Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton (R) has opened an investigation into Chinese artificial intelligence (AI) startup DeepSeek over its privacy practices and claims about its popular new AI model. Paxton said Friday that he sent requests for information to Apple and Google, seeking their analysis of DeepSeek’s application and the documentation it was required to...
Actor Julianne Moore says she is surprised that schools overseen by the Department of Defense Education Activity have apparently decided to pull her children's book "Freckleface Strawberry" amid an ordered review of educational content. “It is a great shock for me to learn that my first book, ‘Freckleface Strawberry,’ has been banned by the Trump...
The White House touted President Trump’s comeback from facing multiple legal issues to his 2024 victory to mark Presidents Day on Monday. It shared an image on social media of Trump’s mug shot from when he was indicted in Georgia in August 2023 next to an image of Trump’s official presidential portrait. “They’re not just...
Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida said if President Trump follows through on his plan to impose 25 percent tariffs on imported goods from Mexico, the company might be forced to move its production out of Mexico. During a Thursday press conference on the company’s third quarter financial results, Uchida warned of the “huge” consequences of such a...
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) Chair Brendan Carr took a jab at Sheryl Crow over the weekend after the singer announced she is selling her Tesla and donating the funds to NPR amid President Trump and Elon Musk's campaign to slash federal funding, including for public broadcasters. "I know celebrities are hesitant to weigh in on...
Women are already dealing with the 20 percent cost of inflation after four years of Bidenomics; we don’t need new economic sabotage shrinking incomes and spiking costs further.
President Trump on Sunday brushed off reporting that the European Union might respond to his “reciprocal” tariff policy by moving to block imports of certain American food products. “That’s all right. I don’t mind. Let them do it. Let them do it,” Trump told reporters. “They're just hurting themselves if they do that,” he continued....
Democrats must appoint their best warriors to lead a coordinated counter-revolution against Donald Trump — people like Sheldon Whitehouse, Jamie Raskin, Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, Jasmine Crockett, Gavin Newsom and J.B. Pritzker.
Top officials from the United States and Russian will hold talks in Saudi Arabia toward ending the war in Ukraine on Tuesday, as the Trump administration seeks to negotiate an end to the nearly three-year-old conflict. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who is in the Middle East on his first foreign trip, will lead the...
In today’s issue: The Trump administration will meet this week with Russian officials to discuss an end to Russia’s three-year invasion of Ukraine — but no delegation from Ukraine is scheduled to take part. The meetings, hosted in Saudi Arabia, will feature a cadre of high-ranking U.S. officials — including Secretary of State Marco Rubio, national security adviser Mike Waltz and...
The Democratic Party is having to take a hard look at its education strategy as Republicans move aggressively on the issue with satisfaction in public education at its lowest point in decades. Democrats, who dominated the education realm for years, are on their back foot as President Trump and the GOP look to enact sweeping...
