🚨Another detail in our @POLITICOMag story: Trump got so frustrated with Anthropic that he told aides: “I want to send them to jail.”
This came right before export controls down.
WH also considered using Defense Production Act or taking over Anthropic’s board to force Dario Amodei’s hand
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@SteveScalise Hey @grok - is it accurate to say “Joe Biden removed the press credentials from over 400 different agencies” as @SteveScalise said this morning on This Week?
SPOTTED at the Naval Observatory on Friday night for VP JD Vance and second lady Usha Vance’s Shabbat dinner:
Via @playbookdc
Must read:
Over the course of 85 days this spring and summer, the course of AI policy under Trump was completed altered.
We set out to understand the thinking behind those events, beginning with the arrival of Anthropic’s Mythos, through the June executive order and subsequent export controls.
Today’s @POLITICOMag cover story, a deep dive from me and @SophiaCai99
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Over the course of 85 days this spring and summer, the course of AI policy under Trump was completed altered.
We set out to understand the thinking behind those events, beginning with the arrival of Anthropic’s Mythos, through the June executive order and subsequent export controls.
Today’s @POLITICOMag cover story, a deep dive from me and @SophiaCai99
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Seems like a problem
There is not a single 28 contender who could do this
Today’s action revoking access for journalists from CNN, POLITICO, and MSNOW violates the First Amendment. The implications extend beyond these organizations: a standard used to exclude one news outlet because of its coverage could be applied to any outlet in the future. The American people, through a free and independent press, must be able to scrutinize those elected to power, regardless of whether government officials view it favorably. That’s why courts have repeatedly held that once the White House provides access to journalists, it cannot deny that access arbitrarily or based on the content of their reporting. The WHCA calls on the administration to immediately restore our colleagues' access.
- Jacqui Heinrich, WHCA President
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Is that Marco Rubio’s music
NEW: Trump says he will soon appoint a new AI czar to lead an “AI Force”
Trump’s former AI czar David Sacks left the White House earlier this year but has continued to have outsized influence with Trump over AI policy
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noted just yesterday how she’s been p quiet on stuff Bernie has been very loud on over the past several months !
New in Playbook:
POLITICO EIC on @cheyennehaslett being denied access to the White House this morning:
Sharp writing from Playbook this morning
Our Playbook this AM with new reporting around Trump’s media ban:
President Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House caught much of his own team by surprise.
@playbookdc called more than a dozen current and former Trump WH officials to figure out why this happened and why now.
Here’s what we learned 🧵
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Many senior staffers were surprised by Trump’s directive and didn’t know it was coming until they saw his Truth Social post, according to three people close to the WH.
It happened while Chief of Staff Susie Wiles was out of town.
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Inside the White House media ban
President Trump’s move to ban CNN, MS NOW and POLITICO from the White House caught much of his own team by surprise.
@playbookdc called more than a dozen current and former Trump WH officials to figure out why this happened and why now.
Here’s what we learned 🧵
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"As we said yesterday, we will vigorously defend our First Amendment rights"
New in @playbookdc: A person close to the White House said there’s already been discussions about adding more outlets to the ban
Per @DashaBurns and @wsteaks:
Playbook says Politico reporter Cheyenne Haslett has been denied entry to the White House:
