OpenAI to work with Pentagon after Anthropic dropped by Trump over company’s ethics concernsSam Altman, OpenAI’s CEO, announced the move on Friday night. It came after an agreement between Anthropic, a rival AI company that runs the Claude system, and the Trump administration broke down after Anthropic sought assurances its technology would not be used for mass surveillance – nor for autonomous weapons systems that can kill people without human input.
https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2026/feb/28/openai-us-military-anthropic Private Prison Falsified Records in Detainee’s Death in ICE Custody Despite these findings, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement declined to punish the facility’s politically connected operator, GEO Group. Instead, records show the agency gave GEO even more money to run the facility after the man died: $4 million in additional funds, just three months after the death review was completed. After an April 2024 visit at the facility, ICE’s acting director called GEO a “valued partner.”
https://theintercept.com/2026/02/26/ice-geo-group-moshannon-death-falsify/https://archive.ph/83WRMHUD proposes time limits and work requirements for rental aidThe decision to impose new restrictions would be up to local housing authorities and private property owners who rent to people using a housing voucher, known as Section 8. Time limits could be as short as two years, and work requirements up to 40 hours a week. Those who are elderly or disabled – a majority of people with federal rental subsidies – would be exempt.
https://www.npr.org/2026/02/27/nx-s1-5728988/hud-proposes-time-limits-work-requirements-for-rental-aidTrump officials move to kill system that protects US from chemical disastersThe 2024 rule, which has not yet been fully implemented, also gives workers more power. It required chemical companies
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