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Trump White House newsletter anchor @WIRED.com. hugo_lowell@condenast.com

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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and his wife had dinner at the White House last night after TRUMP reached out with the offer, per people familiar Amodei had already confirmed his attendance at the White House AI execs meeting happening tomorrow before he dined with the president
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
TRUMP will meet Anthropic’s Dario Amodei for one on one dinner tonight, per person familiar and confirming Axios
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
NEW: Trump says Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent won’t be the next AI czar— “Number One, he doesn’t want to. Number Two, he’s doing such a great job at Treasury, and that’s where I want to keep him! Why would I ever make such a change?”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
NEW: Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent tells reporters tonight at JP Morgan HQ that the U.S. has proposed to China a notification mechanism for AI, “when there has been something that rises up to a national security level from AI”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
Asked how the White House ban on media outlets will be implemented, TRUMP says, “Very simple ban. I don’t want them in my office. I don’t want them here. I want it to go as far as it can”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: Trump says he’s banning CNN MSNOW and Politico from the White House not because of any one particular story, but “really just the cumulative stories over the last two years” that he considers unfair
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
NEW: Trump says in the Oval Office that “there may be others to join” CNN MSNOW and Politico from being banned from the White House
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
NEW: Senior AI policy advisor at White House OSTP Sihao Huang, who has been deeply involved in developing frontier AI policy, is leaving to join Anthropic
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Trump pours more cold water on AI regulation, saying in post just now: “The only control or ‘guardrails’ that AI needs is a strong and smart (high IQ) president, and the USA has that in spades”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
Trump renewed opposition to AI slowdown does not bode well for the creation of an AI regulatory agency like FINRA — and suggests he will tell House GOP to vote against the raft of AI bills being discussed if they ever come to a vote
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
TRUMP dismisses clamor for AI regulation or slowdown, per pool: “We can put guardrails, and we can do this and that, but I think you have a lot of negative forces that are bringing it up and they're bringing up things that won't happen.”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Trump says at the Republican convention in Dallas that he will pay a $5,000 “dividend”to every American if the GOP wins the House and Senate this November apparently as an incentive to vote
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Why the focus on NH, AZ and NV? It’s laying the groundwork for the 2028 presidential cycle, when Turning Point is contending that winning those “Red Wall” states will offset needing blue wall states
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Turning Point is expected to spend big for Republicans in the midterms with a focus on New Hampshire, Arizona and Nevada — and will pour $15-$20m on ads in those states as well as tens of millions more on field operations in 10 swing states www.wired.com/story/a-year...
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A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms
Turning Point will spend tens of millions on ads and turnout, sources say, with a focus on New Hampshire, Arizona, and Nevada.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Turning Point is expected to spend big for Republicans in the midterms with a focus on New Hampshire, Arizona and Nevada — and will pour $15-$20m on ads in those states as well as tens of millions more on field operations in 10 swing states www.wired.com/story/a-year...
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A Year After Charlie Kirk’s Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms
Turning Point will spend tens of millions on ads and turnout, sources say, with a focus on New Hampshire, Arizona, and Nevada.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
a year after Charlie Kirk's death, his org Turning Point is spending *big* on the midterms this year. @hugolowell.bsky.social with the scoop, and more on Republican midterms strategy:
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A Year After Charlie Kirk's Death, Turning Point Plans to Spend Big on the Midterms
Turning Point will spend tens of millions on ads and turnout, sources say, with a focus on New Hampshire, Arizona, and Nevada.
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molly taft @mollytaft.com · 03/09/2026
also! we have an upcoming data center subscriber AMA next Thursday with @mzeff.bsky.social, @hugolowell.bsky.social, @timmarchman.bsky.social & me — we've lots of good questions already, it's sure to be a good time:
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Submit Your Questions: The Great Data Center Backlash
You have questions about data centers, and WIRED has answers. Join our livestream on September 10 and our panel of experts will tell you everything you need to know.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Smelling a potential victory in the midterms, House Democrats are starting to think about oversight investigations next year — and how to make the Trump admin comply. In short, Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block www.wired.com/story/democr...
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Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations
Donald Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block, should Democrats win the midterms—they could also be leverage.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Smelling a potential victory in the midterms, House Democrats are starting to think about oversight investigations next year — and how to make the Trump admin comply. In short, Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block www.wired.com/story/democr...
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Democrats Have a Plan to Force Trump’s Associates to Cooperate With Investigations
Donald Trump’s West Wing renovations and DC arch could be on the chopping block, should Democrats win the midterms—they could also be leverage.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW @wired.com: A federal judge barred the Trump admin from designating Anthropic a security risk over a dispute about the use of its AI models AND vacated Pete Hegseth's order blocking other companies from working with Anthropic www.wired.com/story/a-judg...
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A Judge Has Blocked the Pentagon’s Attempt to Blacklist Anthropic
A federal judge has called the Department of Defense’s designation of Anthropic as a national security supply-chain risk “illegal and baseless.”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 28/08/2026
NEW @WIRED.com: US district judge Rita Lin finds that the Pentagon engaged in unconstitutional retaliation against Anthropic when it designated the company a supply chain risk — Lin vacates the designation storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.us...
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Order – #251 in Anthropic PBC v. U.S. Department of War (N.D. Cal., 3:26-cv-01996) – CourtListener.com
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Very true and important note, that Elon Musk’s other attempts to turn out Trump voters has seen a judge proceed with a fraud case:
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
Elon Musk is gearing back up to spend big on the midterms. First stop? Texas. scoop from @hugolowell.bsky.social
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Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 20/08/2026
NEW @WIRED.com: Elon Musk is expected to spend big in the midterms, per people familiar — between $100m and $200m across key races including Texas, where Republican candidate Ken Paxton has been badly trailing James Talarico on campaign contributions www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk Is Expected to Point His Money Machine at Texas Politics
Sources tell WIRED that Elon Musk is expected to spend up to $200 million in the midterms. It could be a big boost for GOP Senate candidate Ken Paxton, who’s struggled to raise cash.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW @WIRED.com: Trump White House is expected to expand its AI oversight framework in the coming weeks and months — including adding open models to the framework as soon as they reach the same “frontier” capabilities of Anthropic and OpenAI’s top models www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
NEW @WIRED.com: Trump White House is expected to expand its AI oversight framework in the coming weeks and months — including adding open models to the framework as soon as they reach the same “frontier” capabilities of Anthropic and OpenAI’s top models www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Going to Expand Its AI Policy
Open models may soon be added to an updated AI framework, sources tell WIRED, as the White House continues to grapple with how to regulate a technology it has tried not to regulate.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
NEW @wired.com: Trump is relying on a small group to decide whether and what restrictions to impose on Chinese AI ahead of OpenAI meetings: — Howard Lutnick at Commerce — Arvind Raman at CAISI — Sean Cairncross at WH — Susie Wiles at WH — Scott Bessent at Treasury — David Sacks
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
“It’s not an argument with two sides, it’s an argument with 10 sides.” these are the people making the Trump administration's decisions on AI policy -- a really good read from @hugolowell.bsky.social:
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This Is Donald Trump’s AI Brain Trust
“It’s not an argument with two sides, it’s an argument with 10 sides,” one senior administration official tells WIRED about how US AI policy is being shaped.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
NEW: Trump admin is split on what to do about Chinese open AI models — WH focused on preventing Chinese labs like Moonshot distilling frontier US models — But an executive order to ban Chinese labs is not currently on the table — Commerce instead wants to help US companies to develop open models
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 21/07/2026
New: Asked whether China’s openweight AI models need to be restricted for national security, Undersecretary of War Emil Michael tells me — “We're going to have to act, but right now we're not there. We want competition. Competition first.”
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 18/07/2026
New — Two US soldiers were killed and one is missing after Iran launched retaliatory ballistic missile strikes into Jordan on Friday, per CENTCOM
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WIRED @wired.com · 17/07/2026
A statement from WIRED leadership.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW @wired.com: With Trump restarting the Iran war, US intel officials estimate the total cost for the Pentagon could now exceed $100bn Officials were estimating the total cost to hit $50-$100bn at the end of May, but more hostilities means that figure has ballooned www.wired.com/story/pentag...
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Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion
The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
The Trump administration hasn't disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war (which, by the way, is on again). Two people directly familiar tell @hugolowell.bsky.social the number probably exceeds $100 BILLION. The latest Inner Loop is a doozy:
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Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion
The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 16/07/2026
NEW @wired.com: With Trump restarting the Iran war, US intel officials estimate the total cost for the Pentagon could now exceed $100bn Officials were estimating the total cost to hit $50-$100bn at the end of May, but more hostilities means that figure has ballooned www.wired.com/story/pentag...
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Intel Officials Predict the Pentagon’s Bill for the Iran War Will Exceed $100 Billion
The Trump administration has not disclosed its cost estimates for the Iran war.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 13/07/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Judge says Trump lawsuit against IRS was filed for 'improper purpose' and refers attorneys for disciplinary action
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 12/07/2026
Statement from Sen. Lindsey Graham’s office announces his death — “On the evening of Saturday, July 11, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham passed away from a brief and sudden illness. Senator Graham's family appreciates prayers at this time and asks for privacy during this incredibly difficult period."
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 09/07/2026
NEW: Trumpworld trying to figure out in Maine Senate race: — New candidate to replace Platner might have cleaner record, but is there too much of a cloud now hanging over their side — If yes, is it going to chill small dollar donations in a $300m race youtu.be/unsl2_Mx63g?si=fIJp1tKJdGkYHqNt
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GOP celebrating Platner chaos—But Collins can still LOSE
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 05/07/2026
WASHINGTON (AP) — Evacuation ordered for events at National Mall as storms gather near Washington ahead of Trump's July 4th speech
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Katie Drummond @katie-drummond.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NEW: The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals. Scoop from @hugolowell.bsky.social
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The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models
The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
NEW: The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models read @hugolowell.bsky.social:
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The Trump Administration Is Lifting Its Export Controls on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable AI Models
The White House is easing restrictions on Anthropic’s most advanced AI models weeks after ordering the company to suspend access for foreign nationals.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 30/06/2026
NEW @wired.com: Person familiar with the matter tells me Commerce Dept will lift export controls on Claude Fable 5 tonight
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW: National Guard assigned to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool were instructed starting last week to detain anyone even *touching* the water and turn them over to Park Police for arrest, per people familiar @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-tr...
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The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's cofounder—a "weirdo," per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
NEW: Trump admin has been happier talking to Anthropic lately as the company tries to get its most powerful AI models back online. Talks are being led by cofounder Tom Brown instead of CEO Dario Amodei, who one person familiar described to me as a “weirdo” @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-tr...
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The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's cofounder—a "weirdo," per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.
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Eric Columbus @ericcolumbus.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Good luck prosecuting anyone for violating these regulations by merely *touching* the water in the Reflecting Pool.
The National Guard assigned to the reflecting pool have been instructed since last week to detain anyone even touching the water—let alone any sealant flaps—so that US Park Police could arrest them on vandalism-related charges, two people familiar with the matter said.

The statute being cited for what is prohibited has been 36 Code of Federal Regulations, Chapter 1, Section 2.1(a)(6), according to an administration official, which prohibits “possessing, destroying, injuring, defacing, removing, digging, or disturbing a structure or its furnishing or fixtures, or other cultural or archeological resources.”

Another statute, 36 CFR 7.96, prohibits “bathing, swimming or wading in any fountain or pool” other than the Rainbow Pool of the World War II memorial, and the German-American Friendship Garden fountains, adjacent to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
NEW: National Guard assigned to the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool were instructed starting last week to detain anyone even *touching* the water and turn them over to Park Police for arrest, per people familiar @wired.com www.wired.com/story/the-tr...
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The Trump White House Is Over Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei
At high-stakes meetings with the White House, Anthropic's cofounder—a "weirdo," per one official—has been replaced by cofounder Tom Brown.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
Incredible stuff from @hugolowell.bsky.social on the Anthropic-White House talks. www.wired.com/story/the-tr...
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