Former Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke Joins Anthropic Oversight Trust

Companies should prepare now for 2027 oversight

A Democratic majority in Congress will likely prioritize oversight and investigations of the administration and its business partners, with a focus on AI governance, emerging technology, and national security supply chains, and will use a combination of bipartisan fact-finding and public pressure to drive policy.

Tech Giant Dredges Up Major Player From Great Recession Saga To Be AI Watchdog

Artificial intelligence giant Anthropic announced Thursday that it has appointed former Federal Reserve Chair Ben Bernanke to its Long-Term Benefit Trust.

Mark Carney hands Tory MP, top PMO adviser Senate seats

Tech CEO Thomas Pitfield is a long-time Liberal strategist, having previously served as Prime MInister Mark Carney's principal secretary

Shapiro becomes latest 2028 Democratic contender to strengthen ties to Carney

Gov. Josh Shapiro (D-PA) joined the likes of former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg and Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D-MI) this month, becoming the latest Democratic leader to meet with Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney. President Donald Trump has had an up-and-down relationship with Carney throughout his time in office, made contentious by Trump’s tariffs and his []

Kevin Warsh names business titans and academics to lead the Fed's sweeping policy review

Marc Andreessen, former Walmart CEO Doug McMillon, and former Bank of England Governor Mervyn King are among 15 co-leaders tapped by the new Fed chair

Majority of US workers want AI sovereign wealth fund: poll

A majority of U.S. employees now want to hold corporations more accountable via an AI sovereign wealth fund, amid dissatisfaction over a growing number of tech layoffs despite higher overall corporate profits, according to a recent poll. The national survey of 1,690 adults by research firm Verasight, which was carried out in June and published []...Click to read more

Anthropic AI Oversight Board Adds Ben Bernanke, Who Oversaw 2008 Financial Crisis at Fed

Former Fed Chair Ben Bernanke will have the power to appoint Anthropic board members as part of company's Long-Term Benefit Trust.

Flipping The House? House Dems Plan Big Inquiries Into Trump’s Crypto And Family Deals

House Democrats have placed investigations into President Donald Trump’s new cryptocurrency ventures and multi-billion-dollar business dealings at the top of their legislative agenda should they retake the majority in the upcoming election. Representative Robert Garcia (D-CA) confirmed the legislative strategy during a recent interview on CNN’s Inside Politics with anchor Kasie Hunt. Garcia stated that [] Flipping The House? House Dems Plan Big Inquiries Into Trump’s Crypto And Family Deals

If You Own an Index Fund, You Likely Already Own SpaceX. Here Is How Much.

Depending upon the index funds investors own, there's a better-than-fair chance they have some exposure to SpaceX.

Trump Goon Hit With Bombshell Probe Over Billion-Dollar Deal

Kylie Cooper/ReutersCommerce Secretary Howard Lutnick has been accused of a potential ethics violation over a major rare earth minerals deal announced by the U.S. government that has links to his family-run financial firm.A group of Democrats has written a letter, seen by the Wall Street Journal, to Cantor Fitzgerald Chairman Brandon Lutnick, the commerce secretary’s son, expressing concerns about a 1.6 billion investment the Trump administration announced in January with minerals company USA Rare Earth.Cantor Fitzgerald was headed by the commerce secretary from 1996 to 2025 before he handed the reins over to his children. Brandon and Kyle Lutnick were named chairman and executive vice chairman of the firm in May 2025.Read more at The Daily Beast.

Anthropic moves toward deal with US to lift curbs on AI models

Anthropic PBC and the Trump administration are moving closer to an agreement that would lift U.S. restrictions on the company’s top two artificial intelligence models after weeks of talks between the two sides over security of the systems, ...

Finance minister chairs 1st meeting on US investment project review

Finance minister chairs 1st meeting on US investment project review

Pete Hegseth taps Ken Jones for reorganized Defense Advisory Committee

The investment firm leader previously worked in the Senate on national security issues after the Sept. 11 attacks. The post Pete Hegseth taps Ken Jones for reorganized Defense Advisory Committee appeared first on Florida Politics - Campaigns Elections. Lobbying Government..

KPMG partner and former Labor MP David Bradbury appointed to be deputy chair of banking, super regulator

A recently departed partner with embattled auditing firm KPMG, who is also a former Federal Labor MP, has been appointed to the board of Australia’s banking regulator for a five-year term.

Trillionaires Like Elon Musk Aren't A Problem For America, Envious Leftists Are

The billionaires are not the problem, and neither is the trillionaire — but Democrats disagree. There are incessant denunciations of billionaires from the Democrats' Bernie Sanders wing, which has seized control of the party. Their fulminations against wealth became louder still when SpaceX going public pushed Elon Musk's estimated net worth over 1 trillion. One congressman whined, Trillionaires shouldn't exist in a moral society....

OOF, Democrats Are in DEEEEEP Trouble: Chris Murphy Just Proved Socialist Democrats Own His Party (WATCH)

OOF, Democrats Are in DEEEEEP Trouble: Chris Murphy Just Proved Socialist Democrats Own His Party (WATCH)

Households All-In On Equities: Cameron Dawson

Cameron Dawson, CEO of NewEdge Wealth, joins Scarlet Fu and Tom Keene on Bloomberg Money. They discuss financial planning and allocating personal portfolios. (Source: Bloomberg)

Bill Maher Reveals Reason He Would Vote for a Republican President

Proud Democrat Bill Maher is revealing the reason he’d cross the political divide and vote for a Republican for president. “If this is where the Democratic party is going this obsession with Israel, with the Jew-hating, with they don’t believe in capitalism, no prisons, if this is where they’re going, my vote is in play,” []

Carney appoints one of his top advisers and a Conservative MP to Senate

Carney appoints one of his top advisers and a Conservative MP to Senate

Casper forum separates US Senate candidates on healthcare, executive power

Four Republicans and two Democrats also outline views on public lands and their potential sale. The post Casper forum separates US Senate candidates on healthcare, executive power appeared first on WyoFile .

Did Netanyahu Shape Trump's Iran Strategy?

"Netanyahu convinced Trump to JOIN Israel's MILITARY OPERATIONS." Former US Ambassador Edward Djerejian analyzes US-Israel coordination during the conflict with Iran. #Netanyahu #Trump

Investor Sentiment On The Fed And New Chair Kevin Warsh

Investor Sentiment On The Fed And New Chair Kevin Warsh

Lawmakers Snap Up SpaceX Stock Days After $2 Trillion IPO

New financial disclosure statements reveal a congressman and the child of another lawmaker bought shares in Elon Musk’s company shortly after it went public last month. Other legislators are expected to follow suit. ‘It’s likely the tip of the iceberg,’ ethics watchdogs told CNBC.

ICYMI: Tom Barrett Hosts Multiple Cabinet Secretaries in Mid-Michigan

This week, Congressman Tom Barrett hosted U.S. Department of Energy Secretary Chris Wright, U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., and U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Scott Turner. Congressman Barrett and members of the Trump administration cabinet spoke with local leaders and stakeholders sharing their work to lower costs, unleash energy, [] The post ICYMI: Tom Barrett Hosts Multiple Cabinet Secretaries in Mid-Michigan appeared first on NRCC.

California leaders yet to reach deal to keep billionaire tax off the ballot. Time is running out

This story was originally published by CalMatters. Sign up for their newsletters. State leaders are feverishly negotiating with special interests behind a few high-profile measures ahead of a Thursday deadline to withdraw them from the November ballot. Top Democrats have already announced an agreement between Uber and the state’s trial lawyers to pull rival initiatives []

Bill Ackman Backs Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), And Meta (NASDAQ: META) As AI Spending Fears Create Buying Opportunity

Billionaire investor Bill Ackman is standing firm on his Big Tech holdings even as Wall Street grows increasingly skeptical about the industry’s massive artificial intelligence spending commitments. During a Forbes Iconoclast interview, Ackman discussed his portfolio strategy, his IPO plans, and his continued conviction in three of the market’s most debated technology giants. Ackman’s firm, [] The post Bill Ackman Backs Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOGL), Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), And Meta (NASDAQ: META) As AI Spending Fears Create Buying Opportunity appeared first on Foreign Policy Journal.

Speaker Johnson’s warnings about DSA agenda take an unintentionally amusing turn

Does Congress’ top Republican realize that Trump has pursued public ownership stakes in private companies, too? The post Speaker Johnson’s warnings about DSA agenda take an unintentionally amusing turn appeared first on MS NOW.

Senate Democrats Press Trump-Affiliated Companies Over IRS Settlement Scope

Senate Democrats are pressing companies tied to President Donald Trump’s family to say whether they believe they are covered by a DOJ settlement that limits IRS action tied to prior tax returns.

House committee leaders reach agreement to advance online safety bill

House committee leaders reach agreement to advance online safety bill

Who will lead WHO after Trump’s retreat?

The next director-general will inherit an organization grappling with a funding crisis while trying to implement a new global health model.

US Fed appoints Marc Andreessen to co-lead productivity, jobs task force to assess economic impact of new technologies

New Delhi [India], July 10 (ANI): The US Federal Reserve has appointed Marc Andreessen, cofounder and general partner at Andreessen Horowitz to co-lead one of the five task forces that will review and modernise the central bank's monetary policymaking framework, as per a statement by the Federal Reserve.The Federal Reserve on Thursday announced the leadership and objectives of the task forces, which will examine

Xbox CEO Asha Sharma Appointed to Federal Reserve Advisory Task Force

The U.S. Federal Reserve has appointed Microsoft Xbox CEO Asha Sharma to co-lead a newly formed advisory panel tasked with analyzing the economic impact of artificial intelligence and emerging technologies on productivity and employment.

Anthropic’s Mythos 5 AI model cleared by U.S. for wider use

Anthropic PBC won US approval to restore some access to its powerful Mythos 5 artificial intelligence model, after resolving Trump administration concerns about the technology’s potential threats to national security. “Anthropic has worked with the US government to address risks associated with the Covered Models,” Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick wrote to the company’s chief compute []

Josh Shapiro Actually Said This About the Democratic Party

Josh Shapiro Actually Said This About the Democratic Party

The Gap Between Texas and California Gas Prices Is Now $5 a Gallon — and a GOP Candidate for Governor Wants Voters to Know It

The Republican gubernatorial candidate blamed Democratic policies, but analysts point to refinery closures and the Iran conflict as key factors. Sign up to receive the Daily Dot’s Internet Insider newsletter for urgent news from the frontline of online. The post The Gap Between Texas and California Gas Prices Is Now 5 a Gallon — and a GOP Candidate for Governor Wants Voters to Know It appeared first on The Daily Dot.

Jana Wibawa: Zafrul says didn't reject direct tender directives from Muhyiddin

Instead, the then finance minister approved the 54 contractors proposed through a letter from PMO.

Bears taking advice, but haven’t put forward specific stadium plan, Pritzker says – Capitol News IL

Gov. JB Pritzker reiterated his willingness to call a special session to pass legislation. “I think (the Bears are) looking at both of the bills that passed – the one in the House, the one in the Senate – hoping to put the provisions of each of those together in a form that they think will pass,” he said. “And then, of course, they need to begin conversations with members of the legislature that they weren’t able to win over before.