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September 2, 2026

President Trump on Wednesday signed a stopgap government funding bill into law, affirming Congress’s efforts to temporarily avert a shutdown until at least Dec. 11.

Issues: Committee Work

September 1, 2026

The Pentagon’s spokesman is facing backlash for falsely claiming that it is a “crime” for journalists to publish classified information following a report that some military leaders were critical of extending President Donald Trump’s war in Iran.

A classified Pentagon assessment reviewed by The Washington Post reportedly advised Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth that prolonging the conflict in Iran was weakening the U.S. elsewhere, including on home soil.


September 1, 2026

Rep. Ted Lieu said House Democrats have been researching potential Trump administration voter suppression scenarios similar to one revealed in a whistleblower’s claim that the U.S. Postal Service is possibly jeopardizing mail-in ballots.

Lieu said the message he wants to give Americans is simple: ”Just go … vote,” he said, using a profanity.


August 27, 2026

WEST HOLLYWOOD, CA — On August 26, 2026, Congresswoman Laura Friedman (D-Los Angeles) convened a panel of the region’s top transportation officials alongside U.S.

Issues: Local Issues

August 17, 2026

The News

Juleanna Glover, a longtime adviser to CEOs navigating Washington, DC, and onetime adviser to Elon Musk, spent the summer of 2020 texting Musk's phone number to everyone she knew in Joe Biden's campaign. The Tesla CEO had started to grouse on X about the Democratic nominee, and she could see where it was going. Could the former vice president, perhaps, give the billionaire a call and show him a little love?


August 15, 2026
Opinion: Op-Eds

OpenAI recently asked its most advanced artificial intelligence model to complete a cybersecurity test inside what is known as a "sandbox," which is supposed to be a sealed environment with guardrails and no internet access meant to keep the experiment contained. But the model decided the fastest way to pass the test was to find the answer key online. So it broke out of the sandbox.

Issues: Artificial Intelligence Cybersecurity and Technology

August 14, 2026

OpenAI recently asked its most advanced artificial intelligence model to complete a cybersecurity test inside what is known as a "sandbox," which is supposed to be a sealed environment with guardrails and no internet access meant to keep the experiment contained. But the model decided the fastest way to pass the test was to find the answer key online. So it broke out of the sandbox.


August 10, 2026

OpenAI has halted some “internal activities” involving a new model amid fears over the cyber threat it potentially poses, amid a wave of security incidents involving major AI labs.

Recent disclosures that AI systems from Anthropic, OpenAI and Meta were involved in security incidents prompted a wave of concerns over the development of models. U.S. lawmakers, meanwhile, are stepping up efforts to introduce an “AI Kill Switch” bill.


August 6, 2026

Concerns are growing about the national security implications of artificial intelligence. As frontier AI models grow more capable, their ability to break free from their controls grows with them.