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The Briefing with Jen Psaki
MS NOW, Jen Psaki
Jen Psaki tackles the biggest issues of the week and features one-on-one interviews with newsmakers.
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True95% confidence9 sourcesSep 24, 2026Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei and OpenAI CEO Sam Altman testified at the UN Security Council.Said by AMultiple reliable sources, including Reuters and AP, report that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman and Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei both briefed or testified before the UN Security Council on September 23, 2026, with Amodei appearing by video link. The claim matches the post's wording, which refers to 'today' (September 24 posting, so September 23 meeting), and no source contradicts it.True90% confidence4 sourcesSep 24, 2026More than 170 Democratic organizations and campaign staff members signed a letter calling on party leaders to reject campaign donations from the super PAC Leading the Future.Said by AThe claim is supported: The Hill (tier1) reported on September 18, 2026 that more than 170 Democratic organizers and campaign staff members urged party leaders to reject donations from Leading the Future, and the letter itself is in the sources. The Hill says 'organizers' rather than 'organizations,' a minor wording difference that does not change the core assertion.True80% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026Ron Conway is a funder of the super PAC Leading the Future.Said by AMultiple sources show Ron Conway donated to Leading the Future, including $500,000 to its Democratic-focused affiliate Think Big, and Lever News (Sept 16, 2026) called him a top backer before the claim date. The post itself says "Well, he was" and that he would not give again, and October 2026 coverage reports he later regretted the donation and stepped back, but the core claim that he is a funder holds as of 2026-09-24.True70% confidence6 sourcesSep 24, 2026Tech companies have lost trust over the last 15 years.The claim that tech lost trust over the last 15 years is supported by multiple sources showing sustained declines in trust in technology, most clearly in the US (Edelman: 73% in 2015 to 63% in 2025; Brookings: 78% in 2012 to 57% in 2021). The global picture is less clear-cut, since Edelman reports global tech trust up 2 points from 2015 to 2025, so the claim holds mainly for the US and other key markets. The extraction faithfully reflects the passage, with 'tech' read as tech companies, which is a reasonable reading.True70% confidence5 sourcesSep 24, 2026The Washington Post obtained early ballroom designs for a project involving Donald Trump.Said by AThe Washington Post reported on September 23, 2026 that it obtained early White House ballroom designs with Trump's handwritten Sharpie markups, and several outlets reprinted or summarized that reporting. The claim matches the passage, which refers to the same Post report. Coverage traces back to the Post itself, so confidence is capped.True65% confidence9 sourcesSep 24, 2026Donald Trump's first ballroom architect left the project after warning that design demands created safety hazards.Said by AThe Washington Post reported that James McCrery II, the first ballroom architect, left the project after repeatedly warning that Trump's designs lacked adequate emergency exits and fire containment, and the other outlets trace back to that reporting. The White House disputes that the code concerns were the reason he left, and the claim drops the 'according to The Post' attribution, but no independent source contradicts the core assertion.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True65% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026Donald Trump claimed 'I am the code' in response to an architect's concerns about building safety codes.Said by AMultiple outlets (Mother Jones, The Independent, The Real Deal, Political Wire, Yahoo, Daily Kos) report that Trump told architect James McCrery II 'I am the code' when McCrery raised fire and safety code concerns, all citing a Washington Post investigation. The claim's wording matches the passage, but the attribution rests on the Post's anonymous sources, and the White House denies that the concerns were the reason McCrery left.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True88% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026Donald Trump planned a vanity arch that would double as a military complex housing drones, ammunition, staff, and snipers.Said by ATrump's September 20, 2026 Truth Social post said he had agreed, at the military's request, to convert the triumphal arch into a 'top grade Military Complex' to house and store drones and sniper ammunition and to host snipers, and multiple tier1 outlets (PolitiFact, Reuters, Military Times, AP) report it, so the claim was true as of 2026-09-24. The sources do not mention 'staff', a peripheral detail that the post itself includes and that no source contradicts. Later Interior Department documents (October 19) omit the military complex from the plans, but that is a later change and does not make the September claim false.True92% confidence6 sourcesSep 24, 2026Jamie Raskin served as a constitutional law professor for over two decades.Said by AMultiple primary and institutional sources state Raskin taught constitutional law for more than 25 years at American University's Washington College of Law, which matches the claim's 'over two decades.' The extraction is faithful to the passage, and the claim is supported.True85% confidence5 sourcesSep 24, 2026Virginia Congressman Don Beyer called Donald Trump's plan for a vanity arch stupid, dangerous, and unworkable.Said by AReuters, a tier1 source, reports that Rep. Don Beyer called Trump's plan to base military drones and snipers at the proposed triumphal arch "stupid, dangerous, and unworkable," and the Alexandria Brief and The Independent quote him using the same words. The claim's "vanity arch" wording describes the arch project itself, which Beyer also called a vanity project, so it does not change the verdict; the quoted criticism is aimed at the drone plan for the arch.Reported in the post, not stated as its own.True90% confidence7 sourcesSep 24, 2026The Constitution of the United States does not contain a martial law provision.Said by 3CThe claim matches the post's own wording and is supported: multiple sources state the Constitution does not mention or define martial law, including a quoted 1946 Supreme Court statement. The Congress.gov annotation notes courts have recognized wartime martial law as an implied power, which is a matter of interpretation rather than a constitutional provision.True80% confidence6 sourcesSep 24, 2026Only Congress has the authority to suspend habeas corpus in an emergency.Said by 3CMultiple sources state that only Congress can suspend habeas corpus, including a primary Cornell Law text, a Fordham law review, and the Brennan Center, and the claim's "in an emergency" wording tracks the Suspension Clause's rebellion-or-invasion condition. The Library of Congress notes the Clause does not expressly name the suspending body, and Lincoln's 1861 unilateral suspension is a historical exception that courts did not uphold, so these are context rather than contradiction.