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AXIOS (Julianna Bragg) - After Iran war panic, U.S. scales back Middle East evacuations as demand drops

More than 43,000 American citizens have safely returned to the U.S. from the Middle East since the U.S. struck Iran 11 days ago, the State Department said Wednesday. Why it matters: Despite widespread panic among Americans abroad last week after the State Department encouraged citizens to immediately evacuate various countries, the agency now says its scaling back assistance due to declining demand. What they're saying: State Department Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson said in a statement Wednesday that the agency has completed more than three dozen charter flights to evacuate Americans. - He added that the State Department contacted almost 9,000 Americans in the United Arab Emirates to offer seats on U.S. government charter flights,…

More than 43,000 American citizens have safely returned to the U.S. from the Middle East since the U.S. struck Iran 11 days ago, the State Department said Wednesday. Why it matters: Despite widespread panic among Americans abroad last week after the State Department encouraged citizens to immediately evacuate various countries, the agency now says its scaling back assistance due to declining demand. What they're saying: State Department Assistant Secretary Dylan Johnson said in a statement Wednesday that the agency has completed more than three dozen charter flights to evacuate Americans. - He added that the State Department contacted almost 9,000 Americans in the United Arab Emirates to offer seats on U.S. government charter flights,…Open

AXIOS (Stephen Neukam) - Democrats drafting AI guardrails for autonomous weapons, domestic spying

Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to codify federal guardrails around the use of AI in fully autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The issue is at the heart of the Trump administration's standoff with Anthropic over the government's access to the company's AI models. - Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is writing legislation that he said would place "commonsense safeguards" around the use of AI in warfare and surveillance, adding that there's an "urgent need for guardrails on how AI is used by the Defense Department." - Schiff is eyeing an upcoming must-pass defense authorization package as one potential vehicle, a source familiar with the matter said. Driving the news: The Trump …

Senate Democrats are drafting legislation to codify federal guardrails around the use of AI in fully autonomous weapons and domestic mass surveillance, Axios has learned. Why it matters: The issue is at the heart of the Trump administration's standoff with Anthropic over the government's access to the company's AI models. - Sen. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) is writing legislation that he said would place "commonsense safeguards" around the use of AI in warfare and surveillance, adding that there's an "urgent need for guardrails on how AI is used by the Defense Department." - Schiff is eyeing an upcoming must-pass defense authorization package as one potential vehicle, a source familiar with the matter said. Driving the news: The Trump …Open