Actress Scarlett Johansson said she was “shocked” and “angered” Monday after ChatGPT rolled out its voiced artificial intelligence (AI) assistant that she claims sounds “eerily similar” to her own voice. Johansson, in a statement, noted that OpenAI CEO Sam Altman previously reached out to her about voicing an AI for the company, but she declined....
A campaign video posted to former President Trump’s Truth Social page Monday included a note about establishing a “unified Reich” and other references to the German Empire as hypothetical headlines if he were to win the 2024 election. The video was widely criticized online, including by the Biden campaign, which said it is “echoing Nazi...
Under the best of circumstances, both Alito and Thomas should recuse themselves. If they refuse, Chief Justice John Roberts should publicly call on them to do so. If they still refuse, Congress should move to impeach them both.
Prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office rested their case Monday against former President Trump, bringing the first criminal trial of a U.S. president in the country’s history nearer to a close. The defense now has the opening to present witnesses to try to persuade at least one potential skeptic on the jury that Trump...
Senate Democrats are waging a public battle with Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito and are questioning his impartiality after it was revealed that an upside-down American flag flew outside his home in the days surrounding Jan. 6, 2021, and President Biden’s inauguration. Alito, one of the Supreme Court’s leading conservatives, is facing mounting criticism over...
The White House on Tuesday announced that more than 1 million claims have been granted through the PACT Act, a landmark law passed in 2022 that gave veterans expanded access to apply for compensation and relief related to toxic exposures during service. More than 880,000 veterans are receiving disability benefits through the PACT Act across...
Top U.S. labor unions are saying they’ve had enough of the Trump tax cuts and want them repealed. Unions including the United Auto Workers (UAW), the AFL-CIO, the Service Employees International Union (SEIU), the Screen Actors Guild (SAG-AFTRA), and the National Education Association joined dozens of progressive groups on Tuesday in sending a letter to...
Former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs Victoria Nuland on Sunday suggested Russian bases should be "fair game" for Ukraine to target amid a larger debate over reversing a ban on firing U.S. weapons at targets inside of Russia. "I think there's also a question of whether we, the United States and our allies,...
Former President Trump's reelection campaign plans to sue the filmmakers behind the new biopic film, "The Apprentice," which follows the former president's early years in the real estate business, for including what it calls "blatantly false assertions." "We will be filing a lawsuit to address the blatantly false assertions from these pretend filmmakers," Trump campaign...
Antarctica's "doomsday glacier," referred to as such for its potential to dramatically raise global sea levels, is melting faster than we thought thanks to warmer sea water passing below it, according to a new study.
Rep. Tim Burchett (R-Tenn.) is calling on federal government leaders to declassify all documents related to unidentified aerial phenomena (UAP), arguing federal agencies must be transparent if they are going to be funding millions of dollars. Burchett, a member of the House Oversight Committee, introduced the UAP Transparency Act last week. The act would require the U.S....
President Biden on Monday talked with Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) as the White House pushes for a vote on a bipartisan border security bill in the Senate. The White House in a statement said Biden "reiterated that Congressional Republicans should stop playing politics and act quickly to pass...
