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Axios @axios.com · 7h
SCOOP: Trump warms to Jay Clayton as AI czar
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"I have somebody in mind": Trump considers DNI Jay Clayton for AI czar.
They will be the Trump administration's point person on AI as calls for oversight get louder.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 8h
NEW by me w/ our AI team -- Trump, top AI leaders agree to voluntary "accord" on ​AI ​standards www.axios.com/2026/09/29/t...
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Trump, top AI leaders agree to voluntary "accord" on ​AI ​standards
"They're going to be policing each other," Trump told reporters.
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Axios @axios.com · 8h
NEW: Trump, top AI leaders agree to voluntary "accord" on ​AI ​standards
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Trump, top AI leaders agree to voluntary "accord" on ​AI ​standards
"They're going to be policing each other," Trump told reporters.
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Axios @axios.com · 10h
NEW: OpenAI hit with landmark lawsuit following Hugging Face hack
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OpenAI hit with landmark lawsuit following Hugging Face hack
"OpenAI is responsible for the conduct of its agents," the advocacy group suing argued.
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Axios @axios.com · 10h
SCOOP: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads are about to ramp up
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Scoop: Trump's hand-picked, taxpayer-funded ads about to ramp up
President Trump is personally selecting which government-funded ads his administration is airing.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 10h
NEW by me -- Here are the 5 biggest announcements from OpenAI's blockbuster #DevDay AI conference
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The 5 biggest announcements from OpenAI's blockbuster AI conference
This year's Dev Day comes as OpenAI faces scrutiny over AI safety.
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Axios @axios.com · 10h
OpenAI unveiled more than 20 new products and features at its DevDay 2026 conference today. Here are the five biggest announcements.
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The 5 biggest announcements from OpenAI's blockbuster AI conference
This year's Dev Day comes as OpenAI faces scrutiny over AI safety.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 12h
NEW from me -- Trump's new AI-powered website (America dot gov) is live. Here's everything you need to know >> www.axios.com/2026/09/29/a...
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Everything to know about America.gov, Trump's new AI website
America.gov says it turns "29,000 websites into one."
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Axios @axios.com · 12h
The White House officially launched Trump's new AI-powered website on Tuesday. Here's everything you need to know.
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Everything to know about America.gov, Trump's new AI website
America.gov says it turns "29,000 websites into one."
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Axios @axios.com · 14h
SCOOP: OpenAI's annual recurring revenue nears $70B
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Scoop: OpenAI's annual recurring revenue nears $70B
Scoop: OpenAI's annual recurring revenue nears $70B
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Axios @axios.com · 17h
"In Iowa, we should brace for losing everything, definitely the governor's race and maybe the Senate race and who knows what else," one top GOP campaign consultant told Axios.
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"Brace for losing everything": Farm crisis fears grip GOP in Iowa
Trump's policies have cause severe financial problems for farmers. Iowa is especially vulnerable.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
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Exclusive: Hegseth directs Defense Dept. to fight foreigners who "meddle" in U.S. elections
Hegseth's order doesn't direct military personnel to the polls, but Trump hasn't ruled that out.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
States like Florida are starting to test how far they can go to rein in ChatGPT and other AI chatbots. Here's how states can restrict AI — or potentially push companies out.
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How states could effectively ban ChatGPT
States already have the power to restrict who can use AI, what it can do and where it can be used.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
The historic immigration surge that reshaped the U.S. population after the pandemic left a big imprint on the economy: boosting growth with surprisingly little disruption to native-born workers — but also adding to rent inflation.
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The economic legacy of the Biden immigration surge
The post-pandemic immigration surge raised GDP in the average metro area by an estimated 1.5%. the research shows.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Trump offers Iran economic relief for concrete nuclear concessions
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Trump offers Iran economic relief for concrete nuclear concessions
The offer provides a glimmer of hope for a diplomatic resolution to the war.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
NEW: Florida asks for emergency order to halt ChatGPT development
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Florida asks court to impose guardrails on ChatGPT
Florida's attorney general says the company doesn't have the ability to properly regulate its own technology.
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Axios @axios.com · 28/09/2026
Dario Amodei went from a MAGA smear campaign target, to SNL punching bag, to a private dinner with Trump across 72 hours this weekend. Anthropic's quirky, intellectual CEO has become the frontman for a technology that’s changing the world by the day.
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AI's man of the moment
Amodei has become the face of AI in America, like it or not.
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Axios @axios.com · 27/09/2026
Opponents of Anthropic's Dario Amodei are circulating a highly negative brief about him to the White House ahead of a dinner with President Trump, per an Axios review of the document.
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Amodei critics target Trump with hit piece before White House dinner
The "Trump Talk"-style briefing is designed to paint Amodei in a bad light.
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Axios @axios.com · 27/09/2026
President Trump plans to host Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei at a private White House dinner this evening, sources familiar told Axios.
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Scoop: Anthropic's Dario Amodei to have White House dinner with Trump
The dinner is an indication of thawing relations between Anthropic and the administration,
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Axios @axios.com · 27/09/2026
One day after he rejected an Iranian proposal to end the war, President Trump told Axios in a phone interview today that he expects U.S. negotiators to engage in more talks with the country this week.
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After nixing Iran proposal, Trump tells Axios he expects talks this week
Qatar is doing shuttle diplomacy between the two sides.
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Axios @axios.com · 26/09/2026
With midterms 38 days away, Republicans coast to coast are getting pulled under by a violent undertow fueled by Trump's unpopularity.
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GOP election outlook goes from bad to "craptastic"
This week felt different — like the political environment was disintegrating in real time.
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
A Trump-appointed federal judge held the administration in contempt today for deporting a young asylum seeker to El Salvador in violation of three court orders — and ordered the government to bring him back to the U.S.
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Trump-appointed judge again holds admin in contempt over deportation
It's the latest clash between the Trump administration and courts over deportations carried out despite judicial protections.
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
Pope Leo XIV today warned about machines "invading and conditioning our daily lives" in a speech to French leaders as he began his visit to the country.
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Pope: "Paradise of machines" threatens humanity
Leo has made addressing the impact of AI a defining theme of his papacy.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW from me -- How Ed Sheeran's tour spiraled into chaos over three weeks www.axios.com/2026/09/25/e...
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How Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour went off the rails in 3 weeks
Sheeran says he "never wanted to be an activist musician." He and his tour are ensnared in chaos.
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
A tour built around one of pop's least-confrontational stars became a flashpoint over Israel and Gaza.
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How Ed Sheeran's U.S. tour went off the rails in 3 weeks
Sheeran says he "never wanted to be an activist musician." He and his tour are ensnared in chaos.
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
Sen. Thom Tillis criticized President Trump's warm reception for Chinese President Xi Jinping as a "WTF moment."
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Tillis rips Trump's Xi meeting as a "WTF moment"
"I just don't know what has changed," he told CBS.
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
House Republicans are on track to lose their majority just a little over one month out from the midterm elections, according to a nonpartisan election forecaster.
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House Republicans on track to lose majority
Cook now projects Democrats are most likely to gain between five and 15 seats
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW by me — Bill Gates warns AI is powerful enough to cause "a billion deaths" www.axios.com/2026/09/25/b...
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Bill Gates warns AI is powerful enough to cause "a billion deaths"
"There's never been a weapon as powerful."
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
Bill Gates says he can see a future where AI wipes out humanity, warning the technology is powerful enough to cause a billion deaths.
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Bill Gates warns AI is powerful enough to cause "a billion deaths"
"There's never been a weapon as powerful."
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Axios @axios.com · 25/09/2026
With midterms 39 days away and the outlook for President Trump's party looking increasingly bleak, top Republicans say they're focused on three big questions for the final stretch:
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3 big questions as GOP nears moment of truth
Republican strategists expect a clearer picture of how severe the midterm losses could be.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW by me -- Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been ousted over Iran threat "He should have been bundled up and taken out."
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Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been ousted over Iran threat
"He's not going to be punished for it."
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been ousted over Iran threat. "He should have been bundled up and taken out" through the 25th Amendment.
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Tucker Carlson says Trump should have been ousted over Iran threat
"He's not going to be punished for it."
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
White House reinstates access for banned reporters
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White House reinstates access for banned reporters
The reinstatement should mark the end of a broader press boycott that left the American public without key visual coverage of President Trump over the past few days.
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
White House reinstates access for banned reporters
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White House reinstates access for banned reporters
The reinstatement should mark the end of a broader press boycott that left the American public without key visual coverage of President Trump over the past few days.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
NEW by me -- Obama: U.S. government is "much less corrupt" than ever before
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Obama: U.S. government is "much less corrupt" than ever before
"People are always surprised when I tell them," he said.
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
Former President Obama says the federal government is less corrupt than at virtually any point in U.S. history.
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Obama: U.S. government is "much less corrupt" than ever before
"People are always surprised when I tell them," he said.
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
BREAKING: White House defies court order, doesn't reinstate access for banned reporters
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White House defies court order, doesn't reinstate access for banned reporters
CNN is set to be the television pool for President Xi Jinping's visit to the White House on Thursday evening.
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
🇨🇳 China is waging a much different war for AI supremacy than the U.S. We narrate China’s advantages, disadvantages and structural differences that could determine who wins and who loses the race for AI supremacy.
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Inside China's mind on AI
It's waging a much different war for AI supremacy than the U.S.
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Axios @axios.com · 24/09/2026
A district judge tossed an election interference lawsuit by President Trump against the Des Moines Register, parent company USA Today Co. (formerly Gannett) and pollster Ann Selzer — rejecting claims that its inaccurate pre-election poll amounted to consumer fraud.
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Judge tosses Trump's lawsuit against Des Moines Register
The dismissal is an early test of Trump's broader push to use litigation against news organizations over coverage he disputes.
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
Trump greeted Xi Jinping on the tarmac at Joint Base Andrews today — an unusual diplomatic gesture for a visiting foreign leader, with presidential airport welcomes in recent decades largely limited to popes.
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Trump greets Xi on tarmac in rare gesture
Airport welcomes for visiting foreign leaders have largely fallen out of use.
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
U.S. Rep. Lauren Boebert denies allegations she had sexual relationships with 3 congressional staffers she supervised, calling recent claims from an anti-Boebert group whose super PAC terminated last year "filthy garbage."
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Boebert denies allegations of sex with staffers
The formal complaint claims she had sexual relationships with three congressional staffers she supervised.
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
Trump invites Putin to Miami for first visit to lower 48 since Obama era
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Trump invites Putin to Miami for first visit to lower 48 since Obama era
Marco Rubio said he hopes Putin accepts the invite.
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
EXCLUSIVE: Senate Majority Leader John Thune says Trump is "not really dug in" against guardrails for AI, despite the president's defiance
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Exclusive: Thune believes Trump is willing to listen on AI guardrails despite public defiance
"I do think that the threats are real," Thune told Axios.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW by me -- Jensen Huang unloads on AI doomsday fears in new interview. "Enough predictions"
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"Enough predictions": Jensen Huang unloads on AI doomsday fears
Huang said AI doom predictions "are hurtful."
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unloads on AI doomsday fears "Don't think for a second just because you're an alarmist that you're doing a social good."
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"Enough predictions": Jensen Huang unloads on AI doomsday fears
Huang said AI doom predictions "are hurtful."
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
First lady Melania Trump offered a rare assessment of President Trump's second term.
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Melania on Trump's second term: "He's doing the best that he can"
"He's very focused. He has a lot on his plate."
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
NEW by me — Melania on Trump's second term: "He's doing the best that he can"
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Melania on Trump's second term: "He's doing the best that he can"
"He's very focused. He has a lot on his plate."
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
Scoop: President Trump's Board of Peace will unveil a six-month, $2.45 billion recovery plan for Gaza today. The plan estimates physical damage in Gaza at $35.2B and says full recovery and reconstruction will require about $71.4B over the next decade.
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Scoop: Trump's Board of Peace to unveil $2.45 billion Gaza recovery plan
The plan would require the cooperation of Israel and Hamas.
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Axios @axios.com · 23/09/2026
Congressional Republicans are increasingly breaking with an unpopular president on foreign policy and pocketbook issues as they try to stop their majorities from slipping away.
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GOP breaking with an unpopular Trump
Some Republicans are testing new ways to distance themselves from Trump.
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Herb Scribner @herbscribner.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
NEW by me -- I wrote about Trump TV. --I explain what we know, how it works and what it's showing --There are a lot of unanswered questions we have --How Trump has made plays like this before
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Trump TV is live. Here's what it's actually showing
The 24/7 streaming channel launched as "TRUMP TV: The Essentials Station."
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