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AI is now part of the culture wars — and real wars

US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth takes questions during a press conference on US military action in Iran, at the Pentagon in Washington, DC, on March 2, 2026. | Brendan Smialowsky/AFP via Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, the newsletter for Verge subscribers that goes inside Washington’s increasingly existential clashes between tech and politics. If […]

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Bezos could have saved The Washington Post’s local news and sports reporters

Demonstrators hold a “Save The Post” sign next to a cutout image of Jeff Bezos during a “Save The Post” rally outside the Washington Post headquarters in Washington, DC, US, on Thursday, Feb. 5, 2026. | Kent Nishimura/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about tech politicking in

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The crypto bill is falling apart in Congress

Rep. Glenn Thompson (R-PA), from left, Sen. Tim Scott (R-SC) Sen. John Boozman (R-AK), Rep. French Hill (R-AK), and David Sacks, White House Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Crypto czar, during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, US, on Tuesday, Feb. 4, 2025. | Ting Shen/Bloomberg via Getty Images. Hello and welcome to

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Inside the White House shitposting machine

Screens at the White House display AI-modified videos of House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY) and U.S. Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) that were shared on social media by President Donald Trump. | Credit: Alex Wong/Getty Images Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about the technology, broligarchs and brainrot rapidly

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Jake Sullivan is furious that Trump destroyed his AI foreign policy

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers about Big Tech, Big Government, and the big paradigm shifts that result from their collision. Not a subscriber yet? It’s a new year, so why not treat yourself? In 2022, Jake Sullivan, then national security adviser under President Joe Biden and a powerful figure in

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How Silicon Valley turned Trump into a fellow broligarch

U.S. President Donald Trump speaks as (L-4th L) White House “AI and Crypto Czar” David Sacks, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and first lady Melania Trump listen during a dinner at the State Dining Room of the White House on September 4, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images) Hello and welcome to 2025’s

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Silicon Valley is rallying behind a guy who sucks

Hello and welcome to Regulator, a newsletter for Verge subscribers that covers the political intrigue and power struggles between Big Tech and Big Government. Subscribe here for a weekly dispatch of tech oligarchs fighting regular oligarchs. Prior to last week, only highly specialized political insiders knew the extent of David Sacks’ influence in the Trump […]

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