While at a campaign rally in Kansas for incumbent Republican Senator Roger Marshall, Vice President JD Vance was interrupted by a heckler. “He sues his patients!” the protester shouted while Vance spoke at the MAGA Inc. event in Olathe, Kansas, Monday. A New York Times report
The House Democratic leader said Republicans have ‘abandoned’ their responsibility on AI and called for the House to stay in session.
The Senate majority leader still sees a role for Congress in heading off potentially catastrophic consequences.
Senate Majority Leader John Thune (R-S.D.) on Monday said any legislation Congress passes to regulate AI must have a “light touch” so as not to stifle innovation and tempered recent warnings that superintelligent AI could exterminate humanity as a “worst-case scenario.” “It
Vice President Vance appeared to confirm on Monday a New York Times story that reported he made calls to U.S. military commanders in the Middle East, Asia and Europe to get their assessments on the Iran war. “I trust Pete and I trust Dan Caine, but I found that story very
Steak 'n Shake has thrown its support behind Sen. Jon Husted (R-Ohio) in the toss-up Ohio Senate race — citing his commitment to the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) movement as the fast food company touts its alignment with the Trump administration's health policies. “We
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang took a call from President Trump on Monday while onstage at the All-In Podcast's All-In Summit. It's not the first time Huang has taken a call from the president during work, but this time he put Trump on speakerphone before a big crowd. During the call,
Political figures across the aisle, including Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and former Trump White House adviser Steve Bannon, are finding themselves on the same side of a growing fight over artificial intelligence regulations. Sanders and Bannon are among a handful of political
Chris Lehane has been pushing for more AI safety laws.
Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is scheduled to give a keynote address this week at a conference for Children’s Health Defense (CHD), the anti-vaccine advocacy organization he co-founded and led prior to becoming head of the nation’s health
Twenty-two states and the District of Columbia are filing lawsuits against the Trump administration to prevent the Department of Homeland Security from changing the “public charge” rule, increasing the power of federal immigration officials to deny green card and visa
America’s billionaire president is preaching to his followers that the threat of artificial intelligence is a “hoax.” “Concerning AI, when, in the History of Business, did anyone see the Leaders of an Industry call for Regulation that, if strongly implemented, will drive them
The 10-year U.S. Treasury bond yield surpassed 5 percent during Monday trading, marking just the second time it has done so in the past 19 years. The yield on the 10-year Treasury note hit 5.014 percent but sank to 4.961 percent as of mid-afternoon Monday, nearly 1 basis point
President Trump on Sunday backed the use of Flock cameras, a controversial surveillance tool. “Speaking of AI, Flock cameras. You haven't talked a lot about these Flock cameras. A lot of law enforcement say they really help them. Would you be willing to back that?” a reporter
Staff at Alligator Alcatraz called them “calming areas.” They were really cages. A new report Monday revealed that the Department of Homeland Security’s Office of the Inspector General discovered two metal cages, roughly the size of a phone booth, where immigrant detainees were
Actor Sydney Sweeney is facing criticism from a growing number of female athletes online over a new advertisement for a sports prediction market platform in which she appears wearing little or no clothing. The ad, promoting prediction market platform Novig, opens with a nude
The former GOP leader has not voted in person since being hospitalized in June.
House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries (D-N.Y.) will speak with reporters Monday afternoon as calls for guardrails around artificial intelligence (AI) build after industry experts raised red flags around safety of the emerging technology. Jeffries and Senate Democratic leader
The New Jersey senator wants Congress to get more involved in setting AI policy — and says Trump is wrong to naysay guardrails.
A new report reviewing the conditions at the now-closed "Alligator Alcatraz" center in Florida slammed U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) for failing to meet a variety of federal standards, describing “unprecedented” treatment of migrants, including containing them
The speaker said the meeting could come as soon as this week or early next week.
A coalition of NFL owners have deemed Macklemore unfit to perform in their stadiums. The “Thrift Shop” rapper was slated to perform during 10 stops of Ed Sheeran’s Loop Tour. That plan was unexpectedly canned Monday, when Sheeran’s representatives announced that the tour would
Pro-Palestine activist Mahmoud Khalil is suing his alma mater, Columbia University, for failing to protect him and other students from harassment over their activism against Israel’s war in Gaza. Khalil and other former Columbia students filed a lawsuit against the university
Influencer and model Bettina Trump, the wife of Donald Trump Jr., defended the couple's wedding gift given to them by Russian oligarch Umar Kremlev. "Apparently our wedding is making headlines again, so a little clarity seems in order," Bettina Trump wrote on Instagram. "Don
President Trump met with oil refiners to discuss expanding capacity, but analysts suggest that lowering gasoline prices requires legislative action to block state climate lawsuits and foreign regulations.
(KTLA) — Two young brothers worked quickly to rescue a group of elderly people after a fire broke out at an assisted living facility in Glendale, Calif., on Friday. Glendale firefighters responded to the burning home on the 1800 block of Mountain Street around 4:45 p.m. As the
Researchers found a rare but potentially life-threatening brain disorder in a small number of people taking Ozempic, Wegovy and similar drugs.
Attorney General Todd Blanche invoked the Alien Terrorist Removal Act for the first time ever to expel Nazira Haji Zada, a lawful permanent resident from Afghanistan, from the country for allegedly being the “matriarch” who helped radicalize her Islamic extremist family
As the top Democrat on the House Energy and Commerce Committee, Rep. Frank Pallone would wield considerable influence over AI legislation if his party retakes the House in November.
The Kennedy Center board is set to vote Tuesday on whether to immediately close the institution’s main building for renovations, as a court battle over renewed attempts to add President Trump’s name to the facility persists. Officials have warned that the performing arts center
A coalition of Democratic-led states and Washington, D.C., are suing the Trump administration to block a rule that makes it harder for immigrants to obtain green cards or even enter the country if they rely on public benefits. The 22 states and D.C. are challenging the
Former CIA Director David Petraeus on Sunday was at a Ukrainian train station while a Russian drone hit a passenger train not long after a diplomatic train transported former British Prime Minister Boris Johnson and other foreign officials. The Ukrainian state railway,
Former Sen. Joe Manchin (I-W.Va.), a prominent centrist who left the Democratic Party at the end of his Senate career, has endorsed Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), praising her as the “soul of the Senate.” Manchin gave his nod to Collins over Troy Jackson, her progressive
Marine veteran Joslin Joseph argues that the government failed to protect 9/11 responders and veterans from toxic exposure, highlighting the ongoing health crisis faced by those impacted by Ground Zero and burn pits.
Two U.S. citizen teenagers who were on their way to file enlistment papers to join the Marines were violently attacked by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents, who reportedly detained them for nearly eight hours before letting them go. Telemundo reports that agents
A cooling tower at Yankee Stadium is among 10 towers that tested positive for Legionella bacteria on Sunday as officials investigate an outbreak in the South Bronx.
What Anthropic is asking for — putting in limitations so these so-called frontier models have to advance slowly — doesn’t really make sense.
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Rep. Robert Garcia (D-Calif.), the ranking member on the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, pressed for answers on a Russian oligarch’s reported role in a wedding for one of President Trump’s sons. According to a report published Monday by ProPublica, Donald Trump
Donald Trump Jr.’s new wife defended her husband’s “dear friend” Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s inner circle, following a bombshell report that he dropped hundreds of thousands of dollars on their wedding. In a post on Instagram Monday,
President Trump said Monday that Russia and Ukraine had agreed to avoid energy targets in their ongoing war as global fuel prices rise. “Ukraine has agreed not to hit Russian Energy targets. Russia has agreed to do likewise!” Trump wrote on Truth Social. The post comes as both
NATO has not confronted determining when active measures or hybrid warfare attacks trigger Article 5.
A growing chorus of artificial intelligence leaders are calling for a slowdown of the technology's development following a researcher's ominous warning that AI could soon destroy humanity. Shortly after Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called to slow down AI capability development,
Vice President Vance and Attorney General Todd Blanche are expected to unveil new fraud charges on Monday tied to Emergency Rental Assistance loans issued during the COVID-19 pandemic. The announcement in Kansas City, Mo., comes as the Trump administration continues its efforts
Billionaire owner Steve Ballmer has apologized for his role in an effort by the Los Angeles Clippers to circumvent the NBA's salary cap by funneling money to star player Kawhi Leonard through endorsement opportunities. "This has been a very difficult time for everybody
Florida will likely send a neo-Nazi to its state House of Representatives. Florida state House of Representatives nominee Marshall Rawson marched in the 2017 neo-Nazi “Unite the Right” rally in Charlottesville, Virginia. New reporting from Talking Points Memo Monday revealed
Donald Trump thinks JD Vance is “terrific,” but he still isn’t ready to endorse his number two guy in the 2028 race. Speaking with reporters on the tarmac of Shannon International Airport in Ireland Sunday, Trump claimed that it was “too early” to throw his weight behind
Industry leaders in artificial intelligence are sounding the alarm over the catastrophic risks of unchecked progress—but President Donald Trump and Vice President JD Vance insist that everything is fine. On Sunday, Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei called for the AI industry to reduce
White House border czar Tom Homan on Sunday said there are no plans in place for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers to "sweep polling locations" in the November midterm elections. Homan told Fox News host Jacqui Heinrich on "The Sunday Briefing" that he has not
The potential to interfere with voters' ability to vote by mail is not a bug but a feature of a system designed to restrict a practice that Democrats have used more often than Republicans in recent elections.