Donald Trump Jr.'s Private DC Club Has Mysterious Ties to an Ex-Cop With a Controversial Past The Executive Branch has a reported membership list that includes Trumpworld elites like David Sacks. A WIRED review of corporate filings reveals an under-the-radar player: a notorious former DC police officer. When the Executive Branch soft-launched in Washington, DC, last spring, the private club's initial buzz centered on its starry roster of backers and founding members. The president's eldest son, Donald Trump Jr., is one of the club's several co-owners, according to previous reporting. Founding members reportedly include Trump administration AI czar David Sacks and his podcast cohost Chamath Palihapitiya, as well as crypto bigwigs Tyler and Cameron Winklevoss.

DOGE dominated the news this year as Elon Musk's operatives shook up several US government agencies. Since the beginning of the Trump administration, the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), the brainchild of billionaire Elon Musk, has gone through several iterations, leading periodically to claims-- most recently from the director of the Office of Personnel Management--that the group doesn't exist, or has vanished altogether. Many of its original members are in full-time roles at various government agencies, and the new National Design Studio (NDS) is headed by Airbnb cofounder Joe Gebbia, a close ally of Musk's. Even if DOGE doesn't survive another year, or until the US semiquincentennial--its original expiration date, per the executive order establishing it--the organization's larger project will continue. DOGE from its inception was used for two things, both of which have continued apace: the destruction of the administrative state and the wholesale consolidation of data in service of concentrating power in the executive branch.

House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jim Jordan wrote a letter to Alphabet, Google's parent company, on Saturday, demanding the company explain what influence the Biden administration may have had on its controversial Gemini AI program. The Judiciary Committee asked for documents on the creation and deployment of the artificial intelligence chatbot. "The Committee is investigating how and to what extent the Executive Branch has coerced or colluded with Big Tech and other intermediaries to censor Americans' speech," the House Judiciary Committee said in a Saturday news release. Gemini has faced backlash after it reportedly showed historical figures like George Washington appearing wrongfully as Black and a search for a "pope" prompting a Black woman in Vatican garb. White Supremacist Nazis also were not White.

At a White House summit on July 21, the Biden administration brought together the heads of seven different A.I. companies. A lot of the big names were there--Meta, Google, OpenAI--and they all signed "voluntary commitments" to safeguard artificial intelligence. In the Senate, Chuck Schumer is proposing a framework that legislators can use to tackle A.I. issues. But while the A.I. industry is moving at a breakneck pace, Washington is, as usual, slow to regulate. On Friday's episode of What Next: TBD, I spoke with Makena Kelly, who covers politics and policy for the Verge, about whether Washington can keep up with A.I. Our conversation has been edited and condensed for clarity.

FOX Business correspondent Lydia Hu has the latest on jobs at risk as AI further develops on'America's Newsroom.' The only member of Congress with an advanced degree in artificial intelligence says lawmakers should move slowly to impose new regulations on AI, in part because policymakers and even experts in the field have yet to lay out clear regulatory objectives. Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Calif., says this deliberate approach is a good thing, despite pressure from high-profile tech leaders to halt AI development until its dangers are better understood. In an interview with Fox News Digital, Obernolte said it makes no sense to start regulating until Congress knows precisely what dangers it's trying to avoid. "Before we can create a regulatory framework around AI, we have to very explicit about what our goals are with our regulation," Obernolte said.

President Biden was asked by PBS' Judy Woodruff about his classified documents scandal in his first interview since the controversy broke last month. Members of Congress have taken a sharp tone towards the possible mishandling of classified documents by President Biden, former President Trump and former Vice President Pence in recent weeks, and many have called for legislative action to prevent such occurrences from happening again. It's unclear, however, what action Congress could take, considering the level of classification of documents has been managed by the executive branch of the U.S. government since the time of the late President Franklin Roosevelt, and no members speaking out on the issue have provided any specifics as to what can actually be done to address the problem. "Holding classified documents in anything other than a very secure setting is a risk to national security that is very serious and needs to be resolved. And there are a number of elements to that," Sen. Mitt Romney, R-Utah, said last month after reports surfaced that Pence was the latest to be in possession of classified documents, and just weeks after some had been found at Biden's home and former office. Biden, Pence, and Donald Trump are under intense scrutiny for classified documents being found at their personal properties.

Incorporating artificial intelligence has been a key goal for agencies across the executive branch for quite some time. But now, Congress is considering jumping on the bandwagon as well. Lawmakers on the House Select Committee on the Modernization of Congress are interested in exploring just what AI might be able to help them accomplish. Joe Mariani, a research manager for the Deloitte Center for Government Insights, told the committee during a July 28 hearing about... Incorporating artificial intelligence has been a key goal for agencies across the executive branch for quite some time. But now, Congress is considering jumping on the bandwagon as well.

With software eating the world, it's time for the United States to create a cabinet-level position focused on digital. Whether it was the flawed rollout of the ACA website, the identified need for cybersecurity protection of our energy grid, or AI on the battlefield, the executive branch needs digital leadership and expertise to help guide the country. Here are 10 issues that require coordination, oversight, and/or financial support at the national level with links to relevant content. How do you ensure that machine learning algorithms aren't biased – by race, by age, or by gender? When can you trust an AI black box algorithm and when isn't it suitable?

U.S. Representatives Robin Kelly (IL-02) and I recently announced a new initiative with the Bipartisan Policy Center (BPC) to develop a bipartisan national artificial intelligence (AI) strategy, which will guide how Congress and the executive branch tackle this critical issue. Kelly and I will collaborate with BPC over the coming months to bring together an array of policy experts, public and private sector leaders and consumer advocates across the political spectrum through a series of meetings to discuss the complex policy challenges within AI. Kelly and I have asked for BPC's assistance with this effort because of their leadership in evidence-based policymaking and bipartisan collaboration to solve national problems. If America loses its advantage in technology, it will have a devastating effect on our economy and national security. We need a national AI strategy to ensure the U.S. is prepared to lead on technology that will define the course of this century. I am excited to once again work with my friend and colleague, Rep. Kelly, to tackle this important issue. "In order to maintain a strong economy and national defense, America must preserve our technological edge.

Last week's decision by House Intelligence Committee Republicans and the White House to declassify a misleading, politically charged memo about evidence in the Russia investigation is yet another example of our toxic political environment. But it also points to another problem--one that existed long before President Trump--about how the U.S. government inconsistently and ineptly treats classified information and Americans' poor understanding of that process. Executive Order 13526, issued by President Obama in 2009, governs the process by which certain officials in the U.S. government can classify information--that is, make the decision to protect certain classes of information related to our national security for an established period of time. The process, typologies, and review mechanisms appear straightforward on paper. The ways officials apply them are anything but.