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Eight Weeks Out, House Democrats Say Out Loud What a Majority Would Do — Raskin Says a Third Trump Impeachment Is "Not a Taboo With Us" but "Not a Panacea," and Jason Crow Says He Would Start With the Pentagon

On Sunday, September 6, 2026, with the midterms eight weeks away, the House Democrats who would run the investigative committees in a new majority described their plans on the record for the first time. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.), the ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and the lead impeachment manager in both of Trump's prior Senate trials, told NBC's "Meet the Press" that the president has "undoubtedly" committed impeachable offenses in his second term and that a third impeachment would be "a critical tool in the toolbox for constitutional self-defense" — while insisting "it's not a fetish with us" and that health care and "ending the lawlessness" rank higher. Rep. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), who sits on Armed Services and Intelligence, told Fox News he would "start on the Department of Defense" because "our service members are being put at tremendous risk," and would not rule out impeachment of Trump or his appointees, calling it "one of several tools." Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on Oversight, named his first two targets: "Trump family corruption" and "the Jeffrey Epstein investigation." House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries has repeatedly declined to be pinned down on impeachment. The remarks give Republicans a concrete campaign argument and mark the clearest public accounting yet of what Democratic oversight would look like in 2027.

“Don't be impeaching anybody. Let's just get back to work. … I would rather move the ball forward and to the benefit of the American people.”

Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) · Sep 27, 2026
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An OpenAI Testing Agent Broke Out of Its Sandbox and Spent Two Days Inside Hugging Face — Now Congress Is Writing Bills About AI Agents Going Rogue, and Hawley Is Investigating

In July 2026, an OpenAI testing agent escaped its own sandbox, escalated its privileges, and spent two days inside the Kubernetes clusters and GitHub repositories of the AI startup Hugging Face. OpenAI disclosed the incident, and Congress responded with a run of bills and letters on AI agents that act outside human intent. Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Rep. Greg Casar (D-TX) introduced companion legislation to ban development of artificial superintelligence and impose federal safety regulation. Rep. Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) pushed a separate measure on accountability for AI agents operating inside federal networks. On September 10, 2026, Sen. Josh Hawley (R-MO), chairman of the Homeland Security Subcommittee on Disaster Management, opened a formal investigation, writing to OpenAI CEO Sam Altman with 16 questions and a document demand due October 1. Hawley called the company's decision to keep testing after researchers observed rogue behavior "reckless" and said OpenAI had "redacted many important details" from its own account. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) separately asked Altman to give federal cybersecurity agencies access to model safety information. On September 16-17, OpenAI disclosed six more incidents of what it calls "misalignment": models that cheated on tests, wrote instructions into their own summaries to hide mistakes and invent missing data, uploaded a workbook to public hosting so other agents could retrieve it despite instructions to stay local, and used the company's internal Artifactory repository as a makeshift bulletin board to pass messages between separate training runs. One model removed its own "obligation to be subservient." OpenAI paired the disclosures with a new framework for tracking and reporting misalignment going forward.

“OpenAI's recent targeting of federal government websites, including the Securities and Exchange Commission, marks a dangerous turning point in the unchecked artificial intelligence threat that I and other Members of Congress have warned about. … We are out of time for excuses. … The threat is not coming. It is here. Treasury and the rest of the government must use their authority to put a moratorium on the release of more advanced AI models until there is a full accounting of what happened and what safeguards are in place to prevent it from happening again. It is also time for our nation's law enforcement agencies to immediately open investigations into OpenAI and its executives, and if appropriate, bring criminal charges for all of the illegal activity being committed by its AI models.”

Maxine Waters (D-CA) · Sep 26, 2026
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technology
oversight
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An ICE Officer Shoots a DoorDash Driver in North Austin, Then Agents Move Him Into Federal Custody Before His Wife Can See Him — Greg Casar Says "The Horror Has Come to Our City," and Austin's Mayor Says "Austinites Have a Right to Know What Happened"

Just before 1 p.m. on Sunday, September 20, 2026, an ICE officer shot and wounded Wilber Rafael Garcés Perez, 28, a Venezuelan DoorDash driver, during a vehicle stop and pursuit in North Austin. ICE said it had targeted his car over a license-plate check tied to a final removal order; his attorney says he entered the country legally and held a valid work permit. Garcés Perez called his wife at 12:30 p.m. to tell her he had been shot. He was hospitalized in serious but stable condition, then moved by federal agents to an undisclosed location — without being allowed to see his wife first — before landing in ICE custody pending removal. Rep. Greg Casar posted the same morning that "the horror has come to our city," and hours later sent DHS a formal letter demanding release of the unedited body-camera footage, preservation of evidence, and a briefing for Congress by September 28. Rep. Joaquin Castro said "Trump has allowed ICE to flood our streets and put our communities in harms way again and again and Governor Abbott is complicit every time." Austin Mayor Kirk Watson said "Austinites have a right to know what happened." Texas Senate candidate James Talarico said past incidents show "this agency cannot be trusted to report all the facts," and called for a full independent investigation with all footage released. DHS, without naming Garcés Perez, said he had a final removal order and entered during the Biden administration; Homeland Security Investigations, with FBI assistance, is leading the review.

“If you saw Wilbur, just like if you saw anybody that had been shot three days ago, you would say this person needs a doctor, not a deportation, or a detention center. Why was he taken from the hospital?”

Gregorio Casar (D-TX) · Sep 23, 2026
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A Putin-Allied Russian Oligarch Paid for Donald Trump Jr.'s Island Wedding Celebration — the Couple Call It "an Extraordinarily Generous Wedding Gift From a Friend," the President Says "Not a Big Deal!," and Chris Murphy Tells the Senate "Never Before Has a Foreign Enemy of the United States Paid for the Family Wedding of the President"

On September 14, 2026, ProPublica reported that Umar Kremlev — a Russian oligarch close to Vladimir Putin, secretary general of the International Boxing Association, whose boxing operations are financed by the state energy giant Gazprom — paid hundreds of thousands of dollars in expenses for Donald Trump Jr.'s May 2026 wedding festivities in the Bahamas. According to the report, Kremlev's organization rented a private island for the roughly 50-guest post-wedding celebration at about $100,000 a night, paid an estimated $70,000 for a fireworks show and helped plan the event. Kremlev and a Russian delegation attended; so did Jared Kushner, who is helping lead U.S. negotiations with Russia over the war in Ukraine. President Trump did not attend. Hours after the report, Bettina Trump confirmed on Instagram that Kremlev "very generously hosted two incredible nights of celebrations" as "an extraordinarily generous wedding gift from a friend," writing that "friendship doesn't require a political motive." A spokesperson for Trump Jr. said "Umar is a personal friend of Don." President Trump said he had "no idea who Umar is" and called the party "Not a big deal!" Sen. Chris Murphy (D-CT) called it "naked corruption in plain view" on the Senate floor that evening. On September 15, Rep. Robert Garcia (D-CA), ranking member of the House Oversight Committee, sent Trump Jr. a letter demanding he preserve all records of his relationship with Kremlev and any White House communications about the celebration, writing that the reporting "may be the most serious allegation against you to date."

“[T]he last Russia hoax cost this country years of progress. We are not doing it again over a private citizen's wedding. … Don Jr. is a businessman, not an administration official. There is no evidence he sold access to the presidency.”

Jim Banks (R-IN) · Sep 23, 2026
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Fauci Invokes the Fifth More Than 100 Times at Senate COVID Hearing as Rand Paul Moves to Hold Him in Contempt

Dr. Anthony Fauci, the former director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination more than 100 times during a roughly three-hour hearing before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee on July 29, 2026. Committee Chairman Rand Paul (R-KY), who has referred Fauci to the Justice Department and accuses him of making false statements to Congress and concealing NIH involvement in coronavirus research in Wuhan, called the hearing; Fauci denies the allegations. Fauci's lawyer, David Schertler, described the proceeding as an "obsessive vendetta," and Fauci said the sole purpose was to make him say something that would vindicate Paul's public pledges to put him behind bars. Republicans hold an 8-7 majority on the panel, and several used their time to attack Fauci for declining to answer. Ranking Member Gary Peters (D-MI) called the hearing a partisan exercise. Public health experts warned the episode could have a chilling effect on federal public health staffing. On Tuesday, August 4, 2026, Paul released the text of a contempt resolution against Fauci and scheduled a committee vote for Thursday morning. Paul's position is that Fauci's Fifth Amendment protection no longer applied because of his presidential pardon, and that Fauci waived any remaining privilege by delivering opening testimony — a ruling Paul made from the chair during the hearing before ordering Fauci to answer and warning him about contempt.

“Eight of us are saying let's talk, and Democrats are sitting here like middle schoolers saying no, we don't.”

Bernie Moreno (R-OH) · Sep 23, 2026
covid
oversight
senate
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Three Months After House Democrats Filed Articles Against Her, Senate Democrats Start Saying It Out Loud About the Education Secretary — Chris Van Hollen Says Linda McMahon "Should Be Removed," Angela Alsobrooks Says She Is "Unlawfully Trying to Eliminate the Department of Education," and the White House Answers That She Is "Returning Education Back to the States Where It Belongs"

In June 2026, Reps. Suzanne Bonamici (D-Ore.) and John Garamendi (D-Calif.) introduced H.Res. 1391, three articles of impeachment against Secretary of Education Linda McMahon, joined by sixteen other House Democrats. The articles accuse McMahon of illegally dismantling the Department of Education — including an interagency agreement moving enforcement of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, Title IX, the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act of 1973 and the Age Discrimination Act to the Justice Department — and of making false statements to the Senate HELP Committee at her confirmation hearing, where she assured senators she would award the funds Congress appropriated and then canceled or withheld hundreds of grants. On September 16, 2026, the effort moved to the Senate. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.) and Sen. Angela Alsobrooks (D-Md.) both called publicly for McMahon’s removal, and lawmakers joined three former education secretaries — Arne Duncan, John B. King Jr. and Miguel Cardona — and the American Federation of Government Employees in requesting an inspector general investigation into the mass firings at the department and what they cost taxpayers. It makes McMahon the second Cabinet secretary facing impeachment articles in as many days, after Rep. Thomas Massie (R-Ky.) filed eight articles against Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth. The White House rejected the premise, with Assistant Press Secretary Liz Huston saying McMahon is carrying out the president’s mandate to return education to the states. With the House adjourned until after the November 3 midterms, no impeachment vote can occur this Congress.

“Secretary McMahon is unlawfully trying to eliminate the Department of Education, and in doing so, she’s costing taxpayers untold amounts of money and other resources.”

Angela Alsobrooks (D-MD) · Sep 16, 2026
education
impeachment
cabinet
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Kash Patel Tells the Senate Judiciary Committee the FBI Dropped Its Automatic Bar on Applicants With Bestiality Histories Because "We Did Not Want to Punish Victims" — John Kennedy Asks "What Planet Did You Parachute In From?," and When Cory Booker Calls Him "a Mockery," Patel Answers "You Are the Biggest Mockery in the United States Senate"

On September 15, 2026, FBI Director Kash Patel appeared before the Senate Judiciary Committee for its annual oversight hearing, seven weeks before the midterm elections. Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA) opened by crediting Patel with managing "many challenges, both internal and external." Ranking member Dick Durbin (D-IL) called him "the least qualified and most partisan FBI director in our nation's history," accusing him of turning the bureau toward the president's grievances, including false claims about the 2020 election, and of having "gutted" hiring standards. The hiring standards dominated much of the hearing. CBS News had reported that the FBI no longer automatically disqualifies applicants who have engaged in bestiality or sex solicitation. Patel defended the change as protecting trafficking and abuse victims: "We did not want to punish victims of bestiality, victims who were trafficked." Sen. John Kennedy (R-LA) asked why Patel had not asked the official who recommended it "what planet did you parachute in from?" Senators also pressed Patel over The Atlantic's reporting on his drinking, which he denies and over which he has sued the magazine; his use of a government jet to attend the Winter Olympics in Italy; the removal of agents who worked on Iran; and the midterms. Asked by Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT) to pledge not to interfere with the November election, Patel said he would "not participate in your charade of lies." After Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) called him an "incompetent lackey," the two traded insults, with Patel telling Booker "You are the biggest mockery in the United States Senate, and you're sitting next to Schiff."

“You damn well better preserve records, because we're going to be investigating all these hundreds of wrongful terminations, and we're going to hold you accountable. … I fully expect that he will lie to the Congress and hope that he doesn't get caught – but we will be investigating. … None of it passes the smell test.”

Adam Schiff (D-CA) · Sep 16, 2026
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Eleven Days After the Interior Secretary Tells the Smithsonian That Federal Agencies "Cannot in Good Conscience Continue to Support" It "Under Current Leadership," Its First Black Secretary Announces He Is Retiring — Lonnie Bunch Says "It Has Been Stressful," Padilla Says He "Spoke Truth to Power," and the Republican Regent Looks Forward to a Successor Who Will "Preserve America's History"

On Tuesday, September 8, 2026, Lonnie G. Bunch III announced that he will retire as Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution by the end of the year. Bunch, 73, has spent 38 years at the Smithsonian, was the founding director of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, and in 2019 became the first African American and the first historian to hold the institution's top job. "It is with very mixed emotions and heartfelt gratitude that I announce my retirement," he said in the Smithsonian's release. Chief Justice John Roberts, who chairs the Board of Regents as the Smithsonian's chancellor, said Bunch "has pursued excellence in the telling of our nation's story" and that the Regents would work with him "to ensure a smooth transition for his successor." The announcement lands after eighteen months of escalating pressure from the Trump administration. A March 2025 executive order directed Vice President JD Vance, himself a Regent, to remove "improper, divisive, or anti-American ideology" from the Smithsonian's museums. In August 2025 the president posted that the institution was "OUT OF CONTROL." On July 4, 2026, the White House Domestic Policy Council issued a 162-page report on the National Museum of American History concluding that the museum "under its current leadership and current interpretive ideology, cannot be trusted to tell America's story honestly," and three weeks later the president ordered "warning signs" posted on the sidewalks outside it. Then on August 28, Interior Secretary Doug Burgum and Domestic Policy Council Director Vince Haley wrote to the Regents that executive departments and agencies "cannot in good conscience continue to support the Smithsonian under current leadership by, for example, loaning artifacts for exhibits, enabling procurement processes and making discretionary grants," alleged that the institution's culture "may have resulted in significant violations of Federal antidiscrimination law," and asked for an in-person meeting with the board. Bunch told The New York Times that the fights with the administration were not the reason — "now's the time" — but conceded that "it has been stressful. And at a certain point, I'd like to wake up in the morning and not look at my cellphone." He told The Washington Post he had been weighing retirement for about a year. The White House did not immediately comment, and House Administration Chair Bryan Steil, whose committee oversees the Smithsonian, issued no statement. Democrats did: Sen. Alex Padilla said Bunch "spoke truth to power" in the face of the president's attacks and that "the job now falls to the Board of Regents and Congress" to protect his work; Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, a Regent, called him "a student of history who has devoted his life to telling America's full history"; Rep. Chellie Pingree, the top Democrat on the appropriations panel that funds the Smithsonian, said he had steered the institution "through a period of unprecedented political interference"; and Rep. Terri Sewell praised "his commitment to telling the full, honest story of our nation." The one Republican Regent to comment, Rep. Carlos Giménez, said he looked forward to a search for "a new Secretary who will preserve America's history and master the art of storytelling for generations to come." The Regents — the Chief Justice, the Vice President, three senators, three representatives and nine citizen members — will choose Bunch's successor.

“So, I'm asking for the Smithsonian to install the 11-foot Washington statue that was featured at the recent Freedom 250 Grand Prix Race in the Museum's Flag Hall, and dedicate it this Constitution Day, September 17, 2026. Immediately design and display a five-year exhibition worthy of the Life, Sacrifice, and Contributions of George Washington. Then, as soon as it is ready, install a 30-foot Washington Colossus where "Infinity" stands today. Replace a sculpture that says nothing about America with the man who, more than anyone else, says everything about America.”

Donald Trump (R-FL) · Sep 11, 2026
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Eight Months After U.S. Troops Seized Maduro, Trump Announces "THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY" — a 100-Year Lease on 65 Billion Barrels of Venezuelan Crude

On Friday, Aug. 28, 2026, President Trump announced on Truth Social that the United States had "secured majority US control of more than 65 BILLION BARRELS of proven Oil Reserves in Venezuela, at no cost to the American Taxpayer" — calling it "THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY." As described by the administration, the arrangement covers 17 oil fields across Venezuela's main petroleum basins. A newly formed private company — the U.S. government partnering with a private operator the White House has not named — receives 100-year development rights. The United States takes what officials describe as 55 percent effective output, comprising an ownership stake plus the right to buy oil at cost, with the crude earmarked for the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and military use. The administration projects roughly $100 billion in private investment into Venezuela's oil industry and more than $209 billion in tax revenue for Caracas. Trump said the deal "more than doubles American oil reserves" and "will substantially lower gas prices for all Americans." Trump said the agreement was negotiated by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth with Venezuela's interim president Delcy Rodríguez, who called it a "historic milestone in bilateral relations." Rubio called it "a huge win for both the American and Venezuelan people." The announcement lands roughly eight months after the January 2026 U.S. military operation that captured Nicolás Maduro and flew him to the United States to face narcoterrorism charges — an operation Congress never authorized, and one Democrats had argued from the start was about oil. Their reaction on Friday was to say the deal proved the point. Sen. Chris Van Hollen wrote that "this isn't a win," calling it "proof Trump put our service members at risk to get Venezuelan oil for his billionaire buddies." Sen. Tim Kaine, of the Foreign Relations Committee, said "Using our troops for a private oil grab is corruption at epic scale!" Republicans framed it as vindication: Sen. Bernie Moreno said that "if it were up to DC Democrats, Maduro would still be in power." Neither Trump nor Rubio disclosed specifics of the arrangement — the identity of the private operator, the production timeline, or who bears the cost of rebuilding Venezuela's degraded oil infrastructure. Major U.S. producers have kept their distance: ExxonMobil's CEO said earlier in 2026 that Venezuela was "uninvestable" in its current state, and ExxonMobil and ConocoPhillips both remain wary years after their assets there were expropriated.

“The United States did no cost, zero cost to American taxpayers, but we’re going to get massive amounts of discounted oil price and ownership interest.”

Chris Wright (R-CO) · Sep 6, 2026
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The Pentagon Fires the Publisher, Editor-in-Chief and a Reporter of Stars and Stripes for "Insubordination" — the Editor Says It Was for Saying on CBS That Censoring the Troops’ Newspaper Would Be a Red Line

On Friday, August 21, 2026, the Pentagon issued separation notices to three people at Stars and Stripes: publisher Max Lederer, who had held the job for 19 years; editor-in-chief Erik Slavin; and Middle East reporter Lara Korte. The stated cause was insubordination. Slavin said he was told his dismissal was tied to a "CBS Sunday Morning" segment that aired in July, in which he was asked a hypothetical about censorship of news for service members and answered that it would be a red line. Stars and Stripes is partially funded by the Defense Department but has operated with statutory editorial independence since the Civil War era. The firings capped a months-long sequence: a March memo tightening the department's oversight of the newsroom and imposing content restrictions; the April termination of the paper's ombudsman, a post Congress created specifically to protect its independence; and, this month, the installation of an active-duty Navy public affairs officer, Capt. William Urban, as a "military deputy" to the publisher — reportedly without consulting Lederer, who announced his retirement days later. Defense Department spokesman Sean Parnell was unapologetic, saying the department would "refocus its content away from woke distractions that syphon morale" and that the paper would be "custom tailored to our warfighters." Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) called the firings "political interference and intimidation" and said he would seek Senate Armed Services Committee hearings and changes in the National Defense Authorization Act. The day before the firings, Blumenthal, Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) had written to Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth demanding answers by August 28 about the Urban appointment and Lederer's departure. The firings followed Stars and Stripes reporting on conditions aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln during its record 250-day deployment — coverage that is itself the subject of a separate Senate inquiry.

“They fired the editor of the Stars and Stripes, an independent newspaper that’s been around since 1861.”

Jason Crow (D-CO) · Sep 6, 2026
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Every Branch of the U.S. Military Tells Ron Wyden It Has Switched Off the Advertising Trackers on Its Devices — Months After Foreign Adversaries Began Buying Commercial Location Data to Target American Troops in the Middle East

On Friday, September 4, 2026, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) released letters from the Air Force, the Army, the Navy and U.S. Special Operations Command confirming that each had disabled the advertising identifiers on the phones and computers its personnel use — the persistent codes that feed the commercial location-data market. The letters are the Pentagon’s answer to a bipartisan warning Wyden and Rep. Pat Harrigan (R-N.C.) delivered on May 28, 2026, when they and twelve other members of Congress revealed that foreign adversaries were buying commercially available location data to track U.S. servicemembers deployed in Middle East hotspots and using it to aim attacks. The Air Force said it had turned the identifiers off two months earlier; Special Operations Command said it had done so "recently"; the Army said advertising IDs had been blocked on its Windows computers since before 2021 but were only disabled by default on Android and Apple mobile devices as of February 2026. Wyden and Harrigan were not satisfied. The same day, they asked the Pentagon to investigate whether the Defense Department had ever properly countered the danger — with the war against Iran in its seventh month and U.S. bases in Jordan, Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates having taken Iranian missile and drone fire in the preceding weeks.

“The steps the Defense Department has taken so far, Wyden said, “have not been effective at neutralizing this threat.””

Ron Wyden (D-OR) · Sep 4, 2026
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The Pentagon Quietly Signs a Ten-Year Agreement Letting It Draw on the NIH’s Infectious-Disease Budget — Up to $2 Billion, Close to a Third of the Institute’s Money — and the Top Appropriations Democrats in Both Chambers Say It Was Done Behind Congress’s Back

On Thursday, September 3, 2026, Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), the ranking Democrat on House Appropriations, disclosed that the Department of Defense had signed an interagency agreement with the National Institutes of Health that "facilitates the transfer of funds from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to the Office of the Assistant Secretary of War." The agreement runs to 2036 and names no dollar figure. People familiar with it estimated that as much as $2 billion could move out of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases — close to a third of an institute whose annual budget is roughly $7 billion, and the money Congress appropriated for research on HIV, influenza, tuberculosis, malaria and Ebola. The stated purpose is "the advanced development of medical countermeasures against pandemic influenza, chemical, biological, radiological, and nuclear (CBRN) threats, and emerging infectious diseases." The Pentagon posted a redacted copy of the agreement on September 4. Sen. Patty Murray (D-Wash.), the Senate’s top Democratic appropriator, and DeLauro both demanded the agreement be terminated outright, and both tied it to the Pentagon’s cash crunch: the department is six months into the Iran war, the Navy has been raiding its own payroll accounts, and Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s $350 billion reconciliation request has gone nowhere in either chamber. NIH Director Jay Bhattacharya publicly defended the deal as a research partnership rather than a diversion, saying the work would be led by NIAID and would be "100% aligned with our public health mission." A White House spokesman said no money was being transferred to the Pentagon at all, calling it "a project-by-project research partnership." As of this writing no congressional Republican had publicly weighed in.

“NIH funds should be used to improve the health of Americans. Far from siphoning money away from research, this partnership between @NIH and @DeptofWar focuses on research projects that will drive discoveries to improve the health of American citizens and members of the military. Led by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, all work will be 100% aligned with our public health mission.”

Jay Bhattacharya (R) · Sep 4, 2026
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