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Trump orders federal agencies to drop Anthropic’s AI
Hayden Field, Richard Lawler, The Verge
On Friday afternoon, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social, accusing Anthropic, the AI company behind Claude, of attempting to "STRONG-ARM" the Pentagon and directing federal agencies to "IMMEDIATELY CEASE" use of its products. At issue is Anthropic CEO Dario A…
Feb 27, 2026, 9:33 PM
CISA is getting a new acting director after less than a year
Stevie Bonifield, The Verge
The US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which is part of the Department of Homeland Security, is getting a new acting director, as reported by ABC, less than a year after Madhu Gottumukkala took charge of the agency as deputy director …
Feb 27, 2026, 7:06 PM
FedEx promises to refund customers for ‘illegal’ tariffs
Emma Roth, The Verge
FedEx plans to pass along any refunds resulting from the Supreme Court's ruling that some of President Donald Trump's tariffs are "illegal." In a statement on its website, FedEx notes that while "no refund process has been established by the courts," the comp…
Feb 27, 2026, 6:36 PM
We don’t have to have unsupervised killer robots
Hayden Field, The Verge
It's the day of the Pentagon's looming ultimatum for Anthropic: allow the US military unchecked access to its technology, including for mass surveillance and fully autonomous lethal weapons, or potentially be designated a "supply chain risk" and potentially l…
Feb 27, 2026, 4:18 PM
Democrats to introduce bill aimed at resurrecting IRS Direct File
Emma Roth, The Verge
160 Democratic lawmakers from across the country are backing a soon-to-be-introduced bill that would reverse the Trump administration's decision to eliminate IRS Direct File. The Direct File Act, led by Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) and Rep. Brad Sherman (D-CA…
Feb 26, 2026, 4:17 PM
Trump says Netflix will ‘pay the consequences’ if it doesn’t fire Susan Rice
Terrence O’Brien, The Verge
Donald Trump threatened that there would be "consequences" for Netflix if it didn't fire board member Susan Rice. Rice served in both the Obama and Biden administrations, and recently appeared on Preet Bharara's podcast, where she said corporations that "take…
Feb 22, 2026, 3:37 PM
America is at risk of becoming an automotive backwater
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
For decades, America's auto industry was the envy of the world, driven by mass production, the rise of Detroit's Big Three automakers, and the iconic stylings of the 1950s and '60s. Then, through a series of blunders and missteps, things started to unravel. T…
Feb 20, 2026, 7:52 PM
It’s MAGA v Broligarch in the battle over prediction markets
Tina Nguyen, The Verge
Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the love-hate (but mostly hate) relationship between Silicon Valley and Washington. I hope everyone got to celebrate George Washington's birthday in their preferred manner: skiing, stayc…
Feb 19, 2026, 1:47 PM
Jeffrey Epstein might not have created /pol/, but he helped carry out its mission
Kat Tenbarge, The Verge
On October 24th, 2011, Jeffrey Epstein was emailing back and forth with Boris Nikolic, a biotech venture capitalist who would later be named as a backup executor of Epstein's will. The two appeared to be discussing a meeting Nikolic had helped arrange between…
Feb 12, 2026, 6:19 PM
El Paso airspace closure was reportedly triggered by the CBP’s use of an anti-drone laser
Emma Roth, The Verge
The hours-long closure of El Paso airspace stemmed from the use of an anti-drone laser deployed by Customs and Border Protection, according to reports from The New York Times and the Associated Press. Sources tell The Times that CBP officials didn't give the …
Feb 12, 2026, 5:02 PM
ICE is pushing Minneapolis underground
Gaby Del Valle, The Verge
Minneapolis was not the war zone I expected to find. Depending on who you are and where you live, things can seem, for a few fleeting moments, almost normal, like a few blocks or neighborhoods over people aren't being tear gassed or rounded up by ICE or, in t…
Feb 12, 2026, 2:35 AM
Siemens CEO Roland Busch’s mission to automate everything
Nilay Patel, The Verge
Today, I’m talking with Roland Busch, who is the CEO of Siemens. Siemens is one of those absolutely giant, extremely important, but fairly opaque companies we love to dig into on Decoder. At a very basic, reductive level, Siemens makes the hardware and softwa…
Feb 9, 2026, 3:00 PM
Live Nation’s monopoly trial is reportedly fracturing Trump’s Justice Department
Jess Weatherbed, The Verge
Live Nation executives have reportedly sidestepped the Justice Department's antitrust division to negotiate directly with more sympathetic senior officials in the hopes of avoiding a monopoly trial. Citing "people familiar with the matter," Semafor reports th…
Feb 9, 2026, 12:22 PM
This whistle fights fascists
Sean Hollister, The Verge
Kit Rocha and Courtney Milan have a knack for drawing attention to a cause. The bestselling romance novelists helped raise half a million dollars for Georgia voting rights in 2020. Now, their cause is whistles, because whistles let neighbors alert each other …
Feb 9, 2026, 11:04 AM
Section 230 turns 30 as it faces its biggest tests yet
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
Thirty years ago today, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, a bill credited with creating the groundwork for the modern internet, became law and set off a chain of events that would make it a lightning rod for the techlash. The statute has survived…
Feb 8, 2026, 1:52 PM
Why is the Trump administration really appealing its Meta loss?
Lauren Feiner, The Verge
After a federal judge ruled that Meta was not an illegal monopolist in a blow against the Federal Trade Commission, the agency issued what was in part a typical statement of disappointment. Another part of the statement was anything but: a political attack on…
Feb 5, 2026, 3:07 PM
How to tear gas children
Sarah Jeong, The Verge
The day after the second general strike in Minneapolis, the labor unions of Portland, Oregon, marched in solidarity. It was the warmest day that Portland had seen in a while, with sun peeking out from the clouds here and there. Many people had brought their e…
Feb 3, 2026, 5:11 AM
Will Elon Musk’s emails with Jeffrey Epstein derail his very important year?
Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge
Last week, the Department of Justice released a trove of documents related to its case against Jeffrey Epstein, its largest to date. Amid the millions of files were many mentions of Elon Musk. A search of Musk's name in the department's database results in at…
Feb 2, 2026, 9:49 PM
ICE invades Minnesota and Minnesotans fight back
Adi Robertson, The Verge
The Trump administration has flooded Minneapolis and other parts of Minnesota with federal agents as part of its immigration crackdown, Operation Metro Surge — detaining children, intimidating protestors and community organizers, and killing multiple people. …
Jan 30, 2026, 5:32 PM
Melania documentary creators say its big price tag wasn’t bribery
Jess Weatherbed, The Verge
The makers of Amazon's Melania documentary have defended its exorbitant cost following accusations of bribery to appease the Trump empire. Amazon paid $40 million to Melania Trump's production company for the film rights and another $35 million for marketing …
Jan 30, 2026, 1:10 PM
Netflix is eating Hollywood — because it has to
Nilay Patel, The Verge
On today’s episode of Decoder, I’m talking about the bidding war over Warner Bros. Discovery, which is the biggest story in the entertainment industry right now, and for good reason. It has pretty much everything you could want in a buzzy Hollywood saga — big…
Jan 29, 2026, 2:34 PM
Sen. Warren pushes Altman for guarantee OpenAI isn’t seeking government bailout
Robert Hart, The Verge
Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) is pushing OpenAI for assurances it won't seek a government bailout if it doesn't turn a profit. In a letter to CEO Sam Altman, Warren says she is concerned that the company is preparing to fall back "on the classic strategy of…
Jan 29, 2026, 2:00 PM
The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress
Tina Nguyen, The Verge
Hello and welcome to Regulator, the Verge newsletter about the technology politics happening in our nation's capital. I hope our snowstorm-affected readers are safe, warm, and haven't reenacted The Shining at home yet. Do you know what prevents that? Subscrib…
Jan 28, 2026, 1:09 AM
All the ways TikTok is broken: here’s what’s real and what’s not
Richard Lawler, The Verge
While social media rumors have suggested the errors are examples of censorship, more than a day after the issues began, TikTok USDS says the problems are the result of a power outage at a data center that it is working to resolve. Rumors of censorship targeti…
Jan 27, 2026, 2:10 AM
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