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What’s behind Trump’s new Tech Force

12/18/2025 • 25 min

The Trump administration launched the U.S. Tech Force this week, aiming to recruit 1,000 fellows with backgrounds in AI, cybersecurity and other high-tech fields into federal agencies. It’s the latest attempt to solve the government’s long-standing recruitment problem. But will this time be different? On POLITICO Tech, host Steven Overly sits down with Office of… Play episode

Why Trump is fighting states over AI
Craig Newmark sees an AI bubble. It may not be a bust.
How AI is driving Trump’s energy agenda
Rebroadcast: Joseph Gordon-Levitt on AI, Hollywood and owning your ‘digita…
Why energy bills could be AI’s new political problem
The business case for governing AI
Signal’s Meredith Whittaker on AI hype and the end of privacy
Why the latest U.S.-China tech fight may be the biggest yet
Meet Silicon Valley’s AI-obsessed mayor
Coming to city near you: AI-powered government
AI, China, and the fight over free speech: Takeaways from POLITICO’s Tech …
What Anthropic’s big payout means for AI and copyright
Why AI companies are cutting Trump a deal
The next president’s AI problem
An exit interview with Trump’s AI policy adviser
Data will soon be less secure. What can Washington do?
Silicon Valley enters the space race
Trump’s AI plan is a gift to Silicon Valley — with a catch
The Vatican’s AI battle
Do Americans need digital IDs?
Apple’s China dilemma
The Trumpification of the FCC
Joseph Gordon-Levitt on AI, Hollywood and owning your ‘digital self’
Can the South win the AI race?
The Republican case against Trump’s research cuts
Trump’s crypto conflicts, explained
The ‘big, beautiful bill' to ban state AI laws
‘Compute, not crude’: How American AI is defining the new Middle East
OpenAI reversed its restructuring plans. Critics aren’t cheering.
Trump's rocky start with Silicon Valley
Mark Zuckerberg’s big week in court
Roblox’s CEO on tariffs, TikTok and keeping kids safe online
‘Gloves off’: A former Trump trade official on his China fight
What Elon Musk’s pending exit means for Washington
Will Trump’s tariffs ‘liberate’ Silicon Valley?
The great tech race heading toward Greenland
Why you shouldn’t share ‘war plans’ on Signal
‘Nothing is off the table’: The U.S.-UK tech talks are underway
‘American Dynamism’ meets ‘America First’
How a tech CEO and board game master sizes up DOGE
‘We’re not like some small country you can push around’
This Bachelor-turned-podcaster has a lesson for Washington
Trump’s tariffs are threatening California’s cash cow
The future of war? Cheaper, faster tech
Is venture capital eating the world?
The new Gilded Age could be bad for Republicans — and Big Tech
Why DOGE led one government tech official to quit
The U.S. and UK will broker a tech deal. Here’s what to watch.
This Biden official wants to root out waste. She says DOGE is doing it all…

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