Premium newsletter: Based on my estimates and analysis, OpenAI needs one trillion dollars in the next four years to build 17GW of data centers and other commitments, with at least $500 billion needed for company operations. There is not enough capital to do this. www.wheresyoured.at/openai-onetr...

Do you know what this meeting is about? Get in touch on Signal: signal.me#eu/ES70l_cAl...

The LSU History Department is hiring a tenure-track Assistant Professor in 20th Century European History (excluding Britain). Please spread the word! More details at the link below: lsu.wd1.myworkdayjobs.com/LSU/job/0224...

New Orleans has had the fewest murders through August since 1970. All major crime types are down this year. Relative to 2022: Carjacking -81% Robbery -59% Auto theft -34% Shootings -63% Vehicle burglary -70% So this makes sense. www.wdsu.com/article/dona...

Via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: The decision out of the conservative-leaning 5th Circuit Court of Appeals that covers Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas is likely to head back to the U.S. Supreme Court.

DC residents being pretty clear here www.nytimes.com/2025/08/27/u...

D.C. has more residents than two U.S. states. They pay more per capita in federal taxes than any other state. But they don’t get a serious seat at the table to decide how they’re governed. D.C. statehood now.

The story that is going to blow up soon is soaring electricity prices. All those AI bots, Bitcoin mining and so on are causing a historic spike. And I know from experience that voters *hate* utility price hikes.

I spent six years covering Meta for the WSJ, which is why joining Reuters’ investigative team was such a great opportunity to change beats. Unfortunately, I don’t seem inclined to do that just yet. Still interested in talking to current and former Meta employees! www.reuters.com/investigates...

>presence patrols at the Washington Monument GWOT will simply never end

DOGE continues to claim vast cuts to the federal government, even while the steep reductions in staff have later left some federal agencies such as NWS scrambling to rehire personnel. @caseywooten.bsky.social reports (unlocked): www.nationaljournal.com/s/729336/mus...

Vivek Ramaswamy was an energetic cheerleader for DOGE when he was in Washington. But now on the campaign trail to become Ohio's next governor, the former presidential candidate has sidelined the issue. Read more about it in this unlocked story from @abby-turner.bsky.social: buff.ly/1TILnVp

so I am one of the 12 people (including the “god-fathers of AI”) that will be at the Vatican this September for a two full-day working group on the Future of AI here is my Vatican approved short provocation on 'AI and Fraternity' for the working group

The desire to deregulate AI comes as trust in tech companies continues to dip, and polls show bipartisan consensus that at least some AI regulations are necessary. @philipathey.bsky.social reports (unlocked) www.nationaljournal.com/s/729210/is-...

Periodic reminder: student journalists in Appalachia, young writers in Appalachia, young folks in Appalachia who see something happening in their community they want to write about! Please pitch. (If you need pitch advice, message me! There's guidance in the link below but glad to brainstorm.)

OMG! Bill Gates was on the Hill. Tried asking him about Epstein and he didn’t say a thing

Breaking News: The EPA said it would eliminate its scientific research arm and begin firing hundreds of scientists, after denying that it intended to do so.

The House is coming to the floor and debate the Rule that just cleared Rules committee…and if the Rule passes a floor vote, it will automatically deem the Senate recissions bill passed. No debate. No nothing. Just a deemer attached to a Rule. It clears that vote, CPB and PBS are defunded.

Legislation limiting how artificial intelligence companies use copyrighted material to train their programs is coming soon, Sen. Josh Hawley vowed Wednesday. @philipathey.bsky.social reports (unlocked): www.nationaljournal.com/s/729067/wev...

New article out today, covering our past two years of research asking US cities how they govern AI ✨ The future of AI governance in public services is being shaped right now, through public procurement

NEWS: SCOTUS denies Florida's emergency request to enforce an immigration law barring undocumented immigrants from entering the state. @courthousenews.bsky.social

In this free Q&A, @nenonicolosio.bsky.social talks to Maine's Democratic House speaker on the Big Beautiful Bill's impact on his home state, and a potential challenge to Sen. Susan Collins. Read here: www.nationaljournal.com/s/728941/qa-...

I can't wait for reporters to run around following Chip Roy today as he yells about the bill... right before he votes "yes"

"Today is a sad day for press freedom. ... Paramount should have fought this extortionate lawsuit in court, and it would have prevailed." See our statement from @jameeljaffer.bsky.social following Paramount’s announcement that it has agreed to settle with Trump. knightcolumbia.org/content/para...

Analysis of today’s ruling from the CNS DC bureau @benjaminweiss.bsky.social @ryanknappy.bsky.social @courthousenews.bsky.social With universal injunctions out of style, class actions are already trending www.courthousenews.com/with-univers...

That sentence is so insane

Despite all the prioritization of the issue, a comprehensive data-privacy bill has never even received a floor vote in either chamber. @philipathey.bsky.social reports (unlocked): www.nationaljournal.com/s/728878/dat...

First day at the Bundestag is a wrap.

NEW: WaPo has a letter we organized from thousands of LGBTQ ppl (including prominent artists like @lillywachowski.bsky.social @kathleenhanna.bsky.social @rosemontoya.bsky.social) telling politicians: DON'T COME TO PRIDE if you support censorship bills like KOSA www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

ICE has imprisoned the wife of a Marine veteran who was still breastfeeding a 3-month-old baby because her *mother* failed to attend a hearing in 2018 apnews.com/article/ice-...

BREAKING: Supreme Court capitulates to Trump, nixing due process for third-country deportations Apparent 6-3 ruling with the liberals in dissent @courthousenews.bsky.social

Last time the Trump White House said there were no casualties after Iran launched missiles at an American base in the Middle East, it turned out there were more than 100 traumatic brain injuries due to the assault. A point Trump is still trying to downplay. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

The FTC confirms our scoop about an extraordinary political condition on this ad merger, aimed at preventing "collusion or coordination to direct advertising away from media publishers based on the publishers’ political or ideological viewpoints." www.ftc.gov/news-events/...

ICE Has Deported at Least 70 U.S. Citizens migrantinsider.com/p/ice-has-de...

"I asked them what costume I was supposed to wear, as there are rules around how much fabric can be on your body," Coombes told the Reading Chronicle. "They confirmed that I need to wear a female swimming costume despite having to compete with the men." www.advocate.com/news/trans-w...

New: OpenAI says models that rate “high” on the risk for aiding bioweapon creation are coming soon. www.axios.com/2025/06/18/o...

BREAKING: SCOTUS strikes blow to trans teens rights, endorsing ban on gender-affirming care @courthousenews.bsky.social

Via @arianalfigueroa.bsky.social: Trump is using immigrants in the country without legal status as scapegoats to send in troops, said U.S. Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, during a sometimes emotional Senate speech. “I refuse to let immigrants be political pawns on his path toward fascism,” he said.

About a dozen cannon blasts kick off the military parade. Starting to feel light rain. There was suppose to be a flyover but that appears nixed due to the weather.

Was trying to figure out why there are free energy drinks at the military parade. It’s very hot, so seems like a bad idea. Dana White, a Trump ally and UFC CEO, launched Phorm Energy.

The first known detention by the US Marines in their recent Los Angeles deployment is of... a US Army veteran on his way to an office at the Department of Veteran Affairs building. www.reuters.com/world/us/us-...

The Verge staff are ready to strike. VOX MEDIA YOU HAVE UNTIL MIDNIGHT!

Had three Democrats not died, the recissions bill would have failed

Really important story - army officials asked soldiers to identify themselves if they don't agree with Trump's politics that way he'd get only supportive soldiers in uniform during his political rally on base. Heavier soldiers were also barred from participating.

President Trump is the first president to seem so gleeful at his chance to flex domestic military muscle. Read from George E. Condon Jr. on @nationaljournal.com www.nationaljournal.com/s/728746/for...

The Trump administration is using AI to track down undocumented immigrants. it's one of several developments around Washington found in tonight's OUTLOOK: www.nationaljournal.com/s/728734/out...

Reporters Without Borders says there have been 27 attacks on journalists in LA so far, 24 by LEO, 3 by others. That's a lot. If you haven't seen it, there's video of an officer appearing to target this Australian correspondent while she's on air. rsf.org/en/usa-rsf-c...

Really important that no one read this @orlandosentinel.com reporting when it publishes. I'm setting up alerts just to make sure I don't accidentally read it and share it widely when the time comes

To abide by ethics rules, today I'm stepping down as an FTC commissioner. I'm deeply grateful for the chance to have served my country in this way. I'll stay in our lawsuit against the President. And I look forward to building our ability to fight fraudsters and monopolists - outside of government.