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Leading the Future, a pro-AI PAC backed by Palantir-cofounder Joe Lonsdale, hit pro-regulation Democrat Alex Bores with attack ads over Bores' work for Palantir (www.politico.com)
1 day ago AI Democrat

Sources: President Trump met with Coinbase CEO Brian Armstrong on March 3 before publicly admonishing banks over the GENIUS Act, echoing Coinbase's position (www.politico.com)
5 days ago Trump Coinbase

The Pentagon's fight with Anthropic sparks fears in Silicon Valley and the Capitol of a fundamental shift in the balance of power between DC and the AI industry (www.politico.com)
8 days ago AI Pentagon

OpenAI says it will overhaul safety protocols and establish direct contact with Canadian police, after not alerting authorities about the Tumbler Ridge suspect (www.politico.com)
10 days ago Canada

Some AI policymakers and lawyers warn that DOD's threats to Anthropic are contradictory and could chill partnerships between the government and Silicon Valley (www.politico.com)
10 days ago AI

Sources: the White House is drafting a voluntary pact seeking commitments from tech companies to ensure data centers don't raise electricity prices and more (www.politico.com)
27 days ago

How Oura won over DC by growing its lobbying spend to $1M+ per year, as RFK Jr. touts wearables for health and the US DOD makes the rings an employee benefit (www.politico.com)
27 days ago

Amazon's annual tax bill fell 87% YoY to $1.2B in 2025, as profits grew 45% to ~$90B, mostly due to GOP's depreciation breaks in the One Big Beautiful Bill (www.politico.com)
30 days ago Amazon Tax Republican

Meta gives $65M to two super PACs to elect California state candidates, regardless of party, whom it views as supportive of the AI and tech industry (www.politico.com)
2026-2-3 AI California

Sources: the interim director of CISA, Madhu Gottumukkala, triggered automated security warnings last summer by uploading sensitive documents to ChatGPT (www.politico.com)
2026-1-28

California Gov. Gavin Newsom says he will launch a review into whether TikTok is violating state law by censoring content critical of President Donald Trump (www.politico.com)
2026-1-27 Trump California

A Canadian federal court overturned a 2024 order that would have shuttered TikTok Canada's business operations over national security concerns (www.politico.com)
2026-1-22 Canada

Sources: political appointees at the US CISA blocked Acting Director Madhu Gottumukkala's attempt to oust the agency's Chief Information Officer Robert Costello (www.politico.com)
2026-1-19

California AG Rob Bonta launches an investigation into xAI over the proliferation of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by Grok (www.politico.com)
2026-1-15 California

President Trump renominates Sean Plankey to be the next director of CISA, which has been running without a full-time chief since Trump's return to office (www.politico.com)
2026-1-14 Trump

Gov. Gavin Newsom has engaged in months of negotiations to neutralize a proposed California wealth tax ballot initiative; a compromise does not appear imminent (www.politico.com)
2026-1-14 Tax California

Utah launches a pilot program with health-tech startup Doctronic to let AI systems handle routine prescription renewals for patients with chronic conditions (www.politico.com)
2026-1-8 Startup AI

A look at the rift in the Democratic party over AI and data centers, as pro-business Democrats oppose the fiery, anti-AI politics of the progressive wing (www.politico.com)
2025-12-30 AI Democrat

Federal records show ICE has increased its surveillance tech spending to $300M+ under Trump, as the White House lowered privacy guardrails around citizens' data (www.politico.com)
2025-12-27 Trump

Over the past month, the US paused talks on a tech pact with the UK, canceled a South Korea trade meeting, and threatened the EU over Big Tech regulations (www.politico.com)
2025-12-24 Korea

Sources: The US DHS is investigating whether 6 CISA staffers who were suspended in July misled CISA's acting director into taking a polygraph, which he failed (www.politico.com)
2025-12-22

Sources: tech lobbyists say that David Sacks' push for an EO blocking state AI laws undercut their efforts to craft a permanent, bipartisan federal solution (www.politico.com)
2025-12-22 AI

Analysis: since 2023, data center power demands have delayed 15 coal plants' retirements; the Trump administration has ordered two power plants to remain open (www.politico.com)
2025-11-28 Trump

Michael Grimes, a tech banker known for handling Uber and Airbnb's IPOs, is leading Trump's new investment accelerator, amid legal and congressional uncertainty (www.politico.com)
2025-11-3 Trump IPO Uber Airbnb

California Gov. Gavin Newsom vetoes SB 771, which would've fined social media companies if their algorithms intentionally promoted violent or extremist content (www.politico.com)
2025-10-14 Algorithm California

Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 1043, which requires device makers and app stores to verify user ages; Google, Meta, and OpenAI supported the bill (www.politico.com)
2025-10-14 Google

California Governor Gavin Newsom signs AB 56, which requires social media companies to add warning labels on mental health risks for users under 18 in the state (www.politico.com)
2025-10-14 California

Q&A with journalist Jacob Silverman on his new book Gilded Rage, the radical politics of certain tech elites, AI's impact on Silicon Valley politics, and more (www.politico.com)
2025-10-13 AI

California Gov. Gavin Newsom signs a law banning excessively loud ads on streaming platforms like Netflix, the first such law in the US, modeled on a 2010 law (www.politico.com)
2025-10-7 Netflix California

Insiders detail negotiations between politicians, tech and AI companies, VCs, and others over California's SB 53, the first-in-the-nation AI safety law (www.politico.com)
2025-10-6 AI California

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