…recently took its two newest AI models offline due to an export control order from the Trump administration, prompting broad debates about AI policy and digital sovereignty. On the latest episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, Sean O'Kane, Rebecca Bellan, and I discussed what actually prompted the administration's mov…

…of Turkey's government. As of the time of writing, the impasse between Anthropic and the Trump administration remains. There is a reasonable chance the administration will buckle and lift the restriction in the interest of keeping American AI companies competitive worldwide - a move that would amount to tacit acknowled…

…concern, or just the latest chapter in a messy relationship between Anthropic and the Trump administration? On this episode of TechCrunch's Equity podcast, hosts Anthony Ha, Sean O'Kane, and Rebecca Bellan unpack what the ban means for developers building on Anthropic's platform and for anyone watching the IPO, why it…

…million refugees admitted into the States, including 504,000 Africans.In October, the Trump administration said it would limit the number of refugees to 7,500 over the current US fiscal year, giving priority to white South Africans following Trump's widely discredited claims of a "genocide" against Afrikaners.Recent fi…

…and Customs Enforcement (ICE) in Nashville over the last year - as part of the Trump administration's immigration crackdown - Armstrong says members of the Hispanic community avoid travelling outside of Antioch, meaning some children had not been making it to games."They don't want to get pulled over in the car," he sa…

…joining the team would've been impossible under President Trump's proposed order.If the Trump administration were to win the Supreme Court case, it would create uncertainty not just for Balogun but plenty of others, says Ilya Somin, George Mason University law professor and the chair in constitutional studies at the Ca…

…public sentiment toward AI and data centers has soured considerably. Meanwhile, the Trump administration on Wednesday said it would pay $765 million to wind developer Invenergy to cancel offshore wind leases near California, Maine, and New York. The company said it would use the money to build natural gas plants in the…

…of export controls that have barred ASML from selling EUV to China since the first Trump administration. It's a serious claim. Senior administration officials told Bloomberg they have evidence that ASML shipped EUV-related components and transport equipment to China, though they've declined, repeatedly, to show it - to…