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Ted Cruz said he would love to mark up the bipartisan AI safety bill this month, while John Thune said it remains to be seen.

Experts warn the midterms could interrupt the momentum for AI regulation in Congress.

Semafor argues calls to pace frontier AI also serve the labs' financial interests.

Activists spent years cultivating allies on Capitol Hill, and lawmakers in both parties are now discussing AI extinction risk.

Sam Altman said people are right to fear advancing AI but should trust the leaders building it.

Zuckerberg said AI firms already have a natural incentive to keep models safe, and Huang called the choice between safety and speed false.

DeepMind's AlphaGenome precomputed the predicted effect of all nine billion possible single-letter changes in the human genome.

A former White House envoy warns US inaction risks empowering Houthis who now threaten a key oil route.

US officials decided not to back Saudi Arabia after meeting Houthi leaders as fighting in Yemen escalates.

Panama cut canal traffic as El Niño drains water supplies, on a route carrying 40% of US container traffic.

The European Commission president invited Canada to become the EU's first-ever associate member amid its trade war with the US.

Somaliland's president is offering port access, minerals and possible military access in pursuit of US recognition.

The administration approved a $2.8 billion sale of 40,000 one-ton bombs to Israel, the largest such sale in years.

Unite America finds just over 9% of eligible voters, in dominant-party primaries, effectively decided 88% of House seats.

The Post's takeaways: the economy dominates voters' concerns and anti-establishment anger has spread to Democratic primaries.