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Trump administration asks OpenAI to limit next model release over security concerns
The Trump administration has asked OpenAI to limit the release of its next model, GPT-5.6, to only a small set of government-approved partners before any...
Supreme Court's Hawai'i gun law ruling narrows playbook for other states
After the Supreme Court struck down Hawai'i's gun law Thursday, lawmakers and gun-control advocates are reassessing which firearm restrictions they can enact that this court...
Federal judge blocks Trump's mail-in voting order
A federal judge blocked the Trump administration Thursday from enforcing key parts of his executive order aiming to create a citizenship list of eligible voters...
Exclusive: Codex agents are inching into the mainstream
AI is moving from chat and web search to delegated work.Why it matters: The frontier AI labs have spent years promising that effective AI agents...
America's child population is shrinking everywhere but the South
Data: U.S. Census Bureau Vintage 2025 population estimates; Chart: Russell Contreras/AxiosAmerica's child population fell by 1.8 million from 2020 to 2025 — with the under-18...
UN pauses Hormuz sailor evacuations after "attack" in strait
The UN paused efforts to evacuate more than 11,000 sailors stranded in the Strait of Hormuz after Iran objected to the plan and a cargo...
Supreme Court backs Trump on stricter asylum rules
The Supreme Court on Thursday cleared the way for the Trump administration to turn away asylum seekers at the southern border who haven't yet crossed...
China's new open-source model accelerates AI hacking threat
GLM-5.2 — the latest Chinese open-source model capturing Silicon Valley's attention — is raising fresh concerns among security researchers that advanced AI hacking capabilities are...
The happiest World Cup game
POLITICO has been crunching the numbers to see how all 48 of this year’s World Cup participants rank in several other off-field categories, which we’ll...
Iran declares Mexico to be World Cup winner
The United States is failing in its responsibility as a World Cup host country, Iranian officials argued in a government statement shared exclusively with POLITICO...
Canada's soft-power flex
OTTAWA — Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney’s rousing Davos speech, where he called on middle powers to not become losers to the world’s “hegemons,” delivered...
Supreme Court blocks lawsuits over chemical risks
The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that consumers can't use state courts to bring "failure-to-warn" lawsuits against manufacturers that don't warn of hazards surrounding their products.Why...