New: Mike Johnson announces at Congressional Hackathon that Congress will "deploy artificial intelligence across this institution." Starting this fall, all House staffers will have access to Microsoft Copilot chatbot.

Nexstar, which is trying to get its $6.2bn deal with Tegna approved, says it will preempt Jimmy Kimmel “for the foreseeable future”

brendan carr more or less instructed the abc affiliates to stop broadcasting kimmel's show and threatened disney's ability to broadcast abc over the air

Today, President Donald J. Trump and PM Keir Starmer signed the Technology Prosperity Deal, a landmark science and technology agreement that will propel the U.S. – UK special relationship to new heights for the technological age, and deliver wins for the American people and American innovation

Me: I’m still young! Also me: The superiority when the dentist says “just keep doing what you’re doing” is an unrivaled high

House Oversight just voted to table the subpoena of FCC Chair CARR. Dems pushed the subpoena Oversight top Dem GARCIA says after that he spoke w/ GOP Chair COMER & they will work to bring in Carr to testify Comes after ABC suspended Jimmy Kimmel’s show over comments he made

Energy and Commerce is trying to figure out its next steps, and Judiciary has thoughts on the IP/AI intersection

EPISODE 3 of FLY OUT DAY has touched down! Chuck Schumer dropped by our house today for an exclusive interview with Jake Sherman and Anna Palmer. Plus, an expert panel with Burgess Everett and Andrew Desiderio. Check it out and hit subscribe: youtube.com/watch?v=E5ka8f…

News: Much of the benefit from extending enhanced Obamacare subsidies for 2026 would go to ppl making less than $200K, per new JCT Congress data we obtained $25.6B of benefits would flow to ppl under that income level. Another $1.5B to ppl at $200K-$500K MORE punchbowl.news/jct-aca/

Thune doesn’t seem inclined to cancel recess next week, says it’s unlikely the Senate comes back into session. But adds, “never say never”

Trump says he’ll meet Xi in person at the APEC summit and travel to China early next year. He says he “appreciate(s) the TikTok approval,” signaling they’ve agreed to preserve U.S. operations of the app.

From 💻 TECH: Anthropic climbs the Hill alone, TikTok saga nears end, but details matter, confronting chatbots and more. Diego Areas Munhoz and Ben Brody in the Lookahead: punchbowl.news/archive/92125-…

Artificial intelligence chatbots are back in the spotlight on Capitol Hill. But lawmakers are still struggling to determine how they want to regulate the technology. Ben Brody with the details: punchbowl.news/article/tech/c…

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🚨BREAKING NEWS -- President DONALD TRUMP will meet this week with House Minority Leader HAKEEM JEFFRIES and Senate Minority Leader CHUCK SCHUMER in D.C. to discuss the looming gov't funding crisis. Punchbowl News text subscribers got it first, obviously.

News: Schumer blasts Trump for canceling WH meeting “Trump is running away from the negotiating table before he even gets there. While Americans face rising costs and a Republican healthcare crisis, Trump would rather throw a tantrum than do his job. Democrats are ready to work

New: Johnson & Thune spoke with Trump on Monday night, told him there’s no reason to meet with Dems right now. GOP leaders have offered Dems a 7-week “clean” CR, agree to that first & then negotiate on FY2026 funding, Obamacare subsidies extension. Trump announced today he was

Interesting, Sen. Lee calls a hearing on “Competition in America’s Skies”