Robocalls are the least of our AI worries
The problems posed by AI go far beyond increased influence for scam artists.
The problems posed by AI go far beyond increased influence for scam artists.
Chinese ownership of agricultural land does not threaten our ability to produce food.
Majorities of voters in Michigan and Pennsylvania, two key swing states that helped President Biden win in 2020, are dissatisfied with their choices this year, new polling has found. CNN surveys, conducted by SSRS, found that majorities of voters in the two battleground states aren’t happy that Biden and former President Trump are the leading...
It’s time for my colleagues to put up or shut up. If they are serious about the threat from China, then they need to get serious about investing in America.
TABOR has survived during both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Congress has one day left to avert a government shutdown, and this morning’s expected vote in the House is set to kick off the whirlwind process to make sure the lights stay on in Washington. Congressional leaders rolled out a sprawling $1.2 trillion legislative package to fund swaths of the government in the wee hours...
Advances in oil and gas drilling have cut costs for a form of clean power that could help replace fossil fuels, according to the Department of Energy. Now the agency is going all in on geothermal energy, which uses heat from deep within the Earth to produce largely pollution-free electricity. The agency projects that geothermal...
Major bipartisan health bills, including changes to the pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) industry and hospital payment reforms, were excluded from the $1.2 trillion government funding bill after members failed to come to a last-minute agreement. Lawmakers and aides said they were close to a bipartisan, bicameral agreement, but there were ultimately too many people involved...
Republicans are battling among themselves over whether to push reforms to reduce Social Security spending, with some conservatives rallying around the idea of raising the retirement age. Republicans pushing reforms to Social Security argue that raising the retirement age would not cut benefits and would be phased in slowly so as not to affect people...
Organized efforts to boycott voting for President Biden appear to be resonating the most with young voters who turned out at the ballot box in recent months in state primaries across the U.S. The efforts in places like Michigan, Washington, Minnesota and Massachusetts show protest votes had the highest concentration in areas where young people...
The White House on Friday called out the Republican Study Committee’s (RSC) budget proposal for backing legislation that would put strict restrictions on abortion access. The group, which comprises nearly 80 percent of all House Republicans, proposed a budget that endorses the Life at Conception Act, which would implement protections for unborn humans. Democrats argue...
The Kansas House on Thursday passed a bill to restrict diversity-oriented hiring practices at Kansas universities, making the Sunflower State the latest to try to limit DEI initiatives in educational settings. The bill passed in the Kansas House of Representatives in an 81-39 vote on Thursday, with five lawmakers absent from the vote. The bill would prevent the...
A federal judge in Washington, D.C., dismissed a lawsuit challenging a district law that allows noncitizens to vote in local elections, ruling the plaintiffs did not prove the law violates their rights. In an opinion issued Thursday, Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled against a group of seven plaintiffs — all of whom are U.S. citizens and registered...
The US announced sanctions on Thursday against Nicaraguan Attorney General Wendy Carolina Morales Urbina, accusing her of assisting the “ruthless oppression of peaceful opposition members” in the country. The Treasury Department dubbed Morales Urbina a "key actor in the Nicaraguan regime’s unjust persecution of political prisoners," according to a press release announcing its sanction. Morales...
A group of 16 Republican attorneys general from around the country sued the Biden administration on Thursday over its pause on federal permits for new liquid natural gas (LNG) exports. The states, led by Louisiana and Texas, demand the Department of Energy overturn the ban, which was announced in January. They claim the administration lacks...
Tennessee became the first state to protect its residents’ voice rights on Thursday when Gov. Bill Lee (R) signed the ELVIS Act, designed to protest musicians from artificial intelligence replication. "There are certainly many things that are positive about what AI does,” Lee said. “It also, when fallen into the hands of bad actors, it...
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A fight evacuating 80 Americans from Haiti landed in Miami on Thursday, the second State Department-sponsored fight to South Florida this week as gang violence continues to ravage the Caribbean country. The State Department has urged all Americans to leave Haiti, evacuating the U.S. Embassy of non-essential personnel earlier this month. The capital of Port-au-Prince...
Black women are becoming increasingly more visible in politics, but a bipartisan group of advocates who have served in positions of power across the country say representation is still lacking. “Our representation matters, because it's the way we get to the American Dream that we've all been told we are entitled to," former Georgia House...
Senate Democrats argued Wednesday that restrictions on in vitro fertilization (IVF) are the first in what will be a wave of unexpected barriers to women’s reproductive health access resulting from the overturning of Roe v. Wade. Senate Republicans said they've done the work to protect IVF access. The hearing was the third on the topic...
From their voting habits to their leadership roles, Black women play a defining role in our political system. Over the last few years, more and more Black women have made history, and their roles and voices are being recognized in newfound ways — and it’s leading to change. What are the top issues for Black...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) said Thursday that he hadn't heard from anyone in former President Trump's orbit about being his vice-presidential pick. “I think anybody who would be offered that should be honored, but I’ve never spoken to anybody in the Trump world about it,” Rubio said in a clip from NBC News NOW's "Meet...
Progressive House Democrats on Thursday heavily criticized a provision in the recently unveiled $1.2 trillion spending package that would halt funding for the United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA). A number of prominent progressives highlighted cuts in funding for the key United Nations agency that provides food, water and shelter to Palestinians in Gaza...
Protestors disrupted an event Wednesday featuring Kyle Rittenhouse, who was acquitted of homicide in 2021 after shooting and killing two people during a racial justice protest. The event, titled “The Rittenhouse Recap,” was held by conservative group Turning Point USA at the University of Memphis, where Rittenhouse was slated to speak about “the importance of...
New York City's Guggenheim Museum said it did not authorize an advertisement for Beyoncé's new album, "Cowboy Carter," which was projected onto the building Wednesday. The iconic museum’s circular architecture featured projections with the phrases “This ain’t a country album. This is a ‘Beyoncé' album,” alongside the album’s title and release date. Multiple New York...