The telecommunications company that transmitted robocalls using artificial intelligence (AI) to mimic President Biden’s voice will pay a $1 million fine, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced Wednesday. Lingo Telecom carried the calls that targeted New Hampshire voters ahead of the Granite State’s primary in January, using an audio recording of the president’s cloned voice...
Minnesota Governor Tim Walz is set to be the center of attention on the third night of the Democratic National Convention, alongside former President Obama and Michelle Obama.
Vice President Harris boasts a 13-point lead over former President Trump among women voters in a new poll, a notable edge with a major voting bloc that could be critical for her ticket in November. An Economist/YouGov poll taken this week found 51 percent of women who are registered voters said they support Harris, while...
Minnesota first lady Gwen Walz is making her mark on her husband’s first national campaign as she prepares to introduce Gov. Tim Walz (D) at the Democratic National Convention. Walz will narrate a video introducing her husband at the convention Wednesday, according to a Harris-Walz campaign official. She has been on hand for all the convention’s major speeches and...
Donald Trump Jr., former President Trump’s son, told conservative radio host Glenn Beck that he’s in favor of having independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. take a position within a new Trump administration to that he can take a government agency and “blow it up.” “I loved the idea, love the idea of giving...
The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Oregon filed a suit against the city of Medford, alleging the city's police department illegally collected and stored information on social justice groups and activists. The suit, filed Tuesday, claims the Medford Police Department (MPD) kept "tabs" on these groups in violation of Oregon State law, which prohibits...
The cryptocurrency industry has spent more than $119 million on federal elections in 2024 to help boost crypto-friendly candidates and defeat crypto skeptics, according to a new report from Public Citizen. This “unprecedented” spending represents nearly half — 48 percent — of all corporate money contributed to this year’s elections, the report from the progressive...
A bipartisan group of House members is criticizing some U.S. drug companies they allege have conducted clinical trials in combination with hospitals and medical centers affiliated with the Chinese military. “For over a decade, it appears that U.S. biopharmaceutical companies conducted clinical trials with China’s military organizations, and specifically with medical centers and hospitals affiliated...
By highlighting the stark differences, they can rally a faithful constituency that has stood firm for decades and attract new supporters who are alarmed by the radical direction the other side has taken.
CHICAGO — Rep. Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) has distinguished herself in myriad ways in her long political career, as a highly effective legislator, legendary power player and the first female Speaker in the nation’s history. But as the California Democrat takes the stage Wednesday night to address the Democratic National Convention, she will stand out in...
Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton's (R) office executed search warrants in one of the state’s largest urban counties — and biggest Democratic strongholds — where it alleges vote tampering. On Tuesday the attorney general’s office searched offices in Bexar County, the state’s fourth most populous county and the home of San Antonio. The office said the searches followed a...
An attorney for the Oath Keepers accused of conspiring with the right-wing militia group’s leader to stop the certification of the 2020 presidential election pleaded guilty Wednesday to two charges linked to the Capitol attack. Kellye SoRelle, a Texas woman who once served as general counsel for the Oath Keepers, pleaded guilty to entering and...
