President Trump announced on Truth Social that Stephen Miller, previously deputy chief of staff for policy and homeland security adviser, will become his new White House chief of staff starting Monday. The move follows Susie Wiles' resignation on Thursday, after Republicans suffered sweeping midterm losses in the House and Senate. Sources say Trump had privately blamed Wiles for the election results and had also considered Steve Witkoff and Jay Clayton for the role.
wired.com
· 2026-11-06
Amazon has greenlit a documentary series centered on Melania Trump, described in two parts as 'Family & Trust' and 'Pride & Honor,' following her transition into the role of First Lady. The synopsis outlines her efforts to balance personal loyalties with the responsibilities of the position, beginning immediately after an inauguration.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-06
Researchers at Layer3 Intel and Synthient found that a device on the White House network has been running residential proxy software, letting outside parties route internet traffic through it for a small fee. Layer3 says 28 residential proxy services used the network between October 5 and November 3, mostly in the evening hours, suggesting an infected personal device rather than guest Wi-Fi. Synthient links the likely source to proxy SDKs bundled into the watch-party app Rave.
theverge.com
· 2026-11-06
Cybersecurity firm Layer3 Intel detected residential proxy activity on AS2650, the network block registered to the Executive Office of the President. Investigators also traced software tied to the proxy provider Infatica, a company owned by a Russian entrepreneur whose prior server-rental business was linked to 2016 election-system hacking attempts in Arizona and Illinois. No evidence has emerged that the proxy access was used to launch an attack on the White House itself.
cnet.com
· 2026-11-06
A White House directive has told federal agencies to replace the term 'artificial intelligence' with 'Super Intelligence' or 'SI' in official communications and procurement documents, arguing AI systems now amplify rather than imitate human ingenuity. Government websites, including the NIH's, have begun swapping in the new terminology, with some adding banners noting the transition, while other agencies like the Pentagon have slipped and used the old term.
technologyreview.com
· 2026-11-03
The National Trust for Historic Preservation, a Washington nonprofit, has emerged as a lead litigant challenging changes to prominent historic sites under President Trump, including the demolition of the White House's East Wing and threats facing the Kennedy Center. The group has filed or joined lawsuits aimed at halting or reversing alterations it views as damaging to these landmarks.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-26
Sources say Trump aides are privately identifying a fall guy for anticipated midterm losses, pointing to deputy chief of staff James Blair's redistricting strategy. Republican operatives reportedly blame Trump himself for the Iran war and rising prices, but say they cannot tell him so directly. Forecasters now say some redrawn districts, including Florida's 25th, have shifted toward Democrats instead of yielding the GOP pickups originally projected.
wired.com
· 2026-10-21
Katie Zacharia, newly installed as White House press secretary, used a Thursday appearance to defend her legal credentials and explain why her first press briefing was shortened. She said she will not offer legal opinions in her capacity as press secretary, addressing criticism that has emerged during her first week on the job.
fastcompany.com
· 2026-10-16
A Washington Post investigation citing an internal fundraising spreadsheet found Apple and Nvidia each committed $25 million to fund Trump's planned $600 million White House ballroom, tying them as the largest donors alongside the Adelson Family Foundation and Charlie Ergen's household and donor-advised fund. Together these four donations make up roughly 30% of the $333 million in contributions documented. Other tech firms named include Google (via a $22 million settlement-linked trust), Microsoft and Palantir ($10 million each), Amazon and Meta ($5 million each), and smaller sums from HP, Micron, Salesforce, Cisco, Coinbase, Ripple, ServiceNow and T-Mobile.
9to5mac.com
· 2026-10-15
Nvidia and Cisco have confirmed making multimillion-dollar donations to the renovation of a White House ballroom championed by President Trump, joining a donor list reported by The Washington Post to exceed $330 million. Nvidia and Apple each reportedly gave $25 million, while Cisco confirmed a $5 million contribution; Amazon, Palantir, ServiceNow, Meta and Microsoft were also named as major donors, funneled through a nonprofit trust.
cnbc.com
· 2026-10-15
Anthropic announced that METR, a nonprofit AI evaluator, has been granted employee-like access to review its models and safety practices, with results to be published. The company says it has also engaged SecureBio and Accenture as evaluators and is in early talks with other groups including Hugging Face, following its commitment last month to stronger third-party assessment and its signing of the White House Accord on Super Intelligence.
anthropic.com
· 2026-10-15
President Trump posted a before-and-after photo on Truth Social showing a White House column touted as freshly restored, but Google's SynthID Detector flagged the 'after' image as created or edited with OpenAI tools. Reddit users noted the two photos share near-identical angles, window reflections and cardboard placement, but have mismatched and uneven numbers of steps. Other photos Trump posted of the White House facade and heliport did not trigger the AI watermark detection.
theverge.com
· 2026-10-15
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