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

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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW @wired.com: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a possible perjury and obstruction case against Cassidy Hutchinson — though charges likely will not come until at least after the midterms, per people familiar www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Andrew Couts @couts.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW: Federal prosecutors are considering bringing a perjury and obstruction of justice case against the former White House staffer who implicated Donald Trump in the January 6 riot. @hugolowell.bsky.social has the scoop: www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 09/10/2026
NEW @wired.com: Federal prosecutors have been weighing a possible perjury and obstruction case against Cassidy Hutchinson — though charges likely will not come until at least after the midterms, per people familiar www.wired.com/story/the-do...
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The DOJ Is Weighing Perjury Charges Against Cassidy Hutchinson
The Justice Department is considering a perjury and obstruction of justice case against Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide who testified against Donald Trump to the January 6 committee.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW @wired.com: Elon Musk's America PAC is focusing its war chest on key Senate races this cycle -- overall spending 3 times as much on digital ads and mailers hitting Dems as defending GOP candidates amid cratering support for Trump's record www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
In the Texas Senate race, America PAC to date has spent $9.4M on ads opposing James Talarico vs $1.8M defending Ken Paxton. Lopsided spending here is perhaps the least surprising of all the close Senate contests given Paxton's baggage --
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 08/10/2026
NEW @wired.com: Elon Musk's America PAC is focusing its war chest on key Senate races this cycle -- overall spending 3 times as much on digital ads and mailers hitting Dems as defending GOP candidates amid cratering support for Trump's record www.wired.com/story/elon-m...
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Quietly Funding November’s Most Consequential Elections
America PAC’s approach has been unusual: for every dollar it has spent supporting GOP Senate candidates, it has spent almost three dollars attacking Democrats.
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Brian Barrett @brbarrett.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
We’re tracking where and how much Elon Musk is spending on the midterms, updating daily. So far? His America PAC is all in on Texas, and spending way more to tear down Democrats than to boost Republicans. from @dell.bsky.social and @hugolowell.bsky.social
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
spend some time clicking through the tracker - you can check out latest payments, go race by race, see how much is being donated to republicans or against democrats, determine the biggest donations, and even browse state by state. there are SO many ways to look at exactly how this is all happening!
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 07/10/2026
Elon Musk's America PAC is quietly donating to the most consequential races of November's midterms, and @wired.com is tracking all of it - in real time. amazing work from @dell.bsky.social, who built this, and big lifts from @hugolowell.bsky.social, @dmehro.bsky.social, and @regret.bsky.social:
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Elon Musk’s America PAC Is Spending Big on the Midterms. We’re Tracking It Daily
To follow Elon Musk’s America PAC money, WIRED created a live-updating tracker that highlights the trillionaire’s overall influence on November’s elections.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
SCOOP @wired.com: Abdul El-Sayed is out with a new paid digital ad in the Michigan Senate race attacking Mike Rogers for helping expand government surveillance, seeking to tap into voter anxieties about tech and Flock cameras weeks before the midterms
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
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‘Mike Rogers Is Watching You’: New Ad Blitz From Abdul El-Sayed Attacks Surveillance Support
Michigan Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed is leaning into one of the major complaints about surveillance from voters this election cycle.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 06/10/2026
SCOOP @wired.com: Abdul El-Sayed is out with a new paid digital ad in the Michigan Senate race attacking Mike Rogers for helping expand government surveillance, seeking to tap into voter anxieties about tech and Flock cameras weeks before the midterms
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Trump aides privately acknowledge that national polling is remarkably bad, and have started to contemplate possibly losing both chambers, per people familiar — even as they argue individual House races are not as negative www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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Aaron Rupar @atrupar.com · 01/10/2026
Enten unpacks how Trump's net approval in Texas is 13 points lower at this point in his term than any other president this century
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW @wired.com: Trump aides privately acknowledge that national polling is remarkably bad, and have started to contemplate possibly losing both chambers, per people familiar — even as they argue individual House races are not as negative www.wired.com/story/the-wh...
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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Leah Feiger @leahfeiger.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
NEW: Trump's aides are starting to panic about the midterms; the president thinks Republicans still have a shot. really excellent reporting on the inside of the White House from @hugolowell.bsky.social for @wired.com:
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The White House Is Starting to Panic Over the Midterms
President Donald Trump still thinks Republicans have a shot. His aides are less convinced.
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
TRUMP was happy with the dinner where they discussed AI matters generally But people familiar with dynamics don’t expect this to carry over to the Pentagon, where Pete Hegseth and Emil Michael have been sharply critical of Amodei — i.e. “Dario’s still got a Hegseth problem”
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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 was responding to whether the AI sector should be regulated or slowed down, as advocated by Anthropic’s Dario Amodei. “Whoever wins with AI wins,” Trump added
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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: “That alone should win the midterms”
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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
Yes I think GOP will take all the help they can get this cycle, and re 2028, TP and Vanceworld is fairly close so expect to see that partnership ramp up
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Hugo Lowell @hugolowell.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
No that’s ok — it’s more that TP is an organization focused on presidential cycles. They play in midterm races but their grand prize is 2028; NH AZ NV are what they bet are red wall states for Vance
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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
it’s setting the stage for 2028
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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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