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NPR (Elena Moore) - In new poll, Americans voice broad bipartisan support for age caps in Congress

The vast majority of Americans — 8 in 10 — say there should be age caps for members of Congress, as well as term limits, according to the latest NPR/PBS News/Marist Poll.

AXIOS (Madison Mills) - How Elon grew to love Anthropic

Elon Musk's surprise Anthropic deal allows him to accomplish two things at once: turn unused compute into revenue before an expected SpaceX IPO next month — and stick it to his archrival, Sam Altman. Why it matters: Musk went from calling Anthropic "evil" to doing business with it in three months, showing how quickly competition can give way to strategic necessity in the AI race. The big picture: The deal helps Anthropic address one of its most pressing problems — a severe compute deficit. The company saw "80x growth per year in revenue and usage" for the first quarter of 2026, CEO Dario Amodei said at a developer conference Wednesday, when it only planned for 10x. - That demand spike gave the AI lab "difficulties with compute,"…

WASHINGTONPOST (Meryl Kornfield) - Federal workers had their annual award show. Many were too afraid to show up.

A year after the U.S. DOGE Service dramatically slashed the civil service, government workers are still spooked about getting on the Trump administration’s bad side.

WASHINGTONPOST (Cat Zakrzewski, Isaac Arnsdorf, Jonathan Edwards) - Undeterred by polls and courts, Trump honors ballroom donors at White House

Amid the war with Iran, surging gas prices and backlash to his immigration policies, the president continues to dedicate extensive time to his signature project.