NYTIMES (Ashley Wu) - D.H.S. Funding Lapse Leads to Longest Partial Shutdown in History
If the shutdown continues after this weekend, it will be longer than any previous shutdown, partial or full.
NYTIMES (Michael Gold) - Trump Says He Will Sign Order to Pay T.S.A. Agents During Shutdown
President Trump said he would sign an emergency order to pay Transportation Security Administration agents, with an intensifying crisis at airports ahead of a busy travel weekend.
AXIOS (Maria Curi) - Scoop: Altman told staff he tried to "save" Anthropic in Pentagon clash
As Anthropic's negotiations with the Pentagon were collapsing, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees he was trying to "save" his competitor, according to internal Slack messages seen by Axios. - At the same time, Altman privately vented that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had spent years trying to undermine him. Why it matters: The messages reveal Altman's conflicted thinking as OpenAI swooped in to secure a Pentagon contract Anthropic had just lost — portraying himself as a peacemaker even as his company emerged as the primary beneficiary. - The Slack messages, paraphrased below, trace Altman's thinking from Feb. 24 through March 2 as the dispute escalated into one of the most dramatic confrontations yet between the AI industry and the…
As Anthropic's negotiations with the Pentagon were collapsing, OpenAI CEO Sam Altman told employees he was trying to "save" his competitor, according to internal Slack messages seen by Axios. - At the same time, Altman privately vented that Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei had spent years trying to undermine him. Why it matters: The messages reveal Altman's conflicted thinking as OpenAI swooped in to secure a Pentagon contract Anthropic had just lost — portraying himself as a peacemaker even as his company emerged as the primary beneficiary. - The Slack messages, paraphrased below, trace Altman's thinking from Feb. 24 through March 2 as the dispute escalated into one of the most dramatic confrontations yet between the AI industry and the…Open
NYTIMES (Liam Stack) - Wall St. Bonuses Soared to $49.2 Billion. New York Hoped for Even More.
The city was counting on a 15 percent rise in bonuses to produce tax revenues to fill its budget gap. The actual increase was 9 percent, the state comptroller said.
NYTIMES (Nick Corasaniti) - Sheriff in California Seizes More Ballots, Ignoring State Attorney General
Chad Bianco, the Riverside County sheriff and a Republican running for governor, is examining votes from 2025 after unsubstantiated claims of fraud.
ABCNEWS - Trump says he'll sign order directing DHS to pay TSA workers as shutdown drags on
Trump he'll sign an executive order instructing DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin to pay TSA workers immediately, calling the ongoing DHS shutdown an "Emergency Situation."
NYTIMES (Matthew Cullen) - Trump Gives Iran More Time to Reopen the Strait of Hormuz
Also, transgender athletes were barred from women’s Olympic events. Here’s the latest at the end of Thursday.
ABCNEWS - Trump's signature will be added to US currency, Treasury says
Trump will become the first sitting president whose name will appear on currency.
NYTIMES (Erica L. Green) - Trump Defends His Use of Mail-In Voting: ‘Because I’m President’
President Trump wants to restrict voting by mail, which he says amounts to “cheating.” But he defended his own use of the practice in a special election this week.
NPR (Joel Rose) - As TSA agents miss another paycheck, what's happening at airports with private security?
At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security?
At 20 airports around the U.S., security screeners are getting paid as usual despite the ongoing DHS shutdown — because they're private contractors. Will more airports look at privatizing security?Open