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Powerful A.I. Super PACs Duel Over the Midterms: ‘This Is a War’

30 May 2026 at 22:09
One super PAC is allied with Anthropic. The other is tied to OpenAI. They’re both spending millions to influence this year’s elections.

© Kenny Holston/The New York Times

The artificial intelligence industry has begun spending tens of millions of dollars on elections, routing the money through allied super PACs.

A Clean Energy PAC Helped Beat Chip Roy, and Now It Has New Targets

30 May 2026 at 03:47
A PAC representing wind and solar energy interests spent $1.1 million to boost the Republican primary opponent of Chip Roy, an opponent of renewables. Now they are trying to save a Republican ally in Iowa.

© Michael A. McCoy for The New York Times

A group of renewable energy investors paid for this projection on the side of the Energy Department building in Washington gloating over Representative Chip Roy’s defeat in a Republican primary for Texas attorney general.
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