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Filing: Anthropic hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with strong ties to Trump administration, days after DOD designated the company a supply chain risk (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg: Filing: Anthropic hired Ballard Partners, a lobbying firm with strong ties to Trump administration, days after DOD designated the company a supply chain risk — Anthropic PBC hired the lobbying firm Ballard Partners as it draws out its fight with …
Apr 13, 2026, 8:20 PM
Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security (Thomas L. Friedman/New York Times)
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Thomas L. Friedman / New York Times: Anthropic's Mythos Preview is not a publicity stunt, and sources say tech companies privately spoke to Trump officials about the implications for US security — Normally right now I would be writing about the geopolitical…
Apr 8, 2026, 10:35 AM
A group of US agencies including the FBI and the NSA warns that Iran-linked hackers have targeted industrial control devices used in US critical infrastructure (Andy Greenberg/Wired)
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Andy Greenberg / Wired: A group of US agencies including the FBI and the NSA warns that Iran-linked hackers have targeted industrial control devices used in US critical infrastructure — As Trump threatens Iranian infrastructure, the US government warns that…
Apr 7, 2026, 9:50 PM
Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to promote integrating more tech and AI into US children's education (Katie Rogers/New York Times)
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Katie Rogers / New York Times: Melania Trump appeared alongside Figure AI's Figure 3 humanoid robot at the White House to promote integrating more tech and AI into US children's education — The first lady, Melania Trump, believes that more children should b…
Mar 26, 2026, 10:35 AM
Sources: TP-Link told US federal agencies probing its China ties that CEO Jeffrey Chao applied for US permanent residency under the $1M Trump Gold Card program (Kate O'Keeffe/Bloomberg)
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Kate O'Keeffe / Bloomberg: Sources: TP-Link told US federal agencies probing its China ties that CEO Jeffrey Chao applied for US permanent residency under the $1M Trump Gold Card program — The Chinese founder of the massive router maker facing national secu…
Mar 19, 2026, 4:35 PM
Sources: China is penalizing people tied to Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, including by apparently restricting Manus executives from leaving China for Singapore (New York Times)
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New York Times: Sources: China is penalizing people tied to Meta's $2B Manus acquisition, including by apparently restricting Manus executives from leaving China for Singapore — The country appears to be cracking down on people linked to the acquisition of …
Mar 17, 2026, 7:35 PM
US startup Reflection AI is working with South Korea's Shinsegae Group to build a 250MW data center in South Korea, sources say in a several-billion-dollar deal (Amrith Ramkumar/Wall Street Journal)
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Amrith Ramkumar / Wall Street Journal: US startup Reflection AI is working with South Korea's Shinsegae Group to build a 250MW data center in South Korea, sources say in a several-billion-dollar deal — The Trump administration is using AI chips and models a…
Mar 16, 2026, 8:55 PM
Sources: Reflection AI, which is developing open foundation models, seeks to raise $2B+ at a $20B+ valuation, after raising $2B at an $8B valuation in October (Financial Times)
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Financial Times: Sources: Reflection AI, which is developing open foundation models, seeks to raise $2B+ at a $20B+ valuation, after raising $2B at an $8B valuation in October — Reflection AI's new funding talks come as Trump administration seeks US rivals …
Mar 2, 2026, 5:15 PM
Some AI policymakers and lawyers warn that DOD's threats to Anthropic are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley (Brendan Bordelon/Politico)
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Brendan Bordelon / Politico: Some AI policymakers and lawyers warn that DOD's threats to Anthropic are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley — Dean Ball, a former AI adviser in the Trump administration, said th…
Feb 26, 2026, 7:50 PM
Trump Mobile execs showcase the T1 Phone's new design and specs, and say the phones go through "final assembly" in Miami and full assembly in the US is a "goal" (Dominic Preston/The Verge)
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Dominic Preston / The Verge: Trump Mobile execs showcase the T1 Phone's new design and specs, and say the phones go through “final assembly” in Miami and full assembly in the US is a “goal” — I spoke to two Trump Mobile executives for an exclusive first loo…
Feb 6, 2026, 11:25 PM
Palmer Luckey's Erebor becomes the first newly created bank to receive a national charter under the second Trump administration, launching with $635M in capital (Wall Street Journal)
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Wall Street Journal: Palmer Luckey's Erebor becomes the first newly created bank to receive a national charter under the second Trump administration, launching with $635M in capital — Erebor founder Palmer Luckey was one of the tech industry's early Trump s…
Feb 6, 2026, 10:45 PM
Sources detail how JD Vance, David Sacks, and others brokered a fragile truce between President Trump and Elon Musk, who threatened to fund an America Party (Washington Post)
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Washington Post: Sources detail how JD Vance, David Sacks, and others brokered a fragile truce between President Trump and Elon Musk, who threatened to fund an America Party — JD Vance played a key role brokering a reconciliation between the president and h…
Dec 29, 2025, 1:35 PM
Federal records show ICE has increased its surveillance tech spending to $300M+ under Trump, as the White House lowered privacy guardrails around citizens' data (Alfred Ng/Politico)
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Alfred Ng / Politico: Federal records show ICE has increased its surveillance tech spending to $300M+ under Trump, as the White House lowered privacy guardrails around citizens' data — The U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement is buying millions of dolla…
Dec 26, 2025, 6:50 PM
A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship (Aishvarya Kavi/New York Times)
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Aishvarya Kavi / New York Times: A US judge temporarily blocks the Trump administration from detaining CCDH CEO Imran Ahmed, one of the Europeans the US barred on claims of promoting censorship — Imran Ahmed, who runs an organization that chronicles disinfo…
Dec 26, 2025, 12:05 AM
Trump signs the annual defense bill with provisions authorizing the president to screen and restrict US financing of Chinese tech companies (Anvee Bhutani/Wall Street Journal)
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Anvee Bhutani / Wall Street Journal: Trump signs the annual defense bill with provisions authorizing the president to screen and restrict US financing of Chinese tech companies — Trump signs annual National Defense Authorization Act into law with provisions…
Dec 19, 2025, 4:15 AM
The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets (Lydia Beyoud/Bloomberg)
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Lydia Beyoud / Bloomberg: The US Senate confirms Trump pick Michael Selig as chairman of the CFTC, as lawmakers consider legislation to give the agency more control over digital assets — The US Senate on Thursday night confirmed Michael Selig as chairman of…
Dec 19, 2025, 2:25 AM
US approving Nvidia H200 exports to China is based on the idea that Huawei is a viable competitor, but data shows the gap between Nvidia and Huawei is widening (Chris McGuire/Council on Foreign ...)
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Chris McGuire / Council on Foreign Relations: US approving Nvidia H200 exports to China is based on the idea that Huawei is a viable competitor, but data shows the gap between Nvidia and Huawei is widening — Executive Summary — On December 8, the Trump ad…
Dec 19, 2025, 1:50 AM
Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber strategy that would enlist private companies to mount offensive cyberattacks on foreign adversaries (Jamie Tarabay/Bloomberg)
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Jamie Tarabay / Bloomberg: Sources: The Trump administration is drafting a new cyber strategy that would enlist private companies to mount offensive cyberattacks on foreign adversaries — President Donald Trump's administration is preparing to turn to privat…
Dec 13, 2025, 3:30 PM
In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises "significant antitrust problems" (Semafor)
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Semafor: In a letter to the Trump administration, the GOP Senatorial Committee Chair Sen. Tim Scott said the Netflix-WBD deal raises “significant antitrust problems” — THE SCOOP — A key Republican senator Friday joined the mounting opposition in Washingto…
Dec 13, 2025, 6:05 AM
Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump (Axios)
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Axios: Policymakers behind key state AI bills scoff at Trump's EO; some GOP governors are pushing ahead with their own AI bills; Steve Bannon says Sacks misled Trump — States are forging ahead with AI laws despite President Trump's new executive order aimed…
Dec 12, 2025, 6:30 PM
Jensen Huang says "we don't know" if China would accept Nvidia's H200 AI chips even if the US relaxed export controls, following a meeting with President Trump (Bloomberg)
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Bloomberg: Jensen Huang says “we don't know” if China would accept Nvidia's H200 AI chips even if the US relaxed export controls, following a meeting with President Trump — Nvidia Corp. Chief Executive Officer Jensen Huang said he's unsure whether China wou…
Dec 4, 2025, 12:10 AM
Sources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill (Axios)
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Axios: Sources say President Trump's efforts to block state-level AI regulations through a preemption proposal are facing significant opposition on Capitol Hill — Pressure from President Trump to block state-level AI regulation is falling short on Capitol H…
Dec 2, 2025, 9:35 PM
A US judge sentences William Lonergan Hill, a co-founder of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet, to four years in prison for laundering $200M+ in illegal transactions (Miles J. Herszenhorn/Bloomberg)
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Miles J. Herszenhorn / Bloomberg: A US judge sentences William Lonergan Hill, a co-founder of crypto mixer Samourai Wallet, to four years in prison for laundering $200M+ in illegal transactions — One of the rare cryptocurrency prosecutions under the Trump a…
Nov 20, 2025, 3:55 AM
A draft EO shows President Trump plans to grant the federal government sole power to regulate AI and create an "AI Litigation Task Force" overseen by the AG (Tina Nguyen/The Verge)
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Tina Nguyen / The Verge: A draft EO shows President Trump plans to grant the federal government sole power to regulate AI and create an “AI Litigation Task Force” overseen by the AG — Trump is launching an all-out broadside against states with strict AI reg…
Nov 19, 2025, 11:45 PM
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