The DOJ called Evanston’s $20 million program “racially discriminatory” — after the city had already distributed over $7 million in marijuana tax revenue.

With its decision on Anthropic’s Mythos and Fable, the Trump administration has created a de facto licensing regime that throws into question the trajectory of frontier AI development.

The administration is turning emergency dollar lifelines into geopolitical favors. Economists say that bargain could come at a steep cost.