Politico
September 2026
The fight for California's legislative swing seats
The campaigns are unfolding amid a major reshuffling in both chambers
A couple of years ago, it looked like Republicans had a chance at momentum — even in deep blue parts of California,
The most dependable voters in Los Angeles are moving towards Bass after hearing critical information about both candidates,
It’s been awkwardly healthy, meaning there were a few moments where you want to take my head off, and I may have felt the same way — with love,
The No. 1 concern of voters in all these swing districts is affordability,
I’ll stand up to LA and San Francisco politicians and make sure the Valley finally gets a seat at the table,
Newsom on 2028 timeline: ‘There’s no such thing as a deadline’
That moment will arrive when it arrives. You’ll know it,
The Bibi-geebees
It is of utmost and immediate urgency that we come together to help protect our national security and all the people who depend on it,
According to some of my sources,... enforceable regulations might actually be in the industry’s best interest — kind of like how cryptocurrency companies have been pushing for the CLARITY Act and other federal legislation that would allow them to operate with more certainty.”
Warsh so far has not shown signs of being particularly fazed by Trump’s push for lower rates, and he added some oomph behind his commitment to do what it takes for price stability by raising rates in September — just a couple months out from the midterms,
We believe that Artificial will be better served if it were released by a different studio,
So, yes, evidence that the Fed might not need to immediately act again is good news for him on a political front as well as a policy front,
It won’t be about MAGA vs. everybody else, or even red-blue,
I’m seeing tremendous self-policing [among tech companies],
Cooler inflation could buy the Fed, Trump time on another rate hike
Investors are now giving better-than-even odds that Fed policymakers will keep rates steady when they meet at the end of October
Why Gaza hasn’t become LA’s mayoral litmus test
In Democratic primaries across the country — from New York to Colorado to Michigan — candidates who sharply criticized Israel, including with accusations of genocide and calls to restrict weapons transfers, toppled establishment opponents, some of whom had benefited from AIPAC support
I’m not an expert on these issues, and so I have looked to experts on these issues — international experts, Israeli experts who have used that language, and that is what guided me in using that term in describing what’s happening in Gaza,
It’s an absolutely better approach than getting rid of the technology,
There’s an intentional push by her team and her supporters during the general election to come off… as independent and as not as embracing of all of DSA’s dangerous and anti-Semitic ideology,
This announcement builds on years of work to address housing and homelessness, including annual residential construction increasing 59% since 2018,
If they want to go after Nithya on that, it is because they are out of touch with the vast majority of not only Angelenos but Democratic voters across the country,
The biggest people in the world signed that and I signed it as president,
I think it’s a great thing that this is not all telescoped down to one question,
It’s incumbent on the campaigns and their supporters to get the message out to voters,
If you are unwilling to name that there is a genocide happening in Palestine, then you are out of touch with the reality of the average person, and it leads people to ask, ‘What else are you completely out of touch with?’
I have over 1,200 bills that I’m signing,
New group chaired by Dimon urges private sector collaboration on AI threats
A new group chaired by JPMorgan Chase chief Jamie Dimon has linked up nearly 50 of the country’s leading CEOs to explore ways to gird the U.S. economy against threats from artificial intelligence models and rogue actors
One day more?
The decision will let battleground candidates get home to start campaigning as Republicans try to hold onto control of the chamber
I think it’s going to be a big lift,
To have them all together and assembled to talk about this and build consensus today was a very important first step in what we are all trying to achieve together,
No certainty around this yet but it seems to be that everybody is … heading toward a glide path tomorrow night,
My focus is to make sure that we’re not leaving anybody behind.”
The uncertainty of the current structure impedes the ability of the United States to take the lead in innovation and continue to be the world leader,
New Australian Greens leader David Shoebridge vows to ‘replace’ Labor
A cure for ‘medical tyranny’: RFK Jr. puts a positive spin on AI
Even as many Americans are worrying about the tech destroying humanity, the message from Kennedy was overwhelmingly positive
Financial regulator investigates Adam Kinzinger over Kalshi trading
Kinzinger retired from Congress in 2023
Venezuelan man shot by ICE agent in Texas charged with assaulting an officer
Republicans wanted Jack Smith to give them a smoking gun. They got a gaffe instead.
Instead, the hearing was most memorable for the fusillade of insults hurled by the panel’s Republicans
Who’s auditing the AI auditors?
I don’t want people to develop this false sense that once we have auditors in there, then that’s sufficient to guarantee that the models are safe,
When our cybersecurity, biosecurity, critical infrastructure, and national security are on the line, we can’t hand that job to third parties alone,
In the short term, you might be concerned that there’s a dearth of them for adequately covering all large AI developers … and, also, concerns have been expressed that many independent examiners and assessors today come from the same kinds of circles that the AI developers themselves have grown out of,
The problem is that the fires are everywhere right now,
Embedded has to mean something different,
Are these people qualified? Can they be trusted? Do they have sufficient independence from the labs?”
Why Aaron Sorkin left Trump out of ‘The Social Reckoning’
Directed by Sorkin from his own script, the film centers on the partnership between journalist Jeff Horwitz and Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen
Mamdani, accused of fueling antisemitism, rolls out a $26M plan to fight it
Under his plan, the Mayor’s Office to Combat Antisemitism will weigh in on $26 million that was allocated in this year’s budget to the Mayor’s Office for the Prevention of Hate Crimes, which has a broader mandate to fight all forms of hate
Democrats are running pastors for office. Republicans are attacking their religious comments.
A slate of Democrats are running for Congress leaning on their Christian bona fides
MAHA’s AI bet
AI can help solve a lot of this, but it does need the data to be able to do that. It needs innovation. It needs people to move faster,
If we don’t solve the problem of chronic disease, we’re not going to lower health care costs, and we need [super intelligence] to do that, and we need to consolidate all of these data sets and make them readable,
Solving the health data problem is important for a number of multitrillion-dollar companies, and the MAHA Institute can channel corporate reform energy towards targeted policy plans and help them coordinate data modernization strategies,
California has never been afraid to challenge the status quo, and we’ll keep innovating, trying new things, and clearing the way for the rest of the country to follow,
Dr. Schwartz and CDC’s new leadership are evaluating the agency’s structure and operations to ensure CDC can effectively advance the priorities of President Trump and Secretary Kennedy and fulfill its core public health mission,
Australian agencies warned in May of incoming ‘vulnerability storm’ ahead of OpenAI breach
Home Affairs issued detailed advice May 27 on the accelerating risks posed to “known vulnerabilities, legacy systems and weak cyber hygiene”
Dems face tricky votes before midterm sprint
We’re going to talk about it,
A dream scenario would be a direct-to-lawmakers Trump intervention,
I like the message. But it shouldn’t be paid for with taxpayer dollars,
AI agents expose banks to new risks
The launch this month of Meta’s Muse has brought new attention to the possibility that people might use so-called AI agents to easily shift their money into competing lenders that pay more interest on deposits, draining a cheap source of funding for many banks
Republicans scheme to block Trump’s funding cancellations
It’s the second time in two years he has deployed the “pocket rescission” tactic to automatically claw back federal funds
Senate passes bipartisan bill to overhaul college sports
A high priority for Senate Commerce Chair Ted Cruz of Texas and the panel’s top Democrat, Maria Cantwell of Washington, the Protect College Sports Act would replace a patchwork of state laws governing student athlete compensation, transfers and eligibility with one overarching federal rulebook
Today the Senate has the opportunity to protect the half million college athletes and the millions more who follow in their footsteps,
‘Do better for Australia': OpenAI apologizes for unauthorized access
OpenAI broke its silence about the June incident, which it described as artificial intelligence models accessing Australian government websites “in ways they were not authorized to do” during internal training and evaluation
We are sorry and working to do better in the future,
Taxpayer-funded ads are the latest Trump headache for beleaguered GOP senators
Menin’s AI moment
The Manhattan lawmaker is planning to hold a hearing with all 51 members of the legislative body next week, and today confirmed the attendance of four major AI firms to discuss both the dangers the technology poses and a suite of Council bills that seek to protect New Yorkers
Leading experts and AI executives themselves are warning about the potentially grave risks of rapidly advancing AI, and governments have a responsibility to act,
I will fulfill that promise. The only question is the timeline of it … It’ll be not in an inshallah timeline, but an actual one,
Either Blakeman wants to trick the press into reporting an inaccurate state of the race, or this guy sucks at math,
We fought and beat efforts from the Trump administration to halt the Gateway project and today, that dream becomes a reality, with state of the art machinery operated by expert union workers starting their journey through soil and bedrock under the Hudson to Penn Station,