OpenAI CEO Sam Altman is visiting Washington this week to argue that artificial intelligence is helping Americans be more productive and to promise to keep AI “democratic” by getting it in as many hands as possible, Axios reports.

Punchbowl News points out that one problem with President Trump’s push for the Senate to scrap the August recess in order to confirm his nominations: Republicans might be better served selling the “big beautiful bill” back in their states.

“The Trump administration wants to visit the Federal Reserve this week to review its $2.5 billion renovation,“ Semafor reports. “President Donald Trump and his allies have identified the project as a potential opportunity to oust Fed Chair Jerome Powell amid the president’s frustration over

Vice President J.D. Vance is going to the UK for his family’s summer vacation, The Telegraph reports.

Washington Post: “The U.S. government and partners in Canada and Australia are investigating the compromise of SharePoint servers, which provide a platform for sharing and managing documents. Tens of thousands of such servers are at risk, experts said, and Microsoft has issued no patch for the