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The White House AI task force assigned the President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology an AI safety report on cyber and infrastructure risk, biosecurity, model control, and accountability. Other work covers incident reporting, law-enforcement coordination, and labor impacts; enforcement of the voluntary Accord remains unclear.
Executive director Patrick Witt stepped down from the White House crypto council to return to the private sector, leaving the advisory body unstaffed. Witt previously advocated for the Digital Asset Market Clarity Act, which stalled in the Senate.
Michael Barbaro says gas prices rose 34% in the previous month, while interest rates reached recent highs. He says the White House was proposing payments to Medicare recipients and other measures as economic news worsened ahead of the midterms.
Ukraine’s government said it lost access without warning to the satellite internet network used by its military and blamed the Trump administration, which funds and controls the system. The White House did not say whether it cut access; Ukraine said the outage left it exposed to Russian airstrikes and damaged its energy grid.
Katie Zakaria’s first White House briefing was brief, heavily scripted, and marked by errors, including calling her husband “my president.” Asked where she passed the bar, Zakaria answered China; the hosts said non-citizens cannot take China’s bar exam and questioned whether she had ever been licensed despite being presented as an attorney and general counsel.
White House leaks described Zakaria’s debut as awkward and said staff lacked confidence in her, with one adviser arguing she needed two weeks of preparation. The hosts said the leaks could weaken her ability to control press operations; Zakaria also announced that Kimberly Guilfoyle had been asked to resign as ambassador to Greece.
Kimberly Guilfoyle resigned as U.S. ambassador to Greece after the White House asked her to step down; a Republican donor alleged she requested $100,000 for a credit-card bill before her Senate confirmation hearing.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth proposed livestreaming the December 3 firing squad execution of Fort Hood shooter Nadal Hassan. Donald Trump privately questioned the plan following widespread bipartisan backlash from lawmakers and White House advisors.