- Senate Democrats demand OpenAI detail efforts to make its AI safe (washingtonpost.com)
- OpenAI promised to make its AI safe. Employees say it ‘failed’ its first test. (washingtonpost.com)
- “Freedom cities” and a “Department of Life”: It’s too late for Trump to ditch Project 2025 (salon.com)
- Beryl Leaves Hot Misery In Its Wake As It Churns Into U.S. Interior (huffpost.com)
- Donald Trump Fumes Over Biden Leaving Race In Unhinged Late Night Rant: ‘It’s Not Over!’ [SPOILER: Yes It Is, You Sundowning Old Has-Been] (huffpost.com)
- Oklahoma is having right-wing media figures rewrite its social studies curriculum. Here’s what you need to know about them. (mediamatters.org)
- Texas Sends Millions to Crisis Pregnancy Centers. It’s Meant to Help Needy Families, But No One Knows if It Works. (propublica.org)
- Israel Gives Its Assessment of the War’s Toll on Hamas (nytimes.com)
- Houston has a flooding problem. Beryl was more proof it’s hard to fix. (washingtonpost.com)Hospitals in Houston ‘Backed Up’ After Hurricane, as Millions in U.S. Swelter (nytimes.com)
- As NATO Convenes, Leaders Worry About a Hole in Its Center (nytimes.com)









