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Democracy Dies in Darkness
AI money is already a≠ecting midterms
Candidates backed by Big Tech funds have seen success at the polls
BY D AN MERICA AND CLARA ENCE MORSE
Money from artificial intelli- gence companies is flooding into the 2026 midterms.
AI giants such as OpenAI and Anthropic have already collec- tively contributed over $185 mil- lion to contests around the coun- try as tech leaders work to influ- ence how, and how much, AI will be regulated, with Democrats and Republicans preparing for an onslaught of campaign spend- ing that could remake key elec- tions.
Candidates backed by AI com- panies have found early success — of the 20 candidates in the Texas and North Carolina prima- ries who received AI funds, in- cluding many in competitive, open primaries, only one lost her race.
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“There is an extreme takeover being attempted ... by people that know they are on the wrong side both of popular opinion and of history and are trying at the last second to get their way by drown- ing out elections with money,” said New York state Rep. Alex Bores (D), whose campaign for Congress has been both support- ed and attacked by groups fund- ed by AI interests. The public
increasingly skeptical of artificial intelligence and the proliferation of data cen- ters needed to power it. A Pew Research Center survey released last year found that 50 percent of Americans were more concerned than excited about the increased use of AI, and a Marquette Uni- versity survey last month found that 70 percent of registered vot- ers in Wisconsin felt the costs of data centers outweigh the bene- fits. One of the main concerns among voters is the impact data centers have on energy prices, given that the U.s. energy Infor- mation Administration found late last year that electricity pric- es had risen 28 percent since the see ai ON a4
an israeli airstrike launches plumes of smoke into the sky Thursday in the southern suburbs of beirut.
Ex-NFL players decry war video using their hits
BY ROBERT KLEMKO
The video clip is a favorite of Kenny Bell’s friends: The Univer- sity of Nebraska receiver lays a punishing blind-side block on a Wisconsin defender during the 2012 Big Ten title game. But the clip found new life — and new meaning — last Friday when the White House posted that play, and other devastating pro and college collisions, in a montage that juxtaposed football high- lights with footage of U.s. mili- tary strikes in Iran.
Bell, now retired from pro foot- ball at 34, said he was disgusted with the montage set to AC/DC’s “Thunderstruck.”
“For that play to be associated with bombing human beings makes me sick,” Bell told The Washington Post. “I don’t want anything to do with images like that.”
Do you support or oppose the U.s. military campaign against Iran?
support 42%
Unsure 17%
oppose 40%
satellite photos: Top firms restrict access to Middle East imagery. A14
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shipping law: white House weighs waiver to ease energy costs. A14
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Opposition to Iran o≠ensive eases overall
BY SCOTT CLEMENT, ERIC LAU AND ISABELLE GIBSON
What do Americans think about the U.s. war with Iran, and how have their opinions shifted since the conflict began?
A Washington Post poll of 1,005 Americans finds less opposition to the U.s. military actions than when they began, although more people still would prefer that the strikes stop than continue. A steady majority say the Trump administration has not clearly explained the war’s goals, and most say the number of U.s. casu- alties is unacceptable. Many Americans are still making up their minds on the military cam- paign or hold a mix of positive and negative views about it.
Participants’ answers have been lightly edited for clarity and style.
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Israel widens war at border
lebanon on brink, appeals for truce
Hundreds killed in reply to strikes by Hezbollah
BY MOHAMAD EL CHAMAA,
SUZAN HAIDAMOUS
AND ELLEN FRANCIS
BEIRUT — The U.s.-Israel war against Iran has engulfed Leba- non, pushing the beleaguered country to a new precipice as Israel expands a ferocious bomb- ing campaign and threatens an invasion of south Lebanon in re- sponse to strikes by Hezbollah, Tehran’s most powerful proxy.
More than 680 people, at least 98 of them children, have been killed in Lebanon in the past week, while Israeli evacuation or- ders and strikes have forced 800,000 people to flee, authori- ties here say.
To stave off a disaster, Leba- non’s government has appealed to U.s. and european leaders to in- tervene, officials said, even offer- ing to engage in once-taboo talks with Israel. Israel rejected the proposal, according to two people familiar with the matter who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive diplomacy.
Lebanese officials, in a diplo- matic scramble from Beirut to Paris to Washington, have called for a ceasefire, support for the Lebanese army to seize Hezbol- lah’s arsenal, and eventual direct peace talks with Israel “under American sponsorship,” accord- ing to an adviser to President Joseph Aoun.
“The president of the republic is desperate and seeking all means to stop the destruction of the country and halt attacks,” the adviser said.
Israeli airstrikes Thursday hit near schools, pubs and govern- ment buildings in the capital, Beirut, and pounded Lebanon’s see lebanon O N a12
DHS choice hired felon who illegally kept guns at work
course he knew. Because I told him.”
The incident became a contro- versy during Mullin’s first run for Congress in 2012. At the time, Mullin denied knowing about saylor’s criminal history, telling the Tulsa World that he did not conduct a background check. Mullin said that was because saylor had been an existing em- ployee of a business purchased by Mullin Plumbing.
Federal law makes it a crime to knowingly provide a weapon to a felon. Mullin told authorities at the time that he gave saylor guns “to clean.” Mullin was never charged, according to court re- cords.
Mullin’s
background
and views have faced fresh scrutiny since last week, when Trump said he was nominating him to suc- ceed Homeland security secre- tary Kristi L. Noem at the end of the month. Mullin must be con- firmed by his colleagues in the U.s. senate to run the depart- ment, which includes the nation’s largest law enforcement agency, see mullin ON a5
Employee said Mullin knew his record but let him store the weapons
BY I SAAC ARNSDORF AND MARIA SACCHETTI
President Donald Trump’s new pick to lead the Department of Homeland security, sen. Mark- wayne Mullin (R-Oklahoma), employed a supervisor at his family plumbing business who illegally stored weapons and am- munition in an office safe in 2009, according to federal court records.
The employee, Timothy L. say- lor, was previously convicted of felonies, barring him from own- ing firearms. He said Mullin knew his criminal history but nonetheless allowed him to store the weapons at Mullin Plumbing in Oklahoma.
“Markwayne knew I was a felon,” saylor said in an interview with The Washington Post. “Of
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squeezed and cutting back Americans are driving less, skipping meals and putting off big life moves to keep up with health care costs, according to two new Gallup polls. A4
attack at Michigan synagogue A man is dead after ramming his car into the building and being shot at by security, officials said. A7
the nAtIon Chef rené redzepi resigned from Noma amid abuse allegations by former staff. A2 The exploding demand for weight-loss drugs is changing how Ameri- cans buy medicine. A2
the worlD a ukrainian missile strike in Russia’s Bryansk region inflicted heavy damage on a key plant supplying electronic parts for the Russian war machine, Kyiv officials said. A11
A weather whipsaw in nation’s capital
A woman near the Supreme Court fends off snow flurries Thursday, after record-high temperatures the day before. What weirdness awaits today? Forecast, B18
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the economy as energy prices be- come a potent issue, one expert claims these rules would reduce average monthly electric bill by almost a third. A18 With no clear end in sight, the Iran war sent oil prices back to $100 per barrel, and stocks sank worldwide. A18
st yle Pixar movies are often beloved by children. “Hoppers” is the film we need as adults. B1
sports Super bowls aren’t won in March, but NFL teams sink billions into free agency to build to- ward that end. We have winners and losers. B7
the regIon D.C. legislators have sued Mayor Muriel E. Bowser for budget documents that she has withheld for years. B11
weekenD The nation’s 250th birthday may be on the Fourth of July, but the salutes to the country are already beginning.
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Redzepi steps down as chef at Noma in wake of abuse allegation
BY EMILY HEIL
Renowned chef René Redzepi has left his post as the top chef of Noma, the Copenhagen restau- rant he founded more than two decades ago that became one of the world’s most acclaimed and exclusive dining experiences. His resignation follows reports about his alleged past abusive behavior toward staff and the restaurant’s labor practices, and complaints about its previous reliance on un- paid interns.
“I have worked to be a better leader and Noma has taken big steps to transform the culture over many years,” Redzepi said in a statement late Wednesday. “I recognize these changes do not repair the past. An apology is not enough; I take responsibility for my own actions.”
The New York Times this week reported that as Noma began its ascent to the pinnacle of the res- taurant world with its focus on hyperlocal ingredients and pre- cise and inventive compositions under the banner of New Nordic cuisine, Redzepi routinely abused workers. From 2009 to 2017, he and sometimes slammed staffers against walls, and expressed his dissatisfaction by jabbing them in the legs with a fork, crouching below the coun- ters so that diners wouldn’t see, the Times reported.
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Redzepi’s mistreatment of workers wasn’t just physical, the report said: He often engaged in
René Redzepi founded the acclaimed Copenhagen restaurant Noma more than two decades ago. In a statement Wednesday he said: “An apology is not enough; I take responsibility for my own actions.”
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verbal abuse, including insults and threats to blackball staffers from other restaurants, according to former staffers.
Posts on social media, some from former employees, have de- tailed the working conditions at Noma, where they claimed Redzepi’s legendary perfection- ism was enforced with a volatile
temper that created a culture of constant fear. Jason Ignacio White, Noma’s former head of fermentation, in February began posting nightmare stories on Ins- tagram from his own and other former Noma staff’s experiences. Redzepi admitted in a 2015 es- say that he had behaved badly toward employees and said he w,
as working to improve. “I’ve been a bully for a large part of my career,” he wrote. “I’ve yelled and pushed people. I’ve been a terrible boss at times.”
But many say that even as Noma overhauled its labor prac- tices in response to public scruti- ny and in 2022 ended its use of unpaid labor, Redzepi had not
fully been accountable. The res- taurant closed its doors to service in 2024, and has since focused on global pop-ups and functioning as a food lab
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