Lauren Feiner

I’ve been at the courthouse this morning as Adam Martinez, chief operating officer at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, is grilled about whether the agency is unlawfully trimming staff and ordering people to stop work. Martinez admitted staff members have been confused about what they’re allowed to work on, but he insists it’s improving. So far, Judge Amy Berman Jackson seems skeptical — we’ll be headed back after lunch for more.

That’s one of the minor changes the Justice Department made to its proposed final judgement in its antitrust case. The DOJ Antitrust Division is still operating under an acting chief as President Donald Trump’s nominee Gail Slater awaits confirmation. But so far, the government made only small tweaks to its asks based on discovery. It’s no longer asking that Google divest AI investments, for example, but that it give a heads up on future ones.

Workers are now barred from browsing general news, online shopping, and sports websites on government devices, unless they get an exception for a legitimate business need, according to an email to SSA employees obtained by Rolling Stone.

The bipartisan bill would require social media sites to have procedures to promptly remove nonconsensual intimate images once notified. The bill recently passed the Senate unanimously and First Lady Melania Trump is trying to push it over the finish line in the House. High school student Elliston Berry, who experienced AI images with her face shared by a classmate without her consent, sat next to FLOTUS at the congressional address as one of her guests.