2/27/26 GPL News Brief

Here is the GPL News Brief for February 27th 2026:* Rep. Luna Says Fmr. President Clinton is “Very Cooperative” During Epstein Deposition* The nuclear nightmare at the heart of the Trump-Anthropic fight* Sam Altman says OpenAI shares Anthropic’s red lines in Pentagon fight* Trump orders all federal agencies to cease using Anthropic* Altman Says OpenAI Is Working on Pentagon Deal Amid Anthropic Standoff* Pentagon approves OpenAI safety red lines after dumping Anthropic* Pentagon to cut ties with Columbia, Yale, Brown and others Hegseth accuses of ‘wokeness’* Pakistan defense minister says country is in ‘open war’ with Afghanistan after latest strikes* Ukraine war in numbers: The bleak toll of Putin’s invasion after four devastating years* Megan Rapinoe: I would have never allowed Kash Patel in locker room* Megan Rapinoe Says Trump ‘Used’ U.S. Men’s Olympic Hockey Team: ‘Now This Is What People Think About Your Moment’* ‘It’s clearly fake’: Olympic hockey star disavows AI-generated White House video* Like, y’all so good and dumb.* Warner Bros. Discovery signs merger agreement with Paramount Skydance* Mosquitoes May Have Been Feeding on Homo erectus 1.8 Million Years Ago* Kamala Harris jumps into the Texas Senate race, endorsing Jasmine CrockettThose are your headlines for today. We release a recap of all the news of the week on Fridays, so if you haven’t yet, please like, subscribe, and restack on Substack so these and all our newsletters get delivered to your mailbox! For Free!We keep up with all the news for you, so you don’t have to. Aren’t we sweet?Talk to y’all tomorrow! 🚫🤴Get Pod Local: Where we start Locally while thinking Globallyxx Jalon👉🏽 This daily podcast is free, but if you’d like, please buy Jalon some coffee. She can’t do these newsletters and podcasts without it! (Seriously).Texas Primaries Are Here!Good News!We are now everywhere you get your podcasts! So you can take me on your commute, in the gym, or when I like to listen to podcast, while you’re washing dishes.Subscribe and leave a review for us!Listen on SpotifyListen on Apple👇🏽We’re Also On Youtube!We also post these on our Youtube Channel! Get full access to Get Pod Local at getpodlocal.substack.com/subscribe