New Pentagon task force races to bring powerful AI tools to Americas most sensitive networks
The new initiative will determine how AI models from tech giants such as OpenAI and Google can be safely deployed across Cyber Command and the NSA missions.
04:00 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Inside the next phase of OpenAIs political strategy
As Washington dithers on AI safety, OpenAI’s top lobbyist is persuading blue states to pass laws that advance his plan for a national AI framework — and he says he’s just getting started.
09:00 AM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Republicans squirm as Trump pursues legacy, control and revenge
GOP lawmakers fear a self-interested president is needlessly risking their party’s majorities.
05:19 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Ballroom wont be funded after Senate GOP drops $1 billion Trump security request
Multiple Republican senators objected to sending taxpayer dollars to the president’s East Wing revamp.
03:15 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Even Andy Burnham's allies don't know what he has planned for a post-Starmer UK
The mayor of Greater Manchester is bidding to replace Keir Starmer in 10 Downing Street. What he does next is still being worked out.
10:22 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Bass goes easy on Pratt, not so much a fellow Democrat
The Los Angeles mayor largely avoided playing up Trump’s endorsement of her conservative rival, instead swiping at a challenger from her left.
06:16 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories LA Mayor Karen Bass warns city doesnt have enough hotel space for Olympics
Bass defended her support for a deal to delay the city’s $30 minimum wage hike for hospitality and airport workers.
07:23 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Hollywood stares down death and a series of shocks
Writer and comedian Adam Conover gives a grim assessment of a fraught moment in a signature Los Angeles industry.
06:56 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Tax world gawks at Trump audit agreement: 'Never seen anything like this'
A DOJ agreement ending any current IRS audits of the president, his family or his businesses stuns tax practitioners and could reignite Democratic lawmakers' pursuit of Trump's tax returns.
03:04 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Trump faces first big loss on Iran war
Votes in the House and Senate this week to halt the military campaign would prove a stunning embarrassment for the president.
12:20 PM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Everything in Life Should Not Be a Gambling Experience
There’s supposed to be a line between investing and gambling. Congress might have to define the difference.
03:45 AM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories We Want to Move on From Losing: Pritzker on Antisemitism, Trump and 2028
The Illinois governor reflects on his national profile and what comes next.
04:55 AM on 05/21/2026 Politico Top Stories Democrats try to defeat candidate expressing antisemitic views in Texas runoff on Tuesday
Democratic leaders are trying to prevent Maureen Galindo, a candidate who has repeatedly expressed antisemitic views, from winning their party’s nomination in next week’s Texas runoff, and they’ve accused Republicans of propping up her campaign
05:19 PM on 05/20/2026 ABC Politics Trump has long kept his tax returns secret. He says that might change now, after IRS deal
President Donald Trump's legal team has reached a deal with the Justice Department to drop tax claims against him, his family and associates
05:19 PM on 05/20/2026 ABC Politics Republicans mull dropping $1 billion security money request for the White House and Trump's ballroom
Republican senators are considering dropping a proposal for $1 billion in security money for the White House complex and President Donald Trump’s ballroom after it has failed to win enough party support on Capitol Hill
03:59 PM on 05/20/2026 ABC Politics Tennessee man jailed over Charlie Kirk post wins $835,000 settlement
Tennessee officials will pay $835,000 to settle a lawsuit filed by a man who was jailed for more than a month over a Facebook post he made about the assassination of conservative activist Charlie Kirk
09:13 AM on 05/20/2026 ABC Politics The Latest: Gallrein defeats Massie in Kentucky, furthering Trumps hold on GOP
Primary elections have been held in Kentucky, Alabama, Georgia, Oregon, Idaho and Pennsylvania
02:41 AM on 05/20/2026 ABC Politics Russ Fulcher wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Idaho's 1st Congressional District
Russ Fulcher wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Idaho's 1st Congressional District
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Jim Kingston wins Republican nomination for U.S. House in Georgia's 1st Congressional District
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