Trump to headline "Golden Age" event with top officials, tech executives

President Trump plans to headline a Washington gathering next Tuesday that invitation materials obtained by CBS News describe as celebrating what he is calling America's "Golden Age." The event will take place at the Andrew W. Mellon Auditorium near the White House, opening with a morning speech from Trump and moving into afternoon panels on artificial intelligence, energy and space, though no speaker lineup for those panels has been released. In a note included with the invitation, Trump said the day would mark "the beginning of a new Golden Age," and that attendees would get an early look at an unspecified White House innovation meant to change how government treats citizens.

Guests expected to attend include Elon Musk of SpaceX, Nvidia's Jensen Huang, Anthropic co-founder Tom Brown, Palantir's Shyam Sankar, former press secretary Karoline Leavitt, and administration officials Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Energy Secretary Chris Wright and NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman. A separate dinner and afterparty tied to the event will be funded privately by a group called Horizon Events rather than with government funds, the invitation states.

Two people familiar with the matter told CBS News that Trump is also expected to meet that day with House Speaker Mike Johnson and technology executives, a meeting Axios first reported. The gathering comes as AI industry leaders and the administration remain divided over whether to limit the pace of advanced AI development, with Trump previously warning that such restrictions could let China take the lead.

Summarized by PolitiKool from CBS News’s reporting. Read the full story at CBS News →