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NYTIMES (Alan Feuer) - Watchdog Group Skeptical of Vows to End Trump Administration’s $1.8 Billion Fund

The group, Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, doubled down on its request to a federal judge to issue a formal order stopping the fund from being set up.

AXIOS (Andrew Solender) - House Democrats threaten to withhold DCCC dues after party's California faceplant

The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC ) is facing behind-the-scenes fury and demands for a course-correction after spending $135,000 on what appears to be a failed effort to boost their favored candidate in a Democratic primary. Why it matters: Some lawmakers are threatening to withhold their dues to the House Democratic campaign arm if it doesn't change its ways. - "People think the DCCC doesn't care about them other than their dues," a senior House Democrat told Axios. "They have no say where they go, they don't help [safe-seat] incumbents." - Said Rep. Adelita Grijalva (D-Ariz.): "It frustrates me and it's just deeply disappointing that the DCCC tried to tip the scales in a very competitive Democratic primary." Driving…

WASHINGTONPOST (Molly Hennessy-Fiske) - A Texas city was already struggling with racial divisions. Then came a bitter murder trial.

Frisco is one of the nation’s fastest growing cities. That growth — and a partisan election season — has fueled racism and anti-immigrant bigotry.

NYTIMES (Katrina Miller, K. R. Callaway and Kenneth Chang) - Meet the NASA Astronauts in the Artemis III 4-Person Crew

NASA’s next mission in its effort to return humans to the moon will be led by an all-male crew. Three of them have extensive experience in space, while the other was a backup on Artemis II.

AXIOS (Sam Sabin) - Anthropic and OpenAI spark new race for frontier AI access

Frontier AI labs are converging on a new strategy for controlling their most cyber-capable models while still commercializing them: selective access. Why it matters: OpenAI's trusted-access program and a pending program from Anthropic are creating a new power center in cybersecurity where AI companies help decide which defenders can use the most advanced cyber capabilities. - For decades, competitive advantage in cybersecurity largely came from talent, data and infrastructure. Now, it also comes from access to models. Driving the news: Anthropic announced Tuesday it will make a version of its Mythos class of models, Fable 5, available to the general public. - Fable 5 includes protections that block some high-risk cybersecurity and…