US to safety test new AI models from Google, Microsoft, xAI

New agreements between the companies and the Commerce department build on Biden-era pacts.

Trump Administration Investigating Smith College Over Transgender Admissions

The Education Department’s civil rights arm said admitting “biological males” to the women’s college may violate anti-discrimination laws.

By Michael C. Bender

Google, xAI and Microsoft agree to US national security reviews of new AI models

Agreement with the tech groups follows concerns about Anthropic’s latest Mythos model

Trump administration investigates Smith College for admitting transgender women

Civil rights inquiry claims policy may breach Title IX as administration escalates attacks on trans rights Sign up for the Breaking News US newsletter email The US education department is investigating one of the country’s largest women’s colleges over its admittance of transgender women in another escalation of the Trump administration’s attacks on trans people. The department’s office of civil rights announced the investigation on Monday in a press release, saying the Massachusetts colleg...

By Rachel Leingang

The Trump administration is finding ways to withhold funding from the NIH

Billions in funding were cut under President Trump were restored in 2026. Now, watchdogs say the administration is finding other ways to withhold money – and scientists are feeling the consequences.

By Katia Riddle

Trump 'drug czar' warns of deadly 'rhino tranquilizer' killing Americans as cartel crackdown escalates

The Trump administration issued a dire warning about medetomidine, a rhino tranquilizer surfacing in U.S. communities mixed with fentanyl, "drug czar" Sara Carter says.

Microsoft, Google, xAI give US access to AI models for security testing

The deal comes days after the Pentagon announces an agreement with seven tech giants to use AI in classified systems

Trump admin. moves further into AI oversight, will test Google, Microsoft and xAI models

The White House is also considering a new AI working group that would explore potential oversight and vet models before release, CNBC confirmed.

Trump admin sued over dumping of White House debris, tests show toxic metals

Debris from the demolition of the White House East Wing that was dumped at a nearby public golf course has tested positive for lead, chromium and other toxic metals, the National Park Service said. An interim report by a Virginia engineering firm says the toxic metals, along with PCBs, pesticides, petroleum by-products and other chemicals were detected at levels above laboratory reporting limits in soil at the East Potomac Golf Links, a historic golf course that US President Donald Trump plan...

By Associated Press

Trump admin wants to push bison from public lands in Montana. What to know

Microsoft, xAI and Google will share AI models with US government for security reviews

Army pushes tech giants, defense firms to 'hack’ weapons into AI-ready network

From DEI To Equal Protection: A New Direction In Civil Rights Policy

From DEI To Equal Protection: A New Direction In Civil Rights Policy Authored by Kenin M. Spivak via RealClearPolitics, The Trump administration is restoring the core value of equal opportunity to civil rights enforcement. It is eviscerating the race-baiting, intersectional policies of the Biden and Obama administrations, and giving substance to the Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Ames v. Ohio Department of Youth Services (2025) that whites, men, and heterosexuals are not ...

By Tyler Durden