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DNC plan puts South Carolina on track to be first in 2028 nominating lineup

South Carolina is on the verge of becoming the first stop on the 2028 Democratic nominating calendar, followed by Nevada and New Hampshire.

Hugging Face hack shows why we shouldn’t trust AI

The current debate over artificial intelligence models became more complicated after an unreleased OpenAI model escaped containment and hacked into a repository for AI information known as Hugging Face. AI doomers will use this incident to call for greater oversight of AI, and they have a point. OpenAI announced Tuesday that a combination of its […]

Carney: Canada ready to respond if new Trump tariffs enacted

Canada’s Prime Minister Mark Carney said Thursday during a press conference that Canada is prepared to respond to President Trump’s threat of 50 percent tariffs on Canadian goods if intensified negotiations for a comprehensive trade agreement fall through. “We’re ready because we have been focusing on what we can control,” Carney said. “If these tariffs,...

UK House Speaker touts stability amid political churn 

House of Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle landed in Washington this week, arriving just as the United Kingdom cycled through yet another prime minister. "We're overachieving on Prime Ministers," he said during an interview at the British ambassador’s residence in Washington D.C., comparing the churn to London buses: "They all come at once." Though the...

Paramount Skydance agrees to hold off on Warner Bros. merger 

Paramount Skydance said Friday that it has agreed to delay the company’s $111 billion acquisition of Warner Bros. Discovery amid a pending lawsuit from 12 state attorneys general to block the merger. The company and the attorneys general said in a court filing that both sides have agreed to halt the merger until a judge’s...

Whitmer endorses Stevens in Michigan race 

Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer (D) made a surprise, last-minute endorsement for Rep. Haley Stevens (D-Mich.) over progressive Abdul El-Sayed in the open Michigan Senate race on Friday — highlighting Democratic angst over the possibility of a far-left victory in the Aug. 4 primary. “As governor, I've had one strategy: Get things done. And that strategy informs...

OpenAI, Hugging Face breach stokes fear on what’s next for AI

{beacon} Technology Technology   The Big Story OpenAI, Hugging Face breach stokes fears on what's next for AI Washington and the technology industry are on high alert this week after OpenAI revealed that some of its AI agents went rogue and hacked into the systems of technology startup Hugging Face. AP Photo/Michael Dwyer, File The...

Platner recruiter: Reddit posts ‘should’ve been a red line’

Morris Katz, the Democratic strategist who helped recruit Graham Platner to run for the U.S. Senate in Maine, reflected on the string of controversies that led up to Platner’s decision to exit the race. In a podcast interview with The New York Times’s Ezra Klein released Friday, Katz addressed resurfaced Reddit posts the Democratic candidate...

DHS accuses ‘rogue’ Clinton judge of open defiance of Supreme Court

DHS counsel calls the ruling "open defiance of the Supreme Court" after Judge Patti Saris preserves TPS protections for South Sudanese nationals.

Battleground Dem governor torched for ‘drunken sailor’ spending GOP critic says is symbolic of bigger problem

Katie Hobbs' reelection campaign burned through $7.4 million in Q2 while raising just $2.64 million, leading to criticism about where support for her campaign is really coming from.

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