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President Trump has proposed building a drone port atop the new White House ballroom, envisioning missile-armed drones and armed troops to guard against aerial attacks. Reporting reveals the Secret Service already operates a separate, smaller drone port nearby on a Treasury Department building, using unarmed surveillance drones deployed from weatherproof boxes to monitor threats.
The White House began streaming a continuous YouTube channel replaying President Trump's speeches, bill signings, and other public appearances, dubbed 'Trump TV' by officials. Digital strategy chief Kaelan Dorr described it as airing Trump's 'greatest hits, unfiltered,' claiming media outlets misreported his administration's achievements. The launch came days after CNN, MS Now, and Politico were barred from White House press access.
Major American television networks suspended their rotating pool coverage of President Trump on Monday, following the removal of CNN as the designated pool network and the exclusion of CNN, MS NOW and Politico from White House access last week. The move came in solidarity with the banned outlets, which have since filed a lawsuit alleging the denial of access violates their First Amendment rights.
MS NOW, CNN and Politico are suing President Trump after he barred their journalists from White House grounds over the weekend, citing dissatisfaction with their coverage of his administration. The outlets argue the ban violates the First Amendment, and their lawsuit is being filed in the same court handling a similar case brought by The Associated Press.
CNN, MS NOW and Politico announced they are suing the Trump administration after their White House reporters had their press badges deactivated and were turned away over the weekend. The move followed Trump's public declaration that he was barring the outlets for reporting he called 'fake news.' The three outlets said they notified the government Monday of a lawsuit to challenge the credential revocations.
CNN reported that its journalists were denied entry to the White House grounds, marking the latest instance of restricted access for the network's reporters covering the administration. CNN publicly condemned the move, calling it an unconstitutional attempt to obstruct its reporting.
Reports indicate Anthropic's anticipated initial public offering will now arrive roughly a month later than earlier projections suggested. The AI company, one of the most closely watched startups in the sector, has not detailed the specific reasons behind the shift in timing.
Despite stepping down as Apple CEO, Tim Cook has kept the responsibility of engaging with governments as part of his new executive chairman title. Bloomberg reports Cook, along with OpenAI's Sam Altman, will attend a White House state dinner honoring Chinese President Xi Jinping amid tense US-China relations over AI, trade and geopolitics.
Senior Trump administration officials have been meeting nearly every day in recent months to discuss possible guardrails for artificial intelligence policy. The internal deliberations reflect competing views within the administration on how much federal oversight AI development should face.
White House officials had drafted a preliminary framework for a FINRA-style body to oversee frontier AI models after Google DeepMind's Demis Hassabis proposed the idea in July. The plan collapsed after executives including David Sacks and Mark Zuckerberg lobbied Trump directly against it, leaving the proposal in limbo with no replacement under active consideration. Meanwhile Congress remains split among competing AI bills that lack sufficient votes to pass.
National Economic Council Director Kevin Hassett told CNBC that AI safety concerns are solvable and best addressed by companies themselves rather than through expanded government oversight. His remarks followed President Trump's dismissal of AI danger warnings as a 'hoax,' as the administration pushes to keep the U.S. ahead of China in AI development.
The US National Science Foundation will issue its fewest new grants in four decades after withholding roughly $1 billion for the White House's Grand Research Challenges initiative and pulling back recommendations for over 150 peer-reviewed proposals. Meanwhile, the National Natural Science Foundation of China is increasing its prestigious early-career grants by 50% this year, moving in the opposite direction as Washington retreats from research investment.