Government, elections, policy, courts, and accountability
A Commerce Department directive invoking the deemed-export rule at 15 CFR 734.13 bars all foreign nationals from Anthropic's two most capable models -- forcing the company to disable them for every customer. No record of the order appears in the Federal Register.
A widening conflict between Anthropic and the federal government over military access, safety red lines, and now export controls on frontier AI models.
On April 29, 2026, the Supreme Court struck down Louisiana's congressional map in Louisiana v. Callais, 6-3, narrowing Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act. The decision triggered cascading state-level responses in Louisiana, Florida, Tennessee, and Alabama within seventeen days. This story tracks the legislative, executive, and litigation moves across affected states as the 2026 midterm map is redrawn in real time.
An ongoing investigation into the financial architecture around Rep. Ilhan Omar — campaign money flowing through her husband Tim Mynett's firms, contested company valuations on her disclosures, an unregistered venture capital firm with a scrubbed advisory board, and a House Ethics Committee referral.
