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Secretary of State, Marco Rubio, President Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth during a cabinet meeting at the White House on Thursday. Photo: Will Oliver/EPA/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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Pentagon weighs sending 10,000 more combat troops to the Middle East

  • Barak Ravid
Vance's greatest challenge: Making peace with Iran
Vance's greatest challenge: Making peace with Iran
Late-night Senate vote puts DHS one step closer to mostly reopening
Late-night Senate vote puts DHS one step closer to mostly reopening
White House AI rollout exposes widening rift
White House AI rollout exposes widening rift
Thune lays out next steps after Trump's move to restore TSA pay
Thune lays out next steps after Trump's move to restore TSA pay
    • Maria Curi
    11 hours ago
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    Technology
    Judge temporarily blocks Pentagon's ban on Anthropic
    Animated illustration of the Pentagon Building as the center of a computer circuit board

    Illustration: Sarah Grillo/Axios

    A federal judge on Thursday paused the Trump administration's designation of Anthropic as a supply chain risk, marking an early legal victory for the embattled company.

    Why it matters: Anthropic argued that the designation was causing immediate and irreparable harm as business partners rethink their contracts and federal agencies remove Claude.

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    • Zachary Basu
    11 hours ago
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    Technology
    Scoop: Altman told staff he tried to "save" Anthropic in Pentagon clash
    Sam Altman

    Sam Altman. Photo: Anna Moneymaker/Getty Images

    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.

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    • Kathleen Hunter
    12 hours ago
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    Politics & Policy
    Trump to sidestep Congress, pay TSA workers
    Transportation Security Administration workers wait for travelers at the security checkpoint at Albany International Airport on March 23,

    Transportation Security Administration workers wait for travelers at the security checkpoint at Albany International Airport on March 23, Photo: Lori Van Buren/Albany Times Union via Getty Images

    President Trump announced Thursday that he would sign an order to circumvent Congress and restore pay for TSA workers.

    Why it matters: The maneuver could help ease widespread delays and disruptions at U.S. airports that have threatened to raise voter ire. It also undermines efforts to strike a deal in the Senate to end the DHS shutdown, now well into its second month.

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