Senators left a classified briefing on artificial intelligence Tuesday with a deeper understanding of how AI is already being used to bolster U.S. national security and the looming threat China poses as it deploys its own AI capabilities. “I think, from a military perspective, it’s very existential because China’s playing for keeps,” Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Mo., told Fox News Digital after the closed-door session.

President Biden skipped Tuesday’s NATO dinner, with the White House saying it was because the president had four full workdays and needs to prepare for a speech tomorrow. Biden RSVP’d “no” to tonight’s NATO summit dinner with other world leaders as the 2023 summit kicks off. This is the third time the president has skipped a dinner with world leaders while on an international trip.

The D.C. Council on Tuesday passed an emergency crime bill aimed at giving judges more leeway as the city grapples with a sharp rise in violent crimes. Ahead of the vote, Council of the District of Columbia Chair Phil Mendelson said, “You can get away with murder in this city.” The statement was a notable pivot from comments he made in March, when he suggested that the “perception” of high crime was overshadowing the reality on the ground.

A partisan dispute about funding for three of Pennsylvania’s state-related universities may mean higher tuition for in-state students as a budget impasse continues further into the summer. The state government approached two weeks without full spending authority on Tuesday, while loose ends remained untied. Snarled in limbo is funding for three Pennsylvania universities that receive state subsidies — Penn State, the University of Pittsburgh and Temple. Gov.