WSJ: White House says nearly 200 institutions, including NextEra Energy, Duke Energy and Southern Co., have signed the commitment.

Federal lobbying disclosures show Anthropic's 1H 2026 lobbying exceeded its 2025 full-year spend. Q2 outlays were nearly $2.0m, taking 1H total to more than $3.5m versus $3.1m in 2025. Lobbying topics include export controls, cybersecurity, AI safety standards, DoD procurement, DOE's Genesis Mission funding and AI use in healthcare. U.S. Commerce Department export controls on Anthropic last month disrupted its model services and prompted urgent negotiations with the Trump administration, filings say. Filings indicate all major AI labs are closely monitoring shifts in U.S. AI safety standards and regulatory approaches. OpenAI reported a record Q2 lobbying spend of $1.2m and cited delays to its latest model rollout; its lobbying focuses include copyright, cloud and infrastructure, cybersecurity and privacy. Google spent $3.57m in Q2, Microsoft $2.69m and Meta $5.99m; Meta remains under bipartisan congressional scrutiny over child online safety, a long-running issue that conflicts with its chatbot expansion plans.

U.S. Secretary of State Rubio said the U.S. is open to engaging in the Middle East conflict and willing to participate in negotiations to resolve differences, but the other side is not taking talks seriously.