Green again House Speaker Mike Johnson told reporters he's not sure censure is "going to be appropriate."
Axios · Feb 25 Scoop: Pentagon takes first step toward blacklisting Anthropic The Pentagon asked at least two major defense contractors to assess their reliance on Claude.
Axios · Feb 25 Jeffries defends Democratic outbursts at State of the Union "I thought the Democratic response was appropriately restrained and forceful," the Democratic leader said.
Fortune · Feb 25 Hegseth issues an ultimatum to ‘woke AI’ startup Anthropic: Get with military program by Friday or lose $200 million The Department of Defense gave the AI company a deadline of Friday to allow the Pentagon to use its AI as it sees fit or face steep penalties.
Reason · Feb 25 Pentagon to Anthropic: If You Won't Let Us Use Your AI for Mass Surveillance or Autonomous Weapons, Expect Punishment Pete Hegseth has threatened to invoke the Defense Production Act to force Anthropic to come around.
Axios · Feb 25 Trump announces new retirement plan at State of the Union Americans who don't have 401(k)s would have access to a retirement plan similar to that available to federal workers.
Axios · Feb 25 Exclusive: U.S. must overhaul military readiness and tech metrics, report urges "You can think about readiness as being binary, being zero or one. But in reality it is gray."
Axios · Feb 25 Canada, like Europe, seeks to break U.S. defense dependency "We have relied too heavily on our geography and others to protect us," said Prime Minister Mark Carney.